THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET #79 – JUNE 27 1997
A usufructuous newszine produced for the Australian National
Science Fiction Association by Marc Ortlieb, P.O. Box 215, Forest
Hill, Vict, 3131, AUSTRALIA
(e-mail: mortlieb@vicnet.net.au).
Postal subscriptions $6-00 for ten.(Cheques made out to Marc Ortlieb
please. Stamps accepted). Available for items of gossip. E-mailed
direct, a once off $10 fee. Free copy from aus.sf on Internet or at
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/bullsheet.htm
GILLESPIE ASTONISHED!
"Bruce Gillespie is astonished to find himself made George Turner's
literary executor. Among other things, he has to find out what a
literary executor actually does. As soon as practicable, he will
appeal for George Turner original manuscripts and correspondence for
photocopying and archiving. Various projects to honour George's life
and work will follow." brg
BULLSHEET MEDIA WATCH
Rob Gerrand appeared, in his professional role, representing the ANZ
Bank, on the Channel 9 News 13/6/97.
The Herald/Sun 18/7/97 features a piece about four minutes of bits
snipped from Dr Who being found in Australia. It mentions Ellen
Parry a postgrad at Brisbane University who is studying sf film and
books and Sydney's Damian Shanahan who is writing a history of Dr
Who censorship in Australia. The BBC has asked for the cuttings to
be used in a forthcoming Dr Who special. And who said that
censorship was a bad thing?
The Saturday Age 21/6/97 suffered an outbreak of science fiction
and sf fans. Jack Daan's[sic] Memory Cathedral was number 8 on
their fiction Best Seller list. Jenny Pausacker reviews Andrew
Lansdown's Dragonfox and Lucy Sussex gets almost half a sheet to
review Anita Brookner's Visitors.
The Sunday Age 22/6/97 devoted almost half a page to SF, Horror &
Crime fanzines in its Agenda section. The photo featured Aurealis,
Bloodsongs and Mean Streets. Quoted are Bruce Gillespie and Dirk
Strasser, though Dirk doesn't seem to enjoy having Aurealis
described as a fanzine. Bruce laments not having enough money to
publish SF Commentary. Thyme and Eidolon get a guernsey. It's not
too bad an article, as far as media coverage of fanzines goes, and
is reasonably accurate, except that it gives Bruce's defunct GPO Box
as his address.
IN PRINT
Richard Harland, author of The Vicar of Morbing Vyle, mentions that
his new book The Dark Edge - science fantasy with thriller
elements, being brought out by Pan Macmillan this August.
FAN STUFF
Cheryl Morgan has had no luck finding further work in Australia and
is heading US wards at the end of the month. She is maintaining some
Australian ties; as she will remain in ANZAPA and is threatening to
return for Basicon 2 and Aussiecon Three.
Joyce Scrivner notes that Harlan Ellison listed some of his
favourite non-US authors of late, and the following Australian
authors were on the list. Feel free to pick your own favourite
spelling error (attributed to the newsgroup poster, not to Harlan)
Terry Dowling Blue Tyson; Lucy Sussex; Sean (Shawn ?) McMullen;
Peter Carey War Crimes, Bliss; Russell Blackburn; Greg Egan; LeAnn
Fromm
Gerald Smith reports on goings on from Sydney "We attended the
wedding of Warren Nicholls and Christine Smith (one half of the once
infamous Smith twins) on Saturday 21 June. Held at the Hydro
Majestic Hotel in Medlow Bath (once the site of the legendary
Medventions) the wedding attracted a wide selection of fans and past
fans including many not seen in years. Even Robin and Alycia Johnson
took time off in their jetsetting lifestyle to join the party.
One unfortunate piece of news learnt at the wedding was that William
Good, once well known in Sydney fandom and intended best man for
Warren, was in hospital following an altercation with a taxi. The
news is that he is doing fine but won't be mobile for a little while
yet.
A small group of die hard fans still also meets on Thursday nights
at the Elysee Coffee Lounge (corner Pitt and Bathurst Streets - the
cafe down the road from where Galaxy Bookshop used to be) before
going out to dinner somewhere. Any fans visiting Sydney are welcome
to join us. "
AUSSIECON THREE
Nothing new to report
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
HOLODICTION "Mini Convention" June 29 Rene Ouberjonois and Robert
Picardo in Sydney. Phone 02 9311-3841
EVENT HORIZON II July 18-20 1997 Mercure Hotel, Brisbane GoH
Michael O'Hare (Commander Sinclair, Babylon 5) full membership $105
until May 31 supporting $30 776 Cavendish Rd Holland Park 4121 Qld
http://www.dcc.net.au/eh2 Email E.Parry@hum.gu.edu.au
LONESTARCON2 55th World Science Fiction Convention August 28-September 1 1997 Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center San Antonio, Texas GsoH Algis Budrys, Michael Moorcock, Don Maitz and Roy Tackett Attending $135 Supporting $25, Children, 3-12 $40(Rates apply until July 31, 1997) LoneStarCon2, PO Box 27277, Austin, TX 78755-2277 E-mail: lsc2@io.comURL: http://www.io.com/~lsc2
BASICON 2 September 27-28 1997 Media & Mainstream NatCon YWCA Cato
Conference Centre Melbourne $20 attending membership ($100 at the
door). P.O. Box 567 Blackburn 3130.
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/basicon.htm
CONQUEST 97 The Tonight Show October 10 - 12 1997 Mecure Hotel,
North Quay, Qld GoH Richard Arnold GPO Box 1376 Brisbane Qld 4001
(07) 3266-3103
TIMESTORM November 21-23 1997 Australia's 14th National Doctor Who
Convention Guest of Honor (subject to work commitments): Sophie
Aldred (Ace) Edmund Barton Convention Centre, South Road, Moorabbin.
$85 until 18 July, $95 until 19 September, $110 until 18 November,
$130 at door GPO Box 4782UU Melbourne Vic 3001
http:\\www.ipax.com.au\~dave\timestorm.html dave@ipax.com.au
kergulen@onaustralia.com.au
MULTIVERSE 3 February 13-15 1998 Edmund Barton Centre 488 South Road
Moorabbin Victoria GoH Rob Grant P.O. Box 355 World Trade Centre
Melbourne, Victoria 3005 Australia
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~multiver
CONSTRUCTION (New Zealand NatCon) Queen's Birthday Long Weekend 1998
West Plaza Hotel Wellington GoH Neil Gaiman P.O. Box 11559 Manners
St Wellington New Zealand
CSO (Dr Who NatCon) April 17-19 1998 Brisbane Travelodge Roma Street
Station GsoH Caroline John & Geoffrey Beevers ph Trevor Gensch (07)
5499 0265
SWANCON TWENTY THREE 24th-27th April, 1998 (Anzac Day long weekend )
Orchard Hotel, 707 Wellington St, Perth. GoH: Lois McMaster Bujold
Guests: Tess Williams, Grant Stone. Dead GoH: Jules Verne Fan Guest:
Gina Goddard. Membership $60.00 until 31st August GPO Box 429 Perth
WA 6841 http://www.gu.uwa.edu.au/swancon
E-mail:swancon23@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
AUSSIECON THREE 1999 World Science Fiction Convention. September 2-6
1999 World Congress Centre, Melbourne GsoH George Turner, Greg
Benford and Bruce Gillespie. Aussiecon Three, GPO Box 1212K,
Melbourne, 3001, Australia
http://www.maths.uts.edu.au/staff/eric/ain99 email
julian@aussiecon3.worldcon.org
GoH = Guest of Honour
O.C.P. = Other Commitments Permitting
tba= to be announced.
OTHER EVENTS
A.C.T.
CANBERRA S FS ph (06) 288 6391 (ah) PO Box 47, Civic Square ACT
2608
N.S.W.
TERRY PRATCHETT SIGNING July 7 11.30 - 1.30 Dymock's Bookshop
TERRY PRATCHETT SIGNING July 10 6.00pm Galaxy Bookshop
SOUTHERN SCIENCE FICTION GROUP July 19 2.00pm Soup and video Contact
15 Shade Place Lugarno (02) 534-3595.
SYDNEY SKYFORCE August 30 1-5pm Sydney University Contact Hector -
0411 363 5021 PO Box 804 Kensington NSW 2033 Email
hbocaz@mail.usyd.edu.au
AUSTRALIAN SF ASSOCIATION GPO Box 4440 Sydney 2000
BABYLON 5 OZ FAN CLUB PO Box 161 Adamstown NSW 2289. Fanzines The
Babble-on Babylon 5 and Gold Channel e-mail
shadow@scorch.hna.com.au
Dr Who Fan Club of Australia PO Box 4 Epping NSW 2121 email: neelix@eagle.asstdc.com.au $9 per year
Futurian Society of Sydney Room 1615 University of Technology Broadway
http://tanelorn.socs.uts.edu.au/~iwoolf/writings.html
FRIENDS OF SCIENCE FICTION Star Trek, The X-Files, Babylon 5, Doctor
Who P O Box 797 Fairfield NSW 2165 Email fsf@nlc.net.au
http://www.nlc.net.au/~fsf/Fanzine Friends of Science Fiction
Newsletter
LOST IN SPACE AUSTRALIA P.O. Box N9 Petersham North NSW 2049
NSW UNI SF CLUB zine Sub Space Relay (02) 481-9419
NEWCASTLE SCIENCE-FICTION CLUB First Sunday of every month, Alice
Ferguson Community Hall 30 Caldwell St, Merewether. Call Craig 049
871413 for more details.
NEWCASTLE DOCTOR WHO SCIENCE FICTION CLUB 3rd Sunday of the month,
Alice Ferguson Community Centre, 30 Caldwell St Merewether P.O. Box
140, Kotara Fair 2289, ph (049) 543 603 (049) 43 2666 e-mail
shadow@scorch.hna.com.au
PARRAMATTA SF DISCUSSION GROUP 1st Thursday of the month 7pm
Infinitas Bookshop, 5/1 Horwood Place, Parramatta. (02 633 5682)
ianm@mpx.com.au
PENRITH SF GROUP (047) 322-179 or (047) 301-073
SKYFORCE SYDNEY The Faculty of Nursing, 88 Mallet Street Camperdown
SYDNEY DW SF FAN CLUB Anglican Church Hall 2 Rochford St
Erskineville GPO Box 2870 Sydney 2001 neelix@eagle.asstdc.com.au
TAVERN Monthly booze-up for Doctor Who fans in Sydney. First Friday
of month, 6 pm. Museum Hotel.
THE THURSDAY NIGHT GROUP Informal eating and nattering. 5-7pm
Thursday Nights. Murphy's Bar.
THE OTHER THURSDAY NIGHT GROUP The Elysee Coffee Lounge (corner
Pitt and Bathurst Streets) followed by dinner.
QUEENSLAND
HYPERION July 12 5.30 pm - 10 pm Metro Arts 109 Edward St Brisbane
(07) 3341 0307
QUEENSLAND STAR TREKKERS (Quest) July 13 12.00 to 4.00 pm Metro Arts
109 Edward St Brisbane GPO Box 2084 Brisbane 4001
HIGHLANDER July 20 10 am to 4.00 pm Metro Arts 109 Edward St
Brisbane Newsletter The Buzz
VORTEX July 23 QUT (ITE Building Room 303)G.P.O. Box 2084 Brisbane
4001
CONQUEST August 3 Metro Arts 109 Edward St Brisbane GPO Box 13676
Brisbane Qld 4001
BABYLON 5 SERIES 4 SCREENING August 10 11.00am to 5.00pm.QRI
(Queensland Railway Institute) Conference Room, next to Central
Railway Station in the city.
http://www.cth.com.au/usr/timelord/images/maps.jpg RSVP to
timelord@mail.cth.com.au
NEW ALLIANCE August 17 P.O. Box 7446 East Brisbane Qld 4169
BRISBANE DR WHO FAN CLUB August 17 Queensland Rail Institute Center,
Brisbane Central Station PO Box 10308, Adelaide Street, Brisbane QLD
4000. email timelord@closer.brisnet.org.au
BRISBANE SKYFORCE September 13 10am - 6pm University of Queensland
Contact Nick - (07) 3369 9744, PO Box 5732 West Hill QLD 4101 Email
water@thehub.com.au
FSFSA C/O Leela Cosgrove 3 Sollis St. Geebung Brisbane Q 4034
THE SPACE RANGER FAN CLUB Dinners at least once a month 104 Muir
Street, Labrador 4215 (07)55322812
TERMINAL PYRAMIDS The Wide Bay DW and B7 Fan Club 51 Rocky St
Maryborough QLD 4650 (071) 215 180 (Daniel Pattell)
TRILOGY (Dr Who) PO Box 2459, Southport, QLD, 4215 David Mark Sasche
sdavid@gc.design.net.au. Fanzine Entropy Will meet monthly on the
Gold Coast.
UQTREK The University of Queensland's first and only club for the
Appreciation of Star Trek contact Perryn Fowler
cs324423@student.uq.edu.au
S.A.
AUSFA, c/- Clubs Association, University of Adelaide, North Terrace,
Adelaide SA 5001.
CRITICAL MASS PO Box 3355, Rundle Mall, Adelaide, SA 5000
dwarman@maths.adelaide.edu.au
SASTREK Star Trek P.O. Box 369 North Adelaide S.A. 5006 (08 337
8759). carl@adam.com.au
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DOCTOR WHO FAN CLUB PO Box 3227, Adelaide, SA, 5000
(08) 294 8337 (Jeremia Boddey, president) Monthly meetings. Fanzine
Chameleon Factor ; newsletter Wall of Lies, annual fanzine Jethryk
VICTORIA
MSFC June 27 Role Playing and other games plus Authors I Hate.July
4 American Night. July 11 Movie Discussion Night July 18 Male
Characters in SF on screen. 8.00pm St David's Church Hall 74
Melville Rd West Brunswick P.O. Box 212 World Trade Centre Melbourne
3005
MSFC June 28 Mid-Winter Barbecue. Details tba.
ENTERPRISE June 28 Starfleet Olympics Horticultural Society Hall 31 Victoria St Melbourne Vic P.O. Box 466 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005 (03) 9583 7404 enterprise@minerals.csiro.au
AUSTRALIAN COSTUMERS GUILD June 28 Pre-Costumers' Ball Panic &
Costume Slumber Party Telephone (03)9557 7088 P.O. Box 322 Bentleigh
Vic 3204 email stilskin@netspace.net.au
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~costume/
NOVA MOB July 2 13 Frederick St Brunswick.
TIME TREKKERS July 4 Star Trek Monopoly 46 Sternberg St Bendigo
P.O. Box 334 Bendigo 3550.
DANDENONG SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY July 9 Eroticism in SF/Fantasy
What Turns us on? Ann McGann P.O. Box 706 Frankston Vic 3199 015 510
159 luddite@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
THE SECOND ANNUAL COSTUMERS' BALL July 26th Streeton Room, The
Centre Ivanhoe, 275 Upper Heidelberg Rd Ivanhoe. P.O. Box 322
Bentleigh Vic 3204 email stilskin@netspace.net.au
SKYFORCE (Star Wars) August 9 Copeland Theatre Economics & Commerce
Building Uni of Melbourne 1.00 to 5.00 pm P.O. Box 427 Northcote
3070 Email Address: darren.maxwell@tmca.com.au
www.xavier.vic.edu.au/starwalking
AUSTREK August 9 Art Show St Mark's Church Hall, cnr Burke and
Canterbury Rds, Camberwell. 2-5pm. Traders, displays, games and
activities, refreshments available. Further information: Rose
Mitchell mitchell@vicnet.net.au or Steve Hartshorne 9749 1851 (AH)
Traders welcome. To book tables contact Rod Tyrrell 9899 4536 GPO
Box 5206AA Melbourne 3001
FOURTH ANNUAL FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION MASQUERADE BALL August 9 7:00pm - 12:00pm Glenferrie Masonic Hall 3 Launder Street Hawthorn Contact Fellowship of Middle Earth c/o the Union Monash University Clayton Victoria 3168 Phone: (03) 95455203
AUSTRALIAN BABYLON 5 FAN CLUB P.O. Box 41 West Brunswick 3055
Fanzine Babbling On Email James Allen@vut.edu.au or
bfive@VNET.ibm.com
AUSTRALIAN HORROR WRITERS P.O. Box 7545 St Kilda Rd Melb. 3004.
BIG SF (Star Trek/ general SF) Ballarat P.O. Box 178 Wendouree 3355
THE DAEMONIACS CLUB P.O. Box 1528 Collingwood Vic 3066
DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF VICTORIA GPO Box 4782UU Melbourne 3001 email:
borad@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
FELLOWSHIP OF MIDDLE EARTH Monash University FOME c/o The Union,
Monash University, Clayton Victoria 3168 fome@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
or eleni@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~fome/
FRIDAY NIGHT MOB Friday Nights 6-7.30pm. Informal eating and
nattering. K&Ms, Myer Arcade Melbourne
GALLIFREY GPO Box 910G Melbourne 3001 Daniel Klein 0419 379 842,
AH:(03) 9850 7275
GOULBURN VALLEY SCI-FI CLUB bi monthly 4th Sunday of the month.
Willowmere Receptions Kyabram. P.O. Box 186 Kyabram 3620
PHRYNE FISHER CLUB P.O. Box 41 West Brunswick 3055
RED DWARF FAN CLUB P.O. Box 1044 Bundoora 3083
THE X-FILES FAN CLUB OF AUSTRALIA Locked Bag 1013, Flemington,
3031. Fanzine The Field Journal.
W.A.
SWANCON 23 Quiz Day June 29 12.30pm Hyde Park Hotel Perth
THE NEUTRAL ZONE PO Box 1169, Bibra Lake, WA, 6965.. Phone (09)
434 4167, email: nzone@iinet.net.au Fanzine The Final Frontier
JUMP POINT Murdoch University Economics, Commerce & Law Building -
Lecture Theatre 1 The Babylon 5 club of W.A. Email
info@jumppoint.net.au http://www.jumppoint.net.au/
UNISFA - University of W. A. Science Fiction Association. Rebecca
Kirkman gidget@tartarus.uwa.edu.au. Box 59 c/o Guild of
Undergraduates, University of Western Australia Nedlands 6907.
THE WEST LODGE DOCTOR WHO FAN CLUB. P.O. Box 190 Mt Lawley 6050
E-Mail : null@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
http://www.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/~null/WestLodge/WestLodge.html
WESTREK Star Trek Club of Western Australia Inc. Last Friday of
month 6:45pm. (except December second Friday) Labour Centre
Building, 82 Beaufort Street Perth. Hall . P.O. Box 307 Bentley WA
6102 Phone: (09) 356 1757
FANZINES RECEIVED
THE SYDNEY FUTURIAN #27 Ron Clarke P.O. Box K490, Haymarket, NSW
1240.
WATT'S OUT: CURRENT BOOK RELEASES Ron Clarke P.O. Box K490,
Haymarket, NSW 1240.
ETHEL THE AARDVARK #73 Ian Gunn for the MSFC P.O. Box 212 World
Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
EMERALD CITY #22 Cheryl Morgan cherylmorgan@compuserve.com or
http://www.emcit.com
ULTRAWARP 25 Simon Mead for Time Trekkers P.O. Box 334 Bendigo Vic
3552
ANZAPA 176 Marc Ortlieb OBE (address as above) 154 pages of fanzines
from Alan Stewart, Eric Lindsay, Roger Sims, Terry Morris, Bill
Wright, Michael O'Brien, Phil Wlodarczyk, Leanne Frahm, Jean Weber,
Gerald Smith & Womble, Jeanne Mealy, Terry Frost, Cheryl Morgan,
James Allen, Sally Yeoland & Cath Ortlieb. There are six spaces for
new members. Why not join us?
WEB PAGES
For a full listing,
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/zines.htm
NEW LISTINGS
George Turner Tribute
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~msfc/george.htm
DEADLINES
Austrek Art Show July 1 1997
ANZAPA 177 August 8 1997
Ditmars September 19 1997
ASFMAS (postal) September 26 1997
ASFMAS (on site) 4pm September 27 1997
SFWoE SF/F Story Contest 30 October
Altair Competition November 1 1997
SOURCES
Alan Stewart, Warpspeed, Cath Ortlieb, Bruce Gillespie, Cheryl
Morgan, Richard Harland, Simon Mead, Gerald Smith
DEADLINE FOR #80
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Distribution Friday July 18th.
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