THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET #91 – January 30 1998
A gesweotolian 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).
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IN PRINT
Jonathan Strahan passes on the following information about Eidolon.
" Eidolon 25/26 shipped to the world in December 1997. Along with a
new column by Greg Egan on physics, it includes fiction by Rick
Kennett, Rosaleen Love, Terry Dowling, Russell Blackford, Sean
Williams, Simon Brown and Dirk Strasser. Eidolon 27 is currently in
preparation, and should be out no later than April '98.
Jeremy G Byrne and I have delivered The Years' Best
Australian Science Fiction And Fantasy Vol.2 to HarperCollins
Publishers Australia for a May '98 publication. The book will be
published as a mass market paperback of about 470pp and sell for
$14.95. The contents have been confirmed, but as we need to complete
a few details. We hope to have a launch for the book in Perth at
Swancon, and then do some East Coast promotions later.
We're redesigning our web presence and have changed
our URL to www.eidolon.net and our e-mail to eidolon@eidolon.net
(though our old address will continue to function). "
Stephen Dedman's "Schrödinger's Catalyst" appears
in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1997. Lucy
Sussex has sold a story to F&SF.
Sadly, this month's remainder tables included
Shannah Jay's Envoy and Paul Voermans' The Weird Colonial Boy
GILLESPIE BEGINS AT THIRTY
Aussiecon Three Fan GoH Bruce Gillespie would like it noted "On the
third weekend in January, Bruce Gillespie celebrated, if that is the
word, thirty years in fandom. At the Ferntree Gully home of John and
Diane Bangsund, Bruce first met George Turner, John and Elizabeth
Foyster, Lee Harding, Tony Thomas, Damien Broderick, Rob Gerrand and
Paul Stevens. All, except Bruce, have since forgotten the occasion."
BRODERICK ON LINE
Jane Bledsoe of Avon books noted "In honor of the launch of Eos,
Avon Book's new science fiction and fantasy imprint, we held an
online convention on January 10th. The conventionfeatured chats with
Raymond E. Feist, Ben Bova, and Gregory Benford plus panels with
Rudy Rucker, Damien Broderick, Severna Park and Dennis Danvers."
IN ELECTRONS
Ellen Datlow notes "Jack Dann's Titanic story, "Going Under" is now
online at OMNI Internet.
http://www.omnimag.com/titanic/deep/index.html"
BULLSHEET MEDIA WATCH
John Baxter's biography of Stanley Kubrick is reviewed in The Age
Saturday Extra December 20 1997 and in The Sunday Age 4/1/98. Terry
Dowling reviews Kim Wilkins The Infernal, Stephen Dedman's The Art
of Arrow Cutting and Greg Egan's Diaspora plus The Encyclopedia of
Fantasy in The Weekend Australian Review 27/28/12/97. Works by
Gillian Rubenstein, John Marsden, Margaret Clark, Christine Harris,
Claire Carmichael and Catherine Jinks got a mention in the summary
of young adult fiction in The Sunday Age 4/1/98.
The ABC has been showing some old Australian short
independent films including two featuring Bruce Barnes "Walter" and
"A Mum's Christmas"; in the latter he has a speaking role.
"Trekkie guru" Derek Screen appeared under the headline
"Keeping the FAITH" in the Herald Sun 7/1/98. In the photo that
accompanies his profile, Derek stands in front of a Star Trek poster
of James Kirk... Lucy Sussex reports "The December issue of The
Australian Way (Qantas in-flight) magazine, featured an article on
Australian crime writing, in which I was pictured, wearing my crime
hat (velvet) and being described as a crime fiction historian." Lucy
reviews three Australian mainstream novels in The Age 24/1/98. The
ninth of Kerry Greenwood's Phrynne Fisher novels, Raisins and
Almonds, is reviewed in the same edition and again in The Sunday
Age 25/1/98
In his guest editorial in the December 1997 F&SF, Gordon van
Gelder looks at the "SF is dead" argument and mentions Greg Egan as
one of the compelling arguments for sf in the 1990s being alive and
well.
Damien Broderick has a column on regenerating telomeres to
rejuvenate cells and its implications in The Age 23/1/98, followed
up by reviews of How Nature Works and How the Mind Works in The
Weekend Australian 24-25/1/98
Richard Hanley and the Star Trek Exhibit at ScienceWorks got
the best part of a page in The Herald Sun 26/1/98. Multiverse was
also mentioned.
Colin Steele notes "I reviewed over seventySF/fantasy/horror
books in The Canberra Times in 1997 (not all long reviews I agree).
In the light of linmited space to Van Ikin in The Sydney Morning
Herald and Terry Dowling in The Australian this probably was the
best coverage by a 'national' newspaper."
Editorial Note I must admit that the Bullsheet's Media Watch
is limited by what I see and what information people send me. If you
have material in the media, please let me know. I'm particularly
interested in any mention of reviews of Australian SF.
AUSSIECON THREE
I keep hearing rumours that things are being done, but have seen
nothing recently. There is no current flier, and too few copies of
Progress Report One were sent to Australia.
ERIC LINDSAY
Jean Weber reports "Eric's doing very well, taking walks (even up
hills, which is now allowed) as well as generally behaving himself.
I haven't had to resort to the retraints. (Thanks to all of you who
offered advice, assistance, and equipment -- fortunately I haven't
needed it. Thanks also to everyone who sent email or cards.)
Eric's working on his report, but slowly, and we're having some
technical problems getting it all moved off his palmtop and onto a
computer from which we can email it.
Eric does not have access to his personal email account at work, so
anything you send there will be lost in the hundreds of messages
piling up. If it's ever seen, it won't be for several more weeks or
more." Messages can be sent to him through Jean Weber's Compuserve
account. jean_weber@compuserve.com
WATSON BY DEGREES
Perth Fan Grant Watson reports that he appeared in his local paper
in connection with his play Degree Absolute which will be staged
from February 12-15, 19-22. 8:00pm. at Gilkisons Basement corner of
Murray and Irwin Sts, Perth.
FAN MOVEMENTS
It seems a year for visiting British fans. Sometime Interzone Guest
Editor Paul Brazier and Juliet Eyeions passed through Melbourne in
early January. Ausie expatriate Judith Hanna and ex-GUFF winner
Joseph Nicholas are due in February. Alan Stewart has been visiting
hospital for exploratory surgery, but the results seem good. Rumour
mentions a large but benign cyst.
CONVENTION NEWS
Karen Pender-Gunn reports that Basicon 2 made a $500 donation to
Foodbank, the convention's official charity. The Post-Con report is
due Real Soon Now.
Grant Watson gives the following list of authors who should
be launching books at Swancon 23: Simon Brown, Dave Luckett, Sean
Williams, Jack Dann and Janeen Webb.
Chris Ballis provides the following information regarding
the Multiverse Costume Parade. "The Australian Costumers' Guild is
staging the Multiverse III costume parade.
For all those who have volunteered to assist with the
parade, and anyone who wishes to, there will be an informal barbeque
meeting, Sunday, February 8, 1998, at 2:00pm.
If you'd like to attend, contact Angela DeIacovo, the
costume parade director, on (03)9773 2885.
The costume parade will precede the banquet. You can attend
without attending the banquet (we just chuck you out before the
banquet begins). People viewing the parade will also be served hot
finger food and soft drinks beforehand (or cold finger food if the
weather's stinkin' hot).
The parade and the banquet will be staged at a location a
couple of minutes walk (or two minutes' drive) away at The Moorabbin
Masonic Centre cnr Rowans Rd & Isabella St, Moorabbin.
Pre-bookings for the banquet are essential seeing it is
fully catered.
If you have not received banquet information or the costume
parade booklet and entry form, please contact Multiverse via e-mail
or the postal address or telephone.
Niall Doran reports that the Thylacon 2 Web Page is up and
running at http://www.trump.net.au/~s_newman/thylacon2/
There is a nomination form for the Australian Science Fiction
Achievement awards, but no mention of the Atheling.
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
MULTIVERSE 3 February 13-15 1998 Edmund Barton Centre 488 South Road
Moorabbin Victoria GsoH Claudia Christian, Robert Llewelyn P.O. Box
355 World Trade Centre Melbourne, Victoria 3005 Australia
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~multivrs multivrs@vicnet.net.au
HYPER-CON '98 Star Wars March 7th 1998 8:30 am to 5pm Masonic Centre
cnr Castlereagh and Goulburn Streets Sydney GoH Jeremy Bulloch
HyperSpace, PO Box 804, Kensington NSW 2033 Email :
advertel@mpx.com.au http:// www.wr.com.au/macleod/
HIGHLANDER DOWNUNDER II March 28-29 1998 Mercure Hotel, Brisbane
GoH Peter Wingfield (O.C.P.) $85 full, $70 concession. Day reg is
$50 & $40 concession. 11 Perrett St Bundamba Qld 4304
sonjav@powerup.com.au http://www.ozemail.com.au/~tunnack/hldu2.htm
CSO (Dr Who NatCon) April 24-26 1998 Brisbane Travelodge Roma Street
Station GsoH Caroline John & Geoffrey Beevers ph Trevor Gensch (07)
5499 0265
SWANCON TWENTY THREE April 24-27, 1998 (Anzac Day long weekend )
Orchard Hotel, 707 Wellington St, Perth.International GoH: Lois
McMaster Bujold Local GoH: Tess Williams Guests: Jack Dann, Stephen
Dedman, Craig Hilton, Sue Isle, Dave Luckett, Grant Stone, Janine
Webb, Sean Williams 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
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS 3 Babylon 5 Convention May 2-3 1998 GsoH: Mira
Furlan, Michael O'Hare, Stephen Furst, Joshua Cox, Sandy Bruckner
http://www.bobw.com.au
WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 1998 May 7-10 1998 Embassy Suites North
Phoenix, AZ USA GsoH Brian Lumley; Bernie Wrightson; Tom Doherty;
John Steakley; Tom Savini.P.O. Box 61565, Phoenix, AZ USA
85082-1565
CONSTRUCTION (New Zealand NatCon) May 30 - June 1 1998 West Plaza
Hotel Wellington GoH Neil Gaiman P.O. Box 11559 Manners St
Wellington New Zealand
THYLACON 2 (1998 Australian National Science Fiction Convention)
June 5-8 1998 Hadley's Hotel, Hobart GoH Leanne Frahm Attending $65
until the end of 1997 Supporting or child-in-tow $20 Thylacon 2,
PO Box 55, Battery Point, TAS 7004.
http://www.trump.net.au/~s_newman/thylacon2/
BucCONeer 56-th World Science Fiction Convention. August 5 - 9
1998, Baltimore Convention Center and Inner Harbor hotels,
Baltimore, Maryland, USA. GOHs: C.J. Cherryh, Milt Rothman, Stanley
Schmidt, and Michael Whelan, Special Guest: J. Michael Straczynski,
Toastmaster: Charles Sheffield. Attending $130 Supporting $30
Children 4-12 $65 (Rates apply until 15 June, 1998). BucCONeer, P.O.
Box 314, Annapolis Junction, Maryland 20701 USA. E-mail:
bucconeer@bucconeer.worldcon.org URL:
http://www.bucconeer.worldcon.org.
CONQUEST 98 October 9-11 1998 Mercure Hotel Brisbane GsoH. Peter
Jurasik (Londo), Walter Koenig (Bester) Richard Arnold GPO Box
13676 Brisbane Qld 4001
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
CHICON 2000 The 58th World Science Fiction Convention
August 31 to September 4 2000 - Hyatt Regency Chicago IL GsoH Ben
Bova, Bob Eggleton, Jim Baen, Bob and Anne Passovoy, Toastmaster:
Harry Turtledove P. O. Box 642057, Chicago IL 60664, fax:
312-946-3779 http://www.chicon.org/
GoH = Guest of Honour
O.C.P. = Other Commitments Permitting
tba= to be announced.
CLUB NEWS
The Dandenong Science Fiction Society will be evicted from their
regular venue in the Dandenong Library due to the privatisation of
council resources. They are after a new venue from July. Anyone with
suggestions or offers of venues should contact Ann McGann (see club
info below.)
A.C.T.
CANBERRA S FS ph (06) 288 6391 (ah) PO Box 47, Civic Square ACT
2608
Next Gen http://bohm.anu.edu.au/Clubs/Next_Gen/
N.S.W.
SYDNEY SKYFORCE February 22 1-5pm Lidcombe Catholic Workmen's Club,
24 John Street, Lidcombe PO Box 804 Kensington NSW 2033 Email
hbocaz@mail.usyd.edu.au
SMEG RADIO 2RRR Wednesday nights between 7pm and 8pm.
SYDNEY DW SF FAN CLUB GPO Box 2870 Sydney 2001
neelix@eagle.asstdc.com.au
AUSTRALIAN SF ASSOCIATION GPO Box 4440 Sydney 2000
BABYLON 5 OZ FAN CLUB 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://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~ian/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
SOUTHERN SCIENCE FICTION GROUP 15 Shade Place Lugarno (02) 534-3595.
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. Maloney's 614 George St, City
THE OTHER THURSDAY NIGHT GROUP The Elysee Coffee Lounge (corner
Pitt and Bathurst Streets) THEN dinner.
Qld
QUEENSLAND STAR TREKKERS (Quest) February 8 GPO Box 2084 Brisbane
4001 West Hill QLD 4101 Email water@thehub.com.au
CONQUEST March 1 Metro Arts 109 Edward St Brisbane GPO Box 13676
Brisbane Qld 4001
BRISBANE DR WHO FAN CLUB March 15 Queensland Rail Institute Center,
Brisbane Central Station PO Box 10308, Adelaide Street, Brisbane QLD
4000. email timelord@closer.brisnet.org.au
http://www.cth.com.au/usr/timelord/bdwfc.htm
HIGHLANDER March 15 Metro Arts Building 11 Perrett St Bundamba Qld
4304 sonjav@powerup.com.au Newsletter The Buzz
VORTEX April 5 Queensland Rail Institute Center G.P.O. Box 2084
Brisbane 4001
COSMIC COTILLION(Vortex) May 30 7.00pm Irish Club - Elizabeth
Street, Brisbane Contact Kevin on 07-3356 5472
CAMP KHITOMER 3 June 6-7 GPO Box 2084 Brisbane 4001 West Hill QLD
4101 Email water@thehub.com.au
BRISBANE SKYFORCE Contact Nick - (07) 3369 9744, PO Box 5732 West
Hill QLD 4101
FSFSA C/O Leela Cosgrove 3 Sollis St. Geebung Brisbane Q 4034
HYPERION (07) 3341 0307
NEW ALLIANCE P.O. Box 7446 East Brisbane Qld 4169
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)
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 Contact Damien Warman PO Box 3355, Rundle Mall
Adelaide SA 5000 dmw@pobox.com (note change of email address)
SASTREK P.O. Box 369 North Adelaide S.A. 5006 (08 337 8759).
Sastrek@bigfoot.com
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 February 6 Greek Food & Computer Imagery. February 13 Book
Club Night February 20 Worldcon Night & Role Playing 8.30pm St
David's Church Hall 74 Melville Rd West Brunswick P.O. Box 212 World
Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
TIME TREKKERS February 6 St Luke's, 46 Sternberg St BendigoP.O. Box
334 Bendigo 3550.
AUSTRALIAN BABYLON 5 FAN CLUB February 7 1-4pm A.G.M. to elect a
new committee of Five (the 5) and to decide on incorporation. Room
21 on the Second Floor Moonee Pond Community Centre, Corner Mount
Alexander Road and Pascoe Vale Road, Moonee Ponds. P.O. Box 41 West
Brunswick 3055 Fanzine Babbling On Email JamesAllen@vut.edu.au
DANDENONG SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY February 11 Ann McGann P.O. Box
706 Frankston Vic 3199 015 510 159 luddite@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
SKYFORCE (Star Wars) February 14 1-5 pm Melbourne Uni, Copeland
Theatre, Economics and Commerce Building P.O. Box 427 Northcote 3070
Email Address: darren.maxwell@tmca.com.au
www.xavier.vic.edu.au/starwalking
FELLOWSHIP OF MIDDLE EARTH Monash University February 20-22 Camp
Venus Bay, South Gippsland $10 for Monash Clayton students, $15
Conc., $20 Others 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/
PHRYNE FISHER CLUB February 21 6.00pm drinks and a light supper at
Flappers Cocktail Bar, 1st floor 203 Swan St Richmond. P.O. Box 41
West Brunswick 3055
STAR TREK THE EXHIBIT February 27 to July 19 Science Works
Spotswood
ENTERPRISE February 28 12 noon to 5-00 pm Science Works Visit P.O.
Box 466 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005 (03) 9583 7404
enterprise@minerals.csiro.au
AUSTRALIAN COSTUMERS GUILD Telephone (03)9557 7088 P.O. Box 322
Bentleigh Vic 3204 email stilskin@netspace.net.au
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~costume/
AUSTREK St Marks Church Hall, Cnr Canterbury & Burke Roads,
Camberwell. From 2pm. Contact Shane Campbell (03) 9489 8743 or
Email:austrek@dc.com.au GPO Box 5206AA Melbourne 3001
austrek@dc.com.au http://www.dc.com.au/austrek
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
DRINKIES Last Thursday of the each month, Dickens on Collins, from
6:00pm. (Contact Bev Hope at the MSFC for more details)
FRIDAY NIGHT MOB Friday Nights 6-7.30pm. Informal eating and
nattering. Myers Cafeteria Melbourne
GALLIFREY GPO Box 910G Melbourne 3001 Daniel Klein 0419 379 842,
AH:(03) 9850 7275
GOULBURN VALLEY SCI-FI CLUB c/o 41 Grutzner Ave , Shepparton , 3630
MELBOURNE ANIME SOCIETY every 2nd & 4th Saturday, 1-4pm at Oakleigh
Mechanics Institute Hall, Lvl 1, 142 Drummond St, Oakleigh. Stephen
Porritt (sec) 2/20 Florence Road, Surrey Hills, 3127 Ph 9889 3829
email porritt@minyos.its.rmit.edu.au.
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/1129/
NOVA MOB 13 Frederick St Brunswick.
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.
JUMP POINT UWA The Babylon 5 club of W.A. Email
info@jumppoint.net.au http://www.jumppoint.net.au/
THE NEUTRAL ZONE PO Box 1169, Bibra Lake, WA, 6965.. Phone (09)
434 4167, email: nzone@iinet.net.au Fanzine The Final Frontier
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 nexus1@iinet.com.au
PAPER FANZINES
The Instrumentality December 1997 Mark Loney for The Australian
Science Fiction Foundation P.O. Box 215 Forest Hill Vic 3131
Green Stuff #4 Harry Warner Jr. Fan of Letters Murray Moore 377
Manly St, Midland, Ontario L4R 3E2 Canada
Sydney Futurian #32 Ron Clarke P.O. Box K940 Haymarket NSW 1240
The Communicator #26 Enterprise P.O. Box 466 World Trade Centre
Melbourne Vic 3005
Converse #3 Kim Huett P.O. Box 679 Woden ACT 2606
Mimosa 21 Nicki & Richard Lynch P.O. Box 3120 Gaithersburg MD 20885
U.S.A.
X-POM #1 'H' Gibbens Tullamarine District Veterinary Clinic 38
Fawkner St Westmeadows Vic 3049 kryten@werple.net.au
Snufkin's Bum #2 Maureen Kincaid Speller 60 Bournemouth Rd
Folkestone Kent CT19 5AZ U.K.
Ultrawarp 28 Simon Mead for Time Trekkers P.O. Box 334 Bendigo 3550.
Mind Wallaby #1 Ian Gunn P.O. Box 567 Blackburn Vic 3130
ELECTRONIC FANZINES
The Royal Swiss Navy Gazette #2 Garth Spencer at Box 15335,
V.M.P.O., Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6B 5B1 hrothgar@vcn.bc.ca. or
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/sig/rsn
Emerald City # 28 Cheryl Morgan cmorgan@ceres.wallis.com
http://www.emcit.com
Fans Across the World 71 B. Wilkinson, Ground Floor Flat, 8 West
Avenue Road,Walthamstow, E17 9SE, Great Britain bjw@cix.co.uk fax:
0181-925-7126
Ansible 126 Dave Langford, 94 London Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1
5AU, UK. Fax 0118 966 9914. E-mail ansible@cix.co.uk.
Does Anybody Read This List #1 James Allen JamesAllen@vut.edu.au
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DEADLINES
ANZAPA 181 February 7th
Aurealis Competition 30 June 1998
SOURCES
Alan Stewart, Kevin Sheehan, Stuart Davis, Justin Ackroyd, Lucy
Sussex. Jean Weber, Ann McGann, Bruce Gillespie, Karen Pender-Gunn,
Grant Watson, Jonathan Strahan, James Allen, Niall Doran
DEADLINE FOR #92
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1997 AUSTRALIAN FICTION LISTING
(Please feel free to make additions/corrections. All of these have
been published in 1997. )
Novels and Collections
The Ghost of Love Street Venero Armanna (Lothian Books 1997)
The White Abacus Damien Broderick (Avon Books 1997)
Punisher Patricia Barnard ((Harper Collins 1997)
Zones Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes (Harper Collins 1997)
Winter Simon Brown (Harper Collins 1997)
After Dark 23: The Doll Janine Burke (Lothian 1997)
Darkfall Isobelle Carmody (Penguin 1997)
Greylands Isobelle Carmody (Penguin 1997)
The Art of Arrow Cutting Stephen Dedman (Tor 1997)
Sinner Sara Douglass (Harper Collins 1997)
Diaspora Greg Egan (Millenium 1997)
Dance To the Sun William Esrac (Baen 1997) (Based on a Serial in Tomorrow #7-10)
After Dark #24: The Silver Eyes Jackie French (Lothian 1997)
Dragonclaw Kate Forsyth (Arrow 1997)
The Peppercorn Tree Sheryl Gardner (Lothian 1997)
Cave Rats Kerry Greenwood (Hodder Staughton 1997)
An Echo in Time: Atlantis Traci Harding (Harper Collins 1997)
The Dark Edge Richard Harland (Pan 1997)
Hanging By a Thread and Other Stories Julie Ireland (Harper Colins 1997)
Eye to Eye Catherine Jinks (Penguin 1997)
Dragonfox Andrew Lansdown (Scholastic 1997)
After Dark 14: The Intruder R C Lindquist, illustrated by Chris Johnston (Lothian, 1997)
The Last Eleven Dave Luckett (Omnibus 1997)
Burning For Revenge John Marsden (Pan 1997)
Knightshade Tower Martin Middleton (Pan 1997)
Wolfsbaine Tower Martin Middleton (Pan 1997)
After Dark #22 The Lie Philip Nielson (Lothian 1997)
Shade's Children Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin 1997)
Trinity Street Sally Odgers (Harper Collins 1997)
After Dark #19: The Rings Jenny Pausacker (Lothian 1997)
Talent Michael Pryor (Hodder Staughton 1997)
After Dark #21: The Vampires Cameron Rogers (Lothian 1997)
Under the Cat's Eye Gillian Rubenstein (Hodder Stoughton 1997)
Funnel Web Richard Ryan (Pan 1997)
Spellbinder: The Land Of the Dragon Lord Part 1 Mark Shirrefs and John Thompson (Hodder Stoughton 1997)
Spellbinder: The Land Of the Dragon Lord Part 2 Mark Shirrefs and John Thompson (Hodder Stoughton 1997)
After Dark 20: The Twist In The Tale Ruth Starke (Lothian 1997)
Black Ice Lucy Sussex (Hodder Staughton 1997)
After Dark #18: The Bats Gavin Warner (Lothian 1997)
Land of Golden Clouds Archie Weller (Allen & Unwin, 1997)
The Infernal Kim Wilkins (Century 1997)
Anthologies
Thylaxene N.E. Doran, Stuart Newman & Craig Wellington (Desdichado Publishing 1996)*
The Year' Best Australian Science Fiction And Fantasy: Volume One Jonathan Strahan and Jeremy Byrne (Harper Collins 1997)
*Although the publication date reads 1996, this was formally released in March 1997
Short Fiction
(This does not include the December 1997 Eidolon. I haven't seen a copy in Melbourne yet.)
"2076" Leann Arndt Ibn Qirtaiba, March 1997
" A Momentary Brightness" Karen Attard Eidolon 24
"The Art of Dying" Kirsten Bishop Aurealis #19
"Initiation" Allen J Brown Under Magellanic Clouds #2
"Them Bones" Colin Clark Aurealis #18
"Blind Eye" Jack Dann Science Fiction Age January 1997 *
"Return to Camelot" Stephen Dedman Realms of Fantasy February 1997
"Schrödinger's Catalyst" Stephen Dedman F&SF December 1997
"Suckerbait" Stephen Dedman Bloodsongs #8
"The War, On Drugs" Stephen Dedman Aurealis #19
"Enlightenment" Roslyn Donohoe Under Magellanic Clouds #2
"Adrift" N.E. Doran Thylaxene
"The Noog - a moral tale" N.E. Doran Thylaxene
"Spaceman Cometh" N.E. Doran Thylaxene
"Ten Minutes of Midnight" J.M Earle Aurealis #18
"Reasons to be Cheerful" Greg Egan Interzone #118 April 1997.
"And So Castles" Steve Fitzgerald Under Magellanic Clouds #2
"Hello" Steve Fitzgerald Under Magellanic Clouds #2
"The Storm" Amber Fortescue Under Magellanic Clouds #2
"Seventeen Views of Mount Taranaki" Peter Friend Aurealis #18
"Wormfeeder" Elvis Gladztone Under Magellanic Clouds #2
"Dead Spyders" Alison Goodman Eidolon 24
"Bare Bones" Beryl Greaves Under Magellanic Clouds #2
"The Fine Print" Peter Hanbury Under Magellanic Clouds #2
"Chippies" Edwina Harvey Aurealis #19
"A Point of Wager" Trent Jamieson Under Magellanic Clouds #2
"Phantom" Jaram Kass Under Magellanic Clouds #2
" Nicholas Afalling" Jodie Kewley Eidolon 24
"The Conversion of Anage" Stephen Lawrence Aurealis #19
"Downtime" Brent Lillie The Mentor 91
"Neutopia" Brent Lillie Aurealis #19
"Split" Brent Lillie The Mentor 92
"The View From Stickney Crater" Rick Kennett Aurealis #18
"The Guardian" Carolyn Logan Bloodsongs #8
"Tears for Broken Toys" Kirstyn McDermott Bloodsongs #8
"Caterpillars" Geoffrey Maloney Under Magellanic Clouds #2
"The Gift" Thomas Massey Under Magellanic Clouds #2
"The Abomination" Ian Mond Bloodsongs #8
"4 a.m. Immortal " Stuart Newman Thylaxene
"Femora Artifice " Stuart Newman Thylaxene
"Search and Rescue " Stuart Newman Thylaxene
"The Secret Marriage " Stuart Newman Thylaxene
"To Be A Freeman " Stuart Newman Thylaxene
"The Valued Citizen " Stuart Newman Thylaxene
" Grievous Music" Carole Nomarhas Eidolon 24
"Seeing Black And White" Ben Peek The Mentor 92
"Time to Burn" Michael Pryor Aurealis #18
"The City" Ken Rawlinson Under Magellanic Clouds #2
"Meaning of Life" Zita Rawlinson Under Magellanic Clouds #2
"Shades of Grey" Tracey Rolfe Eidolon 24
"Stealing the Seed" Jane Routley Eidolon 24
"Lifelocked" Will Sand Ibn Qirtaiba, March 1997
"Aphrodite's Gift" Helen Sargeant Australian Women's Forum May 1997
"Platform 79" John T. Stolarczyk Aurealis #18
"In Infinite Night and Memory" Andrew Sullivan The Mentor 91
"Adeline" Lucy Sussex Aurealis #18
"Niagara Falling" Janeen Webb & Jack Dann Black Mist ed Orson Scott Card & Keith Ferrell
"ThylaXene - A History" Craig Wellington Thylaxene
"The Freezing of Sarah" Sean Williams Bloodsongs #9
"The Five Brothers" Renny Willins Bloodsongs #8
* Originally listed for publication in September 1996
1997 Australian Fanzine Listing
(Please feel free to make additions/corrections. All of these have been published in 1997. I know there are several I've missed
This listing does not include apazines or fanzines distributed wholly electronically)
A.M.D. Paul Ewins 4 Coval Crt Vermont South Vic 3133
Artychoke Ian Gunn P.O. Box 567 Blackburn Vic 3130
The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet Marc Ortlieb P.O. Box 215 Forest Hill 3131
Australian SF News Alan Stewart & Merv Binns P.O. Box 222 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
Babbling On Jools Thatcher P.O. Box 41 West Brunswick 3055
Black Light Damien Christie for Gallifrey GPO Box 910G Melbourne 3001
Busswarble Perzine. Michael Hailstone, 14 Cecil Road Blackheath N.S.W. 2785
The Buzz Sonja van den Ende 11 Perrett St Bundamba Qld 4304
Cadmium Release Jason & Joe Fisher
The Captain's Log Rose Mitchell for Austrek GPO Box 5206AA, Melbourne 3001 email: mitchell@vicnet.net.au
Choice Cuts Perry Middlemiss GPO Box 2708X Melbourne 3001
Code 7 R James Allen P.O. Box 41 West Brunswick 3055
The Communicator Derek Screen for Enterprise P.O. Box 466 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
Converse Kim Huett P.O. Box 679 Woden ACT 2606
Conscript Kathy Cornish for Conquest GPO Box 1376 Brisbane 4001
Diverse Visions Ann McGann for the Dandenong Science Fiction Society P.O. Box 706, Frankston, 3199
DUFF Notes Perry Middlemiss GPO Box 2708X Melbourne Vic 3001
The Duffinite Article Alan Stewart P.O. Box 222 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
EFG Lee Zachariah, Sian O'Nealy and Tristan Nieto 3 Selwood Court Mornington Vic 3931
Emerald City Cheryl Morgan http:www.emcit.com
Ethel the Aardvark Ian Gunn for the MSFC P.O. Box 212 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
Existentialism's A Cruel Business Kim Huett P.O. Box 679 Woden ACT 2606
Great Trucking Songs of the Revolution Kim Huett P.O. Box 679 Woden ACT 2606
Gegenschein Genzine Eric Lindsay P.O. Box 744, Ryde, NSW, 2112
The Instrumentality Mark Loney for the Australian Science Fiction Foundation P.O. Box 215 Forest Hill Vic 3131
Kalien Perzine James Allen P.O. Box 41 West Brunswick 3055
The Mentor Ron Clarke P.O. Box K940, Haymarket, N.S.W. 2000
Mind Wallaby #1 Ian Gunn P.O. Box 567 Blackburn Vic 3130
Mimezine Flashback Genzine Terry Frost 5 Temple St West Brunswick Vic 3056
Oscillation Overthruster Sue Ann Barber P.O. Box 1169 Bibra Lake W.A. 6163 activeim@perth.dialix.oz.au
Pinkette Karen Pender-Gunn P.O. Box 567 Blackburn Vic 3130
Refractions Kathryn Andersen 5 Epsom Court, Donvale Vic 3111
Reviewzine Newszine Susan Smith-Clarke 6 Bellevue Road Faulconbridge NSW 2776
Science Fiction Van Ikin Department of English University of Western Australia Nedlands W.A. 6907
So You Say Shayne McCormack 49 Orchard Rd Bass Hill N.S.W. 2197
Starwalking the Newsletter Jan Wilson, Shane Morrissey & Michael Wilson P.O. Box 427 Northcote 3070
Strange Matter Sian O'Neale 185 Kooyong Road Toorak 3142
The Strangely Deformed Round Thing Danny Heap
Swirly Thing Alert Ben Evans 271 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, 3052 http://www.ecr.mu.oz.au/~bjev/
Sydney Futurian Ron Clark P.O. Box K940, Haymarket, N.S.W. 1240
Thyme Alan Stewart P.O. Box 222 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
Timing Malfunctions Sian O'Neale for the Supreme Council of Time Lords 185 Kooyong Road Toorak 3142
The Twilight Zine Michael Jordan
Ultrawarp Time Trekkers P.O. Box 334 Bendigo 3550. $10/six
Watt's Out - Current Book Releases Ron Clark P.O. Box K940, Haymarket, N.S.W. 1240
Weberwoman's Wrevenge Jean Weber P.O. Box 744, Ryde, NSW, 2112
THE 1998 FAAN AWARDS BALLOT
The 1998 edition of the annual Fanzine Activity Achievement Awards
will be presented at Corflu UK, the Fanzine Fans Convention, in
Leeds, England, on the weekend of March 13th - 15th, 1998. Voting is
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MARK TIME AWARDS
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