THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET #99 – May 29 1998
An iciary newszine produced for the Australian National Science
Fiction Association by Marc Ortlieb, P.O. Box 215, Forest Hill,
Vict, 3131, AUSTRALIA
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IN PRINT
Russell Farr notes the two following publications Cannibals Of
the Fine Light by Simon Brown a collection including :
"Cannibals of the fine light" (reprint); "The mind's eye" (r);
"Shadows" (r); "Skyriders" (r); "Chimaera" (r); "The final
machine" (r); "Brother Stripes" (r); "All the fires of Lebanon"
(r); "Rain from the new god" (r); "The garden" (r) "The hungry
spring" (original); "The truth in advertising" (with Sean
Williams) (original)
Regular Edition: $18.50 (limited to 250 copies)
Limited Edition: $32.00 (signed by all contributors, numbered,
extra fronticepage, limited to 50 copies)
A View Before Dying by Sean Williams a chapbook including : "New
flames for an old love" (reprint); "A view before dying"
(reprint); "On the road to Tarsus" (reprint). Regular Edition:
$12.50 (limited to 200 copies)
Limited Edition: $18.95 (signed by all contributors, numbered,
extra fronticepage, limited to 50 copies)
Cheques payable to Russell B Farr can be sent to: PO Box 407
Nedlands WA 6909 (add $2.50 for postage) Credit card orders
through the Ticonderoga website:
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nanite/russell/
Swancon produced an anthology of Australian Fiction, which is
available from Anna Hepworth She notes
"It will be available from somewhere, as soon as I get the
SwanCon books done, and thus have time to think about other
projects. At the moment, Twenty3 books can be purchased by
getting in contact with me (9386 9724) and arranging a time
either to drop by my home (Nedlands), or me to get the books to
you."
SOCIETY PAGES
It seems that one organisation isn't enough for Australian
science fiction writers. Following assorted arguments over the
Aurealis sponsored group, The Australian Society of Speculative
Fiction Writers, including allegations that some writers had been
enrolled without actually being asked if they wanted to join, a
proposal for the Antipodean Speculative Fiction Association has
been posted to aus.sf. Tony Plank has gathered assorted
suggestions at http://www.users.bigpond.com/Splints/writers.htm
BULLSHEET MEDIA WATCH
The Sunday Age had a delightful column on Australian Science
Fiction in its May 17th issue. Written by Jane Sullivan, it
featured comments about George Turner and comments from Dirk
Strasser andVan Ikin, recommended some good local writers and
publicised Aussiecon Three. Douglas Adams visit has managed lots
of publicity, including spreads in Who Weekly , The Australian
19/5/98, The Weekend Australian 23-24/5/98 and The Herald Sun
23/5/98.
DITMARS
Greg Egan notes, with reference to his nomination for the 1998
Ditmar Awards "I have permanently withdrawn all my works from
contention for the Ditmars."
FAN FUNDS
The Going Under Fan Fund (GUFF) is on again, sending a European
fan to Aussiecon Three, the 1999 Worldcon. GUFF will pay the
airfare for one fan to fly to Australia (and we're negotiating
accomodation and membership of the con itself)
The timetable for the GUFF race is as follows:
1 June 1998 - Nominations Open.
30 September 1998 - Nominations close, ballots printed,
campaigning begins.
30 March 1999 - voting ends, winner declared 2 - 6 September
1999 - The winner attends Aussiecon Three and is wined and dined
by Australian fandom.
Candidates should be active in fandom, should secure five
nominators (two Australian, and three British/European), post a
bond of ten pounds, and swear an almighty oath that barring
unforseen disasters they will travel to Aussiecon Three if
elected to do so, and publish a trip report on their return.
For further details, contact either GUFF's British agent Joseph
Nicholas 15 Jansons Rd. South Tottenham, London, N15 4JU, UK or
the Australian administrators Ian Gunn and Karen Pender-Gunn,
P.O. Box 567 Blackburn 3130 Australia
AUSSIECON THREE
David McDonnell will be managing programming at Aussiecon Three.
He is looking for people with interesting ideas for items. There
will be several strands of programming, each with its own team
responsible for that area.
There will also be a Writers' Workshop run by Rosaleen Love and
Lucy Sussex in conjuction with Aussiecon Three. More information
available on the Web Site.
SCI FI SPOTLIGHT & PHANTASIA
Shayne McCormack notes "Bjo Trimble's magazine Sci Fi Spotlight
has stopped production. I am, therefore, no longer the
Australian agent for it. I am putting up the first edition of
Phantasia's website, at http://www.phantasia.com.au "
CONVENTION NEWS
Rumour has it that Perth is considering offering their 1999
SwanCon as the 1999 Australian NatCon. This sounds to me like a
Good Thing, and should be encouraged. For various reasons, the
NatCon shouldn't be abandonned just because we have the WorldCon
in Australia in 1999.
Niall Doran Notes "Thylacon 2 has unfortunately been forced to
cancel the Internet hook-up to its proposed Virtual Guest, J.
Michael Straczynski, due to ballooning costs of the ISDN link
(this item had previously been advertised pending final
confirmation & equipment compatibility). Thylacon 2 apologises
for any inconvenience, and is currently trying to arrange for a
suitable replacement event. All other program events, including
those for our four attending guests (George RR Martin, Leanne
Frahm, Neil Gaiman, & Sara Douglass), are unaffected and will run
as planned. Anyone attending the convention solely on the basis
of the JMS Internet link should contact Thylacon 2 for a full
refund."
Also from Niall "Following the recent discussion on Eidolist
regarding a united Australian SF publishing front at the
worldcon, the Thylacon 2 committee has proposed to help promote
smaller Aus SF publishers by providing information on them or (at
least) a listing of them in the convention program book.
The catch is that this idea has been suggested very late in the
day, so information is required absolutely ASAP, and there are
are no guarantees as to what will or won't be included. (To the
editors concerned, Eidolon, Aurealis, Altair & others may already
have been contacted separately by other members of the
committee).
If anyone is interested in being a part of this list, they should
send me a paragraph outlining who they are (business name), where
they are, their contact details, web details (if applicable), a
short description of what they produce, & any other (brief!)
information they think is relevant. Given the time constraint,
this listing will be far from exhaustive, but it may be a
reasonable start depending on the reponse. "
Conquest have released their May Progress Report.
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
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 GoHs: George RR Martin,
Leanne Frahm Honoured Guests: Neil Gaiman, Sara Douglass Virtual
Guest (O.C.P): J Michael Straczynski Rates: $75 Thylacon 2, PO
Box 55, Battery Point, TAS 7004. email Niall.Doran@utas.edu.au
http://www.trump.net.au/~s_newman/thylacon2/
ARCANACON XVI Role Playing Games July 2-6 1998 Collingwood
Education Centre Melbourne ph 03 9481 5564 email
chiara@linus.burnet.edu.au PHANCON 98. Literary sf/fantasy
convention July 11-12 Parramatta Gazebo Hotel. Guests Terry
Pratchett, David Gemmell and Sara Douglass. For info kit email
kemil@ozemail.com.au or phone 1800 817 298.
BucCONeer 56th 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 $250
attending. GPO Box 13676 Brisbane Qld 4001
FORCE THREE June 12-14 1999 3rd National Star Wars Convention
Karralyka Centre Ringwood Vict GsoH tba $150 until 1/6/99. P.O.
Box 427 Northcote Vic 3070 (03) 9416-8998
http://www.imageworks.com.au/starwalking
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 Attending $200 Supporting $45 Child
in tow $45 email info@aussiecon3.worldcon.org
http://www.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.
THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION FOUNDATION
Although the Chandler Award has been presented every year since
1992, it is not necessarily an annual event. After deliberation,
it was decided not to award one this year. TheFoundation would
like to thank Thylacon 2 for their offer to present it.
Nominations are open for next year's award.
A.C.T.
CANBERRA S FS June 4 General Meeting 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.
SOUTHERN SCIENCE FICTION GROUP June 20 12.30pm Mortdale Hotel
Bistro contact 15 Shade Place Lugarno (02) 534-3595.
SYDNEY SKYFORCE August 16 10am-5pm-5pm Lidcombe Catholic Workmen's
Club, 24 John Street, Lidcombe PO Box 804 Kensington NSW 2033 (03)
9416 89981
SMEG RADIO 2RRR Wednesday nights between 7pm and 8pm.
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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
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
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http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~ian/writings.html
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
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
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 Email
water@thehub.com.au
VORTEX June 7 Red Cross Centre 397 Adelaide St G.P.O. Box 2004
Brisbane 4001
QUEENSLAND STAR TREKKERS (Quest) June 14 GPO Box 2084 Brisbane 4001
Email water@thehub.com.au
CONQUEST July 5 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St GPO Box 1376
Brisbane Qld 4001
HIGHLANDER July 19 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St Postal
address 11 Perrett St Bundamba Qld 4304 sonjav@powerup.com.au
Newsletter The Buzz
BRISBANE DR WHO FAN CLUB Third Sunday of every month Queensland
Railway Institute (QRI) Conference Room PO Box 10308, Adelaide
Street, Brisbane QLD 4000. email timelord@mail.cth.com.au
http://www.cth.com.au/usr/timelord/bdwfc.htm. The club runs Babylon
5 screening days, at the same venue, usually about once a month.
BRISBANE SKYFORCE Further information: (03) 9416 8998
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.
CRITICAL MASS Contact Damien Warman PO Box 3355, Rundle Mall
Adelaide SA 5000 dmw@pobox.com
AUSFA, c/- Clubs Association, University of Adelaide, North
Terrace, Adelaide SA 5001.
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 May 29 Aussiecon 3 MSFC Quiz Night June 5 Star Trek June 12
Book Club 8.00pm St David's Church Hall 74 Melville Rd West
Brunswick P.O. Box 212 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
STAR TREK THE EXHIBIT February 27 to July 19 Science Works
Spotswood
AUSTREK June 6 2:00pm Galactic Series Debating St Marks Church
Hall, Cnr Canterbury & Burke Roads, Camberwell. email:
austrek@vicnet.net.au GPO Box 5206AA Melbourne 3001
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~austrek/
NOVA MOB June 10 Charles Taylor on the fiction of Wynne Whiteford.
First dinner at about 6:00pm at The Arian Restaurant on Sydney
Road, followed by the meeting at about 8:00pm at13 Frederick St
Brunswick.
GODZILLA PREVIEW June 10 Hoyts Cinema Centre, 140 Bourke Street
Melbourne 7:00pm sharp! $9.50 Adults, $7.50 Children. Tickets, via
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~multivrs/
DANDENONG SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY June 10 Ann McGann P.O. Box 706
Frankston Vic 3199 015 510 159 luddite@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
SKYFORCE (Star Wars) June 13 1-5 pm Melbourne Uni, Copeland
Theatre, Economics and Commerce Building P.O. Box 427 Northcote
3070 Email Address: darren.maxwell@tmca.com.au
http://www.imageworks.com.au/starwalking
JACK DANN June 13 Masterclass - Aspects of the Fantastic Victorian
Writer's Center 156 George St Fitzroy $120 for non-members
ENTERPRISE June 27 Annual Winter Olympics P.O. Box 466 World Trade
Centre Melbourne 3005 (03) 9583 7404 enterprise@minerals.csiro.au
THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION FOUNDATION July 18 P.O. Box 215
Forest Hill Vic 3131
AUSTRALIAN BABYLON 5 FAN CLUB July 19 1:00pm Bowling Day: Box
Hill Bowling Centre Whitehorse Road P.O. Box 610 Ballarat Vic
3353Babbling On xfive@ballarat.starway.net.au
AUSTRALIAN COSTUMERS GUILD July 26 Anniversary of the 2nd Annual
Costumers Ball and Panic before the 3rd Annual Costumer's Ball
stitch 'n' bitch (03) 9568 0708 P.O. Box 322 Bentleigh Vic 3204
email stilskin@netspace.net.au Telephone (03)9557 7088
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~costume/
THIRD ANNUAL COSTUMERS' BALL August 15 6:30pm Streeton Room, The
Centre Ivanhoe. $48. The Australian Costumers' Guild P.O. Box 12345
A'Beckett St Melbourne 8006
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)
FELLOWSHIP OF MIDDLE EARTH Monash University 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. Myers Cafeteria Melbourne
GALLIFREY GPO Box 910G Melbourne 3001 Daniel Klein 0419 379 842,
AH:(03) 9850 7275 lordpres@hotmail.com
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/
PHRYNE FISHER CLUB P.O. Box 41 West Brunswick 3055
RED DWARF FAN CLUB P.O. Box 1044 Bundoora 3083
TIME TREKKERS St Luke's, 46 Sternberg St BendigoP.O. Box 334
Bendigo 3550.
THE X-FILES FAN CLUB OF AUSTRALIa Locked Bag 1013, Flemington,
3031. Fanzine The Field Journal.
W.A.
LAUNCH OF A VIEW BEFORE DYING Sean Williams July 6 The Fremantle
Hotel, Fremantle7pm.
JUMP POINT UWA The Babylon 5 club of W.A. P.O. Box 245, Inglewood
6932. Telephone: (08) 9249 6354 Fanzine: Stellarcomemail:
info@jumppoint.net.auWeb: 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
http://kite.ois.net.au/~fizzgig Email addresses are:-Promotions
Officer fizzgig@ois.net.au Secretary - b.trump@cowan.edu.au"
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
PHILOSFY #9 Alexander R. Slate 8603 Shallow Ridge Drive San Antonio
TX 78239-4022 USA.
CONSCRIPT GPO Box 1376 Brisbane Qld 4001
ELECTRONIC FANZINES
EMERALD CITY 33 Cheryl Morgan cmorgan@ceres.wallis.com or
http://www.emcit.com
WEB PAGES
For a full listing,
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/zines.htm
NEW
Phantasia
http://www.phantasia.com.au
Star Trek
http://www.startrek.com.au
Ticonderoga http://www.ozemail.com.au/~nanite/russell/
DEADLINES
Ditmar Voting May 31
June 6 at the con
ANZAPA 182 June 5
Aurealis Competition June 30 1998
Guff Nominations September 30 1998
Guff Voting March 30 1999
SOURCES
Alan Stewart, Ian Gunn, Shayne McCormack, Russell Farr, Anna
Hepworth, Niall Doran, Justin Ackroyd, Greg Egan
DEADLINE FOR #100
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