THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET 109 6/11/98 <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="/fanzines/zinemix.css"></HEAD> <STYLE TYPE="text/css"></STYLE> <BODY><H3>THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET 109 6/11/98</H3> <PRE> <P>A fugacious 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 IN PRINT Brendan Carson's "Suburbs" appears in Antipodean SF 8 (October). WRITING WORKSHOPS Lucy Sussex asks "How do I find myself doing these things? At the Victorian Writers' Centre 14 November and 1 December, 6.30-8.30 pm, I'll be doing workshops on: `Writing Sex and Death in Fantasy, SF, Gothic and Horror.' This is part of a series on love, death etc in genre fictions the VWC are running. From the blurb: This workshop deals with the problems of writing love, sex, and death in non-realistic narratives. How do you write alien or fantasy sex, kill off a vampire originally or depict a zombie in love? The workshop will include writing exercises." BULLSHEET MEDIA WATCH Damien Broderick reviews several science books, including Richard Feynman's The Meaning Of It All and Jenkins & Jenkins Life Signs: The Biology of Star Trek in The Weekend Australian 24-25/10/98. FANZINE DISPLAY Stewart Unwin reports "The National Library currently has a display of material from the Susan Smith-Clarke Fanzine Collection. It's only a small display in the Visitor Centre of about 20 items, but it gives a good indic tion of the range of zines published in Australia. Further information on the Smith-Clarke Collection is available at http://www.nla.gov.au/collect/s-clarke.html I'm not sure how long the material will stay on display - probably about 6 weeks, but visitors can ring ahead on (02) 6262 1156 to check. AUSSIECON THREE The Voice of the Platypus 3 is now available. It contains news of current membership rates, but nothing on hotel bookings yet. GUNNY WATCH Karen Pender-Gunn notes that Ian is very unwell at present. The following are two recent reports on conditions. I doubt that I am alone in hoping that things get better for both Karen and Ian. Elaine Cochrane noted the need for more fans to sign up as blood donors. You'll note from this the amount that Ian alone needs. Here are Karen's reports. Ian went to the hospital today for what we thought was a check up. He went into the hospital last week and after a day of messing about they didn't give him chemotherapy but reconnected him to the pump. Today when we went in they gave him chemotherapy and gave him a new bag of drugs for the pump, which was unexpected and completely messed up the day! He had the red drug whose name I can never remember and a cousin in the Platen family which is slower to lower the blood count and is less toxic so he didn't need bags and bags of saline pumped through him. We are waiting to see what the result is. hopeful less sickness. The oncologist also changed his anti-nausea drug so he doesn't sleep 22 hours a day! Ian has also informed the medical staff that, as long as it is feasible, he wants the chemotherapy to fit around the his social life, not the other way round. The Living with Cancer course has helped us realise that we were in a rut and needed to get out and enjoy ourselves. Ian found all he had to talk about was television programs. He has also had a couple of drawing jobs which had been nice. We still take each day as it comes as life continues to throw curve balls at us. Thank you to all those who have us in their prayers, it helps knowing you have faith enough for us. Today was Ian's check-up day and we knew he would be staying in hospital for some treatment. For the past couple of days he has been too tired to even get dressed during the day and he has been feeling sick. The blood counts were down in single figures today so off he went to a single room in the oncology room. So far tonight as of 9 pm on the 29th Thursday - he had two units of blood, 5 bags of platelets and 5 bags of plasma - and he was feeling a bit chirpier when I left. They are also giving him some antibiotics as he has an unknown infection in the gall-bladder which is upsetting the liver (where the secondaries of the cancer are) so he has had some blood taken for culturing. No real idea when he will be allowed home. He has to have two more units of blood tomorrow morning.The chemotherapy is knocking him about badly when he has it, the stamina is gone and the body tired and sick of fighting. The pump doesn't seem to effect him that badly. Things with Ian are not that great, but don't worry, he is still in hospital and is being taken care of. His white cell count is still almost z ero. Because of this he has an infection and the infection is being treated with a strong antibiotic. Because of the strong antibiotic the good bacteria in his blood has been killed off with the bad. As a result of this he has thrush in his mouth and down his throat. When I came to the hospital this afternoon he was very distressed as when he swallowed he had a pain in his chest. By later tonight (11.30) he was comfortable and only in minor pain. He was on a saline and potassium drip and had been taking some fluid by mouth. He will, of course, he in hospital for quite a few days to come until they have the infection and his blood under control. I took in copies of the email message tonight and he was quite pleased to see all the good messages coming his way. Please, feel free to send a message to Ian and I will take it in to him. FAN FUNDS The ballot for the 1999 DUFF race, which will bring a North American fan to Aussiecon Three, is now available (and will be included with this BS). Candidates are Andy Hooper, Lise Eisenberg and Janice Gelb. Vote promptly and vote often! Note that GUFF nominations are still open. UPCOMING CONVENTIONS BEST OF – BOTH WORLDS 4 November 21 - 22 1998 University of Sydney, and Southern Cross Hotel NSW GsoH Jason Carter Dwight Schultz Amis Tim Choate Jerry Doyle ph: 02 9453 0290 fax: 02 9975 6043 ICON April 1-5 1999 24 Annual Western Australian Convention The Metro Inn Canning Highway South Perth GsoH Jack Dann, Sean Williams, Janny Wurts Special Guests, Don Maitz & Janeen Webb, Fan Guest Dave Luckett $70 until October 11 GPO Box G429 Perth WA 6841 http://www.iinet.net.au/~swancon/ ackerman@multiline.com.au 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 The 57th 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 $225 Supporting $45 Child in tow $45 email info@aussiecon3.worldcon.org http://www.aussiecon3.worldcon.org. SPAWNCON TWO The 38th Australian National Science Fiction Convention. September 2-6 1999 World Congress Centre, Melbourne P.O. Box 215 Forest Hill Vic 3131 http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/spawncon.htm 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 $US135.00 for residents of North America $US125.00 rate for bona fide residents of other continents P. O. Box 642057, Chicago IL 60664, fax: 312-946-3779 http://www.chicon.org/ THE MILLENIUM PHILCON The 59th World Science Fiction Convention August 30 to September 3, 2001 The Pennsylvania Convention Center & Philadelphia Marriott Hotel GsoH Greg Bear, Stephen Youll, Gardner Dozois, George Scithers Toastmaster: Esther Friesner. Suite 2001, 402 Huntingdon Pike Rockledge, PA 19046 USA phil2001@unix3.netaxs.com GoH = Guest of Honour O.C.P. = Other Commitments Permitting tba= to be announced. CLUB NEWS Alan Stewart reports that the MSFC elected its new committee. The following were elected unopposed V.P. Jamie Ruell, Treasurer Anthony Tabone, Secretary Alan Stewart, Activator Claire McKenna, Fund raiser Sharon Nebell and Ordinary Committee Members Damien Saunders and Terry Frost. Steve Smith won the contested position of President, whereupon Terry frost resigned. In the ensuing by-election, Tristan McLeay was elected as Ordinary Committee Member. Aren't clubs fun? David Arblaster volunteered to take on Publicity. Erika Lacey reports "I've started an SF (speculative fiction) club, and need members - at least 30 by the end of November. I have 13 now, I need more people to join! Plans include: Fortnightly workshop for writers; Reading groups for SF, F and H; A UQSFS library; Talks from visiting authors; Newsletter and an expedition to Aussiecon Three. VISION - the only other SF writers group in QLD has become closed, to only 28 members - which they have - or nearly have - already. Contact Erika Lacey, 70 Karri Avenue, Logan Central Qld 4114 s344103@student.uq.edu.au EVENTS N.S.W. FUTURIAN SOCIETY OF SYDNEY November 20 7:00 Room 1615 Broadway Tower, University of Technology Sydney http://ftoomsh.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~ian/writings.html. SOUTHERN SCIENCE FICTION GROUP November 21 2-00pm 15 Shade Place Lugarno (02) 534-3595. QUEENSLAND STAR TREK: THE EXHIBIT Until January 31, 1999 The Queensland Museum QUEENSLAND STAR TREKKERS (QUEST) November 8 GPO Box 2084 Brisbane 4001 Email water@thehub.com.au HIGHLANDER November 15 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St Postal address 11 Perrett St Bundamba Qld 4304 sonjav@powerup.com.au Newsletter The Buzz CONQUEST December 6 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St GPO Box 1376 Brisbane Qld 4001 Victoria MSFC November 6 Dr Who Night November 13 Coffee, Cake & Conversation, November 20 H. Gibbens on Animation. 8.00pm St David's Church Hall 74 Melville Rd West Brunswick P.O. Box 212 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005 FRIDAY NIGHT MOB November 6 November 13 , November 20 6-7.30pm. Informal eating and nattering. Myers Cafeteria Melbourne DANDENONG SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY November 11 P.O. Box 706 Frankston Vic 3199 015 510 159 fax (03) 9787 0899 luddite@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au AUSTRALIAN BABYLON 5 FAN CLUB November 14 7:30. Christmas Party The Cafe North Hotel 480 Victoria St Nth Melbourne P.O. Box 610 Ballarat Vic 3353 Babbling On xfive@ballarat.starway.net.au ENTERPRISE November 21 Costuming Workshop P.O. Box 466 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005 (03) 9583 7404 enterprise@minerals.csiro.au SKYFORCE (STAR WARS) November 28 7 pm St Mark's Church Hall Camberwell. Combination 10th Anniversary & Christmas Party. $18 by November 21st. P.O. Box 427 Northcote 3070 Email Address: kryten@werple.net.au http://www.imageworks.com.au/starwalking ENTERPRISE November 29 Car Rally P.O. Box 466 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005 (03) 9583 7404 enterprise@minerals.csiro.au W.A. JUMP POINT November 8 5.00 pm special screening of Alien & Aliens Grand Cinemas Warwick. $12 contact: Stephen on 9249 7492 or skye@iinet.net.au THE WEST LODGE November 28 7.00pm Timelord's Gala - b.trump@cowan.edu.au or ring (08) 9316 3260. PAPER FANZINES THE FORCE 32 Jan Wilson P.O. Box 201 Rosanna Vic 3084 for Star Walking Inc BANANA WINGS 11 Claire Brialey 26 Northampton Rd Croydon Surrey CR0 7HA UK & Mark Plummer 14 Northway Rd Croydon Surrey CR0 6JE UK THE INSTRUMENTALITY Mark Loney for the Australian SF Foundation P.O. Box 215 Forest Hill Vic 3131 OUTWORLDS 70 Bill Bowers 4651 Glenway Ave Cincinnati Ohio 45238-4503 USA ELECTRONIC ZINES EMERALD CITY 38 Cheryl Morgan cmorgan@ceres.wallis.com or on-line at http://www.emcit.com AUSTRALIAN WEB PAGES For a full listing, http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/zines.htm NEW Australian Star Trek Central http://members.aol.com/oztrekcent/ Julian Buczek http://www.geocites.com/Area51/Crater/3249/index.html DEADLINES ANZAPA 185 December 6 1998 Guff Nominations November 30 1998 Guff Voting March 30 1999 Duff Voting March 31, 1999. SOURCES Alan Stewart, Ian Newcombe, Karen Pender-Gunn, Erika Lacey, Stewart Unwin, Lucy Sussex DEADLINE FOR #110 Tuesday November 17th Distribution Friday November 20th. BULLSHEET UNCLASSIFIEDS Star Trek Insurrection Preview Enterprise and Austrek are pleased to announce a special charity preview of the new movie Star Trek Insurrection. All profits raised from this screening will go to The Royal Children's Hospital, The film will be held at the Village Crown Cinemas in Melbourne at 7:30pm on Wednesday December 30th.Tickets cost $10.00 per adult and $9.00 per child. This preview will incorporate other special events such as raffles, an after film party and nightclubbing and much more and will continue on to a huge new year's party at Planet Hollywood. For further information and ticket order forms, check out the Enterprise web page at: http://www.vicnet.net.au/~enterprise/ or email enterprise@minerals.csiro.au . BELFAST FANDOM ANNOUNCES A BID TO HOST CORFLU IN 2001. Belfast fans Tommy Ferguson, Eugene Doherty and Mark McCann have got together to announce a bid to host Corflu in 2001. Our view is that Belfast, being the spiritual home of Irish Fandom for over fifty years, has much to offer a small, friendly, fanzine convention. The aim of our con is to reflect the enthusiasm that the likes of Walt Willis, James White and Bob Shaw generated in the Fifties. We want to put on a convention where fans can relax and enjoy fandom and, taking our lead from the past, move fanzine fandom into the new millennium. As a city Belfast has easy access with two airports within 30 minutes of the city centre, over 10 daily flights to London, and it is less than a couple of hours from Dublin airport. It is a small city with a highly developed public transportation system and all its major attractions are within walking distance of the city centre. Indeed the famous Golden Mile from the city centre to the University in the south of the city is the focus of Belfasts nightlife, with restaurants like the Michelin starred Roscoff's to small friendly cafes. At the centre of the University district is Shaftesbury Square, the heart of the city at night. All the major restaurants, pubs and clubs are located in the square and it is within 5 minutes walk of here, literally a few hundred feet, that we hope to hold Corflu. As a holiday base Belfast is a perfect city to springboard into the rest of Ireland. Whether you go North and West to the beauty of the glens of Antrim and the rugged splendour of Donegal or South to the bustling European city of Dublin, which is the hub of a vibrant new economy, Belfast can launch you onwards. Wherever you go in Ireland, though, you can be assured of the warm Cead Mile Filte (A Hundred Thousand Welcomes) that the Irish are famous for. We are currently inviting feedback and comment on the bid at any of the contacts given below. Alternatively you can meet Mark and Tommy at Novacon in Birmingham, England 13-15 November 1998, or you can talk to Tommy Ferguson at next year's Corflu in Florida. All views are welcome. corflu2001bid@net.ntl.com Corflu 2001 Bid, 40 Deramore Avenue, Belfast, BT7 3ER, UK, (01232) 293275 TOS SALE Elaine Walker notes that, until Friday 13th November the Perth SF Bookshop, A Touch of Strange, is having a 25% off all books sale. LETTERATURE In regard to my comment that Nick Stathopoulos was probably using all of a gig of hard drive in 1992, Clive Newall notes. " More likely to have been 80 megabytes. Maybe 100. I find it truly frightening that the Mac SE I used in '92 at Melb. Uni. managed quite nicely with 2 x 40 mb disks, and the Amiga 3000 had heaps of space to spare on its' 100mb disk, but my current PC is struggling with a 1 Gb drive...and the software isn't _that_ much better...(But at least the disks are cheaper.:-) " Stephen Dedman made the following correction. My apologies for the mistake "Hi, Marc. Just a note to say that the actual title of "Murder Planet" was "Founding Fathers" (SF Age has this strange habit of putting often inappropriate blurbs on the cover), and you've also missed my story in the June Asimov's, "Target of Opportunity"." This Fanzine Supports The Minneapolis in '73 WorldCon Bid and Aussiecon Three. Other Allegiances are still for sale. </PRE></BODY></HTML>