THE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION BULLSHEET #122 – June 18 1999
An impuissant 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
PHANTASIA SCIENCE FICTION & MYSTERY BOOKSHOP FISSIONS!
The latest PhaNews notes that Phantasia Books has spawned a new shop
at 270a Old Northern Road Castle Hill NSW. (02) 9634 1455. As part
of the opening celebrations, they have a dual author book signing
with Timothy Zahn and Michael Stackpole signing at both shops on
June 19th.
IN PRINT
Arrow have just released The Cursed Towers, book three in Kate
Forsyth's "The Witches of Eileasnan" series.
IN ELECTRONS
Ellen Datlow notes that Chris Lawson's short story "Unborn Again"
is now online at: http://www.eventhorizon.com/sfzine/fiction/unborn/index.html
Chris Lawson notes in addition to that "This story has also been
selected for Gardner Dozois' YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION 16, which
should be out later this year, and made it onto the Recommended
Reading List for the Datlow/ Windling YEAR'S BEST FANTASY & HORROR,
as well as the LOCUS Recommended Reading List for 1998.
Simon Brown said some nice things about it on the Eidolon SF Online
site, although I'm not sure you can trust the recommendations of a
man who posed for a publicity shot taking a drag on a cigarette. I
bet the fag's a Gitane and Simon's hoping it makes him look like a
French Existentialist philosopher :-)
Another story of mine called "Written in Blood" has just been
printed in the June 1999 Asimov's. Much to my delight it has already
been picked up for the Broderick & Hartwell anthology Centaurus: The
Best Of Australian SF, which Tor is bringing out in the next few
weeks."
Alan Stewart noted that James Allen and Neil Murray were contestants
on Who Wants to be a Millionaire on 8/6/99. Not the fans, but the
coincidence of names was amusing.
ON THE TUBE
Adrian Sherlock reports "This is an update on Damon Dark, the new SF
series being produced by Adrian Sherlock. Six episodes have been
shot and the pilot has been completed and submitted to Channel 31's
programming department. A possible time slot is 8PM Fridays around
late August, early September. The series follows Damon Dark, a
member of the shadowy government organisation called Department Six.
He and fellow agents are at war with mysterious, enigmatic invaders,
"shape- changing, telepathic aliens". The episodes are as follows:
"TIMESLIP". Damon Dark and Candice Ryan arrive at the offices of
Department Six only to find that it has been knocked out in an alien
attack. Their only chance of survival is the possibility of a "hole
in time".
"MADDOX" (PARTS 1,2,3+4) Damon and Veruca Stone investigate the
enigmatic business man and media tycoon Simon Maddox and discover
that he has complicated connections to an alien plan to take control
of powerful members of the political and business worlds, and to
unleash a super-virus that will destroy much of the human population
of Earth.
"IT'S AFTER ME!" Damon is trapped, hiding from an alien assassin
that is hunting him. In flash back we learn how the creature came to
kill him while he was staying at his mother's house. The creature is
able to assume a human shape and Damon learns something of the
aliens' pitiless nature.
For further information, please e-mail me. straker2@hotmail.com"
GREG EGAN'S FANTASIES REVEALED
In aus.sf, Greg Egan made the following statement.which I reproduce
here, totally out of context "I can't speak for other writers, but
all my own fantasies of making it revolve around the Drygoods
Subcommittee of the Victorian Mensuration and Labelling Authority.
I have their TV Week poster on my bedroom wall, and they are TOTAL
SPUNKRATS." Other authors are invited to bear their souls in equally
revealing ways.
BULLSHEET MEDIA WATCH
Sally Rogers-Davidson's Spare Parts is reviewed in the Sunday Age
6/6/99 Jack Dann gets the best part of a page in The Weekend
Australian June 12-13 1999 De Forest Kelly's death was widely
reported.
FAN FUNDS
Renaldo's FFANZ Trip report has been recognised by LACon's Fan Fund
Rewards Scheme, and LACon has donated $US500 to FFANZ. Renaldo's
human accomplices, Phil & Frances report that there doesn't seem to
be a FFANZ race for 1999 - perhaps next year.
Duff winner Janice Gelb notes "The time for my DUFF trip is fast
approaching! I will be arriving in Melbourne the morning of August
3. I will be staying with Stephen Boucher during my time in
Melbourne, and the only things I know for sure I'm doing there are
the Nova Mob meeting and a footy game"
AUSSIECON THREE
Lucy Sussex notes "The Tiptree Fund has presented Freddie Baer with
a Fairy Godmother Award so she can go to the Worldcon in Australia
this summer." (Freddie is a Hugo Nominee in the Fan Artist
Category.)
ANDREW Porter, in an e-mail to John Bangsund, notes "Do you know
anything about Melbourne B&B's? I'm looking for a non-hotel type
place to stay for several days before the convention. Also, I'm
curious whether you know anyone who has the time to show me the
sights in the Melbourne area before the con."Andrew's e-mail address
is SF_CHRONICLE@compuserve.com
Cheryl Morgan observes "Well, Kevin and I sort of have to be there.
Something to do with a couple of Worldcon bids we are running."
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
STARGATE CONVENTION
(Best of Both Worlds) July 3-4 GsoH Amanda Tipping, Michael Shanks,
Christopher Judge and Don S. Davis P.O. Box 215 Forestville NSW 2087
alc@nlc.net.au
AUSSIECON THREE
The 57th World Science Fiction Convention. September 2-6 1999 World
Congress Centre, Melbourne GsoH George Turner, Greg Benford and
Bruce Gillespie. Special Guest J.M Straczynski. Aussiecon Three,
GPO Box 1212K, Melbourne, 3001, Australia Attending $250 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
THYLACON THREE
Just after Aussiecon 3.No GOH. No program. Group travels to
Launceston, Bicheno, and Hobart with our own bus, sightseeing and
relaxing www.southcom.com.au/~robinjohnson/thylacon3
CONQUEST 99
Reflections October 1-3 1999 Special Guests Richard Arnold and
Richard Hatch ocp $170 GPO Box 1376 Brisbane Qld 4001.
pbuddaaa@zip.com.au ph 0412-649-727
SWANCON 25
39th National Australian Science Fiction Convention April 20th-24th,
2000. Ascot Inn, Belmont, WA. GsoH Connie Willis and Ian Nichols.
Gratuitous interstate guest "Mitch" Other guests include Stephen
Dedman, Sue Isle, Jack Dann, Janeen Webb, Sean Williams and Tess
Williams swancon25@megabyte.murdoch.edu.au
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 MILLENNIUM 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. $US 125 Attending until April 5 1999.
Supporting $US 40 Suite 2001, 402 Huntingdon Pike Rockledge, PA
19046 USA phil2001@unix3.netaxs.com http://www.netaxs.com/~phil2001
GoH = Guest of Honour
O.C.P. = Other Commitments Permitting
tba= to be announced.
CLUB NEWS
Time Trekkers, the Science Fiction Club of Central Victoria, notes
that it's not dead, just resting. The latest issue of Ultrawarp
mentions that meetings are still held on the first Friday of each
month at St Luke's Sternberg St Support Centre, 46 Sternberg St
Bendigo.
EVENTS
Note that there is an annual calendar available on the Vicnet SF web
site at http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/1999cal.htm
N.S.W.
SOUTHERN SCIENCE FICTION GROUP June 19 12:30pm D II D Cafe Beverly
Hills Postal Address 15 Shade Place Lugarno (02) 9534-3595.
elvey@mcme.com.au
PHANTASIA BOOKS SIGNINGS Michael Stackpole and Timothy Zahn June 19
11:00 to 1:00 270a Old Northern Road Castle Hill NSW. 3:00 to 5:00
443 High St Penrith NSW
FRIENDS OF SCIENCE FICTION July 11 Lidcombe Catholic Club, 24 John
St Lidcombe fsf@nlc.net.au P.O Box 797 Fairfield NSW 1860 Phone/
Fax (02)9523 8385
SKYFORCE NSW 8 August Lidcombe Catholic Workmen's Club,24 John
Street, Lidcombe
QUEENSLAND
VORTEX July 4 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St Brisbane GPO Box
2004 Brisbane Qld 4001
HIGHLANDER DOWN UNDER July 18 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St
Brisbane PO Box 198 Brisbane Albert St Qld 4002
sonjav@powerup.com.au
CONQUEST August 1 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St Brisbane GPO Box
1376 Brisbane Qld 4001
NEW ALLIANCE August 1 PO Box 12083 Elizabeth St/BC Brisbane Qld
4002
VICTORIA
MSFC June 18 Enterprise. A talk by a guest from the Enterprise
Club, June 25 What to wear to a World Con? Discussion.July 2 Food
Night. Soups Up! 8:00 pm St. David's Uniting Church Hall, 74
Melville Road, West Brunswick P.O. Box 212 World Trade Centre
Melbourne 3005
FRIDAY NIGHT MOB June 18 June 25, July 2 6-7.30pm. Informal eating
and nattering. Myers Cafeteria Melbourne
ENTERPRISE June 19 Star Fleet Olympics.Postal Address P.O. Box 466
World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005 enterprise@minerals.csiro.au
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~enterprise/(03) 9515 3226 (7pm to 10pm
only)
MULTIVERSE June 21 1999 7:00pm "The Mummy"Greater Union Russell
Cinemas, 131 Russell Street Melbourne
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~multivrs/ mailto:multivrs@vicnet.net.au
AUSTRALIAN COSTUMERS GUILD June 27 Ross House in Flinders' Lane
Melbourne PO Box 322 Bentleigh Vic 3204 stilskin@netspace.net.au
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~costume/
TIME TREKKERS July 2 St Luke's Sternberg St Support Centre, 46
Sternberg St Bendigo P.O. Box 934 Bendigo Vic 3552
AUSTREK July 3 2:00pm Call-Sheet Let's make a movie St Mark's Church
Hall Cnr Canterbury & Burke Rds, Camberwell GPO Box 5206AA Melbourne
3001 03 9489 8743 http://www.vicnet.net.au/~austrek/
austrek@vicnet.net.au
NOVA MOB July 7 James Allen on J. Michael Straczynski, creator of
Babylon 5 13 Frederick St Brunswick.
DANDENONG VALLEY SCIENCE FICTION GROUP July 14 8.00pm Science
Fiction Board Games, Meeting Room Dandenong Library Stuart St
Dandenong Ann McGann P.O. Box 706 Frankston Vic 3199 Phone Daniel
9544 9775 e-mail luddite@hotmail.com
SKYFORCE August 14 Melbourne Uni, Copeland Theatre, Economics and
Commerce Building 1:00pm to 5:00pm P.O. Box 427 Northcote 3070
kryten@werple.net.au http://www.imageworks.com.au/starwalking.htm
FANZINES
ULTRAWARP 33 Simon Mead for Time Trekkers Box 934 Bendigo Vic 3552
PHANEWS #20 P.O. Box 1255 Penrith NSW 2751
MAINSTREAM 17 Jerry Kaufman and Suzanne Tompkins 3522 N.E. 123rd St
Seattle WA 98125 USA (A real honest to Ghod genuine fanzine!!!)
THE EVIL DEEDS OF MRS E HENCHWOMAN Frances Papworth and Phil
Wlodarczyk P.O. Box 33 Seville 3139 Available for a large donation
to FFANZ.
ANZAPA 188 Marc Ortlieb OBE P.O. Box 215 Forest Hill Vic 3131 A 178
page mailing with sizable contributions from Bruce Gillespie, Alan
Stewart, Bill Wright and Michael Green. Plus Bruce Gillespie found
29 copies of John Bangsund's Scythrop 26, which were distributed
with the mailing. (Scythrop 26 was an SF Commentary tribute, with
George Turner's article about Bruce Gillespie.)
ELECTRONIC ZINES
Terry Frost send a Mimezine in a format that my computer couldn't
read.
ANSIBLE 143 Dave Langford, 94 London Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1
5AU, UK. Fax 0118 966 9914. ISSN 0265-9816. E-mail
ansible@cix.co.uk. Available for SAE or second-hand chronosynclastic
infundibula.
EMERALD CITY Issue 45 Cheryl Morgan cmorgan@ceres.wallis.com or
http://www.emcit.com
FANS ACROSS THE WORLD NEWSLETTER 87 B. Wilkinson, Ground Floor Flat,
8 West Avenue Road, Walthamstow, E17 9SE, Great Britain
bjw@cix.co.uk fax: 0181-925-7126
WEB PAGES
David Collins notes "David Collins' site at www.netc.net.au/~apples
has changed to Oz Trek at http://oztrek.holodoc.net.au and
Australian Star Trek Central has mearged with Oz Trek
DEADLINES
Bullsheet #122 July 13 1999.(A break for school holidays)
ANZAPA 188 August 6 1998
SpawnCon Short Story August 13 1999
Ditmar Votes August 27 1999
This Fanzine Supports The Minneapolis in '73 WorldCon Bid The
Toronto in 2003 WorldCon bid and Aussiecon Three. Other Allegiances
are still for sale.
JOVE NODS BULLSHEET HAPPENS
Damien Broderick notes "Just saw yr cite of my comment on radio
gigs. I hastily misspelled Koval as Kova, and feel embarrassed.
Guess there's nuthin you can do to correct what's already posted,
but if there's a print version still in process, a correction would
be good."
BULLSHEET OPINION POLL
In recent discussions in the aus.sf newsgroup, I had occasion to
describe Justin Ackroyd as a book pusher.
David Syber, lept to his defence saying "Justin is not a 'book
pusher.' He is a book retailer! It's the difference between an M.D.
and a supplier."
Steve Taylor begged to differ. "Justin is so a book pusher. How
many times have I innocently wandered in, with no intention of
blowing my disposable income for the week, when Justin pulls out a
rare small press R.A. Lafferty book from behind the counter, and in
an oh so innocent voice asks if I'm interested? That's entrapment
dammit!"
So the Bullsheet Poll for this issue is
Is Justin Ackroyd a book pusher? Replies to the Bullsheet, either
snail- mail or e-mail by July 13th please.
REMEMBER THE FUNNY SHORT STORIES
Just a reminder about the 1,000 word Humorous short Story
Competition being run in conjunction with SpawnCon Two. the
Australian Science Fiction Foundation has donated real prize money
for this one. Entries to me by August 13th!!!