The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet #140 – April 7 2000
A malacophilous 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
IT PISSED OFF?
Robin Johnson notes "I passed the site of the pissoir used in the
Aussiefan movie in '72 t'other day, and there was this shiny
horrible new thing. I bet you have to pay, too. Does anyone know
where the original cast-iron effort went."
I have vague memories of an article, either in The Age or in the
Herald Sun. If anyone has further information, please contact Robin
Johnson
BULLSHEET MEDIA WATCH
Murray MacLachlan sent a cutting from The Age, 22/3/2000, featuring
a piece on Sian O'Neale, concentrating on his role as a student
teacher, but also noting his interest in science fiction.
Clive Newall noted that Derek Screen had a "week-in-the-life diary"
in The Age.
BOOKSHOPS
Ralph Buttigieg notes that he has taken over Infinitas Bookshop, in
Parramatta as Graham South, the previous owner will be spending his
time with other business interests.
Steve S Reports "The Fantastic Fiction bookstore is no longer. You
have it listed in the SA bookstores section."
FAN FUNDS
Murray and Natalie MacLachlan put in a late bid for a write-in FFANZ
vote. The results of the race are not yet available.
To follow up on the 2000 DUFF ballot, Terry Frost & Janice Gelb have
released the DUFF 2K Newsletter, with a ballot form, DUFF Finances,
Terry's thoughts about New York and Janice's thoughts about
Melbourne.
CONVENTION NEWS
The Queensland Conquest has released its latest newsletter, in which
it notes that some types of rooms have already been booked out. The
newsletter also notes that "Staying at the hotel multipyes the
fun..." I've never tried a multipye.
The Nieuw Amsterdam in '04 WorldCon Bid is reconsidering its
options, and is looking to a later date, possibly 2008.
Sonja van den Ende notes "Highlander DownUnder is are absolutely
thrilled to announce that Elizabeth Gracen will be joining us for
HLDU3!
Elizabeth will be attending the Aussie BBQ in Peter Wingfield's
place, as well as doing Q&A sessions, autographs etc. As an
extraordinarily special treat, Elizabeth will bring along the
documentary she completed a year ago. She will screen it at the con
as its world premiere!!! The 'cast' of this documentary is none
other than Peter Wingfield."
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
HIGHLANDER DOWN UNDER 3 April 14-16 2000 Mercure Hotel Brisbane GsoH
Elizabeth Gracen, Valentine Pelka, Anthony De Longis and Maureen
Russell $165 P.O. Box 198 Brisbane Albert St Qld 4002 ph (07) 3282
4220. sonjav@powerup.com.au http://www.powerup.com.au/~sonjav/
FREECON 00 April 15 - 16 2000. The Discovery area,Second Floor,
Australian Museum, corner of College and William Streets Sydney C/O
PO Box 2, Bexley North, 2207. johna@babel.apana.org.au
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 $80 until April 16th $90 thereafter.
swancon25@megabyte.murdoch.edu.au http://www.swancon.iinet.net.au
Swancon 25 GPO Box G429 Perth W.A. 6892
KITTEN KON The Goodies Convention 2000 April 21-23 2000 Dallas
Brooks Centre Melbourne GsoH Tim Brooke Taylor & Graeme Garden
[o.c.p.] Contact The Goodies Rule - OK! P.O. Box 325 Chadstone Vic
3148 $100 until 20/1/99 $120 until 14/3/2000
http://thegoodies.oztek.com.au
CONQUEST Easter Games Convention April 21-24 2000 University High
School Melbourne http://www.conquest.asn.au
FRIENDS OF SCIENCE FICTION Mini-Con May 6 2000 10:00am to 6:00pm
Guest Nicole deBoer:. $50 FSF members and $60 nonmembers (02) 9523
8385 bookings@fsf.com.au Website http://www.fsf.com.auP.O Box 797,
Fairfield, NSW, 1860.
MULTIVERSE May 13 2000 - A day with Nicole deBoer Edmund Barton
Centre, Moorabbin http://www.vicnet.net.au/~multivrs/
MULTIVERSE 4 Mid 2000 tba http://www.vicnet.net.au/~multivrs/
CON D'OR The 2000 New Zealand National SF Convention June 3 to 5
2000 West Plaza Hotel Wellington GsoH Tad Williams Sean McMullen and
Maree Sole. Contact enquiries@condor.sf.org.nz or
http://www.condor.sf.org.nz
sinpOZium 2000 The Australian Slash Con June 10 to 12 2000 (Queens
Birthday Weekend). Sydney. Convener Bernice brussell@ozemail.com.au.
Official website http://www.ozemail.com.au/~gabriani/sinpozium.htm
Mailing list http://www.onelist.com/community/sinpozium
ARCANACON 1800S Gaming Convention June 29 to July 2 2000 Collingwood
Education Centre Victoria Special Guest Shane Lacey Hensley
http://www.zip.com.au/~arcanacon
BOBW 9 STARGATE July 1st & 2nd 2000 Sydney Guests: Christopher
Judge (Teal'c) Teryl Rothery (Dr. Janet Frasier)
http://www.bobw.com.au (02) 9453 0290.
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 $US150.00 rate
for bona fide residents of other continents P. O. Box 642057,
Chicago IL 60664, fax: 312-946-3779 http://www.chicon.org/
CONQUEST 2000 October 6 to 8 2000 Brisbane Convention Centre GPO Box
1376 Brisbane 4001
BOBW 10 BABYLON 5/CRUSADE October 14th & 15th 2000Sydney
Guests:Tracy Scoggins, Peter Woodward Maggie Egan David Allen Brooks
http://www.bobw.com.au (02) 9453 0290.
NELCON A RELAXACON 17-19 November, 2000 The Country Comfort Motel,
Port Stephens N.S.W.. Membership $20 Accommodation $57 per night per
person Edwina Harvey by e-mail at e.harvey@unsw.edu.au or by snail
mail c/- 12 Flinders St, Matraville. 2036
SWANCON 2001 the Masquerade, 40th Australian National Science
Fiction Convention April 13-16 2001. GsoH tba The Rydges Hotel
Perth. P.O. Box 162 Nedlands W.A. 6909.
swancon2001committee@egroups.com http://www.sf.org.au/swancon2001
ODYSSEY CON The 2001 New Zealand National SF Convention Auckland.
enquiries@odyssey-con.sf.org.nz
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. Attending $135
until 30/4/2000 then $145 Supporting $US40 Millennium Philcon Post
Office Box 310 Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006-0310 U.S.A.
phil2001@unix3.netaxs.com http://www.netaxs.com/~phil2001
COSTUME CON 20 February 15-18 2002 Melbourne Exhibition and
Convention Centre $A50Daily Admission $100 until Dec 31st 2000;
$A130 Jan 1st 2001 - Dec 31st 2001 $160 Jan 1st 2002 - Feb 15th 2002
The Australian Costumers' Guild PO Box 322 Bentleigh Vic 3204
stilskin@netspace.net.au http://www.vicnet.net.au/~costume/
CON JOSE The 60th World Science Fiction Convention August 29 to
September 2, 2002 San Jos McEnery Convention Centre GsoH Vernor
Vinge, David Cherry, Bjo & John Trimble, Ferdinand Feghoot
Toastmaster Tad Williams. P.O. Box 61363 Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363
U.S.A. ConJose@sfsfc.org http://www.sfsfc.org/worldcon/ Attending
$A150. Supporting $A50.
GoH = Guest of Honour
O.C.P. = Other Commitments Permitting
tba= to be announced.
CLUB NEWS
Multiverse notes "Each Tuesday night from March 21st onward there
will be a Sci Fi night at the Cherry Tree Hotel in Richmond. At
present, this is Star Trek with episodes being screened on the big
screen from 7:00pm until late and includes 2 classic or TNG episodes
plus the Ch9 televised episode.
Entry is $5.00 each and Enterprise members should show membership
cards on entry to receive a free drink.
The Cherry Tree hotel is located in Balmain Street Richmond. Contact
Marcin on 0410 540 345 for further information"
EVENTS
Note that there is an annual calendar available on the Vicnet SF web
site at http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/2000cal.htm
QUEENSLAND
VORTEX DAY April 8 10:00am to 4:00pm Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide
St Brisbane
QUEST April 9 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St Brisbane GPO Box 2084
Brisbane Qld 4001
HIGHLANDER DOWN UNDER April 16 Red Cross Centre, 409 Adelaide St
Brisbane P.O. Box 198 Brisbane Albert St 4002
STARGATE:SG1 April 16 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St Brisbane
BUFFY April 23 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St Brisbane
CONQUEST May 7 Red Cross Centre 409 Adelaide St Brisbane GPO Box
1376 Brisbane Qld 4001
BRISBANE DR WHO CLUB May 28 Red Cross Centre, 409 Adelaide St
Brisbane P.O. Box 10308, Adelaide St, Brisbane, Qld 4000
VICTORIA
MSFC April 7 Food Night: SPAM & Toast (to be confirmed). Book Group:
Centurion's Empire by Sean McMullen.April 14 What elements are
involved in the best SF movies? We examine various SF films
including Blade Runner, Starship Troopers and Fifth Element.April 21
No meeting 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 April 7 ANZAPA contributions collected April 14
ANZAPA distributed 6:00-7.30pm. Informal eating and nattering. Myers
Cafeteria Melbourne
AUSTREK April 8 AGM St Mark's Church Hall Cnr Canterbury & Burke
Rds, Camberwell commencing 2pm. GPO Box 5206AA, Melbourne Vic 3001
SKYFORCE 2000 April 8 1:00 to 5:00pm Charles Pearson Theatre ERC
University of Melbourne P.O. Box 427 Northcote Vic 3070
http://starwalking.8k.com
AUSTRALIAN BABYLON 5 FAN CLUB .April 15 2:00pm Club Meeting
Horticultural Hall Cnr Victoria & Lygon Sts Melbourne. Discussion.
Did JMS lose his creativity somewhere between the 4th season of B5
and the beginning of Crusade? P.O. Box 437 Sunshine Vic 3020
ROBIN HOBB AT SLOW GLASS April 18 from 5:00pm. Slow Glass Books 305
Swanston St Melbourne
ENTERPRISE April 21 Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal We
start out the front of the Hoyts Cinemas in Bourke Street Melbourne
at 8:00am and march through the city down to South Melbourne where
we will have a tent up, plenty of seats, and one of the busiest
intersections for collecting in Melbourne. Enterprise will put on a
full BBQ lunch with drinks and tea and coffee as well as Easter eggs
for all those who attend the day and help out. If you are interested
in helping out on the day, please email Enterprise
ENTERPRISE April 22 AGM and Mock Prime Directive Trial P.O. Box
466 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005 enterprs@vicnet.net.au
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~enterprise/ 0418 56 1701
NOVA MOB May 3 Neal Stephenson discussion 13 Frederick St Brunswick
MULTIVERSE May 15 6:30pm Free advance preview screening of Pitch
Black Greater Union Russell Cinemas. For your chance at tickets
check out the Multiverse Web page at
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~multivrs/
WEB SITES
New
David.Bofinger Films
http://www.geocities.com/davidbofinger/futur.htm#movies
FANZINES
CONQUEST NEWSLETTER GPO Box 1376 Brisbane Qld 4001
PHILOSFY #14 Alexander R. Slate 8603 Shallow Ridge San Antonio TX
78239-4022 USA
DUFF 2K: The Newsletter Terry Frost & Janice Gelb 4/8 Walker St
West Brunswick Vic 3055 & 1070 Mercedes Ave #2 Los Altos CA 94022
U.S.A.
PLACEBO EFFECT #1 Matthew Rayner 2 Guildford Place Leumeah NSW 2560
ELECTRONIC FANZINES
EMERALD CITY ISSUE 55 Cheryl Morgan cmorgan@ceres.wallis.com or
http://www.emcit.com
TOMMYWORLD 50 Tommy Ferguson New Address: 17 Delhi St, Belfast, BT7
3AJ tferg@lineone.net
FANS ACROSS THE WORLD NEWSLETTER 96 March 2000 B. Wilkinson, c/o 15
Manor Drive, Southgate, London, N14 5JH, Great Britain bjw@cix.co.uk
Deadlines
Bullsheet #141 April 18 2000.
ANZAPA 194 April 7 2000
GUFF Nominations April 14 2000
DUFF Voting April 30 2000
This Fanzine Supports The Minneapolis in '73 WorldCon Bid The
Toronto in 2003 WorldCon Bid. and the Australia in 2007 WorldCon Bid
BULLSHEET UNCLASSIFIEDS
Irwin Hirsh notes " I have some copies of New Routes In America
(Peter Roberts report of his 1977 TAFF trip) for sale.
Dave Langford published the report and it is 'spiffily bound', runs
to about tiny-type 32 pages, and is well illustrated. Some of the
chapters first saw publication in British and US fanzines in the
late 70s.
Dave sent me 8 copies so that Aussies can easily purchase
copies. Four copies have already been spoken for (though only I have
actually coughed up....) They cost A$16 each (postage included) with
the net proceeds going to the Trans Atlantic Fan Fund (TAFF)."
Contact Irwin Hirsh hirsh@bigpond.net.au.