The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet 62 – May 2007
The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet 62
May 2007
ISSN 1445-4319 (print version), ISSN 1445-4327 (online version)
GENERAL NEWS
BEAM ME UP SCOTTY, THIRD TIME LUCKY: Two years after his death, and
after two failed attempts, some of Jimmy Doohan's (Mr Scott from
Star Trek) ashes into space, along with the ashes of 200 others on
April 28. (Widely reported on radio and news broadcasts 29/4/07)
GEELONG SCIENCE FICTION CLUB: The first meeting of this club offers a
SF Trivia night, and will be held on Thursday, 3rd May, from 7pm at
Gaming Knights, 3rd Floor, Rock O'Cashel Lane (off Lt Malop St.)
Geelong. An in-line group has also been formed at
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/GeelongSFClub. (Reported by Ben
Hughes.)
STALLHOLDERS WANTED! The MSFC, Starwalking and Austrek are combining
forces to present a mid-year minicon on May 19th. (Presumably in
Brunswick, Melbourne? Edwina) They're seeking stallholders who are
fanzine, nerdzine or indie comics producers, or make craft with a
fantasy, horror or SF theme. Tables are $20 each. For more
information contact ethelaardvark@yahoo.com.au.
DITMAR AWARD NOMINATIONS: Best Novel: Carnies, Martin Livings;
Prismatic, Edwina Gray; The Mother, Brett McBean; The Pilo Family
Circus, Will Elliot; The Silver Road, Grace Dugan.
Novella/Novellette: Aftermath, David Conyers; The Dead of Winter,
Stephen Dedman; The Devil in Mr Pussy (or how I found God inside my
wife) Paul Haines; Cock, Couer de Lion Publishing; The Souls of Dead
Soldiers are for Blackbirds, Not Little Boys, Ben Peek; Under the Red
Sun, Ben Peek, World's Whackiest Upper Atmosphere Re-Entry Disasters
Dating Game, Brendan Duffy (5th place nominee tie) Short Story:
Burning from the Inside, Paul Haines; Cold, Kirstyn McDermott;
Honeymoon, Adam Browne and John Dixon; Surrender 1: rope Artist,
Deborah Biancotti,; Bats Boudoir, Kyla Ward; The Fear of White,
Rjurik Davidson (5th place nomination tie.). Collected Work: Agog!
Ripping Reads edited by Cat Sparks; Cock edited by Keith Stevenson&
Andrew Macrae, Doorways for the Dispossessed edited by Pail Haines
and Geoffrey Maloney, The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and
Fantasy Vol 2 edited by Bill Congreve and Michelle Marquardt, Eidolon
I edited by Jonathan Strahan and Jeremy Byrne. Artwork:
26Lies/1Truth, cover art by Andrew MacRae, Agog!Ripping Reads, cover
art by Cat Sparks; Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in
the Twentieth Century cover art by Cat Sparks; The Devoured Earth
cover art b Greg Bridges; The Arrival, cover art by Shaun Tan. Fan
Writer: Stephanie Gunn, Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Danny Oz, Miranda
Siemienowicz, Mark Smith-Briggs, Matthew Tait. Fan Artist:
Christopher Johnstone, Jon Swabey. Fan Production: AsiF website,
Alisa Krasnostein Executive Editor,; Inkspillers website, Tony Plank;
Outland, directed by John Richards; Tabula Rasa website, David
Carroll, The Bullsheet website and ezine, Edwina Harvey & Ted
Scribner (Thanks guys!). Fanzine: AntipodeanSF editor Ion Newcombe;
AsiF, editor Alisa Krasnostein; The Captain's Log, Austrek clubzine,
edited by Clare McDonald; Ethel the Aardvark, MSFC clubzine;
HorrorScope, editor Shane Jiraiya Cummings. Professional Achievement:
Angelia Challis for Brimstone Press; Bill Congreve for Mirrordanse
Press and 2 vols of Aust. Years's Best SF & Fantasy; Russell B. Farr
for Ticonderoga Publications; Gary Kemble for work on ABC's
Articulate, promoting the genre in radio and other mediums; Alisa
Krasnostein for providing a new paying market for fiction and non-
fiction, art and forums (abbreviated. EH) Justine Laralestier, for
editing Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth
Century. Fan Achievement: Marty Loung for establishing and promoting
Australian Horror Writers Association, Alisa Krasnostein for
establishing AsiF, Tony Plank for establishing and maintaining the
Inkspillers website. New Talent: Stephanie Campisi, David Conyers,
Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Alisa Krasnostein, Brett McBean. The William
Atheling Jr Award: Miranda Siemienowicz for review of Parasperes;
Justine Larbalestier, for Daughters of Earth (abbreviated. EH) Robert
Hood for Man and Super-Monster: A History of Daikaiju (abbreviated.
EH); Grant Watson for Bad Film Diaries - Sink or Swsin: The Truth
Behind Waterworld; Kathryn Linge for review of Through Soft Air.
Congratulations to all nominees! For a full reproduction of all
Ditmar nominations, see either the Convergence 2 webpage,
http://www.natcon.org.au/2007/Nomination_shortlist_2007.html, or
www.inkspillers.com Voting for the Ditmars is only open to attending
and supporting members of Convergence 2. VOTING CLOSES ON 31st MAY!
ASTRONOMY AMONG THE VINEYARDS, May 11-13th, is a long weekend of
stargazing by night and touring the wineries and other points of
interest of Mudgee (NSW) by day with Jeff Portelli from Sydney
Observatory. This is the first tour offered by a joint venture from
Sydney's Powerhouse Museum and Renaissance Tours. For more details
see www.renaissancetours.com.au
SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL (www.swf.org.au) will be held over the week
May 28- 3 June at various venues around Sydney. Kate Forsyth is
listed as one of their guest speakers.
ADELAIDE POP CULTURE FESTIVAL will be held 18th - 26 August at the
South Australian Museum. Adelaide. (Reported on Sci-fi reporter)
The COSTUMERS GUILD of SA will be holding their annual ball at the
Burnside Ballroom on 25th August. (Reported on Sci-fi reporter.)
CONCATENATION is celebrating its 20th anniversary by one of its
members, Tony Bailey, endeavouring to swim the English Channel (20
miles) in July to raise money for several charities. Sponsors
welcome! See www.concatenation.org/news4~07.html#channel-swim.
Concatenation has also recently uploaded heaps of information on
films, publishing news, book reviews, and trivia. See
http://www.concatenation.org/whatsnew/html
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR MAGAZINES! ASIMOV's magazine celebrated its 30th
birthday with an April/May double issue. INTERZONE (UK) celebrated
its 25th anniversary in its March/April issue. Concatenatioin
celebrates its 20th birthday this year as well. (Reported on
Concatenation)
TIMOTHY J. ANDERSON (author of Resisting Adonis published by Edge
publications) recently won the 3 day novel reality TV series on
Canadian TV. (Reported by Janice Shoults)
ZIGGURAT is a gamers con being held in Camp Adler, Tallel Airbasenear
AN Nasinya, IRAQ. Open to all allied military forces personnel and
civilian contractors. They are also seeking donations of games, dice
and items to use as prizes. See
http:jaegamer.livejournal.com/30529.html. (Reported by Janice Gelb)
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
"Outside a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog it's too
dark to read"- Groucho Marx
TRICIA SULLIVAN's novel, SOUND MIND, is the story of Cassidy Walker
who stumbles out of Bard College with the college in flames behind
her, and arrives at the town of Red Hook, which seems to be cut off
from the rest of the world. Cassidy finds everything she thought she
knew about herself was wrong. Is she losing her mind? (The quirky
thing about this is the author states she received her music degree
from Bard College...obviously studying there had a lasting effect!
Edwina.) Published by Orbit in March. ISBN 9781841492926. Rrp $22.95.
CHARLIE HUSTON's new horror novel, ALREADY DEAD was published by
Orbit in April. Vampyre, slaves to the condition that empowers them,
band into Clans to survive. Only Joe Pitt has gone his own way,
seemingly as a private investigator, in the Manhatten area.ISBN:
139781841495262
CHARLES STROSS' Hugo award nominated new novel GLASSHOUSE, the story
of Robin who wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing,
is released in Australia this month by Orbit. ISBN 9781841493930,
rrp:$20.95
ANDREW BUTCHER's new book, THE TIME OF THE REAPER, a story set in a
world struck by the Sickness - which proves fatal to anyone aged over
18, is released this month. (Sounds like great reading for young
adults, and depressing reading for the rest of us! Edwina) ISBN
9781904233947 $16.95, Atom publications.
LYN MCCONCHIE's new book, TIGER DAZE (ISBN 9780354508) was recently
published by Avalook Publications. Paperback and PDF format can be
purchased through Lulu, http://www.lulu.com/content/768868. In
Australia you can buy directly from publisher, Jean Weber by
e-mailing jeanweber@gmail.com, you can also buy direct from the author
in New Zealand through http://lynmcconchie.com/tigerdaze/htm by
cheque, credit card or paypal. (Reported by Jean Weber)
POST MORTAL SYNDROME by DAMIEN BRODERICK & BARBARA LAMAR is a
serialized novel appearing in chapters (of approx 2k) 5 days a week
for 56 weekdays through http://www.cosmosmagazine/fiction
CROWSWING BOOKS recently announced they will be publishing SEAN
WRIGHT's 6 book set, the Jesse Jameson series, on 15th June, 2007.
Sean Wright is also aiming at producing one album a month of his own
musical compositions. MICHAEL KELLY's debut short story collection,
Scratching the Surface", and JAMES COOPER's debut novel, "The Midway"
have also recently been published by Crowswing books. They can be
found at their new web site: www.crows-wing.com.
BELONGING: A PLACE CALLED HOME: is a proposed 2 vol new anthology
edited by Russell B Farr, to be published by Ticonderoga publications
in 2008. It's currently open to submissions on the speculative
explorations of migration ( a relevant issue in Australia at the
present.) Submissions close 1st September, 2007. See
http://ticonderogaonline.org/publications/guidelines.html#belong
CONVERGENCE 2 SHORT STORY COMPETITION. Sponsored by the Australian
Science Fiction Foundation, this competition is open to writers who
are yet to have a paid fiction sale.(Submitters can have paid non-
fiction sales, and/or have received "payment" for fiction in kind
i.e. contributors copies.) There will be 2 categories: Writers under
18 years of age, and adult writers. Stories should be no more than
1,500 words, 12 pt, double line spaced. Writers contact details to
appear on cover letter only. (Please include age if entering the
under 18 category) Entry appears to be free for members of
Convergence 2, for non-attendees and $20 for non-members, made out to
Victorian Science Fiction Conventions. Entries can be posted to PO
BOX 1212 Melbourne, 3001. Winners will be announced at the
convention, and winning entries will be published at a later date,
possibly on the net.
ABC FICTION AWARD: to the best original unpublished adult fiction
manuscript. Comp closes 29th June, 2007. Entry fee $25. Entry forms
and full details can be found on line. Manuscripts can be sent to ABC
Level 10, Ultimo B, GPO Box 9994, Sydney, 2001. Ph 1800 009 994.
DORCHESTER BOOKS (www.dorchesterpub.com) are actively seeking Young
Adult paranormal, futuristic & fantasy romances with noir-like
narrative voice of 85,000-95,000 words.for their Shomi Books imprint,
debuting in July 2007. Submissions should be addressed to Chris
Keeslar. (Reported in the PIO newsletter.)
ANDROMEDA SPACEWAYS INFLIGHT MAGAZINE ISSUE ASIM BEST OF CD's
Look for the Andromeda Spaceways sample bag at Convergence 2! Jam-
packed full of fascinating stuff!
ANTIPODEAN SF 107 features flash (under 500 words) fiction from Mark
Healy, Kathryn Flaherty, Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Chris Bell, Shaun A.
Saunders, Peter M Ball, Kirstine Ong Muslim, David Such, Mark Tremble
and Matt Doyle. It can be viewed at www.antisf.com
NOCTEM AETERNUS is a planned free new PDF magazine expected to launch
on 1 January, 2008, looking to publish SF, Fantasy, Adventure, and
Western stories that contain an element of horror. Submissions open
on 1st June. Please do not send submissions before this date. Paying
10 cents a word. You can view submission guidelines or subscribe to
this magazine at www.michaelknost.com (Reported by Astrid Cooper on
the Visions list.)
GRAHAM STONE has a catalogue of SF books and pulp SF magazines
(Amazing Stories, Analog, Galaxy SF) for sale. For a copy of the
catalogue send a sase to 205/24 Victoria St, Burwood, NSW, 2134.
LEIGH BLACKMORE's Raven books, specialising in dark and horror
fiction also includes Sequence comics. For a catalogue e-mail
lvxnox@iinet.net.au. Leigh also occasionally sells on e-bay as seller
ID Quoth Raven Books.
MERV BINNS perzine, Out of the Bin is available from PO Box 315,
Carnegie, Vic, 3163.
FRIENDS OF LINDA COX CHAN (FOLCC) raise money to donate to Juvenile
Diabetes Research, Australia by selling donated books etc. (Current
tally $20 Cath Ortlieb, you're a legend! Thank you!) Books looking
for new homes: A-Team colouring and activity books: Art cards
autographed by Marianne Plumridge and Bob Eggleton are also for sale.
To buy items e-mail Edwina Harvey at edwinafan@yahoo.com or snail
mail Edwina, c/- 12 Flinders St, Matraville, NSW 2036. *Make cheques
payable to Edwina Harvey please, FOLCC is an informal entity.) You
can also pay via direct deposit and paypal.
HATCH, MATCH AND DISPATCH
DEATHS:
DARREN McGAVIN, the American actor who portrayed Kolchak in the Night
Stalker series, passed away on Feb 25th. (Thanks to Robin Johnson for
passing this information on.)
JOHNNY HART, Cartoonist possibly best known for the B.C comic series,
suffered a stroke and died at his storyboard on April 7th. He was
aged 76. (Reported by Robin Johnson.)
KURT VONNEGUT, well renowned author of Slaughterhouse Five, Cats
Cradle and others whose work "contained elements of social
commentary, SF and autobiography" passed away on 12th April aged 84
from brain injuries following a fall.
JAMIE BISHOP, (CHRISTOPHER JAMES BISHOP) a teacher of German at
Virginia Tech, and son of SF writer Michael Bishop and wife, Geri,
was one of the victims shot dead by Seung-Hoi Cho during the campus
massacre. He was aged 35. (Reported by Bruce Gillespie on the
Eidolist.)
ILL:
Filksinger FRANK GASPERK, housemate of filksinger Leslie Fish,
recently hospitalised. (Reported on the Niven list.)
RECOVERING:
ANDY PORTER, prominent American fan, Antipodean enthusiast and
Bullsheet reader, is undergoing chemotherapy following an operation
for cancer.
CLUBS & MEETINGS
MELBOURNE SCIENCE FICTION CLUB, Meet most Friday nights at 74
Melville Road, West Brunswick 3055.Membership to the MSFC is $25
single, or $35 family p.a. No meeting on Good Friday For further
details including meeting details check the MSFC website at
www.vicnet.net.au/~msfc.
AUSTREK, the Star Trek fan club in Victoria which has been going
strong for more than 30 years meet on the 1st Saturday of every month
from 2pm at the Northcote Town Hall, Melbourne. Annual membership to
the club is $30. See www.austrek.org for more details. (Reported by
Clare McDonald.)
SPACED OUT: a science fiction club for gays, lesbians and associated
communities. $5 joining fee, then $20 annual membership. ($15
concession.) to Spaced Out Inc. PO Box 363, Preston, Vic. 3072.Non-
profit SF club offering monthly meetings, "Diverse Universe"
newsletter and "Solar Spectrum" annual anthology.
OUT THERE "You find a lot of queer things in space" is a social club
for gay SF fans, mostly over 30, that meets monthly in Adelaide.
Phone Rod on 0402027891 for more details.
CANBERRA SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays
of the month. It's a relaxed social society for the discussion of SF
and fantasy. Membership $24 p.a. For more info write to CSFS PO Box
47, Civic Square, ACT 2608, or e-mail canberrascifi@hotmail.com.
SFSA (South Australian Dr Who fan club) Two regular meetings each
month. Annual membership $15. The regular club meeting is held at the
Adelaide High School from 3pm-10pm on the 3rd Saturday of the month.
See http://www.sfsa.org.au/ for full details or write to PO Box 3227,
Rundle Mall, SA 5000. (Reported by Martin Dunne.)
The Doctor Who Club of Australia (DWCA) Membership $16 within Aust.
provides 6 issues of Data Extract, membership pack, access to the
club's member-only internet mailing list, discount prices on a range
of merchandise, admission prices to club functions (including
Whovention, discounts at selected retail outlets for Doctor Who
merchandise. For more information contact Dwayne Bunney -
corporate@doctorwhoaustralia.org or 0416 269 726 or check
www.doctorwhoaustralia.org
SHUTTLE MAWSON (www.shuttlemawson.com) is a South Australian Star
Trek fan club, & chapter of Starfleet International, run by Stuart
Blair. (Reported by Stuart Blair.)
QUEST Queensland Star Trek club. Contact the club at PO BOX 2084,
Brisbane, QLD. 4001, or check www.conquestforever.com (Reported by
Kevin Sheehan.)
The Brisbane Babylon 5ers website is at www.geocities.com/bb5ers
(Reported by Erica Sharp, president of the Brisbane Babylon5ers )
VISIONS WRITERS GROUP offers meeting and critiquing for SF, Fantasy
and Horror writers in QLD Monthly meetings from 11am -2 pm, first
Sunday of the month (except Jan and Dec) at Dymocks City Store, Queen
St, Brisbane. $10 joining fee, and $4 per meeting. (reported by Nigel
Stone)
INFINITAS BOOKSHOP/Blokey Stuff, Shop 22 Civic Arcade, 48 - 50 George
Street Parramatta NSW. has 2 groups regularly meeting at its
premises. The SF Discussion Group meets at 6:30pm on the first
Thursday of each month except January. A SF Writers Group also meets
at the shop once a month on Saturdays See
http://www.infinitas.com.au/WritersGroup.php for meeting dates.
(Reported by Tim Martin via Ted Scribner).
Sci-Fi Monthly is a relaxed, casual SF book discussion group that
meet at 2pm on the 2nd Sunday of each month at Café Gallery, Eastgate
shopping centre, Bondi Junction, Sydney. See www.sci-fimonthly.com
for more details.
SYDNEY FANS IN THE PUB. Now meet from 6.30pm on the second Tuesday of
the month at the Civic Hotel, Crn Pitt & Goulburn Sts, Sydney.
SYDNEY FUTURIANS Check http://users.secsme.org.au/~futurians, or e-
mail John.Fox@uts.edu.au for meeting details.
STARWALKING: http://sydskyforce.starwalking.net holds meetings af the
Lidcombe Catholic Workers Club, 24 John St, Lidcombe, opposite
Lidcombe Railway station on the third Sunday of some months.
Attendance costs $8 members, $10 non-members.
TAG, TERRA AUSTRALIS GARRISON - a Starwars stormtrooper appreciation
society. Details can be found at www.501tag.com (reported on Sci fi
reporter.)
FRIENDS OF SCIENCE FICTION (fsf) meet at Bankstown Sports Club, 8
Greenfield Pde, Bankstown (a short walk from Bankstown railways
station.) on the 2nd Sunday of each month.Check fsf.net.au for more
information.
NEWCASTLE SPACE FRONTIER SOCIETY (NSFS) Regular meetings and social
functions. Full details available at www.nssa.com.au/nsfs. (Reported
by Jack Dwyer.)
SPOCKSOC: A SF group run by students at the University of NSW,
Kensington, Sydney.
EVENTS
VORTEX: SF Events happening in Brisbane, can be found at
www.vortexevents.com
IAN MCKELLEN (Magneto from X-men, and Gandalf from the Lord of the
Rings movies, among many other screen credits) along with the Royal
Shakespeare Company will be performing King Lear & Chekov in the Arts
Centre, State Theatre , Melbourne from 28th July to 5th August. For
bookings phone 1300 136 166, see Ticketmaster, or the Arts Centre
booking office. (reported by Ian Triffitt on the Eidolist.)
YING TONG: A WALK WITH THE GOONS. For those Goons fans who missed it
in Canberra, this play by Roy Smiles will be performed at the Sydney
Opera House from April 10th to May 19th. Phone (02) 9250 1777 or see
www.sydneytheatre.com.au (Reported in March/April issue of Open Road
Magazine.)
JASON NAHRUNG's horror novel, The Darkness Within, (ISBN
9780734409713) to be published by Hodder in June, will be having 2
launches, the first at Convergence 2 in Melbourne over the Queen's
Birthday long weekend (q.v. conventions) and at St Magdalene's Bar,
235 Edward St, Brisbane from 7pm on June 19. KIM WILKINS will be MC
at this event. Please RSVP to jnahrung@optusnet.com.au by 30 May.
FAN FUNDS AND WRITERS GRANTS
DUFF (Down Under Fan Fund) The race for a DUFF contender is on again,
and full details can be found at
http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/duff/index.shtml (Thanks to Irwin Hirsch for
passing this information on.)
CONVENTIONS
GoH = Guest of Honour, OCP = Other Commitments Permitting, tba= to be
announced.
ALPHA 2 OMEGA. A literary & dramatic arts convention apparently for
Chtistian writers. May 5-7 (Labour Day long weekend, QLD) Sydney St
Theatre, Sydney St, New Farm, Brisbane. Membership $150, $115
concession. See http://members.optusnet.com.au/A2O/Index.html for
full details. (Reported by James Collins)
The DR WHO Club of Australia is having a MARTHA JONES and her first
adventure with THE DOCTOR day on Sunday 6th May at the Drummoyne RSL
Club, 162 Victoria Rd, Drummoyne, Sydney. KERRIE DOUGHTERY will also
be speaking about the new book she co-authored, Dr Whp - The Visual
Dictionary. Cost Adults, $8, DWCA members $6, Children $4. (Catch the
500 series buses from the city, or bus route 520 from Parramatta
station which also stops at Rydelmere and West Ryde Stations. The 492
bus from Rockdale Station which also stops at Kingsgrove, Campsie and
Burwood Stations also goes to Drummoyne.)
CONSPIRACY II, NZ Natcon. 1-4th June, Mercure Hotel, Willis St,
Wellington, NZ. See http://conspiracy2.sf.org.nz GoH's: Eric Flint,
Marianne de Pierres, Isobelle Carmody. Dylan Horrocks. Fan GoH:
Barbara Clendon. Membership NZ$80 from 1 Jan until 20th May, then NZ
$90 from 20th May until the door. Day rates also available. (Don't
forget the Pitching Competition this convention is offering for
novels and scripts. (Thanks to Robin Johnson for the additional
info.)
CONVERGENCE 2. Australian Natcon, 2007. Rydges Hotel, Melbourne.
Queens Birthday weekend, 8-11 June, 07. Theme:YA genre fiction. GoHs
Australian fantasy author Isobelle Carmody & Melinda M Snodgrass,
Star Trek script writer, author of The Circuit Trilogy and co-author
of the Wild Cards series with George R.R. Martin.. Anime GoH: Piro.
Membership from 1st March - 1st May $175. Students 15 yrs and over
$55. Children under 15 free, Concession rates also available. See
http://www.natcon.org.au/2007. (Reported by Rose Mitchell.). Postal
address GPO Box 1212 Melbourne, Vic 3001.
TOLKIEN SEMINAR: 25th August, 2007. NSW Writers Centre, Rozelle,
Sydney. As the first Tolkien seminar to be held outside the UK, this
event is endorsed by the Tolkien Society. To get updates of this
function see http://www.tolkiensociety.org/events/index.php. The
Tolkien Society is also calling for papers on Middleearth to be
presented at this seminar. Speakers should be looking at having their
papers run for 20 or 46 minutes. (This allows time for questions and
discussions after the paper has been presented.) Send a title and
summary/abstract to pacific@tolkiensociety.org by 1st June 07.
(Reported by Ted Scribner.)
SCINUT Conventions Eastern Seaboard 4 City Tour: Canberra, Melbourne,
Brisbane, Sydney. 25th Aug 07 - 2 Sept 07. Celebrating 40 years of
Star Trek in Oz. Guests Jack Donner, (Dragon Dronet Props), Wanda
Piety, Susan Schwartz. $60 adults, $30 concession. Bookings via e-
bay: http://stores.ebay.com.au/Sci-nut-Conventions, or see
www.scinut.com. (Reported on Scinut newsletter)
NIPPON 2007. Worldcon. Aug 30-Sept 3 2007. Pacifico Yokohama
convention centre, Japan. Gohs: David Brin and Sakyo Komatsu. Artist
Gohs: Yoshitaka Amano and Michael Whelan. Details at
www.nippon2007.org .. You can also join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nippon2007 Australian agent Craig
McBride
CONFLUX 4 will be held from Sept 28th to October 1, 2007.(October
long weekend in some states.) GoH's: Graham Joyce, Garth Nix, Simon
Brown, Karron Warren, Donna Maree Hanson and Sharyn November. Full
membership is $110, Student & Concession $75, and Supporting members
$35. Prices rise on 1st January 07. See www.conflux.org.au for more
details. (Reported by Nicole R. Murphy.)
CRUISE TREK DOWNUNDER: Sets sail from Sydney 4th November, calls in
on Melbourne, Tasmania & NZ. "Range of affordable accommodation"
and "tickets now on sale" (But I'll be damned if I can find out from
where - EH.) Details gleaned from Sci-fi reporter. More details
appreciated!
CONRUNNER 2008, 28-29 June 08, Britannia Hotel, Wolverhampton, UK. A
convention about running conventions. Membership 25 pounds.
DENVENTION: The Worldcon in 2008 will be held in Denver, 6-10 August
08. See http://www.denver2008.com.
Australia 2010 Worldcon bid. Let's do it again in 2010! The Aussie
Worldcon bid seems to be getting good support from overseas. Pre-
supporting m/ships $20. Firend m/ships $100. E-mail
treasurer@vsfc.org.au for information about paypal and credit card
payments. See http://www.australia2010.org/ or e-mail
info@vsfc.org.au. Postal address Australia in 2010, GPO Box 1212
Melbourne, Australia. 3001. US AGENT: David Evans, UK Agents Eve &
John Harvey, European Agent: Vince Docherty.
OTHER INFORMATION RESOURCES:
Ted Scribner's Australian SF&F home page is:
http://members.optushome.com.au/aussff/
and his list of SF oriented groups in NSW is at
http://members.optushome.com.au/aussff/SFNSW.html.
The Inkspillers web site, http://www.inkspillers.com. is a great
source of market information for SF writers that is always being
updated by Tony Plank. (Tony Plank and Inkspillers for a Ditmar!)
For links to books, movies and television shows see John Tipper's
homepage: http://www.collecting books andmagazines.com
Sci-fi REPORTER is a SF news service covering cons, fan clubs and
media, edited by Stuart Blair. To subscribe to this list send an e-
mail to scifireporter@yahoo.com
The Bullsheet is available as a FREE monthly e-mail through the
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Bullsheet web page http://members.optusnet.com.au/aussfbull/,
http://www.geocities.com/edwinafan/bullsheetThe Bullsheet is also
available as a snail-mail subscription for 24x50 cent stamps (or $12)
sent to Edwina Harvey c/- 12 Flinders St, Matraville, 2036. Send your
news e-mail to edwinafan@yahoo.com,
Visit Celestial Cobbler for ceramic craft with a SF & Fantasy bent
see. http://members.optushome.com.au/Cobbler42.
For no sufficiently explained reason this Fanzine still supports The
Minneapolis in '73 Worldcon Bid