Post by Mike Thompson Continuing with my memories from Perth fandom in the late 1980’s, let me introduce you to my favourite bookshop in the world! A Touch of Strange back when they were in Subiaco Village. See the bluetack stains in the corners of this poster? Whereas other students had posters of bands… Continue reading A Touch Of Strange
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WASFA box from July 1977 Part 2
by Chris Creagh Contents WASFA news #1 28 May 1977; 2 copies Raffles have been successfully held on the past two meetings. The money is being used to buy records of SF writers reciting their own work and from the first raffle the record Gravely Robert Bloch was purchased. Does this collection still exist? If… Continue reading WASFA box from July 1977 Part 2
Aussiecon 3 web presence 2012
by Anna Hepworth Given that it is over 12 years since Aussiecon 3, it should have been no surprise that there is no longer an Aussiecon 3 website to be found. It was a little surprising to find a wikipedia reference (in the article for Edward E. Kramer) with the last accessed date of 2011-02-21,… Continue reading Aussiecon 3 web presence 2012
Perthed* by the internet
by Anna Hepworth It is not often that my children bring me items to write up about for this blog. The exception was this evening, when one of them proudly told me that googling his name brings up a spaceship painting**. After some incredulity, I did indeed google, and it did indeed bring up a… Continue reading Perthed* by the internet
T-Shirts at Murdoch
Post by Chris Creagh There are 36 SF related t-shirts in the basement of Murdoch University. This is one of them. I have no idea of the year it was created but it was created in protest at funding cuts to the ABC by the Liberal government of the day. Hence the title of the… Continue reading T-Shirts at Murdoch
Join our Flickr group!
Photos relating to the Australian SF distributed archive project are available in a Flickr account. We would love to have people join, to add comments and information on existing pictures (such as this one of a WASFA t-shirt), or add photos that are relevant to SF or SF fandom in Australia. It could be a souvenir… Continue reading Join our Flickr group!