Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 9 – Sunday Afternoon (synopsis)

A wonderful drawing of an upright Echidna in full exclamation adorns the middle of the front page. Then the eye is caught by the “Tonight’s Hospitality Events” box telling of the events running from 2100 to 0100 in the Crown Plaza Hotel i.e. Chicago in 2012, Brotherhood Without Banners and the Hugo Reception. Other news… Continue reading Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 9 – Sunday Afternoon (synopsis)

Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 7 – Saturday Evening (synopsis)

Transcribed and summarised by Elaine Walker. When looking through various bits and pieces for the SwanCon 40 ephemera books, I discovered in one of my collections of papers another collection of Voice of the Echidnas, so I’m going to summarise these ones (I appear to be missing at least one though). And so I move… Continue reading Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 7 – Saturday Evening (synopsis)

Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 6 – Saturday Afternoon (synopsis)

Transcribed and summarised by Elaine Walker. When looking through various bits and pieces for the SwanCon 40 ephemera books, I discovered in one of my collections of papers another collection of Voice of the Echidnas, so I’m going to summarise these ones (I appear to be missing at least one though). As per usual the… Continue reading Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 6 – Saturday Afternoon (synopsis)

Voice of the Koala, The newsletter of Dudcon 4000 Issue ψ – Sometime midnight, Saturday 2:00pm or Monday 9:00am, depending on the International Date Line

Transcribed by Elaine Walker. This was obviously a partial parody of the Voice of the Echidna, the newsletter of Aussiecon 4, which we have also been summarising. Dudcon 3 was the National Science Fiction Convention of Australia that year, and since it was far too much work to run that AND a WorldCon, Dudcon was… Continue reading Voice of the Koala, The newsletter of Dudcon 4000 Issue ψ – Sometime midnight, Saturday 2:00pm or Monday 9:00am, depending on the International Date Line

Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 5 – Saturday Morning (synopsis)

Transcribed by Elaine Walker. We thought we only had the first three of these, but trawling through another box has uncovered the next two issues of this newsletter so I shall continue to summarise their contents, including excerpts of bits I thought were interesting or amusing, continuing with Saturday Morning. As per usual the constellation… Continue reading Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 5 – Saturday Morning (synopsis)

Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 4 – Friday Evening (synopsis)

Transcribed by Elaine Walker. We thought we only had the first three of these, but trawling through another box has uncovered the next two issues of this newsletter so I shall continue to summarise their contents, including excerpts of bits I thought were interesting or amusing, starting with that of the Friday Evening. As per… Continue reading Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 4 – Friday Evening (synopsis)

Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 3 – Friday Afternoon (synopsis)

Transcribed by Elaine Walker The Voice of the Echidna was the daily (sometimes twice daily) newsletter of Aussiecon 4. I appear to have obtained or at least retained the first three issues, of which this is the third. I am not going to type the entire thing out but I shall put in the key… Continue reading Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 3 – Friday Afternoon (synopsis)

Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 2 – Friday Morning (synopsis)

Transcribed by Elaine Walker The Voice of the Echidna was the daily (sometimes twice daily) newsletter of Aussiecon 4. I appear to have obtained or at least retained the first three issues, of which this is the second. I am not going to type the entire thing out but I shall put in the key… Continue reading Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 2 – Friday Morning (synopsis)

Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 1 – Thursday Afternoon (synopsis)

Transcribed by Elaine Walker The Voice of the Echidna was the daily (sometimes twice daily) newsletter of Aussiecon 4. I appear to have obtained or at least retained the first three issues, of which this is the first. I am not going to type the entire thing out but I shall put in the key… Continue reading Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 1 – Thursday Afternoon (synopsis)

Aussiecon 4, 68th Worldcon Flyer Melbourne September 2010

by Chris Creagh Flyer and memberships form – A4, landscape, double-sided. One side has the blurb for the Guests of Honour: Kim Stanley Robinson, Shaun Tan and Robin Johnson as well as a list of convention Highlights including the usual speeches, people, masquerade, awards, discussion, author kaffeeklatsch, readings, book signings, book launches, room parties, dealers… Continue reading Aussiecon 4, 68th Worldcon Flyer Melbourne September 2010