Tag: Swancon 18

SwanCon 18 – Progress Report Two: March 1992

Synopsised by Doug Burbidge. The PR is A5, being A4 folded into a booklet in the usual fashion, making 12 A5 pages. In a break from convention, the front and back page are in red toner. Where the hell did Comrade get red toner? Perhaps it’s magenta. (Checks with flashlight.) Nope, definitely red. The front… Continue reading SwanCon 18 – Progress Report Two: March 1992

SwanCon 18: The Wrap-up Publication! (Don’t say we didn’t warn you!)

A summary, brought to you by Chris Creagh Inside the front cover can be found the Contents and a “sketch portrait” by Craig Hilton of Terry Pratchett as a dog. Contents Terry Pratchett’s G.o.H. Speech at SwanCon 18 3 Where your money went! 11 Demographics 12 Craig Hilton’s Con Report 13 The content is obviously… Continue reading SwanCon 18: The Wrap-up Publication! (Don’t say we didn’t warn you!)

SwanCon 18 – Progress Report 1 – Synopsis

Summarised by Elaine Walker. While we know this was published in 1991, prior to December, we do not know exactly when. The first page gave a summary of the essentials for the convention: Date: Thursday 8/4/93 to Monday 12/4/93 (the 1993 NatCon) Venue: The Ascott Inn, Belmont, Perth (prices at the time were $65 per… Continue reading SwanCon 18 – Progress Report 1 – Synopsis

Proposal for Business Meeting re “Roger Weddall Memorial Ditmar Controversy”

Transcribed by Elaine Walker. I have no idea where this idea actually went. Or indeed where it came from, though I believe that the best Fannish Cat was awarded again at one of the Dudcons as a subset of Aussiecon 4. A Modest Proposal for the Business Meeting SwanCon 18 It happens without warning, under… Continue reading Proposal for Business Meeting re “Roger Weddall Memorial Ditmar Controversy”

SwanCon 18 – Progress Report (Minus) One – September, 1990

Transcribed with some commentary by Elaine Walker. This is the first Progress Report for SwanCon 18, which certainly seems a long way down the track now. I mean, we haven’t even had 16 yet (and a great con it promises to be). Why are we worrying our pretty little heads about an event that’ll take… Continue reading SwanCon 18 – Progress Report (Minus) One – September, 1990

Swancon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 3

The Programmer’s Bit transcribed by Chris Creagh Of course we, the Swancon 18 Committee, hope to bring you the best programmed Natcon ever. Towards that end, and learning from my experiences as co-programmer at Swancon 11, I have been very fussy about the con hotel’s function space, sometimes to the dispair of fellow committee members.… Continue reading Swancon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 3

SwanCon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 2

Are you sitting comfortably? Then let us begin on page 3 with the Chairthing’s Thing. Well, hello there, and welcome to SwanCon 18, the NatCon for 1993. Now, how do you walk the fine line between having the same cons that we always had and loved, and doing something adventurous and weird? Give up? Easy.… Continue reading SwanCon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 2

SwanCon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 1

This is a 12 ‘page’ A5 folded and stapled booklet, entertainingly numbered such that the inside front cover is 1 and the inside back cover is 8 – there are two unnumbered pages in the middle.  Cover: image consisting of four figures, presumed to be Death, Pestilence, War and Famine, looking at a book titled ‘SwanCon… Continue reading SwanCon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 1

SwanCon Songs – The Billy Joel Hit Single of Swancon 18 (and Every Other Swancon in Existence)

This is the third SwanCon song that we have a record of.  Alas at the moment I am unable to locate transcripts of “The Ballad of Swancon 8” or “The Calypso of Swancon 11” so if anyone has these somewhere please contact us. Also “Get by with a little help from the fen” from an… Continue reading SwanCon Songs – The Billy Joel Hit Single of Swancon 18 (and Every Other Swancon in Existence)