SwanCon 22 – PR1 – “Fan Guest of Honour: David Cake”

Being a semi-faithful transcription of page 7 of the SwanCon 22 – Festival of the Imagination 1997 – Progress Report 1. This page is formatted in two columns, with the pull quote “There is no one who has a gr eater [sic] knowledge of the inner workings of the Lunar Cults or of the inhabitants… Continue reading SwanCon 22 – PR1 – “Fan Guest of Honour: David Cake”

SwanCon 22 – PR1 – “Invited Guest: Stephen Dedman”

Being a semi-faithful transcription of pages 6 of the SwanCon 22 – Festival of the Imgination 1997 – Progress Report 1.This page is formatted in two columns, with the pull quote “He will talk on any subject at almost no notice…” slap bang in the middle of the page. There is also a tiny, white… Continue reading SwanCon 22 – PR1 – “Invited Guest: Stephen Dedman”

SwanCon 22 – PR2 – July 1996

SwanCon 22’s second progress report is dated July 1996. It’s on two very very yellow sheets of A4, folded into an A5 booklet. The centre sheet is a “Foldalope”, meaning that the PR itself is a single sheet. The front cover says SWANCON 22 THE FESTIVAL OF THE IMAGINATION 1997 Inside we reveal our hotel,… Continue reading SwanCon 22 – PR2 – July 1996

SwanCon 22 – PR1 – Introduction

Being a semi-faithful transcription of page 3 of the 8 page Progress Report 1 from SwanCon 22, dated April 1996. All caps are exhausting, we ignored those; typos on the other hand, are music to our pedantic little souls. -AH For those not quite sure what conventions (cons) are (including many regular attendees), they are… Continue reading SwanCon 22 – PR1 – Introduction

SwanCon 22 – Progress report 1 – April 1996

According to our files, SwanCon 22 had 5 progress reports. The first of these is an 8 page booklet, A5 folded-but-not-bound-in-any-way. The outer page of the copy we have is bright blue, but it may be that there were multiple versions (we have two variations for PR3). The cover consists of basic con information, with… Continue reading SwanCon 22 – Progress report 1 – April 1996