Tag Archives: SwanCon related ephemera

SwanCon 1 – Cygnetures – Prose by Graham Gough

Posted on 14 June, 2013 by australian sf-history

From Cygnetures. All typos faithfully reproduced. Why do sci fi fans take it so seriously? As a person who reads sci fi whenever I get the opportunity, which with two kids, a wife, one cat and a house to look … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 1 Poetry

Posted on 7 June, 2013 by australian sf-history

The Effluent File by a Sun Starved of Love. Gently growing like a flower In the garden of it’s bower Realism, kitchen sink Starved for love for it had died In a fire, atomic fried Motorists died while driving fast … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 18 (1993) Souvenir Book – The Best Bits

Posted on 15 February, 2013 by australian sf-history

by Chris Creagh  The first page contains words from the Con Chair (Dave Luckett): For reasons that nobody can ever explain, words from the Con Chair have always been thought essential for the Program book of a SwanCon. I don’t … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 4 – Program – Cover and Welcome

Posted on 25 January, 2013 by australian sf-history

Transcription by Elaine Walker – attempted to reproduce faithfully, misplaced commas and all Front Page WAYCON ’79 PROGRAM Welcome Waycon, waycon ra ra ra, well people, folks of the con, you have now arrived and no doubt you are wondering … Continue reading →

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Con Publication Art

Posted on 21 December, 2012 by australian sf-history

Who are the unsung artists and what has become of them? As we work through the Teetering Mound of  WASFF  my attention is drawn to various sketches, cartoons, elaborate drawings, and general scribblings. Like those in: Swancon 10 Programme Cartoon by … Continue reading →

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Swancon 14 PR3

Posted on 27 November, 2012 by australian sf-history

a just-the-good-bits transcription by Chris Creagh The Most Wanted List (Convention Committee) Cindy Clarkson – “Her hard work and capacity for doing all the things that everybody else forgets about will make her either a very successful convention organiser or … Continue reading →

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Swancon icks (9) Progress Report The Last — Harrison Blurb

Posted on 20 November, 2012 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by: Elaine Walker From Progress Report The Last – Page 7 – an untitled (and uncredited) page, identified from the Table of Contents as being “Harrison Blurb” Harry Harrison was born in Stamford, Connecticut, grew up in New York … Continue reading →

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Swancon icks (9) Progress Report The Last — Programme

Posted on 6 November, 2012 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Doug Burbidge   Yea! Yippee! Let joy be unconfined! Praise de Lord! WE’VE GOT A PROGRAMME! Now, kiddywinkles, you’re not going to get the utter and absolute final number of this programme here and now; like, I’m not going … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 14 Ephemera

Posted on 2 November, 2012 by australian sf-history

by Chris Creagh Open the A4 manila envelope and what do I find? 1) Progress Report 3 2) Info about the 1989 ASF(Ditmar) Awards best International fiction (148 listed) Australian novel (11 listed) Australian short fiction (39 listed) Fanzine Fan writer … Continue reading →

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Swancon Icks (9) Progress Report The Last – Chairthing Speaks

Posted on 23 October, 2012 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Elaine Walker CHAIRTHING SPEAKS There is a certain horrible inevitability about the financial progress of Conventions. At the start, there is a nest-egg from the last Con, and the Con committee spends its time thinking up grandiose schemes … Continue reading →

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