post by Chris Creagh A few years back Dr Leigh Edmonds, who was, among other things, a prolific fanzine editor, was encouraged by Grant Stone to donate his significant collection of SF fanzines and SF related correspondence to the library at Murdoch University. It is housed in the basement of the library in a safe… Continue reading Leigh Edmonds Collection: Personal Papers
Month: September 2011
Swancon 2001 badge
Post by Doug Burbidge I was in Las Vegas for four years, so I’m missing Swancon badges from 1997 to 2000. (This is also the reason I don’t have my 20th badge yet.) If anybody has badges from these years, feel free to send us a scan or a pic, via email, flickr, or any… Continue reading Swancon 2001 badge
T-Shirt The Festival of the Imagination 1996
Post by Chris Creagh T-shirt Design by the award-winning Shaun Tan. Thought you might like to see the shirt to go with the previous post about the badge. This is one of the shirts held in the basement of the Murdoch University library.
The Festival Of The Imagination 1996 badge
Post by Doug Burbidge Clearly the problem with previous Swancons was that their names were not long enough, and The Festival Of The Imagination rectified this problem in spades. (Swancon 17 was also subtitled The Festival Of The Imagination, so really it’s more of A Festival Of The Imagination.) The art on the left of… Continue reading The Festival Of The Imagination 1996 badge
Swancon 95 badge
Post by Doug Burbidge Swancon 95, the twentieth Swancon, and the first one I’ve written about here that doesn’t have a page on the SF wiki. Feel free to go and create a page, after you have wrestled with the following thorny question: should the page be called “Swancon 95” or “Swancon 20”? (We originally… Continue reading Swancon 95 badge
Confusion (Swancon 19) badge
Post by Doug Burbidge Confusion was originally conceived as not-a-Swancon, but the two wound up merging. It was at the Perth International Hotel; as is the common fashion with hotels, the building still exists but that hotel has moved out and another moved in — it’s now the Mercure. The con reg desk was up… Continue reading Confusion (Swancon 19) badge