Month: March 2014

Conviction – Syncon 88 – Convention Book – advertisement, page 40

Transcribed by Doug Burbidge, who is restraining the urge to comment further. THE Swancon for 9 4 (at right a picture of a black swan’s head signed Grant 88) Get a head start. Join the bid for Perth in ’94 for the Worldcon $5.00 is all it takes. Mail us a cheque : Perth in… Continue reading Conviction – Syncon 88 – Convention Book – advertisement, page 40

Conviction – Syncon 88 – Convention Book – The Guests of Honour – Spider Robinson

Transcribed by Elaine Walker, all typos faithfully reproduced. Conviction, aka Syncon 88 was in Sydney in 1988 and was the 27th Australian NatCon. This is a small excerpt from the Con Book, as a ‘biography’ of one of the GoHs, Spider Robinson, written by John Varley Spider Robinson Your first question probably has to do… Continue reading Conviction – Syncon 88 – Convention Book – The Guests of Honour – Spider Robinson

Conviction – SynCon 88 – Non Progress Report 2 – Non-Editorial

Transcribed by Doug Burbidge, because he liked the title. CONVICTION (SYNCON 88 – 27th Australian Science Fiction Convention) NON PROGRESS REPORT 2 Various details omitted A NON EDITORIAL This non PR is to give all those unfortunate people who have not joined CONVICTION the chance to do so. We understand with the Christmas / New… Continue reading Conviction – SynCon 88 – Non Progress Report 2 – Non-Editorial

More Fanzines!!

The Wright Collection – material from around 1954 to 1999 asff.org.au “Australian Science Fiction fan Bill Wright donated a large collection of fanzines to the Foundation. This has been combined with the Melbourne Science Fiction Club fanzine collection and has been added to from Eric Lindsay’s collection. The Wright Collection is currently housed courtesy of the Melbourne… Continue reading More Fanzines!!

Info left over from GenghisCon

Murdoch University library has been doing stuff in the basement and here is the report: Over the 2012/ 2013 period approx. 1300 fanzines and associated material have been catalogued, with Murdoch University Library records added to the national database (Libraries Australia).  The two year project completed in July 2012 ensured all fanzines that had been… Continue reading Info left over from GenghisCon