Month: November 2014

Swancon XII – Programme Book – Art

Transcribed by Chris Creagh Convention theme – Breakthroughs Airway Hotel 27th Feb – 2nd March 1987 The front cover art is a sketch, possibly by Karl Allen, of a man thrown backwards through a plate glass window. Continuing through the booklet (sheets of A4 stapled) looking for art, we find inside the front cover, the… Continue reading Swancon XII – Programme Book – Art

SwanCon XV Short Story Book

The committee (or hangers on) of SwanCon XV were an organised bunch – not only did they run a short story competition with 8 entries, but they produced a 24 A5 page side-saddle-stapled booklet of the entries. Here, we reproduce some of the interesting details of the booklet itself, along with the first paragraph of… Continue reading SwanCon XV Short Story Book

Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 5 – Saturday Morning (synopsis)

Transcribed by Elaine Walker. We thought we only had the first three of these, but trawling through another box has uncovered the next two issues of this newsletter so I shall continue to summarise their contents, including excerpts of bits I thought were interesting or amusing, continuing with Saturday Morning. As per usual the constellation… Continue reading Aussiecon 4, Voice of the Echidna, Issue 5 – Saturday Morning (synopsis)

Aussiecon Two, 43rd world science fiction convention, progress report #3, February 1985

Transcribed by Chris Creagh. Front cover by Gerald Carr depicts a group of anthropomorphic Australian animals including 2 kangaroos, an emu, possum, koala, galah, echidna and a thing that looks like an alien chicken robot that is projecting onto the main kangaroo’s chest “TAKE ME TO YOUR LEAPERS!” Inside the on the first page is… Continue reading Aussiecon Two, 43rd world science fiction convention, progress report #3, February 1985