Monthly Archives: August 2016

In which our intrepid explorers visit the Battye

Posted on August 23, 2016 by australian sf-history

Two weeks ago, Doug Burbidge and myself (Anna Hepworth) trekked in to the State Library to explore SwanCon related holdings in the Battye library. Between the two of us, we have been amassing quite a stash of items to check, … Continue reading →

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swancon 22 – PR4 – pages 11 onwards

Posted on August 19, 2016 by australian sf-history

Pages 11 and 12 cover the fascinating topics of ‘panels’ and ‘video’. It would appear that the author of the latter had *slightly more* to say on their topic, as the former has enough white space for another of the … Continue reading →

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swancon 22 – PR4 – pages 7 to 10

Posted on August 16, 2016 by australian sf-history

Gaming being page 7 Well it’s only three months from the con and gaming looks likely to be the best we have had for a long time (boast, boast). To date both the Magic™ and Battletech™ tournaments are being organised, … Continue reading →

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swancon 22 – PR4 – pages 3 to 6

Posted on August 12, 2016 by australian sf-history

Focus On Sean Williams being the numbered pages 3 and 4 In the last PR, we promised to provide indepth info on one of our guests in this edition. Rather than say it ourselves, and maybe make some of it … Continue reading →

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swancon 22 – PR4 – cover to page 2

Posted on August 9, 2016 by australian sf-history

The SwanCon 22 Progress Report 4 is a 16 pages + foldalope, A5, folded 80 GSM bond white paper booklet. The cover has a repeated motif diagonally across the front cover – we suspect that it was the logo, but … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 22 – PR1 – the last page

Posted on August 5, 2016 by australian sf-history

The last page (p8) of the SwanCon 22 Progress Report 1 is laid out in two columns. On the left is ‘Programme’, credited to David Yeates (Co-convenor), a copyright notice reading “Copyright for all contributions remains with the contributors © … Continue reading →

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Swancon 22 – PR3 – September 1996

Posted on August 2, 2016 by australian sf-history

Two A4 sheets folded down the middle to make effectively 6 inside A5 pages plus cover and back page. The one I am looking at is buff, but there is another one in the pile that is blue so the … Continue reading →

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