Tag Archives: Festival of the Imagination 1992

Swancon 17 – Festival of the Imagination 1992 – Programme Book – Raiding the Illusion Chest

Posted on 31 December, 2019 by australian sf-history

This was from the souvenir book from the Festival of the Imagination 1992 – Swancon 17. Pages 56-57. Attempted to maintain all and any typos. Some hyphenation may be end-of-line but has been included where it was not obvious as … Continue reading →

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Swancon 17 Souvenir Book: Anime Matsuri

Posted on 11 June, 2019 by australian sf-history

Here is page 38 and part of 39 of the Festival of the Imagination 1992 souvenir book. Swancon 17 Souvenir Book: Anime Matsuri All of page 38 and the top and bottom of page 39 contain cute frames from Totoro. … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 17 November Report – Short Story Competition

Posted on 28 May, 2019 by australian sf-history

Page 12 of the SwanCon 17 November Progress report details the ‘SwanCon 17 – the Seventeenth Annual Western Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Festival Short story Competition’. That text alone takes the top third of page 12, and no attempt … Continue reading →

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Swancon 17: Waiting for the Cappuccino Muse: Terry Dowling

Posted on 2 April, 2019 by australian sf-history

Here’s page 7 of the Festival of the Imagination 1992 souvenir book. Waiting for the Cappuccino Muse Terry Dowling Born in Sydney in 1947, Terry Dowling is the only writer to have won eight [count ’em folks, eight!] Australian Science … Continue reading →

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Swancon 17 – Westrek and JAFWA

Posted on 26 February, 2019 by australian sf-history

The SwanCon 17 July 1991 progress report has two unnumbered pages between pages 8 and 9. The first of these is a full page advert for the WA Star Trek Fan Club – Westrek (probably not going any more), while … Continue reading →

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Swancon 17 – July 1991 Progress Report – Dreamers in the Net (part I)

Posted on 5 February, 2019 by australian sf-history

Being page 13 of the SwanCon 17 July 1991 Progress Report. Part II will be posted in the near future. This page features a faux newspaper clipping about ‘The Urban Outback’ (which requires a bit of a content warning for … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 17: July 1991 PR – PARSEC

Posted on 15 January, 2019 by australian sf-history

Pages 12 through 15 of the SwanCon 17 July 1991 progress report are a detailed presentation on ‘PARSEC – The Perth and Regional Simulation Entertainments Convention’. This post attempts to transcribe the text, and summarise the visual elements, which might … Continue reading →

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Swancon seventeen – November report – The Mediaeval Faire

Posted on 30 November, 2018 by australian sf-history

OK, that’s not how I spell “medieval“, but it’s how they spelled it, so that’s what I’m going with. This is the bottom half of page 8 of the November 1991 PR for “swancon seventeen”, as it is styled on … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 17 Progress Report July 1991

Posted on 6 October, 2017 by australian sf-history

Rambled by Doug A progress report. Well. I see this was a StudlyCaps SwanCon. (I think the Singlecap Swancon is slightly more common, but I haven’t done a study. And at least one year ALLCAPSed to avoid the decision.) This … Continue reading →

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