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SwanICon PR1 – Guests (part 1)

Pages four through eight of this progress report have one page (or in the case of the last one, half a page) of guests. In this post, those for Jack Dann (p4) and Sean Williams (p5) are transcribed. Theoretically, the … Continue reading

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SwanICon PR1 – Welcome

Being page 3 (of 16) Welcome to what we believe will be the social event of 1999! SwanCon 1999, or ICon as we like to call it, aims to bring you all the traditional features of SwanCons that that you … Continue reading

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

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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Festival of the Imagination 1996 – Souvenir Book – Storm Constantine – An Appreciation

This is from the Swancon 21/Festival of the Imagination 1996’s Souvenir book, pages 20-21. It contains an Appreciation of Storm Constantine by Graham Joyce and a mini-bio of Mr Joyce. I have endeavoured to transcribe his words as accurately as … Continue reading

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Swancon 2000 flyer

A5. White paper. Printed both sides in a dark paintwater green. Front: photo collage of an old-fashioned television in a forest, with a Hugo-style rocket on screen and a selection of books on top of the set. At top, in … Continue reading

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Festival of The Imagination 1996 – Competitions

Being page 10 of the December 1995 Newsletter. Top half of the page has a small amount of white space which is filled with a small line drawing of a grotesque fish about to take the bait off a dangling … Continue reading

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Swancon 2001: PR3: Guests

Part of page 1 (the front cover) and part of page 2 of this PR is Guests: Guests Guest of Honour Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg has published more than 100 science fiction books, more than 60 non-fiction books, countless short … Continue reading

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Festival of The Imagination 1996 – Storm Constantine

Being page 4 of the January 1996 Newsletter. Storm Constantine is 30 something, and lives in Stafford with eight cats and a husband. Apart from being a successful author and an accomplished artist, through her love of music, she has … Continue reading

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Festival of The Imagination 1996 – Neil Gaiman, Robin Pen

Page 5 of the SwanCon/Festival of the Imagination 1996 January 1996 Newsletter has brief (one paragraph) bios on guests Neil Gaiman and Robin Pen. There is also a selected bibliography for Neil Gaiman, which has been omitted on the principle … Continue reading

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Festival of The Imagination 1996 – The Chair Speaks

Being the main part of page 3 of the January 1996 Newsletter. Details from page 4 that are mentioned can be found at the newsletter summary page; those from page 9 may or may not be transcribed later. Welcome to … Continue reading

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