1993 Swancon Newspaper Clipping – part 1

Digested by Chris Creagh “Swathed in overcoat and scarf against the minus 12C cold outside, the latest wizard of the fantasy novel sat snowed in at home and carried on writing on a battery-powered laptop computer.” With an Easter trip Down Under scheduled, Robert Jordan could not afford down-time during the 36-hour cut in the… Continue reading 1993 Swancon Newspaper Clipping – part 1

SwanCon 18 – “Ditmars, the care and feeding of”

being page 2 (inside front cover) of ‘Progress Report the Last (March 1993)’ for SwanCon 18. SF fandom is fond of silly traditions, tradition being defined as any event that has happened twice. Some of them have no known origin, like the habit of putting the letter “h” in words just for the fun of… Continue reading SwanCon 18 – “Ditmars, the care and feeding of”

SwanCon 18 – Progress Report the last

Dated ‘March 1993’, the final progress report for SwanCon 18 is 2 double sided A4 pages, folded to make an 8 page A5 booklet; black on white; approximately 80 gsm bond – you know, the standard we know and expect from this era of SwanCons. The front cover features the convention’s turtle logo, some basic… Continue reading SwanCon 18 – Progress Report the last

Swancon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 6

Transcribed by Elaine Walker. She hopes that any typos are the ones that were there originally. This covers page 7 and 8 of Progress Report 0, which are the last pages in this progress report, published in early 1991. So it contains the who to blame for it (some of the committee at that point… Continue reading Swancon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 6

SwanCon 18 – on Children’s Programming

The SwanCon 18 progress report 2 (March 1992) devoted an entire page to the topic of Children’s Programming. While some of it is pie-in-the-sky, and some couldn’t be done now (for legal reasons), as a historical commentary, it has some interesting things to say. (transcription: Anna Hepworth. All typos faithfully reproduced) Children’s memberships are available… Continue reading SwanCon 18 – on Children’s Programming

Swancon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 5

Transcribed by Elaine Walker, matching the text in all its glory. This was page 6 of Progress Report 0 of Swancon 18 … and Swancon 18’s Fan GoH. Now deeply immersed in medical practice in the south-west but was for many years a mad medical student and fan. Continues to be a fan. Continues to… Continue reading Swancon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 5

Swancon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 4

Transcribed by Elaine Walker – This covers page 5 of Progress report 0 for Swancon 18. As usual, any typographical errors will be diligently reproduced. RIP Pterry. Swancon 18’s Guest of Honour… Have you invented a world lately? Terry Pratchett has. Terry Pratchett is one of the most prolific humorous fantasy writers around, even in… Continue reading Swancon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 4

SwanCon 18, PR3, post 2 of ummm

In the last post about the November 1992 Progress Report 3 from SwanCon 18 (1993!), we managed to get through Three! Whole! Pages!. In this post page 4 is covered in roughly the same level of obsessiveaccurate detail. Unclassifiable Programming The following program events are rather general in nature, and form what is sometimes called… Continue reading SwanCon 18, PR3, post 2 of ummm

SwanCon 18, PR3, post 1 of umm

In keeping with our current style, Progress Report 3 from SwanCon will be chopped up, rearranged slightly, and served in bite-sized chunks across a number of posts. This first post starts at the cover (minimalist, with con name at the top, brief summary of necessary information at the bottom, stylish/stylized line drawing of turtle in… Continue reading SwanCon 18, PR3, post 1 of umm