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

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

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 17 – Anime Matsuri

page 9 of the SwanCon 17 Progress Report (unnumbered; dated July 1991) features details of the video stream. At the top, there is a logo containing some Japanese calligraphy and the word ‘ANIME!’; to the right of this are the … Continue reading

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SwanCon 17 – Progress Report July 1991 – Preliminary Social Programme

The SwanCon 17 Progress Report (unnumbered; dated July 1991) devoted half of page 6 and all of page 7 to the Preliminary Social Programme. Other than some rather bog-standard clip-art of a cocktail (with olive-onna-stick) and what are presumably party … Continue reading

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Swancon 16 Progress Report 1 – Covers and Miscellany

This post will cover the parts of this progress report that haven’t been covered yet, including the front and back covers. It is noted that this progress report didn’t actually have page numbers so some of the other posts may … Continue reading

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SwanCon XV: The Dark Future and RPGs

Pages 29 and 30 of the SwanCon XV Program book contains an article by Lev Lafayette (as Anthony Anderson). Running head on page 29 is “Personally, Nothing Tops Metamorphosis Alpha”. In a fairly similar development to that of literature, a … Continue reading

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Swancon XV Progress Report 3 – Pages 8-9 – Program Highlights

Transcribed by Elaine Walker. As best as I could I matched all text precisely. Page running head reads: Just So You’ll Know Where Not to Be Program Highlights By Jeremy G Byrne While this may be double-dipping for Program space, … Continue reading

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Swancon 16 Progress Report 3 – Pages 12-14 – Bid ad, Membership, Forthcoming Conventions and Acknowledgements.

This is a part summary, part transcription of pages 12, 14 and 13 of Progress Report 3 of Swancon 16. (Yes, they were in that order) comprising of an advert for the Swancon 18 NatCon bid; the membership list and … Continue reading

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Swancon 16 – Progress Report 3 – Page 10

Transcribed by Elaine Walker, attempting to maintain all text exactly as it were written SHORT STORY COMPETITION SUBMISSION DETAILS FORMAT: Double spaced with 2cm margins. Author’s name to appear on cover sheet only. Title to appear on every page. WORD … Continue reading

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SwanCon Progress Report 2: miscellaneous

Pages five and six of the SwanCon 16 progress report have an assortment of shorter pieces, all of which are replicated here. The only deliberate change is converting titles from SHOUTY CAPS Short story competition and writers’ toolkit Those of … Continue reading

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