We wikipalooza’ed at Swancon 42, acquiring information for the wiki from heads owned by people such as Sally Beasley, Ken McCaw, and Susan Margaret. Articles that substantially increased in length included: Swancon 5 Swancon 6 Confusion ’94 Slashcon Swancon 2006 If you have recollections about these or other Swancons, get thyself a wiki account and… Continue reading Wikipalooza at Swancon 42
Category: Small Cons
SwanCon XV January 26 to 29, 1990 Progress Report Two page 16 – The Nanocons
Transcribed by Elaine Walker. All typos should match the text as given. Page title: THE CON YOU HAVE… THE NANOCONS A Personal Recollection by Colleen Jenkins It was April. It was November. We had lots of people. No, only ten or so showed up. Ah yes. I remember it well. When was the first NanoCon?… Continue reading SwanCon XV January 26 to 29, 1990 Progress Report Two page 16 – The Nanocons
Voice of the Koala, The newsletter of Dudcon 4000 Issue ψ – Sometime midnight, Saturday 2:00pm or Monday 9:00am, depending on the International Date Line
Transcribed by Elaine Walker. This was obviously a partial parody of the Voice of the Echidna, the newsletter of Aussiecon 4, which we have also been summarising. Dudcon 3 was the National Science Fiction Convention of Australia that year, and since it was far too much work to run that AND a WorldCon, Dudcon was… Continue reading Voice of the Koala, The newsletter of Dudcon 4000 Issue ψ – Sometime midnight, Saturday 2:00pm or Monday 9:00am, depending on the International Date Line
Borderlands: The world within – A5 flyers
In our collection of Borderlands (short running WA small con) ephemera, we have two versions of an A5, double-sided flyer. The earlier version is bright blue, the later custard yellow. Identification of timing is that one lists an ‘early bird’ price, while the other does not. There are some other small variations, which will be… Continue reading Borderlands: The world within – A5 flyers