Category Archives: Fans

Swancon XIII Programme Book – Who is Tim Richards?

Posted on 3 October, 2017 by australian sf-history

The index claims this is on page 4 of the Programme Book for Swancon XIII. It has been transcribed by Elaine Walker because she did the other Tim Richards one and thus balance. Any typos will be reproduced to the … Continue reading →

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Swancon XIII – Progress Report 1 – An Interview with Tim Richards

Posted on 19 September, 2017 by australian sf-history

This is from page what we shall call 8 (if we treat the front cover as 1 as per our Summary) of the first Progress Report of Swancon XIII. Transcribed by Elaine Walker. All typos reproduced as faithfully as possible. … Continue reading →

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Fannish History Panel – Continuum 13 – 2017

Posted on 1 August, 2017 by australian sf-history

by Elaine Walker I went to the panel on Fandom History at Continuum 13 (Triskaidekaphilia) in Melbourne in 2017. Originally it was meant to be a panel on Fandom: Where Did We Come From? Aussiecon 1975, but they had some … Continue reading →

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Swancon 18 – Progress Report 0 – Part 5

Posted on 22 September, 2015 by australian sf-history

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 … Continue reading →

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SwanCon XV January 26 to 29, 1990 Progress Report Two page 16 – The Nanocons

Posted on 15 May, 2015 by australian sf-history

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 … Continue reading →

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Swancon XIII, PR1 – A Synopsis of Dave Luckett (by Sally Beasley)

Posted on 17 February, 2015 by australian sf-history

Being page 4 of the PR; transcribed by Anna Hepworth Due to a misspend [sic] youth (see “Paradise Lost by the dashboard light”, The Space Wastrel Vol. 2, No. 3; June ’86), Dave has a permanently settled expression of Celtic … Continue reading →

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Bruce Gillespie on Bruce Gillespie

Posted on 19 September, 2014 by australian sf-history

Aussiecon 3 PR1 page 6 – selections and [paraphrases] [He was born, had parents, went to school, and bought his first copy of Australian Science Fiction Review in 1966.] Began publishing SF Commentary at the beginning of 1969. The first … Continue reading →

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NanoCon – Octoberfeast

Posted on 8 April, 2014 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Elaine Walker, A4 sheet of paper, there are two versions of this, one very much basic typewritten, the other looking as if someone had access to desktop publishing software and a nice printer, or it was sent out … Continue reading →

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Report on Waycon ’79 – PART TWO: THE CON – Monday

Posted on 3 December, 2013 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Elaine Walker – As usual, all typos faithfully transcribed Continued from Report on Waycon ’79 – PART TWO: THE CON – Sunday MONDAY. Arrived late. Saw the end of ‘Duel’, the first of the two films held over … Continue reading →

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DUFF 2009 laureate Emma Hawkes

Posted on 15 October, 2013 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Doug Burbidge At top left, a cartoon showing a bottle of GLEE moisturising lotion, captioned “Rub your hands with GLEE!”, signed Ian Gunn 1290. At top right, a photo of Emma Hawkes. DUFF laureate, Western Australian fan Emma … Continue reading →

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