Category Archives: Fans

SwanCon 1 – Cygnetures – Impressions: a blurry-eyed conreport – Clifford R Wind

Posted on 6 August, 2013 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Elaine Walker. All idiosyncracies of type faithfully reproduced Impressions:a blurry-eyed conreport I refuse to start at the beginning. To do that would require, if not my whole fannish history (such as it is), at least an explanation of … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 1 – Cygnetures – Roy Ferguson

Posted on 16 July, 2013 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Elaine Walker. Any and all typos faithfully reproduced. I can’t remember when I started reading science fiction but I was very young. At that stage naturally I was reading children’s type SF, which was available in the children’s … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 1 – a review by Robert McGough

Posted on 18 June, 2013 by australian sf-history

This review was originally printed in SwanCon 1 – Cygnetures, from the collection of Steve Gunnell, and has been reproduced faithfully, with as many of the original typographic conventions (and errors) as possible. Hidden in a dark corner of my … Continue reading →

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Report on Waycon '79 – Part 1B – February 27

Posted on 4 June, 2013 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Elaine Walker, maintaining all spellings as given in the text (cont.) February 27, Tuesday; Night. A dinner was held for our guests at the home of the WASFA Boss. The repast was sumptuous having been prepared by Bob … Continue reading →

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Report on Waycon ’79 – Part 1B – February 27

Posted on 4 June, 2013 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Elaine Walker, maintaining all spellings as given in the text (cont.) February 27, Tuesday; Night. A dinner was held for our guests at the home of the WASFA Boss. The repast was sumptuous having been prepared by Bob … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 4 (WayCon ’79) – Program – Acknowledgments

Posted on 24 May, 2013 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Elaine Walker, faithfully transcribing all typos. Acknowledgments THANKS TO: Leigh Edmonds and Valma Brown for attending our convention; William Collins and Thor Enterprises for prizes; Bandwest Media, especially Gary Powel, for their publicity help; Uni. of WA Computer … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 4 (WayCon '79) – Program – Acknowledgments

Posted on 24 May, 2013 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Elaine Walker, faithfully transcribing all typos. Acknowledgments THANKS TO: Leigh Edmonds and Valma Brown for attending our convention; William Collins and Thor Enterprises for prizes; Bandwest Media, especially Gary Powel, for their publicity help; Uni. of WA Computer … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 4 (WayCon ’79) – Program – Clubs – UNISFA; WASFA; S.W. Weyr

Posted on 10 May, 2013 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Elaine Walker, all typos faithfully preserved, some spacing around punctuation tweaked UNISFA UNISFA is the University of WA Science Fiction Association, a young and sometimes vigorous club which meets every two weeks during the university termtime. I hope … Continue reading →

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They're Commin Right For Us!: The "just another bug-hunt" game! Review?

Posted on 8 February, 2013 by australian sf-history

by Chris Creagh This multiplayer board game was rediscovered in a box of SF ‘stuff’ housed in Murdoch University library. It is a Furrball Publication, copyright 1999 Paul Kidd with the concept being “One player controls a horde of bugs. … Continue reading →

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They’re Commin Right For Us!: The “just another bug-hunt” game! Review?

Posted on 8 February, 2013 by australian sf-history

by Chris Creagh This multiplayer board game was rediscovered in a box of SF ‘stuff’ housed in Murdoch University library. It is a Furrball Publication, copyright 1999 Paul Kidd with the concept being “One player controls a horde of bugs. … Continue reading →

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