Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Skribe – September '93 – The Zone 3 Experience and October '93 – In Search of Quasar

Posted on 17 December, 2013 by australian sf-history

Transcribed by Elaine Walker. Since Doug has been doing some writing on the current laser tag type games, we thought it would be nice to put up some articles he wrote on the topic in earlier times. The Zone 3 … Continue reading →

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Confusion Video Subprogram meeting minutes

Posted on 6 December, 2013 by australian sf-history

transcribed by Doug Burbidge. ALL CAPS and spelling errors faithfully reproduced. I have some minutes from Confusion, which later merged with Swancon 19. They’re rather good, so I’ll reproduce the first one that doesn’t contain WingDings. I think these are … Continue reading →

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My Quasar Pack

Posted on 8 November, 2013 by australian sf-history

by Doug Burbidge The laser tag industry started in 1985 with Photon. It came to Western Australia in about 1987 with Quasar, which was both the name of the gear and the name of the two Western Australian laser tag … Continue reading →

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SwanCon Songs – The Billy Joel Hit Single of Swancon 18 (and Every Other Swancon in Existence)

Posted on 18 October, 2013 by australian sf-history

This is the third SwanCon song that we have a record of.  Alas at the moment I am unable to locate transcripts of “The Ballad of Swancon 8” or “The Calypso of Swancon 11” so if anyone has these somewhere … Continue reading →

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On the Infinite Subdivisibility of Time

Posted on 12 February, 2013 by australian sf-history

Written and transcribed by Doug Burbidge At the recent Genghiscon, Jay Stratton walked up and asked me, “Are you still the history project?” In place of a more detailed answer, I replied, “Yes.” And he handed over a bag of … 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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The Lark Ascended: Roger Weddall, 1956–1992

Posted on 15 January, 2013 by australian sf-history

This is a verbatim reproduction of an article by Bruce Gillespie, originally published in *brg* in May 1993. Both the article and the accompanying photograph were provided by Bruce himself, and we are very pleased to have the opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Battye collection

Posted on 25 December, 2012 by australian sf-history

The Battye Library (the State Library of WA) likes to collect periodical publications from organisations like ours, and in various years we’ve conscientiously given them copies of our program book, souvenir book, progress reports, etc. And in various other years … Continue reading →

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Box of Ephemera

Posted on 7 December, 2012 by australian sf-history

by Doug Burbidge Anna handed me a box of stuff and said, “Blog this!” I found: Banana Wings, issues Thirty (May 2007) to 40 (November 2009) (a UK fanzine by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer) Fannish Journeys (a NAFF fundraiser … Continue reading →

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