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Festival of The Imagination 1996 – Apologies

Posted on 13 August, 2019 by australian sf-history

Being page 3 of the December 1995 Newsletter. Faithfully transcribed by Anna Hepworth. Fancy fonts and formatting at the bottom of the page have been ignored as too hard for this time of night. Apologies Why We’re So Late, and … Continue reading →

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Festival of the Imagination 1996 December 1995 progress report: The Dealers Room

Posted on 9 July, 2019 by australian sf-history

Huh. Dealers’ tables are a thing that haven’t changed price much over time. The text uses “Dealers”, no apostrophe, throughout. The Dealers Room This is also known as a trader, merchant or hucksters room, where people gather to buy and sell … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 17 – November 1991 Progress Report – Lace & Steel – Part 1

Posted on 25 June, 2019 by australian sf-history

According to the table of contents of this progress report the summary of the rules for Lace & Steel start on page 14 of this progress report, and continue until page 18. In order to keep this post reasonable I … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 16 – Souvenir book – The Player Characters

Posted on 23 April, 2019 by australian sf-history

Two pages of the Swancon 16 souvenir book are devoted to characterising ‘The Player Characters’, a.k.a. the ConCom. In keeping with our unofficial transcription policy, ALL CAPS have been replaced with bold Greg Turkich Position: Chairman and Social Programmer Character … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 17 – Progress Report January 1992 – Orion advert

Posted on 12 March, 2019 by australian sf-history

Page 14 of the SwanCon 17 January 1992 progress report was a full page advert for ‘Orion’. The top three-quarters of the page are the text reproduced below; the bottom quarter contains a graphic element consisting of the word ‘Orion’ … Continue reading →

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Swancon 17 – November report – The Perth SF&F Writers' Workshop

Posted on 5 March, 2019 by australian sf-history

Page 13 of the PR starts with “New stuff in the Non-Anime Video Stream”, and then goes on to: The Perth SF&F Writers’ Workshop The Perth SF&F Writers’ Workshop will be held on the weekend of 18th and 19th of … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 17: Progress Report July 1991, p19

Posted on 25 December, 2018 by australian sf-history

page 19 of the Swancon 17 July 1991 progress report has two text sections, being ‘Education Seminar: Science Fiction in Education’ and ‘The Short Story Competition’. As ever, all typos faithfully reproduced, including the completely bewildering dating system in use for the … Continue reading →

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Swancon 17 January 1992 PR page 15

Posted on 7 December, 2018 by australian sf-history

This page features “Masquerades and Banquets”, “Things to Bring”, “Eats” and “Volunteers Wanted!”. Let’s see how far we get…   Masquerades and Banquets   The Masquerade this year will be, as we’ve said in previous PRs, somewhat different from previous … Continue reading →

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SwanCon XV Progress Report Two Summary

Posted on 4 December, 2018 by australian sf-history

by Chris Creagh This A5 sized, buff coloured, 20 page booklet with disorganised page numbers, is sprinkled with graphics and packed full of useful information. The front cover sports a futuristic drawing by Craig Hilton (© 1989)  of a circuitry embedded … Continue reading →

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Swancon seventeen – November report – Hello Again

Posted on 13 November, 2018 by australian sf-history

Transcription of pages 3-4 of the Swancon 17, Festival of the Imagination, November Progress Report. Which is apparently the one after the July Progress Report. This is one of the reports made out of folded A4 sheets. This is the … Continue reading →

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