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Swancon 2001: PR2 part 3 of 3
The Swancon 2001:Masquerade Progress Report 2, while a light weight publication, devoted a significant proportion of the real estate to Guest of Honour, Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg “The man who put sex in science fiction” – Neil Gaiman Its almost … Continue reading
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Swancon 2001: PR2 part 2 of 3
The Swancon 2001:Masquerade Progress Report 2, while a light weight publication, devoted a significant proportion of the real estate to the Convenor’s rant. Dave’s Rave Swancon 2001 is please to announce that we will have as our International Guest of … Continue reading
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Festival of The Imagination 1996 – Programming
Being page 6 of the December 1995 Newsletter. Faithfully transcribed by Anna Hepworth. Programming The spectrum of science fiction has continually widened to encompass an impressive range of sub-genres. Science fiction no longer represents a restrictive type or mode of … Continue reading
Festival of the Imagination 1996 – April 1995* Newsletter – Awards
In theory, the last of our posts from this particular newsletter. Previous posts can be found by clicking the relevant tags, and having a bit of a hunt. (*)The actual newsletter says 1996 but this is a “known” typo and … Continue reading
Confusion Progress Report 1A
page three and four of Con Fusion progress report 1A. Header features Con Fusion logo, also used as a section separator PROGRESS REPORT 1A What IS CON FUSION? ConFusion is Perth’s first officially acknowledged, SF Media convention. It’s also the … Continue reading
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Festival of the Imagination 1996 – April 1995 Newsletter – The Guests
Back in 2016, we did a quick summary of this newsletter, as well as transcriptions of pages containing information on The Philosophy, The Hotel and Perth, Promotions, and Competitions. We are now revisiting this — today’s post transcribes the page … Continue reading
Swancon 17: Waiting for the Cappuccino Muse: Terry Dowling
Here’s page 7 of the Festival of the Imagination 1992 souvenir book. Waiting for the Cappuccino Muse Terry Dowling Born in Sydney in 1947, Terry Dowling is the only writer to have won eight [count ’em folks, eight!] Australian Science … Continue reading
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SwanCon 17 – Souvenir book – Imaginings: A Preface
page 3 of the beautiful SwanCon 17 Souvenir Book is titled ‘Imaginings: A Preface’, written by Jeremy G Byrne, Programme Book Co-Editor. It starts with an epigraph attributed to ‘The Welcome Mat’: “And all I see as I look through … Continue reading
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SwanCon 17: Progress Report July 1991, p19
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
Swancon seventeen – November report – Hello Again
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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