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SwanICon PR1 – Welcome

Posted on 14 January, 2020 by australian sf-history

Being page 3 (of 16) Welcome to what we believe will be the social event of 1999! SwanCon 1999, or ICon as we like to call it, aims to bring you all the traditional features of SwanCons that that you … Continue reading →

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Festival of the Imagination 1996 Souvenir Book: Neil Gaiman An Appreciation

Posted on 10 December, 2019 by australian sf-history

page 7 of the Festival of the Imagination 1996 Souvenir Book had an appreciation of Neil Gaiman, written by Stephen R Brust. At the bottom of the page, it gives the following mini-bio of Brust: “Stephen Brust is the author … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 21 – Souvenir book page 63. The Rationalist's One-Stop Guide to Sc-fi/Action/Horror Movie Traits

Posted on 3 December, 2019 by australian sf-history

This is Robyn’s work and therefore I have not transcribed it in full, just the introductory sentence and headings. The full text is well worth writing up if we ever seek and get permission to print it. Chris Creagh Robin … Continue reading →

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Festival of The Imagination 1996 – Competitions

Posted on 19 November, 2019 by australian sf-history

Being page 10 of the December 1995 Newsletter. Top half of the page has a small amount of white space which is filled with a small line drawing of a grotesque fish about to take the bait off a dangling … Continue reading →

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Festival of The Imagination 1996 – Storm Constantine

Posted on 5 November, 2019 by australian sf-history

Being page 4 of the January 1996 Newsletter. Storm Constantine is 30 something, and lives in Stafford with eight cats and a husband. Apart from being a successful author and an accomplished artist, through her love of music, she has … Continue reading →

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Festival of The Imagination 1996 – Neil Gaiman, Robin Pen

Posted on 29 October, 2019 by australian sf-history

Page 5 of the SwanCon/Festival of the Imagination 1996 January 1996 Newsletter has brief (one paragraph) bios on guests Neil Gaiman and Robin Pen. There is also a selected bibliography for Neil Gaiman, which has been omitted on the principle … Continue reading →

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Festival of The Imagination 1996 – The Chair Speaks

Posted on 22 October, 2019 by australian sf-history

Being the main part of page 3 of the January 1996 Newsletter. Details from page 4 that are mentioned can be found at the newsletter summary page; those from page 9 may or may not be transcribed later. Welcome to … Continue reading →

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Festival of The Imagination 1996 – Hotel, Gaming Programme, Fundraiser Quiz

Posted on 20 August, 2019 by australian sf-history

Being pages 8 & 9 of the December 1995 newsletter. As ever, transcription done as faithfully as we can manage The Hotel Not many rooms are left at the Kings, so get your bookings in now. There has been some … Continue reading →

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Festival of the Imagination 1996 July 1995 Newsletter – Neil Gaiman

Posted on 16 July, 2019 by australian sf-history

Pages 6 and 7 of this newsletter are dedicated to a biography of Neil Gaiman “The Perfect Guest?” written by David Cake. At the bottom of page 7 is a selected bibliography which is presumably well out of date, and … Continue reading →

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Festival of the Imagination 1996: July 1995 Newsletter

Posted on 18 June, 2019 by australian sf-history

Page 14 WASFF REPORT The West Australian Science Fiction Foundation (WASFF) is working well with the 1996 convention committee and our hope is that the convention will be both well presented and well attended. Most importantly we hope that all … Continue reading →

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