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Swancon XV Con book — Videocon III

Posted on 20 July, 2018 by australian sf-history

Page 18 of the SwanCon XV souvenir book has the running head “What? And Miss the Panels?”… Videocon III by Robin Pen Information about those bit square things with moving pictures on them sitting in the corner of dark rooms. … Continue reading →

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Swancon 16 Progress Report 3 – Pages 12-14 – Bid ad, Membership, Forthcoming Conventions and Acknowledgements.

Posted on 10 July, 2018 by australian sf-history

This is a part summary, part transcription of pages 12, 14 and 13 of Progress Report 3 of Swancon 16. (Yes, they were in that order) comprising of an advert for the Swancon 18 NatCon bid; the membership list and … Continue reading →

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Swancon 16, Progress Report 3 – page 9

Posted on 29 June, 2018 by australian sf-history

Page 9 of the Swancon 16 progress report 2 has roughly half the page devoted to each of ‘Policies’ and ‘The Auction’, each printed in two columns. All typography except SHOUTY TEXT faithfully reproduced. Yes, even the Swancon/SwanCon variations. Policies … Continue reading →

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Swancon 16, progress report 2: p2

Posted on 15 June, 2018 by australian sf-history

Page 2 of the Swancon 16 progress report 2 is laid out in two column format, one for each of the articles below. At the bottom of the page is a set of icons–what is probably a Police badge/symbol, and … Continue reading →

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SwanCon 16, Progress report 1 – page ~3

Posted on 1 June, 2018 by australian sf-history

What we are calling page 3 of the SwanCon 16 Progress report 1 (counting the inside front cover as ‘1’) has possibly the shortest program article I’ve ever seen. THE FAR-FROM-FINAL PROGRAM (Volume One) SwanCon 16 will feature a 24-hour … Continue reading →

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SwanCon XV Progress Report Two (The Program)

Posted on 20 February, 2018 by australian sf-history

Other pages have been/will be done elswhere. Sooo… Pages 10 and 11 contain “The Program” for the four day convention, Friday to Monday. Each day gets a table of events with one room for panels and such, one room for … Continue reading →

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SwanCon XV PR2 – Vice is My Life

Posted on 2 February, 2018 by australian sf-history

Page 6 of the SwanCon XV Progress Report Two has a Garfield theme. At the top left there is a small rectangle containing a line drawing of Garfield with the words ‘Vice is My Life’ (this is approximately the heading … Continue reading →

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Wikipalooza at Swancon 42

Posted on 2 May, 2017 by australian sf-history

We wikipalooza’ed at Swancon 42, acquiring information for the wiki from heads owned by people such as Sally Beasley, Ken McCaw, and Susan Margaret. Articles that substantially increased in length included: Swancon 5 Swancon 6 Confusion ’94 Slashcon Swancon 2006 … Continue reading →

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Swancon Twenty3 Book 03 Live Programme

Posted on 28 June, 2016 by australian sf-history

A5 booklet, staple-stitched. 20 internal pages (white) plus beige cover. Page 1 starts with FRIDAY. It has a grid with the day’s program items, broken up into one column for each room (Regency 1, Regency 2, Harvest), with each program … Continue reading →

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Festival of the Imagination 1996 – April 1995 Newsletter

Posted on 3 May, 2016 by australian sf-history

Here’s the (presumably final) progress report for Festival of the Imagination 1996. It’s two yellow A4 sheets folded to A5 and staple-stitched. It starts, unsurprisingly, with a front cover: FESTIVAL OF THE IMAGINATION 1996Australia’s National Science Fiction Literature Conference and … Continue reading →

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