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Tag Archives: fandom
Fannish History Panel – Continuum 13 – 2017
by Elaine Walker I went to the panel on Fandom History at Continuum 13 (Triskaidekaphilia) in Melbourne in 2017. Originally it was meant to be a panel on Fandom: Where Did We Come From? Aussiecon 1975, but they had some … Continue reading
Posted in Fan production, Fans, fanzines, Miscellaneous
Tagged Fan Production, fandom, fanzines
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Swancon 14 – PR2 – Fandom in Perth
being a sequence of short summaries of fan activities, covering pages 7 and 8 of the second official progress report for Swancon 14. As ever, typos faithlessly reproduced; note that all contact details have been omitted, even if we think that they are defunct. … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, NatCon, Progress reports, SwanCon
Tagged fandom, Perth, perth fans, progress report, SwanCon, Swancon 14
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aussiecon two progress report #1 – Membership Statistics by Region
43rd world science fiction convention transcribed by Chris Creagh MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS BY REGION Country Total Attending Supporting Australia: 83 22 61 • Victoria: 40 • New South Wales: 21 • South Australia: 9 • Western Australia: 8 • Queensland: 2 … Continue reading
They’re Commin Right For Us!: The “just another bug-hunt” game! Review?
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
Posted in Conventions, Fan production, Fans, Miscellaneous, SwanCon
Tagged conventions, Fan Production, fandom, games, MUSFF collection, SwanICon
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They're Commin Right For Us!: The "just another bug-hunt" game! Review?
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
Posted in Conventions, Fan production, Fans, Miscellaneous, SwanCon
Tagged conventions, Fan Production, fandom, games, MUSFF collection, SwanICon
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Swancon 4 Program – The Great Con Job
Transcribed by Elaine Walker, all typos and punctuation faithfully reproduced. The Great Con Job – the triumphs and tribulations of organizing a con. A personal message from Your Humble Beanbagman. Bevan Casey, the worthy editor of this program book, told … Continue reading
Posted in Con books, Conventions, Fan production, SwanCon
Tagged Chairman, fandom, programme book, SwanCon, swancon 4, WASFA, Waycon '79, Western Australia
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FGOHs of SwanCons past — Chris Creagh (2012)
This is the first of a planned series of posts about Fan Guests of Honour of SwanCons and other cons past. Here we focus on Dr Chris Creagh, FGOH in 2012. Chris’s first SwanCon was in 1999, along with her … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, Fan production, Fans, GenghisCon, SwanCon
Tagged conventions, Doctor Who, Fan Production, fandom, GenghisCon, SwanCon, Swancon 31
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