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Tag Archives: guest biography
Festival of The Imagination 1996 – December 1995 Newsletter – Page 4 – Jack Dann Biography
Transcribed by Elaine Walker. Any typographical errors have been carefully preserved. Jack Dann Jack Dann, a Special Guest at the Festival of the Imagination 1996, is the author or editor of over thirty-five books, including the novels Junction, Starhiker, and … Continue reading
Festival of the Imagination 1996 July 1995 Newsletter – Bruce Sterling
Page 3: Bruce Sterling Globally Sean McMullen When I open a magazine and see Bruce Sterling’s name in the contents list I go to that story first. Whenever he has a new book published I buy it, unseen and unreviewed. … Continue reading
SwanCon Twenty3 – Con Book 02: Guests pp. 3-7 – Lois McMaster Bujold
SwanCon Twenty3 separated out the various common items of program books into several A5 saddle-stapled booklets. This is the information on the Guests of Swancon 23. The first entry is for our International Guest of Honour and was written by … Continue reading
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Tagged 1998, Con book, GoH, guest bio, guest biography, Perth, SwanCon, SWANCON TWENTY3
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Swancon XII – Who Is This Guest Of Honour Anyway ???
This is from page 5 of the Swancon XII Programme Book. Transcribed by Doug Burbidge. I have known John McDouall for forty years. I have always said that, and I do not intend to change now. It seems strange when … Continue reading
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Tagged conventions, guest biography, programme book, SwanCon, Swancon 12
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Conviction – Syncon 88 – Convention Book – The Guests of Honour – Spider Robinson
Transcribed by Elaine Walker, all typos faithfully reproduced. Conviction, aka Syncon 88 was in Sydney in 1988 and was the 27th Australian NatCon. This is a small excerpt from the Con Book, as a ‘biography’ of one of the GoHs, … Continue reading
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Tagged Conviction, guest biography, John Varley, Natcon, Spider Robinson, Syncon, Syncon 88
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SwanCon XI – Con Book – Jack Herman Bio
being page 7 of the SwanCon XI con book. Transcribed by Anna Hepworth What can you say about the fan who has done everything? (An attempt to write and introduction to Jack Herman without mentioning his hats) By Marc Ortlieb, … Continue reading
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Tagged fan guest of honour, fannish characters, guest biography, Melbourne fans, SwanCon XI
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