Transcribed by Elaine Walker, attempting to preserve any typos and all citations [pp 11-13] Carey Handfield In the revisionist history of Australian science fiction fandom, it has become customary to canonise Fan Guest of Honour, Carey Handfield. His achievements have entered the collective fan consciousness. It was Handfield who ran Aussiecons One and Two. He… Continue reading Conviction – SynCon 88 – Programme Book – Carey Handfield (FGoH)
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THE DAILY SINGNUS: SynCon 92 – No 3 – 20th April 1992
Transcribed by Chris Creagh This issue of The Daily SinGnus was a single A4 page (single-sided), with a second (double-sided) page containing the Ditmar voting breakdown stapled to the back. At Last The End Is Near This is the final edition of SinGnus, because it is the last day of the convention. On behalf of… Continue reading THE DAILY SINGNUS: SynCon 92 – No 3 – 20th April 1992
Conviction – SynCon 88 – Program Book: The Convenor’s Polemic
transcription by Anna Hepworth [p3] The Convenor’s Polemic When I finished SYNCON 83 I said I’d never work another Convention. This is it. The organisation of CONVICTION has been fairly easy. The Core Committee has worked well and it has been a great pleasure to work with them. A co-operative and eager putative membership has… Continue reading Conviction – SynCon 88 – Program Book: The Convenor’s Polemic
SynCon 88 – Conviction – Program book: Jeanne Robinson
transcription by Anna Hepworth and Elaine Walker. Mix of American and Australian spellings as per original text. Jeanne Robinson In the panegyric which you have just read (did you know that if you sprinkle panegyric on cigarettes and smoke them, you can get high?), John Varley expresses the hope that someone else has been assigned… Continue reading SynCon 88 – Conviction – Program book: Jeanne Robinson
The Daily Sinews – SynCon 92 – Newsletter No. 2 Sunday 19 April 1992
Transcription of the second newsletter for SynCon 92 which was printed on fairly thick paper that appears to be from the hotel. The back has ‘The Shore Inn Hotel’ with logo and address on the back. This is the second newsletter/conzine of which we have 2 and 3. All typos reproduced to the best of… Continue reading The Daily Sinews – SynCon 92 – Newsletter No. 2 Sunday 19 April 1992
Brushstrokes #4/5 – The Chairman Quacks
Brushstrokes – Syncon92 PR no 4/5, December 1992. Transcription by Anna Hepworth, faithlessly reproducing the typographic quirks of the original document. The Chairman Quacks…. Welcome to issue 4/5 of Brushstrokes the PR for Syncon 92 the ….. Hang I hear you say, Issue 4/5! What happened to issue 4? Why combine issues 4 and 5… Continue reading Brushstrokes #4/5 – The Chairman Quacks
Brushstrokes #2 – on the Ditmars
‘Brush Strokes’ were the progress report/fanzines for Syncon 92. On pages 12-13 of the second of these, we find some evidence that certain conversations come around again in fandom: The Australian SF (“Ditmar”) Awards As mentioned in the first issue of Brushstrokes we want to try and encourage greater participation in the nomination and voting… Continue reading Brushstrokes #2 – on the Ditmars
Brushstrokes #2 – Info and Welcome pages
transcribed by Anna Hepworth Brush Strokes SYNCON 92 Progress Report No 2 [Inside front cover/Page 2] SYNCON 92 The Australian National Convention Easter 1992: April 17 to 20 1992 THEME: THE ART OF SCIENCE FICTION VENUE: TO BE ANNOUNCED GUEST OF HONOUR: MICHAEL WHELAN AUSTRALIAN GUEST OF HONOUR: NICK STATHOPOULOS KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SEAN McMULLEN CONVENTION… Continue reading Brushstrokes #2 – Info and Welcome pages
SynCon ’88 (Conviction), Non Progress Report 2 – “Programming at Night”
pages 5 & 6 of the SynCon ’88 “Non-Progress Report 2”. Page 5 has the night programming details, and the summary of the program, page 6 contains the program itself. Transcribed by Anna Hepworth. As ever, typos and peculiar turns of phrase replicated lovingly. Programming at Night After dinner programming should be: FRIDAY – After… Continue reading SynCon ’88 (Conviction), Non Progress Report 2 – “Programming at Night”
Conviction – Syncon 88 – Convention Book – advertisement, page 40
Transcribed by Doug Burbidge, who is restraining the urge to comment further. THE Swancon for 9 4 (at right a picture of a black swan’s head signed Grant 88) Get a head start. Join the bid for Perth in ’94 for the Worldcon $5.00 is all it takes. Mail us a cheque : Perth in… Continue reading Conviction – Syncon 88 – Convention Book – advertisement, page 40