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Tag Archives: Western Australia
Swancon 17 – July 1991 Progress Report – Dreamers in the Net (part I)
Being page 13 of the SwanCon 17 July 1991 Progress Report. Part II will be posted in the near future. This page features a faux newspaper clipping about ‘The Urban Outback’ (which requires a bit of a content warning for … Continue reading
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Tagged cyberpunk, Festival of the Imagination 1992, gaming, parsec, Perth, progress book, Swancon 17, Western Australia
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SwanCon 17: July 1991 PR – PARSEC
Pages 12 through 15 of the SwanCon 17 July 1991 progress report are a detailed presentation on ‘PARSEC – The Perth and Regional Simulation Entertainments Convention’. This post attempts to transcribe the text, and summarise the visual elements, which might … Continue reading
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Tagged Festival of the Imagination 1992, gaming, parsec, Perth, progress report, Swancon 17, Western Australia
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SwanCon 17 – Anime Matsuri
page 9 of the SwanCon 17 Progress Report (unnumbered; dated July 1991) features details of the video stream. At the top, there is a logo containing some Japanese calligraphy and the word ‘ANIME!’; to the right of this are the … Continue reading
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Tagged Perth, SwanCon, Swancon 17, Western Australia
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SwanCon 17 – Progress Report July 1991 – Preliminary Social Programme
The SwanCon 17 Progress Report (unnumbered; dated July 1991) devoted half of page 6 and all of page 7 to the Preliminary Social Programme. Other than some rather bog-standard clip-art of a cocktail (with olive-onna-stick) and what are presumably party … Continue reading
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Tagged Perth, progress report, Social, SwanCon, Swancon 17, Western Australia
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Swancon 16 Progress Report 1 – Covers and Miscellany
This post will cover the parts of this progress report that haven’t been covered yet, including the front and back covers. It is noted that this progress report didn’t actually have page numbers so some of the other posts may … Continue reading
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Tagged miscellaneous, Perth, progress report, SwanCon, Swancon 16, Western Australia
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SwanCon XV: The Dark Future and RPGs
Pages 29 and 30 of the SwanCon XV Program book contains an article by Lev Lafayette (as Anthony Anderson). Running head on page 29 is “Personally, Nothing Tops Metamorphosis Alpha”. In a fairly similar development to that of literature, a … Continue reading
Posted in Con books, Conventions, SwanCon
Tagged cyberpunk, Perth, programme book, rpgs, SwanCon, swancon 15, SwanCon XV, Western Australia
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Swancon XV Progress Report 3 – Pages 8-9 – Program Highlights
Transcribed by Elaine Walker. As best as I could I matched all text precisely. Page running head reads: Just So You’ll Know Where Not to Be Program Highlights By Jeremy G Byrne While this may be double-dipping for Program space, … Continue reading
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Tagged Perth, Programming, progress report, SwanCon, SwanCon XV, Western Australia
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Swancon 16 Progress Report 3 – Pages 12-14 – Bid ad, Membership, Forthcoming Conventions and Acknowledgements.
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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Tagged acknowledgements, conventions, membership, Natcon, Perth, progress report, SwanCon, Swancon 16, Western Australia
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Swancon 16 – Progress Report 3 – Page 10
Transcribed by Elaine Walker, attempting to maintain all text exactly as it were written SHORT STORY COMPETITION SUBMISSION DETAILS FORMAT: Double spaced with 2cm margins. Author’s name to appear on cover sheet only. Title to appear on every page. WORD … Continue reading
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Tagged Perth, progress report, short story, SwanCon, Swancon 16, Tin Duck Awards, Western Australia
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SwanCon Progress Report 2: miscellaneous
Pages five and six of the SwanCon 16 progress report have an assortment of shorter pieces, all of which are replicated here. The only deliberate change is converting titles from SHOUTY CAPS Short story competition and writers’ toolkit Those of … Continue reading
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Tagged auction, awards, Perth, progress report, short story, SwanCon, Swancon 16, Western Australia
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