Aust SF Bullsheet 173 (long)
Marc Ortlieb
A primigenial newszine produced for the Australian National
Science Fiction Association by Marc Ortlieb, P.O. Box 215, Forest
Hill, Vict, 3131, AUSTRALIA
(e-mail: mort...@vicnet.net.au).
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ISSN 1445-4319 (for print version)
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POPULAR WRITERS' FESTIVAL
Garry Dalrymple noted that Louise Cusack, Richard Harland,
Traci Harding, Caiseal Mor and Kim Wilkins were panelists at the
Popular Writing Festival presented by The NSW Writers' Centre, 7
- 8 July
IN PRINT
Neil Cladingboel provides the following information about his
Erebus Equilibrium trilogy: " Reflections: Book One of The Erebus
Equilibrium ISBN: 0-9703682-9-1 released 18th January, 2001.
(Reflections was also published as an e-book on CD-ROM (ISBN:
0-97038682-8-3)) in November, 2000. The Anvil Amulet: Book Two of
The Erebus Equilibrium ISBN: 1-58939-076-8 released 15th July,
2001. The final volume, Wraith Tide, is expected around October or
November this year"
The Slow Glass Books Catalogue 150 lists the following Australian
new releases: Foggy, Allan Baillie; The Army of Five Men, Shaun
Hick; Ancient Light, Robert Hood; Child of the Prophecy, Juliet
Marillier; and 2007: A Novel, Robyn Williams. It also notes that
Sophie Masson's The Forest Of Dreams is an omnibus contains
Masson's earlier The Knight by the Pool and The Lady of the
Flowers, along with a new work The Stone of Oakenfest.
UPCOMING
Grant Watson notes "Kate Orman's "The Year Of Intelligent Tigers"
(BBC Books) is due out this month".
IN ELECTRONS
"Matt" sends the following rather cryptic note "Oz author
posted enovel @ www.angelfire.com/scifi/nanomen free online eNovel
for readers 16 years and over."
BULLSHEET MEDIA WATCH
Mathew Frank notes that Brisbane's Pulp Fiction sf bookshop was
contacted by Channel 10 regarding a segment on a lifestyle show.
Paul Kidd gets a two page spread in The Australian Magazine July
14-15. The story centres on Paul's script for an animated movie,
Petal Storm. Alan Stewart notes "MSFC member Catherine Curie is
featured in the 'Mentor' section of The Age Employment Guide on
Saturday 14 July." And apropos of nothing the Herald Sun had a
filler about 81 year-old Ray Bradbury 17/7/2001.
SOME OF YOUR SMEGGING BUSINESS?
Smeg Radio is looking for reporters who are willing to do
a 5 minute news segment once every month by phone (so you don't
have to be in Sydney) on the following topics: Charmed; Stargate
SG-1; Earth: Final Conflict; Farscape. Contact
smeg...@start.com.au with a short bio and reasons why you should
be selected. http://www.boo.zipworld.com.au/smeg
FAN FUNDS
Eric Lindsay notes "GUFF is now an annual event. Paul
Kincaid, the UK administrator, has just opened nominations for a
fan from Britain or Europe to travel to the Australian and/or New
Zealand National SF Convention in June 2002." Contact Paul at 60
Bournemouth Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 5AZ, UK
pa...@appomattox.demon.co.uk. Jean Weber adds . "Candidates will
need to post a 10 bond, provide a 100-word platform, and have
three European and two Australasian nominators. Australians and
New Zealanders are therefore encouraged to nominate their
favourite British or European fan.
Nominations are open until 30 September 2001. All e-mail
correspondence should be sent to Paul with a copy to Jean
je...@wrevenge.com.au. The race will be from the beginning of
October 2001 until the end of Easter 2002. Since the Australian
and New Zealand National Conventions are within a week of each
other in June 2002, the winner will have the option of attending
either or both. The next Australasia to Europe race will send an
Australian or New Zealand fan to the 2003 Eastercon in the UK".
Sue Ann Barber reports on NAFF "Welcome to the second ever NAFF
race. NAFF is the National Australian Fan Fund and is designed to
assist fans travelling across Australia to attend the National
Science Fiction Convention. NAFF provides funds to cover part of
the cost of airfare (or travelling expenses) and convention
membership. Fans residing in all states and territories except
Victoria are eligible to be nominated to be the recipient of next
year's NAFF.
To be on the ballot, each interested fan must be nominated by
three fans from their own state/territory and provide a bond of
$20. In addition, each nominated fan is required to provide a 100
(max.) word description indicating what they could bring to
interstate fans and a brief description of their fannish history.
It is expected that the winner will produce a report of their trip
and will engage in fund raising to support future NAFF races.
Please make all cheques payable to Sue Ann Barber and NOT to NAFF.
Voting will commence early in November 2001.
To be eligible for consideration for NAFF, your nomination must be
received by 1st October, 2001. Nominations may be received by
snail mail at PO Box 249, Pascoe Vale South, VIC, 3044 or handed
personally to either Sue Ann Barber or Grant Watson. Nominations
received after the deadline will not be considered. For further
information please contact Sue Ann Barber at acti...@hotmail.com.
PERIPATETIC FANS
Eric Lindsay notes "We leave in a week or so in our motorhome for
a leisurely trip through the middle of Queensland, and maybe as
far as Lake Eyre. We expect to be missing for a couple of months,
and have no idea whether we will manage to collect our email along
the way. On our Queensland Gulf trip we collected email once in a
month while visiting friends. If we get access in remote areas,
Jean may update her travel web site at
http://www.avalook.com.au/newsletr/index.htm so check there for
updates (or to see more about the previous trip)."
Sally Beasley, Roman Orszanski and Gina (Goddard?) all seemed to
find Melbourne the place to be last weekend.
CONVENTION NEWS
The July BOBW Convention was cancelled.
jan howard finder notes "Anyone presenting a valid
non-North American passport gets in Free at Albacon 01, 5-7
October 2001, Schenectady, NY, USA; http://www.albacon.org"
Conning Tour: A relaxacon. Friday 2 November to Monday 5 November
2001. Topview Motel and Milton-Ulladulla Bowling Club, Ulladulla
NSW. A cetacean watching cruise will probably be arranged for the
Friday afternoon. The major item for discussion is the staging of
sf cons, but other subjects can be brought up in what is
anticipated as a weekend of informal natter. Membership is $30 +
$30 deposit for accommodation which is being arranged on a twin
share basis (exceptions can however be made), payable by 28
September. Organisers are Vanessa Jacobsen and Ted Scribner You
should contact Ted in relation to payment and other up-front
organisational matters. Contact Vanessa saxif...@yahoo.com.au
or Ted kre...@optushome.com.au .
UPCOMING CONVENTIONS
MANIFEST 2001
August 11-12 2001 Old Arts Building Melbourne University 10:00am
to 9:00pm each day Contact mani...@metva.com.au P.O. Box 14191
Melbourne 8001
FREECON
August 25 Bankstown Contact Garry Dalrymple
gary-peter...@tafensw.edu.au
THE MILLENNIUM PHILCON
The 59th World Science Fiction Convention August 30 to September
3, 2001 The Pennsylvania Convention Center & Philadelphia Marriott
Hotel GsoH Greg Bear, Stephen Youll, Gardner Dozois, George
Scithers Toastmaster: Esther Friesner. Attending $170 Supporting
$US40 Millennium Philcon Post Office Box 310 Huntingdon Valley, PA
19006-0310 U.S.A. phil...@unix3.netaxs.com http://www.milphil.org
ARMAGEDDON PULP CULTURE EXPO
September 15-16 The Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington New Zealand
Guests include Richard Biggs, Marjean Holden, Gigi Edgley, Wayne
Pygram, Sean Schemmel, John Romita Jr, Richard Arnold. entry
only $10nzd www.pulpexpo.com
CONQUEST
September 21-23 Quest Hotel Brisbane GsoH Richard Hatch, Richard
Biggs & Marjean Holden $215 GPO Box 1376 Brisbane Qld 4001
wr...@bigpond.net.au
FORCE 3.75
October 13 9.30am to 6.30pm Star Walking Convention The Second
Star Walking Star wars fan film festival. University of Melbourne,
Charles Pearson Theatre, Education Resource Centre $12 Star
Walking members $15 Multiverse members $20 non-members
starw...@starwalking.net http://www.starwalking.net
BOBW 12
October 2001 Stargate SG-1 Convention Tony
Amendola.http://www.bobw.com.au a...@nlc.net.au PO Box 215
Forestville NSW Australia 2087 ph (02) 9453 0290 Fax: +61 2 9975
6043
CONNING TOUR: A RELAXACON.
November 2-5 2001. Topview Motel and Milton-Ulladulla Bowling
Club, Ulladulla NSW. $30 + $30 deposit for accommodation payable
by 28 September. Contact Vanessa saxif...@yahoo.com.au or Ted
kre...@optushome.com.au . Web Page:
http://members.optushome.com.au/aussff/ConTour.html
FREECON
November 10 North Sydney Contact Garry Dalrymple
gary-peter...@tafensw.edu.au
BORDERLANDS: THE WORLD WITHIN
November 24-25 2001 Emerald Hotel, Mount Street, Perth GsoH Chris
Lawson, Jeremy Byrne and Tess Williams Memberships: $55, $45 conc
Contact sox...@central.murdoch.edu.au
http://borderlands.murdoch.edu.au/
BOBW 13
November 24 & 25, 2001 Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Earth: Final
Conflict Convention Leni Parker, Anita La Selva, Eugene
Roddenberry Jr http://www.bobw.com.au a...@nlc.net.au PO Box 215
Forestville NSW Australia 2087 ph (02) 9453 0290 Fax: +61 2 9975
6043
WRITE (C)ON
January 18-20 2002. Guest speakers: tba Proposed venue: Barker
Lodge Motel, Barker St, Kensington (N.S.W.) Membership: $20
e.ha...@unsw.edu.au 12 Flinders St, Matraville, NSW. 2036
COSTUME CON 20
February 15-18 2002 Melbourne LaTrobe University $A130 Jan 1st
2001 - Dec 31st 2001 $160 Jan 1st 2002 - Feb 15th 2002 $A50 Daily
Admission The Australian Costumers' Guild PO Box 322 Bentleigh Vic
3204 stil...@netspace.net.au http://www.vicnet.net.au/~costume/
SWANCON 2002
March 28 - April 1 2002 The Kings Perth Hotel Fan GoH John
McDouall others tba $80 until June 30 2001. $110 thereafter. P.O.
Box G429 Perth WA 6841 20...@sf.org.au http://www.swancon.com
AUCKLAND ARMAGEDDON PULP CULTURE EXPO
April 12 -14 2002 Aotea Centre www.pulpexpo.com
CON WITH THE WIND
2002 New Zealand NatCon May 31 to June 3 West Plaza Hotel
Wellington GsoH Joe and Gay Haldeman Dan Hennah Lucy Sussex Yvonne
Harrison Alan Robson CON With The Wind PO Box 11-559 Manners St
Wellington Attending $80 Supporting $30 Wellington.
enqu...@con-with-the-wind.sf.org.nz
http://con-with-the-wind.sf.org.nz/
CONVERGENCE
41st Australian National Science Fiction Convention June 7 - 10
2002 GsoH Joe Haldeman, Sean Williams Lucy Sussex, Gay Haldeman
and Race Mathews Toastmaster Jack Dann Cato Conference Centre
Melbourne. Full Membership until October 31 2001 $130. Student
(13-16 years) $80. Child (5-12) $25. Supporting $25. GPO Box 1212k
Melbourne Vic 3001 Web:- http://www.vicnet.net.au/~converge/
email:- contact-c...@egroups.com.
RELAXA.CON
14-17 June 2002, Whitsunday Terraces Resort, Airlie Beach,
Queensland. Run by Eric Lindsay and Jean Weber. For more
information, see http://www.ericlindsay.com/relaxa.con/
CON JOSE
The 60th World Science Fiction Convention August 29 to September
2, 2002 San Jos McEnery Convention Centre GsoH Vernor Vinge,
David Cherry, Bjo & John Trimble, Ferdinand Feghoot Toastmaster
Tad Williams. P.O. Box 61363 Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363 U.S.A.
Con...@sfsfc.org http://www.conjose.org/ Attending membership
A$320. (Supporting A$60). Australian agent: Terry Frost, 4/8
Walker St, West Brunswick, VIC 3055. Cheques payable to "60th
World Science Fiction Convention."
EMOTICON 2003
New Zealand NatCon Easter Auckland.
enqu...@emoticon.sf.org.nz
TORCON III
The 61st World Science Fiction Convention August 28-September 1,
2003 Metro Toronto Convention Centre GsoH George R. R. Martin
Frank Kelly Freas Mike Glyer with Toastmaster: Spider Robinson and
GoHst of Honour:Robert Bloch the spirit of Toronto Worldcons P.O.
Box 3, Station A, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5W 1A2 Supporting
Membership $US40; Attending Membership $US115. Email:
in...@torcon3.on.ca Website: http://www.torcon3.on.ca
CONTOUR 2004
May 31 to June 3 2004 Proposed as New Zealand's 25th National
Science Fiction Convention Rotorua, enqu...@contour.sf.org.nz
GoH = Guest of Honour
O.C.P. = Other Commitments Permitting
tba= to be announced.
EVENTS
There is an annual calendar available on the Vicnet SF web
site at http://www.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/2001cal.htm
CLUB NEWS
Steven Cooke notes that SFSA's AGM elected a new committee
for the year and found a regular drinking venue, The Buckingham
Arms.
A.C.T.
CANBERRA SPECULATIVE FICTION GUILD August 15 ACT Writers' Centre
Gorman House, Braddon ACT. les.pe...@detya.gov.au
http://csfg.cumulo-nimbus.com
NEW SOUTH WALES
SYDNEY FUTURIANS July 20 7pm University of Technology, Sydney Room
1615 http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~iwoolf/futurians.html
SOUTHERN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY GROUP July 21 Contact
Bradley Row bra...@netspace.net.au Skyforce Sydney July 29
Lidcombe Catholic Workmen's Club, 24 John Street, Lidcombe
(Opposite Lidcombe Railway Station) P.O. Box 427 Northcote Vic
3070 Phone 05 005 53347 (05 055 JEDIS)
FRIENDS OF SCIENCE FICTION August 12 10:30am to 7:00pm Lidcombe
Catholic Club, 24 John St Lidcombe P.O Box 797 Fairfield NSW 1860
membe...@fsf.com.au http://www.fsf.com.au
QUEENSLAND
CONQUEST August 5 Brisbane City Council GPO Box 1376 Brisbane Qld
4001
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
SFSA July 21 3pm-10pm Adelaide High. Steven Cooke
(don...@chariot.net.au) or P.O. Box 3227 Rundle Mall Adelaide SA
5000
VICTORIA
MSFC July 20 Author Night Kerry Greenwood? Discussion; July 27
A.G.M.; August 3 Food Night Jaffles and Ethel Collation 8:00 pm
St. David's Uniting Church Hall, 74 Melville Road, West Brunswick
P.O. Box 212 World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~msfc/ M_S...@yahoogroups.com
FRIDAY NIGHT MOB July 20 July 27 August 3 6:00-7.30pm. Informal
eating and nattering. Myers Cafeteria Melbourne
MULTIVERSE July 23 6:30pm Preview Final Fantasy Hoyts Cinema 140
Bourke St tic...@multiverse.org.au
AUSTRALIAN BABYLON 5 FAN CLUB July 28 1:00pm Bowling Day Chadstone
AMF P.O. Box 437 Sunshine Vic 3020 chr...@bigpond.com or
mys...@netstra.com.au http://www.vicnet.net.au/~babylon5/
ENTERPRISE July 28 1:00pm Bowling Day Chadstone AMF P.O. Box 466
World Trade Centre Melbourne 3005
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~enterprise/ ente...@vicnet.net.au
NOVA MOB August 1 Andy Butler, visiting from UK. "Notes Towards a
Language for Analysing Science Fiction" Possibly Garth Nix as
well. 13 Frederick St Brunswick
AUSTREK August 4 2001 Annual Austrek Art Show 2 pm St Mark's
Church Hall Cnr Canterbury & Burke Rds, Camberwell GPO Box 5206AA
Melbourne 3001 http://www.vicnet.net.au/~austrek/
aus...@vicnet.net.au
THE AUSTRALIAN COSTUMERS' GUILD August 11 Annual Australian
Costumers' Guild Ball The Centre, Ivanhoe PO Box 322 Bentleigh Vic
3204 stil...@netspace.net.au http://www.vicnet.net.au/~costume/
SKYFORCE August 11 1:00 to 5:00pm Charles Pearson Theatre
Education Resource Centre University of Melbourne P.O. Box 427
Northcote Vic 3070 starw...@starwalking.net
http://www.starwalking.net
F.O.M.E. MASQUERADE BALL August 18 The Moorabbin Masonic Hall For
more details http://sites.theplunge.com/fomeball2001"
DOCTOR WHO CLUB OF VICTORIA August 18 Dark Zone meeting Box Hill
GPO Box 4782UU Melbourne VIC 3001 as...@optusnet.com.au
http://www.vicnet.net.au/~dwcv
W.A.
SWANCON 2002 FINAL FANTASY FILM NIGHT July 26 6:30pm or 7:30pm
Grand Cinemas, Warwick (Note changed date.) http://www.swancon.com
SWANCON 2002 PROGRAMMING MEETING August 19 1:00 The Captain
Stirling, Nedlands http://www.swancon.com
ELECTRONIC STUFF
New
Neil Cladingboel http://www.wn.com.au/clubclad/erebus/
FANZINES
MUMBLINGS FROM MUNCHKINLAND #17 16pp Chris Nelson
mumbling...@hotmail.com
LOBSTERS VOICE, THE Vol 4 #1 13pp Deborah Caputo for the
Australian Lewis Carroll Society 39 Sackvile St Bexley NSW 2207
Australia pig...@bigpond.com.au
http://www.thereadersvine.com/TheBellman_Carroll/Carroll.html
OSCILLATION OVERTHRUSTER 15 24pp Sue Ann Barber P.O. Box 249
Pascoe Vale South Vic 3044 Australia acti...@hotmail.com
RUBBISH BIN(NS) The 9 16pp & 10 24pp Merv Binns P.O. Box 315
Carnegie Vic 3163 Australia
SLOW GLASS BOOKS CATALOGUE 150 28pp Cheryl Louch Slow Glass Books
GPO Box 2708X Melbourne Vic 3001 Australia
http://www.slowglass.com.au
VANAMONDE 408-412 2pp each John Hertz 236 S. Coronado St No 409
Los Angeles CA 90057 USA
ELECTRONIC FANZINES
Eric Lindsay notes "While I've written several issue of my
fanzine Gegenschein over the past year or so, I failed to
circulate it outside the apas and didn't even tell anyone about
it. We still have no access to affordable photocopying, but the
web version is always available.
GEGENSCHEINS 87-90 http://www.ericlindsay.com/sf/
FANS ACROSS THE WORLD NEWSLETTER 111 B. Wilkinson 2 Hobbs Close
Abingdon Oxon OX14 3UX Great Britain faw...@bjw.cix.co.uk
COMM CENTRE THE July 9 2001 Multiverse PO Box 355 World Trade
Centre Melbourne Vic 3005 Australia multi...@multiverse.org.au
http://www.multiverse.org.au/
ANSIBLE 168 Dave Langford 94 London Road Reading Berkshire RG1 5AU
U.K. ans...@cix.co.uk http://www.ansible.co.uk/
PAPER SNARL THE 24 Paul Barnett Paper...@aol.com
http://www.papertiger.co.uk
DEADLINES
Bullsheet #174 July 31 2001.
ANZAPA 202 August 10 2001
NAFF nominations October 1 2001
GUFF nominations September 30 2001
This Fanzine Supports The Minneapolis in '73 WorldCon Bid and the
next Australian WorldCon Bid.
LETTERATURE
Chris Nelson points out that, in noting the fact that
Richard Harland's Ferren & the Angel won the Australian Genre Book
Design Award, I didn't actually say who the designer was. Having
checked my copy, I note that the designer was David Altheim of the
Penguin Design Studio.
OTHER STUFF
FANTHOLOGY '96
Fanthology '96 will be under the editorial hand of Greg
Pickersgill. Suggestions for Fanthology inclusions should be sent
to Greg at 3 Bethany Row, Narberth Road, Haverfordwest,
Pembrokeshire SA61 2XG, UK, email M...@gostak.demon.co.uk
Suggestions for inclusions in a possible fanzine cover gallery for
the Fanthology are also welcomed. At Greg's request, the deadline
for suggestions has been moved up to the end of September 2001.
The website will be updated accordingly during the next few days
(or so, ahem).
Corflu Valentine website: http://www.megspace.com/arts/corflu
General Corflu email: corf...@popfire.net
General Corflu enquiries: PO Box 178, St. Leonard, MD 20685
MARK TIME AND OGLE AWARDS WINNERS
Jerry Stearns announced the winners of the Mark Time Awards for
Best Science Fiction Audio, and the Ogle Awards for Best
Fantasy/Horror Audio Productions of the Year 2000.
Mark Time Awards:
Gold Award: Tread Softly Bill Lizard, written and produced by
Roger Gregg of Dublin, Ireland. (www.crazydogaudiotheatre.com)
Silver Awards: Patch and Click, written and produced by Ed
Lehmann, of WMNF, Tampa, FL. (www.wmnf.org) Tied with Flash Gordon
Episode 1: A New Planet Produced by the One Act Players of San
Francisco, CA. (www.oneact.org)
Ogle Awards:
Gold Award: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, adapted by David Ossman,
produced by David Ossman and Judith Walcutt of Otherworld Media,
for the Children's Museum of Los Angeles.
Silver Award: The Soul Patrol, Episode 6: Bridge of Indecision,
written and produced by David Koenigsberg, of Los Angeles, CA.
(www.the-cosmic-forces.net)
http://www.greatnorthernaudio.com/MarkTime/MarkTime.html