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His involvement with SPACE AGE BOOKS, was I know, of immense satisfac* tion to him. It was inevitable that with his love of books and diversification of business interests, that he would become involved with selling books. Purely by a chance passing mention in conversation in 1970 at a Science Fiction Convention in Sydney, he learnt of my passion to own a bookshop of my own, and SPACE AGE Has bom. Unfortunately,although SPACE AGE has been quite successful , it has not been the overall financial success that I would have liked it to be; which would have repaid Ron for his unflagging faith in me.

As a businessman, Ron had a long,varied and successful career. Bom the son of a miner, Ron started as an apprentice boilermaker at Clyde Engineer­ ing, progressing to the drawing office RONALD E. GRAHAM 1908-79 but returned to the boilermaking until the depression. In 1931, Ron obtained a It is with deep regret that I must yerne, He concluded the letter with a miner's license and enjoyed that year announce the passing of Australia's fervant hope that AMAZING would renript gold mining at Copeland near Forster number one Science Fiction fan, Ron Hall 8 Flint's THE BLIND SPOT, bntil, in partnership with a friend, Graham. He died on Sunday the 11th of Fred Sayer, he opened his own boiler - February after suffering a stroke and Ron had an insatiable appetite for making shop, Graham and Sayer. This coma, from which he did not recover. Ron any books in anyway approaching Science business lasted a year,when due to had been collecting Science Fiction for Fiction and Fantasy, If there were customer's late payments, the partner­ many years, and made many friends all numerous bookshops in a place he was ship was dissolved. Fred Sayer opened over Australia and overseas. visiting, he would simply have to visit a Coke,Coal and Produce store, Ron everyone, and he inevitably came out opened a fruiterers. Six months later, His collection of Science Fiction with arms loaded, or arranged for them Ron sold this to his uncle and returned books, magazines, artwork and associated to be forwarded. This is how I first to Clyde Engineering. material, is one of the most comprehen­ met Ron, at McGill's Newsagency, where sive in the world. His passion to he always made a bee-line for whenever In 1935, Ron joined Babcock's and complete his collection of WEIRD TALES he was in Melbourne. He took a great Wilcox as a structural draftsman - the unfortunately, was never realised. The interest in the activities of the beginning of a long and happy association. collection will, we believe, be going Melbourne SF Club, and frequently made In 1955, Ron left Babcock's 8 Wilcox,by intact to the University of New South donations of books and cash to the club now their chief draftsman, and opened Wales, Fisher Library. Ron had a in Melbourne and conventions. If he did his own design engineering office, and section built onto his house in Roseville hot directly contribute, he certainly within a few months, had work from BHP, to house his library, which was completed helped fill the convention cash tins by Colonial Sugar,Lever Bros and others. in 1975, just before AUSSIECON. Many paying top prices for items that took Starting with four men, he had such a visitors from interstate and overseas his fancy in the auction. successful first year that at the end of have been invited to view this collection it, Ron was employing one hundred and twelve people. and partake of Ron's always generous He was keen to support Science hospitality. Fiction publishing in Australia, but when he did venture into the publishing world, Since then,the Graham Group, as it is now, No doubt he will be missed by has continued to expand, currently his magazine VISION OF TOMORROW was providing work for one hundred and the many friends he made at the World edited and printed in England. This seventy five people, though nowadays, Science Fiction Conventions. He had created problems, which I feel in time, design engineering is but a small part attended more than any other fan in would have been overcome, but distribution Australia. Being invited to a party or hassles killed VISION after twelve issues. of the Group's activity which encompasses galvanising, gratings manufacture, dinner given by Ron at an SF Convention, He helped Paul Collins with his second welding and zinc plating. Ron retired was for many people a highlight of their book OTHER WORLDS, and he always wanted convention attendance. from full-time management five years to become involved again directly in ago, and the firm is now under the publishing Science Fiction and Fantasy. As most overseas and longstanding SF capable guidance of his son, Peter. fans will know, it is a rare privilage He was awarded two 'DITMARS' for to be a member of the first fandom, his publishing efforts. In 1976 at the Throughout his business career, Ron membership being open only to fans who Played a major and active role in the World Science Convention in MIDAMERICAN, were active in fandom prior to 1940. Ron in Kansas City, he was awarded the guidance of manufacturing standards as a member of the Australian Standards was adjudged eligibleobecause of a letter E.Everett Evans 'BIG HEART’ MEMORIAL he had published in May 1928 AMAZING AWARD, It is to be hoped that an , Association. This participation STORIES, which praised Frank.R,Paul's culminating in his official represent­ appropiate way of remembering Ron will be illustrations and A.A,Merritt's stories, organised by the Science Fiction ation of Australia at the United Nations lambasted H,G.Wells and vinified Jules fraternity. Conference on Standards, Heksinki,1961. been largely responsible for the rebirth A personal achievment of which Ron was Probably the last highlight was of Fantasy as a popular and respected understandably, very proud. special guest Terry Carr's speech, which form of literature. was rambling, informative,personal and He was very much the family man, as delightgully spicy. During his entire There followed one of the soon-to-be- I observed at the funeral of his wife in time in Sydney, Terry proved to be very familiar long breaks, with nothing November 197S. Dearly loved indeed by genial.easy-going, friendly and helpful - scheduled before the post-dinner masquer­ his three sons and daughter, and their a most welcome visitor. children in turn. I hope that they can ade but Doctor Who renlays and films. The masquerade was enthusiastically attended: understand how much we will miss him The only other items of import­ there weren't many great costumes, but also, and that they have the most sincere ance were the business session, at which heartfelt sympathy of all his Science lots of people tried to at least do something. Then came the most spontaneous the two-year-in-advance bidding idea was Fiction fan friends. not ratified, and where Monash beat event of the Con, The Great Foyer Kitsch AUSFA in bidding for UNICON VI (to be held Singalong, led by the shameless Jack BOILERMAKER, BIBLIOMANE, BOOKSELLER, at Easter,with Joe Haldeman as GOH):and Herman and ably supported by the Amazing BUSINESSMAN, DRAFTSMAN, ENGINEER, FAMILY the final discussion of the Australia Trekettes and a comic male relief chorus, MAN, GOLD MINER AND PUBLISHER. in 83 bid. Things were a bit confusing very few of whom could lay any claim to but we went a long way towards solving any operatic talents. This motley crew This was also our fellow fan,friend problems - future summit conferences and partner. RONALD EDWARD GRAHAM. He had the great good fortune to disrupt should manage to iron out the remaining will be sorely missed. the showing of a truely abysmal film, differences. Throughout the convention, The Ultimate Warrior, with a rousing Terry Carr was extremely enthusiastic MERVYN.R.BINNS rendition of the Mickey Mouse theme song about the bid,and had several useful chorus! - a great victory for "good"bad comments to make. (N.B, My thanks to Keith Curtis who was taste. (This scene also had the dubious one. of Ron's clc sest friends over the last honour of being recorded on film,alleged­ Last of all was the Farewell, few years, for the latter part of the ly for the consumption of interstate fen followed by the traditional Dead Dog above from Keith's introduction to the but probably for some far more sinister Party. This was held at Sydney's famous THE FAN GUEST OF HONOUR-RON GRAHAM at his purpose. . .) . Moira Crescent Sian Shack, (partly be way last convention,UNICON V.) of a house-cooling), and was by all After this scene, the room means one of the strangest (and most parties were somewhat anti-climatic but enjoyable) parties ever held there... a UN I CON V very fun-indeed these were probably the most fitting end to a convention whose WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT A THREE-DAY highlights of the weekend. There was ROOM PARTY ? main highlights were usally of a fannish the Smof/bnf party. The Pulpcon party, get-together nature. the Trekker party, the dope party, and several booze parties (Several of these From the advance publicity,UNICON V So that was UNICON V. It was UNICON were amalgamated...) and few ended before looked like a relaxacon, and indeed it V on a much smaller scale;it was more three AM. was;however,it was a great opportunity friendly,perhaps because with few people for reunions and fannish fun and games. all interacted well, The programming Lack of sleen Saturday night may It was also a very electronic and media- relied far too heavily on the passive have been partially responsible for the oriented Convention.with films and forms of TV renlays and other video- fact that for a good many of the 120- videotapes playing a large part. presentations (though the tour of Ron plus attendees, the rest of the weekend Graham's library was very popular). The flowed together somewhat. There was a The Science Center in Sydney proved real highlights were the guests and talk on cosmology followed by a visit to be ideal for a convention ;it consisted their sneeche and especially the to the planetarium, one of Keith Curtis's of a large foyer, with the registration gatherings in the foyer and the usual raucous and entertaining auctions area/STAR TREK desk at one end,huckster spontaneous entertainments emerging (in two parts;at one stage Keith and Jack tables along the walls, and three therefrom. And, of course, the parties, successfully bidded for the rights to adjoining programming areas: a large the talking to people, that initiation lunch with the Trekker ladies, while in auditorium capable of seating over 200, rite of Trufandom which begin s only the latter half, they in turn auctioned a small conference room, and an annexe when the panels end. off a report of all the sordid. details, with a TV and a VTR. Even with over a together with serialisation and first hundred people, the foyer remained FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF PETER TOLUZZI, JACK reprints rights...). There were also un crowded. HERMAN AND GREGOR WHILEY. replays of Van Ikin's TV Series ''WHAT IS SF?'', a topic which was debated in various Obviously, not wanting to reneat the forms, with great enthusiasm and organizing and programming hassles of absolutely no discernable result. the Hast UNICON, the clever organisers did away with the offending article,the programming. In spite of this rather surprising omission, the convention was extremely enjoyable - there was much socialising and a very friendly atmos­ phere. My apologies for the lateness of this issue, but a number of things have caused delays. There were various films, NASA flicks, Issue 8 will be out in a very short time. and videotapes running Saturday morning, Space is short so I will keep this brief, but the first real programme item was but I do wish to thank all my contributers, the panel on Alien Lifestyles. Led including letter writers,book reviewers and (excellently) by Terry Dowling, this columnists. proved fascinating, and the best 'panel' I wish to correct a stupid mistake in issue of the weekend,discussing some of the number 6,in fact two stupid mistakes.The different author's approaches to aliens. first was the date which should have been As a first panel it was very good;it December '78 not '68.The second was in the started out quite SerCon and very quickly list of new titles from GOLLANCZ which developed into a fun look at various should have read : JEM A new novel by favourite stories,laced with usual Frederick Pohl and THE DREAMER a new novel fannish bitchiness. by James Gunn. I do urge all readers to fill in the DITMAR, The highlight of the day was Patricia (Australian SF Achievement Award) nomination Wrightson's-GOH-speech. This was a well form enclosed with this issue.The closing thought-out study of the recent history TERRY CARR date has been put forward to Easter ,so you of fantasy,with discussions of it's role have time to send it in and make this the Photo by John Foyster and it's relation with SF. According to most representatives vote ever. > Mrs Wrightson, the popularity of SF has THE ALTERED I, edited by Lee Harding, volume contains stories which have been published in 1976. In 1977 came a not re-written under editorial supervision, dissimilar volume, THE VIEW FROM THE to demonstrate how professional some of UM EDGE, edited by George Turner. these aspiring writers are. And what Both of these books are centered makes THE VIEW FROM THE EDGE most inter­ QD5 around sf writing workshops held in esting is that each and every story is (2) by David Grigg 1 Australia. The first deals with the followed by an incisive editorial comment workshop led by Ursula Le Guin at Booth from George Turner, detailing how the Lodge in 1975, and the second with a story developed, showing the 'remaining So far we've been talking about much longer workshop at Monash University flaws and pointing out the author's individual authors: David Lake, Cherry in 1977, led by Chris Priest, George strengths. These paragraphs alone are Wilder, Lee Harding. There's a few left Turner and Vonda McIntyre. worth the price of the book. to go, including George Turner, whose Though superficially similar, these It's interesting also to look at novel BELOVED SON is perhaps Australian books attempt to do quite different these books some years after the actual sf's major achievement to date. things. workshops and see the difficulties of But this time I want to talk about a THE ALTERED I sets out to get across becoming a professional writer. Out of publishing venture rather than an author. the idea of what writing workshops are the total of 26 different aspirants who That venture is Norstrilia Press. The about, the intense atmosphere, the kind attended these two workshops, only three name comes of course from the works of of forced growth of creative minds in a to my knowledge have ever been published the late Cordwainer Smith - permission hot-house environment. It presents a professionally since outside these two was obtained from his widow to use the number of interesting pieces of fictio: books. And only one of those looks to name. written before and during the workshop be on the way to real reknown: Phillipa Norstrilia Press is essentially by the beginning writers who attended. Maddern. It's fascinating therefore three people: Bruce Gillespie, Carey Perhaps most fascinating of all, it to follow her progress through these Handfield and Rob Gerrand, who have in­ includes an original short s.tory by books, which contain six pieces by her. vested their time and money in what most Ursula Le Guin, which is workshopped But by the quality of some of the other people have traditionally seen as a sure by the participants before your very stories, we may not have to wait too road to bankruptcy: publishing Australian eyes. One major aim of the book, I think, long before others join her. science fiction in Australia on a regular was to make it useful as a manual for Given just these three books, we basis. anyone wanting to set up such a writing should be glad that Norstrilia Press The fact that these people have al­ workshop. ready published three books, with two came into being. But due out later Now I have to confess personal bias: this year is a book which I suspect will more expected by the middle of this year I attended Ms Le Guin's workshop, and must surely be a testament to their hard be the venture's greatest success: some of the pieces in this book are by MOON IN THE GROUND by Keith Antill. The work and their careful selection of me. Nevertheless, I feel it possible to manuscript of this novel won the Mary books to publish. say objectively that the book does Gilmore Prize some years ago, but has as We should all certainly keep our succeed in what it attempts, and is in fingers crossed, because Norstrillia yet been unpublished. many ways a fascinating and unusual Also to come this year is a volume Press to my mind is the most hopeful volume. So succesful was the book, in sign we've yet seen for the future of of original Australian science fiction factt that an edition was published by stories, edited by Rob Gerrand and to be sf publishing in this country. Berkley Publishing in the USA, and their The first book published by the Press published in a joint venture with version topped the sf trade paperback Outback Press, called TRANSMUTATIONS. was a volume of sf criticism in 1975. bestseller list for a month or so. Entitled PHILLIP K DICK: THE ELECTRIC If you can't get hold of these books Berkley's edition is slightly diff­ in your local bookstore, write to SHEPHERD, it featured lengthy articles erent to the original: for a start, it Norstrilia Press, P0 Box 91, Carlton examining that author's work in fine includes the final re-write of Ms Le 3053, Victoria. detail. Contributors included Dick him­ Guin's story, so that readers can see self (in the form of a speech); George the workshopping process right through; -- David Grigg Turner; Stanislaw Lem; and Bruce and the US edition is organised so that Gillespie. Those names alone ensure this workshopping comes first in the that if you are interested in serious book to introduce the reader to the SYDNEY SCIENCE FICTION WORKSHOP 79 and constructive criticism of sf, then process. You will, however, have trouble this book is very much for you. How­ finding the US edition here, which is ever, I suspect that this volume has This was, as far as I know, the something of a pity. The original NP first SF workshop held in Sydney. While not sold very well so far because its edition is still well worthwhile, though. subject matter is so specialised; and main arrangements were made by Petrina the awkward format of the book (19 cm THE VIEW FROM THE EDGE reads more like Smith(enthusiasm fired by her experience square) probably hasn't helped. To the a normal anthology of stories - and very of our 1977 Monash workshop), Carey best of my knowledge, copies are still interesting stories they are, too: more Handfield,Peter Darling and heaven knowq available, and if you are a fan of Dick, polished, more professional than those how many others had a hand in the it is very likely you'd be interested of THE ALTERED I. But in part this is administration - to say nothing o f the in this book. because of the differing approach of the organisations (Commonwealth Literary two books. The first printed the stories Fund and Others who titles I do not know) more or less as they were first written, who provided much of the backing. Some­ Next came a book which I think rem­ warts and all, to show what can be done one who does know might nerhans publish ains the publishers' biggest success: in an intensive environment. The second the list? Of the eighteen attendees, some AUSTRALIAN SF NEWS ISSN 0155-8870 is edited and published by Mervyn R.Binns were old hands back for more (Bruce under the sponsorship of The Australian Science Fiction Barnes, Sam Sejavka, Barbara Coleman) Foundation. but most were fresh faces and generally ASFN is registered for posting under Australia post regulations category 'B'.The very young, I took the first week as address for all correspondence is 305/307 Swanston Street,Melbourne,3000,Victoria, writer-in-residence, and was lucky Australia. enough to catch stories by Sam Sejavka, SUBSCRIPTION: $5.00 Australian for ten issues .Please make payments to the editor Lucy Sussex and Julie-Ann Ellis, which Mervyn R.Binns.Air Mail and overseas rates on request. I feel should be considered for publication. ADVERTISING: Professional-Full Page $50.00 Copy ready size 28cm wide x 37cm h Half Page $30.00 ...... 28cm .. x 17cm . Terry Carr of California and Smaller advertisements must be a minimum of two columns wide- 18cm ' Best Sf Of The Year' fame, took over The height may vary: 12cm $10.00 17cm $15.00 22cm $20.00 for the second week, and reported 27cm $25.00 32cm $30.00 37cm $35.00 enthusiastically to me on a story by A discount of 10% will apply on advertisements placed on a regular Queensland's Leanne Frahm. Others were basis. A 50% discount applies to advertisements for conventions or worthy of mention, but it is the out­ other fan activities .Classified advertisements incur a minimum standing that sticks in my mind, and charge of 50c for three lines single column.15^ each extra line. (Continued next page) 3 tour ready-tor-tne-editor stories out of business and the book was never of DYING INSIDE but declined because of produced under the gruelling conditions published.That was in 1953.Afterwards prior commitments.His main project at of a workshop is good going. Farmer expanded on the idea with a series of the moment is his new novel VALENTINE'S novelettes which appeared in the sixties, CASTLE,which is expected to run over Experience of four workshops but meanwhile he was financially in a 600 pages in manuscript form. Silverberg convinces me that there is talent in bit of trouble.In 1971 TO YOUR SCATTERED has been very unlucky where Hugos are Australia whose present need is to be BODIES go was finally published and won concerned,both the above having been forcibly restrained from following the "Hugo".FABULOUS RIVERBOAT appeared nominated.Perhaps his new book will be American and English models. Sf, after shortly afterward,and the third book was the one.BILL ROTSLER has completed novels all, is supposed to be the literature supposed to be out in 1972.However we had on a number of the Marvel Comic Characters. of fresh ideas. to bite our nails till 1977 for DARK In a recent "Locus" he explained how he DESIGN (1979 for the British edition), came to write his novel SHIVA DESCENDING. George Turner. which talking as a bookseller was the Some explaination he thought was due, as most asked for sf. book before publication it is another "meteor collides with Earth ever.Even more sort,, after than "Children story".As it happens it was planned and of Dune" or "The Silmarillion". written before LUCIFERS HAMMER and other KISS3S) a AUSTRALIAN The novel which made Farmer the sensation recent similar books.That is before he of the sf world in the fifties,THE LOVERS, had read or heard of the other titles. because it dared to introduce sex into sf It is inevitable , as Bill pointed out with it's publication in "Startling Stories" GEORGE TURNER'S novel BELOVED SON will that with the wide disemination of ideas about 1953,is being reprinted by Ballantine. and concepts today ,that authors will be published in paperback by Pocket Press are to reprint his two Books (U.S) in April 1979 and by Sphere get the same idea at about the same time. pornographies fantasies,IMAGE OF THE BEAST He said he was not apologising ,but merely (U.K.) in May 1979. The book has also and BLOWN. been sold to a Dutch publisher. Explaining,but he did not think it would A letter to Locus from Bob Wayne queries be a good idea for any other writer to use DAVID LAKE'S novel THE GODS OF XUMA, the Locus statement that DARK DESIGN the idea again. originally published by D.A.W.(U.S.) is a bestseller.He says what about VENUS has been sold to a French publisher. MICHAEL ASHLEY'S History of the Science ON THE HALF SHELL which also has 300,000 Fiction Magazine has apparently run into copies in print.You sure have to be care­ LEE HARDING'S three 'little sf books a bit of trouble.He claims in a letter ful what you say ,dont you Charlie Brown? for children', THE FALLEN SPACEMAN, to Locus that New English Library has Then again not everybody knows that the THE CHILDREN OF ATLANTIS § THE FROZEN fouled up the sales of the series.(We SKY,were recently published in Denmark. author of Venus., is P.J.F,and what is more have not even seen volume three in Dark Design has 350,000 in print including Australia yet Mike).They will not be ABC producer LYNDAL JONES has announced hard cover ...biggest but not first? that the response to the serial JOURNEY publishing volume 5.It would seem likely INTO TIME, written by LEE HARDING, has that we will not see 3 or 4 in paperback ISAAC ASIMOV's 200th book published this here either. been "overwhelmingly successful". The month by Doubleday, is IN MEMORY YET serial will be repeated during the GREEN:AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1920-1954./ The NORMAN SPINRAD'S new novel,A WORLD BETWEEN Second Term of 1979. Harding has been late pop-novelist JACQUELINE SUSANN's will be excerpted in April "Heavy Metal" asked to write a sf serial of similar first ever novel called YARG0,which is (Presumably illustrated) and in May "Galaxy". length - 12 episodes - and this will apparently science fiction is being be broadcast during Third Term, 1979. published by Bantam../HARLAN ELLISON POCKET BOOKS look like becoming a very strong At present he is putting the finishing has edited a collection of stories set force in the sf field.They will be the only touches to the book-length (and much on a world which he has invented,called publisher of all the "Star Trek" material revised) version of JOURNEY INTO TIME, MEDEA: HARLAN'S WORLD ,to be published from now on and no new ST books will be which will be published by Cassell. He by Bantam./ORSON SCOTT CARD is looking published by Bantam or Ballantine. Pocket will begin work on the new serial in for contributions to a fantasy anthology will also be publishing the new Marion J anuary. he is editing, which will include a full Zimmer Bradley which was done by "Starblaze" " OVERSEAS colour illustration with each story.The in their trade edition;THE RUINS OF ISIS. stories should include "any reasonable Some titles were announced last year in ANNE MC CAFFREY'S "The White Dragon" has definition of the word dragon".(More the PINNACLE/FUTORIAN series .A report sold over 60,000 copies and was in the details supplied by me on request.Ed)/ to hand states that all titles selected top fifteen bestsellers for two weeks or POUL ANDERSON'S novel THE AVATAR is by Robert Silverberg when he was editor, more.It is the first hard cover to remain being acclaimed as his most ambitious have been dropped.We presume this will on Locus's Bestseller list for seven novel yet.His first novel,VAULT OF THE include P.J.Farmer's JESUS ON MARS,and months.lt is being published by Sidgewick AGES was also reprinted recently.He is other titles announced. and Jackson in England in February,wno are also working on a novel. STERLING LANIER ,who also doing new editions of ’IDragonsong" ROBERT SILVERBERG has sold one of his late last year returned to the U.S.A, after ana "Dragonsinger"."Dragondrums is to most highly regarded novels for filming, a year in Austria, is well on the way be published by her American publisher and it will most likely appear on TV; with his sequal to HIERO'S JOURNEY to be soon,being the latest in the series./ DYING INSIDE.BOOK OF SKULLS has also called THE UNFORSAKEN ./ KATHLEEN PHILIP JOSE FARMER whose third River­ been taken up and seems very likely to SKY has signed for another "Star Trek" world book DARK DESIGN is to be published be made.He was asked to do the script novel following her VULCAN for Bantam./ by Panther soon , is working on a fifth in the series.THE MAGIC LABYRINTH which is the fourth in the main series is due to be published in the USA late this year. That is the last of the main series.The fifth and any later titles will not be part of the main sequance ,but rather a "sidestream "series.Over 300,000 copies SPREE HEE of DARK DESIGN in paperback and 20,000 in SCIENCE FICTION 8 FANTASY hardcover have been sold in the USA,which according to "Locus" is his first best­ ART,FILMS,CHILDRENS.OCCULT, seller .That rather amazes us as we would PHILOSPHY,FOOD,HEALTH 8 SHELTER imagine that the first two books in the RECORDS,COMICS,POSTERS 8 CARDS series would have sold just as well. OORS PTY.LTD. A quite amazing history of the Riverworld series was also reported by "Locus" in 305-307 8WANSTON STREET, MELBOURNE, 3000 that the original book was the winning rnunt. OOJ”*/// entry in a contest,on the basis of which Victoria, AUSTRALIA 663-1394 Farmer quit his job and devotqd his time fully to writing.However because of some shady dealings the publisher involved went SEND $1.00 NOW FOR A COPY OF OUR 48 PAGE DOUBLE ISSUE NEWSLETTER by Stephen Goldman and WORLD WITHOUT END ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION by Joe Haldeman, and STARLESS WORLD by Ed Robert Holdstock Octopus $9.95. Gordon Eklund. This is not a true encyclopedia, I imagine we can also look forward but a selection of surveys of various to a book of the film. One wonders aspects of sf and is as good as such A times it seems that the paperback where it will all stop. catch-alls reasonably can be: it is also publishers can't get enough Science more interestingly and relevantly Fiction onto the shelves, and then just illustrated than most of the other sf a few months later, there is a sudden VENDETTA by J.J.Adamson. 'picture books' of the past year or two. Like all it's fraternity, it is suitably famine, which may last several months Futura Productions, 33 Whitely Drive, and deluge once again, reverent towards the wonders of sf with Trott Park. Adelaide. SA. 5158. never a suggestion that there might be room for improvement in a genre that has As this is the New Year, I thought I A Novel. I don't know might look at what we are about to het to produce more than a handful of how authorised this novel is, but it is works of any lasting quality. A more receive from the local paperback a direct sequel to the film STAR WARS, distributors for the next few months, entertaining and picturesque book than and once again features all the favourites it's tired cover montage would suggest. Granada are reprinting the "RIVERWORLD" you know and love, Darth Vader,Luke Sky­ series by Phillip Jose Farmer and look walker, Princess Leia Organa, C3PO, R2D2, MECHANISMO by Harry Harrison. like having the long-awaited third book Chewbaca and all the others, even Jabba Pierrot $10,95, on our shelves by March or April, titled the Hut. It is readable and whilst the "DARK DESIGN" It is only the first half I don't know whether to grin at writing needs some editorial work, this Harrison's impudence in marketing this of the third book and it is, in my could be published if some smart local opinion, long and boring. The second book or beautifully produced sub-teenage publisher is on the ball. What really nonsense, or weep for the cynical money half, "THE MAGIC LABYRINTH" will appear amazes me about this novel is the amount in hardcover in the USA late in the year, grabbing implicit in it's compilation. of trouble to produce it,for it photo­ Sf has here hit a new low in a book of and when we see this in British paperback copies! Great if you are a Star Wars fan. is anyone's guess. Farmer has just cutaway diagrams ('Plan Printouts') signed a deal for several more RIVERWORLD showing the inner workings of starship, books, the details of which you may see female android, robot, light sabre and in the news section, everything else the well-knitted-out- nine-year-old needs to debase his sense Sphere books have the third of of wonder for ever. A super-ripoff of Zelazny's AMBER series slated for the STAR TREK peripherals. February, with no date on the fourth and THE HIGH FRONTIER:Human Colonies in Space fifth. This now means that the series is Gerard. K.O'Neill . Corgi PB $2.95. split between two publishers, Corgi and Sphere, making it almost impossible to LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER WILKINS This is, to the best of my have a complete series available for sale Anon. Review Publications $7.50. knowledge, the only authorative account at one time. While Granada's Panther of the technology,reasoning and extra­ imprint has the sixth in the Family This fascimile reprint of an 1842 polation behind the proposals for building novel (11 in by in,double column) is D'Alembert series, "THE PURITY PLOT", the 'O'Neill Satellite Colonies'. For Wyndham has the first of a new Doc Smith a collector's item, excellently produced, those who like to know the factual basis for the lover of sf - as distinct from series, "LORD TEDRIC". It is based on of their 'sense of wonder' this is a the sf 'fan'. The theme is standard for several short stories and the outline of necessary work. It's method is popular­ it's period, the lost race in Antartica, a proposed series, and is ghosted by isation, but it is by no means written Gordon Eklund, Quite frankly it is and the book is readable without being a down for"a naive audience. Recommended. literary 'rediscovery' of importance. unbelievably bad and is nowhere near the DEFINITELY MAYBE, THE FINAL CIRCLE OF competent level achieved by It's main interest for me was the demonstration that in 137 years of sf PARADISE, MONDAY BEGINS ON SATURDAY, Stephen Goldin in Smith's D'Alembert since it's appearance, there has been ROADSIDE PICNIC all by Arkady and Boris series. Stay away from it at all costs. little advancement in basic authorial' Strugatski and published in pb by various conceptions of alternative civilisations companies. Yet another Conan boqk has hit The Strugatski brothers are the the stands, this time published by Bantam CINNABAR by Edward Bryant. best the Soviet Union has produced in SF books. It is another Conan collection Fontana pb $2,50, writers, and rank with such as Disch, written by DeCamp,Carter and Nyberg, and LeGuin and Budrys in the western world an addition to the 12 books already in Another collection of stories about (with perhaps even a touch of Lafferty). print. Conan has proved to be one of one of those fantasy cities with only a They are original .provocative and mean­ the more popular heroes, now appearing fantasy resemblance to life. A good one in comics,newspaper strips and a possible of it's kind, however, better written ingful. If you like sf novels,as against sf thrillers, these are your meat. film series. Sphere books has finally than most but with too little accurate Highly recommended. (after two years wait) published CONAN (■perception of realities. OF AQUILONIA. Also just published in the George Turner USA is CONAN AND THE SORCERER, a large FUGUE FOR A DARKENING ISLAND. Christopher Priest Pan PB $2.50. format with a cover by Sanjulien and THE YEAR OF THE COMET by John Christopher interior illustrations by Estaban Maroto. Priest's early novel on the themes of Re-released by Sphere Books 1978. Story is by Andrew.J.Offutt and I hope hq racism, chauvinism and administrative does better with Conan than he has done breakdown. Literate and thoughtful. The conception of managerials in with some of his other work. I saw one Recommended. this book belies the time of it's writing story where a sixth century Irish warchief to such an extent' that today we do have was seated at a desk giving orders to his the dreaded Telecom, albeit in a revised A DREAM OF WESSEX Christopher Priest form. Originally published in '55, it staff just before a battle! And if you Pan PB $2.50. wonder what I am on about, please remember is nonetheless a sustaining adventure that Julius Caeser did not keep in This is surely sf's most unusual which through the supporting character contact with his army commanders via radio treatment of the alternative future of Dinkuhl, gives one a deeper insight and he did not ride a motorbike either. theme, and streets ahead of the compet­ into the people created by and for the An author should and must research his ition. In this one, Priest has found a Society/ The Managerials. But here we material before writing his book. solution to the sf writer's bedevilling must tread lightly for we are now problem of how to manage realistic (as venturing into Orwell's domain. The STAR TREK is still going strong distinct from melodramatic or romantic) ending, considering it's first public­ as a series with VULCAN.' due out in human interest as an integral part of a ation date, is rather fascinating, but February together with 11 and 12 of the science « fictional ambience. His best apart from this, it provides Dinkuhl Fotonovels, which stop at that number for novel to date. Highly recommended. with a depth only as yet suspected. the moment. Due later in the year are three further novels, TREK TO MADWORLD Glen Mathews _ SMITH.E.E. SECOND STAGE LENSMEN GREENBERG.Martin.OLANDER Joseph,WAUGH Panther PB Charles MYSTERIOUS VISIONS DECEMBER BRITISH PUBLICATIONS VAN VOGT.A.E. EMPIRE OF THE ATOM Nel PB St Martins HC WEBB William.T. POISONED PLANET Hale HC HALDEMAN Jack.C. VECTOR ANALYSIS Berkley/Putnam HC WHITE James ALIENS AMONG US The following titles were published HARRISON Harry MAKE ROOM! MAKE ROOM! 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OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY(LATE FRIDAY) Australian Agent: Carey Handfield, PO Box 91, Carlton, Melbourne 3053, Austra­ FROM TEN AM TO FIVE PM lia. • SA7 75/10 issues airmail: SA5.50/10 issues surface mail.______Kennard/Rical continued of news.Although it would seem that the NEW RELEASES DR WHO and the SPACE WAR M.Hulke version screened in Australia was the FROM AUSTRALIAN DISTRIBUTORS DR WHO and the HAND OF FEAR T.DICKS original uncut one.Comments on this from DR WHO and the TALONS OF WENG CHIANG.. films fans will be most welcome. WILLIAM COLLINS BOOK DISTRIBUTORS MAGNUM DOCTOR WHO VISITS AUSTRALIA CLANSMEN OF ANDOR Andrew OFFUT The Australian Broadcasting Commission FONTANA THE FUTURE MAKERS Peter RAINING which screens the British TV series OUR LADY OF DARKNESS Fritz LEIBER Jr HAMLYN DR WHO,which has had one of the longest WALKERS ON THE SKY David Lake THE LION GAME J.H.SCMITZ runs of any TV series .sponsered the GLORIANA Michael MOORCOCK THE OTHER LOG OF PHILEAS FOGG visit of the current DR WHO,namely PAN P.J.FARMER actor TOM BAKER,to Australia in February. THE DRAGON Alfred COPPEL ACE Recent titles available It was purely a promotional tour and he DOWNWARD TO EARTH Robert SILVERBERG ARCTURUS LANDING G.R.DICKSON had no contact with fans that we are EARTHWIND Robert HOLDSTOCK SIGHT OF PROTEUS C.SHEFFIELD aware of. CASTLE OF CROSSED DESTINIES THE MAGIC GOES AWAY L.NIVEN Halo CALVINO GORDON AND GOTCH HARPER AND ROW (Australia) CORGI TOMORROW and BEYOND ed Ian SUMMERS DRAGONSINGER Annq McCAFFREY (A Collection of sf art from book and 3:THE FROZEN GOD magazine sources mainly.A very good Richard KIRK selection.) THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER BOOK PEOPLE AUSTRALIA FAN FUNDS Steve GALLAGHER DRAGONS DREAM There has been a little controversy over SHADOW OF HEAVEN Bob SHAW 21st CENTURY FOSS (Art) Chris FOSS the DUFF and GUFF fans funds,but we trust PANTHER GREEN DOG TRUMPET and other stories the problems have now been ironed out.We NOVA EXPRESS William BURROUGHS Ian MILLER urge all our readers who are elligable LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT Ray BRADBURY YGRAEL/URM Philippe DRUILLET to vote ,and sipport the GUFF fund (and FABULOUS RIVERBOAT Philip Jose FARMER LONE SLOANE/DELERIUS any other fan funds) by making a donation. THREE STIGMATA OF PALMER ELDRITCH You need to have been active in fandom Philip K.DICK and known to other fans for a year or two, PENULTIMATE TRUTH to be elligable to vote.A voting form can MAN PLUS Frederick POHL be obtained from us at ASFN or.from the MOONBEAST A.E.Van VOGT administrator.Leigh Edmonds,P.O.Box 103, DESTINATION UNIVERSE .. Brunswick,Victoria,3056 .Australia. A EARTH IS ROOM ENOUGH Isaac ASIMOV minimum donation of $1.50 is requested. THE DARK MAN (Vol One) R.E.HOWARD Your vote will help Xo send either John MAYFLOWER Alderson or John Foyster to SEACON-The TALL DARK S GRUESOME (Auto-biography) Dmo De Laurentis, who made the new version 37th WORLD SF CONVENTION in Brighton, Christopher LEE of KING KONG among other things, has bought England. Help us to continue the strong THOMAS NELSON the rights to film DUNE.It is reported to ties with overseas fans that we are SPHERE be the second highest price paid for film steadily building up. STAR TREK QUIZ BOOK (Jan) rights to a book.Frank Herbert's outline A CIRCUS OF HELLS Poul ANDERSON covers the whole of the first book,without Despite the fact that it was not such a PETTERNMASTER Octavia BUTLER leaving out anything essential,allowing good idea to run a DUFF fund this year THE POSSESSORS John CHRISTOPHER for a three hour script.He has put aside to bring a fan from the USA to Australia, TIME STORM Gordon DICKSON Dune 4 until the script is for because most will be going to SEACON and DANGEROUS VISIONS the film. consider it not possible to attend both 3 Volumes Harlan ELLISON SEACON and SYNCON.plus the fact that we Sydney film producer Reg Grundy plans to are already pushing the GUFF fund, a DUFF CAPTIVE UNIVERSE Harry HARRISON make a film to be called THE CAPTIVES.lt PLAGUE FROM SPACE fund has been started.Nominations are oper will be set in the Queensland outback and till Easter.One nomination has already THE SYNDIC F.POHL § C.M. revolve around a group of alien creatures KORNBLUTH been recieved for a couple who are stand­ mining a mineral unknown to humans.Along ing as a team,Ken Fletcher and Linda FOOL'S HILL Andrew OFFUT with another film this film will be filmed SIGN OF THE UNICORN Roger ZELAZNY Lounsbury.who I hear hail from Minneapolis in Queensland and Indonesia in conjunction More nominations are needed to make the TUDOR-DOUBLEDAY Australia with Aries Films, an Indonesian company. FUTURA race viable,and do take note that it is THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE Ted KEY (Juv) BATTLESTAR GALACTICA recieved an award quite possible to attend SYNCON on August TELEMPATH Spider ROBINSON in France for technical excellance./ 10th to 13th and then fly on to SEACON PERRY RHODAN #39 Silence of Gom Some twenty women and one hundred and which is two weeks later,at not too much BALLANTINES twenty men -"Star Trek" fans-will be extra cost. Nominations can be sent to At this time we have no definite infor­ appearing as players in the new movie. Paul Stevens c/o Space Age Books,305/307 mation which titles TUDOR will be Including Bjo Trimble in a walk on role Swanston St,Melbourne ,3000,Victoria, distributing. and others include speaking./ Australia or Bill Rotsler, P.O.Box 3780, ,CA 90028,U.S.A NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY A feature length documentary which was We believe NEL and NAL/Signet titles initiated by Alan Resnais and William Peter and Elizabeth Darling held a GUFF will be only distributed by William (Exorcist)Friedkin ,on the life and work weekend on the 10th and 11th of February. Collins Book Distributors from now,but of H.P.Lovecraft,is being made by the We regret we did not have the opportunity this is unconfirmed.All titles released owners of Necronomicon Press,Providence, to tell everybody about it before hand. have already been listed.James GUNN'S Marc and Paul Michaud.lt will include I was not able to attend but I believe it ROAD TO SCIENCE FICTION is due soon. interviews with contempoary fantasy was quite successful and an amount of Distribution of DAW titles and SIGNET, authors ./A TV version of GNOMES,the best money was raised .including the sale of the few that might be available officia­ selling picture book of Dutch origin,is the local spa -water by Jillian Foyster. lly for sale in Australia,has been comp­ being planned./Walt Disney Studios are John Alderson ,well known fan,author, letely non-existant for the last year well advanced with their ambitious sf epic or more.We hope the situation improves. fanzine editor and GUFF candidate had a called THE BLACK HOLE. Bob McCall worked quantity of his own made wines and fanz­ KENNARD- RICAL Distributors on some of the sets. / Themaker of the ines stored at a relations home in Titles due February -March movie of WATERSHIP DOWN plans to make a Melbourne.Unfortuneately there was a fire WYNDHAM film of Richard Adam's THE PLAGUE DOGS and the said items will not now be put THE DOLL WHO ATE HIS MOTHER.James Ramsey also. ip for auction at EASTERCON for GUFF.All CAMPBELL THE WICKER MAN is currently being released the more reason you should vote for GUFF THE WEREWOLF OF LONDON in the U.S.A in a newly reconstructed ver­ and make a donation of material such as Carl DREADSTONE sion.Those who read the write up on this unwanted sf mags and books. ROMANCE OF TWO WORLDS film in a recent issue of CINEFANTASTIQUE Marie CORELLI magazine ,will be glad to hear this bit 7 letters which have been sparked by From Germany is MRU, if your German is previous issues and which will, in their better than mine you may enjoy this. The turn, spark future discussion. There is photographs of authors and fans on the also an interview with Frank Herbert, front and back covers are in English reviews and articles about art and music though and there is an english summary and sf. page. GEGENSCHEIN this time around seems to be There's a few fanzines about that do a "catching up" issue full of snippets SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW is as enjoyable as nothing but review fanzines, you may of letters and quick reviews of things ever for people who are interested to think it's tedious but most fanzine fans that people have done/are doing. CHAO know what's going on behind the scenes in like to know what's going on and what this issue is much the same as previous sf with plenty of interviews, letters and fanzines they aren't getting. LULU issues except that it has been so long reviews. There's also some interesting REVIEW reviews comix fanzines and so is since the previous issue that most will comments from the editor and the third not of much Interest here. FANZINE not remember it. Mostly articles and part of a novel he has written which is FANTASTIQUE is British based and poorly reviews of science fiction with that touch enjoyable. VOLTA, on the other hand, is produced but has a good coverage of the British fanzines and a lot of other non of Alderson that gives it a different nowhere as Interesting and perhaps it is "taste". John should run for GUFF more unfair of me to compare them - there is a US stuff. FANZINE DIRECTORY lists all often if it will encourage him to put out reprint of an article on Anne McCaffrey the fanzines produced in 1976 - perhaps issues of his fanzine. and a review of BattleStar Galactica and, not every last one but still a huge best of all, some good fanzine reviews. number. The WHOLE FANZINE CATALOGUE, on STRIPS is a comic fanzine with comic art KRATOPHANY is a beautifuly produced the other hand, is much more up to date and articles about comics. I'm not sure genzine that reminds me of a fat personal and as well as fanzine reviews has which parts I like best, and I don't even fanzine. The editor has taste, a very material on the process of producing like comics in the first place. The useful attribute, and the material he fanzines. contribution by John Ryan on Australian uses and its presentation are very good. WESTWIND is the newsletter of the North- comics is probably the best in another KNIGHTS is a fanzine of considerable West SF Society, very nicely produced superb issue. interest, there's a fair bit of material with local club news to the fore but a CHAO 21, John Alderson, Havelock, Viet on feminism, a couple of decent reviews, lot of other material of general interest 3465/no publishing information but an article by Thomas Monteleone about scattered throught its pages. 21 has you can probably get it for the usual/ growing tired of sf and some very intere­ "The Post-Premier 'Battlestar Galactica' irregular/30pp. sting letters. BELLEROPHON'S RAGE is in Plot Permutation Pocket Computer" which CHUNDER Vol 2 Nos 10 & 11, John Foyster, essence an apazine but this issue begins covers just about every Imaginable GPO Box 4039, Melbourne, Viet 3001/8 with a convention report of Interest and situation Including old "Bonanza" re-runs. for $1 or contribution/tri-weekly/lOpp the mailing comments are mostly written DNQ is a "subjective" newszine which & 14pp. to make sense to people not in the apa to means that you have to read between the DATA 19, edited by Catherine Robinson for which they are directed. lines to find the news. I find doing this ASTREX, 6 Bellevue Road, Faulconbridge KICKSHAW is from Clifford Wind who lived to be enjoyable even though the 'news' may NSW 2776/available to members/13pp. in WA for a few years, it is enjoyable to not be as earth-moving as that in other FORERUNNER Nov '78 & Dec '78, edited by get a fanzine from him. There's mostly fanzines. KARASS, the main fannish news­ Jack R Herman, 29 Moira Cres., Randwick, stuff on sf and a fine piece by Frank zine in the US has finally folded, the NSW 2031 for the Sydney SF Foundation/ Denton to top the whole thing off. Future contents of the final issue are mostly available to members/monthly/7pp s 8pp. issues will, after this start, be quite unused artwork, over thirty pages of it. GEGENSCHEIN, Eric Lindsay, 6 Hillcrest good. DON-O-SAUR is one of the most As always LOCUS has all the latest Ave., Faulconbridge, NSW 2776/available personal fanzines being published. It professional sf news, awards results, for most of the usual/irregular/16pp. seems that a lot of people enjoy reading sales, markets, reviews and media notes NOUMENON 26, Brian Thurogood, Wilma Road, about the depths of Don Thompson's private and goodness knows what else. It's Ostend, Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, life and with the style Don has I'm not at probably the closest we can come to NEW ZEALAND (Australian Agent: Carey all surprised. Most of this issue is the mandatory reading for sf fans. Handfield, PO Box 91, Carlton, Viet reasons for him and his wife seperating Australian fans have been fairly active 3053) /$5.50 for 10 issues seamail or and Don moving into his new place. since the previous issue of ASFN. The $7.75 airmail, or perhaps the usual/ LAN'S LANTERN is another interesting two issues of CHUNDER might not have monthly/28pp. genzine with plenty of conreports, some been as newsy as possible though they are SCIENCE FICTION NEWS 57, Australian SF letters and ramblings by the editor with full of debate about DUFF and Ditmars and Association, Box 4440, GPO, Sydney, a good personal touch. The interview with some of us think that's fairly important NSW 2001/$5 per annum membership of the Wilson (Bob) Tucker will be of interest and interesting. ASFA/bimonthl y/16pp. to all his friends and fans. RUNE is the SPOCK 11 & 12, edited by Ian McLachlan fanzine of the Minnesota SF Society but The WASFAN is the newsletter of the West and Joan McLauchlan for AUSTREK, PO Box for the most part it reads like a well put Australian SF Association and carries 46, Rosanna, Viet 3084/81.50 per issue together genzine. I always like Minneap­ news of that groups activities which will to non members, 60f to members/bi~ olis fanzines because they are put be of interest to those who like to know monthly/44pp s 46pp. together by Mlnnstf crazies - I'm the what happens on the other side of the STRIPS 9, Rollo Treadway, PO Box 47385, Australian agent for this fanzine and so continent. Similarly FORERUNNER is the Ponsonby, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND I'm biased. newsletter of the Sydney SF Foundation, (Australian Agent: Carey Handfield, but the news may be of a little wider PO Box 91, Carlton, Viet 3053)/$9.00 The best thing about Brisith fanzines is, Interest as it has reviews, lists of so it seems to me, the humor which they per annum airmail, $5.00 seamail/ forthcoming books and perhaps letters as bi-monthly/36pp. have - even when they are on a serious well as club news. DATA is a Star Trek subject. DRILKJIS is a fine example of a The WASFAN 6, edited by Roy Ferguson, club newsletter and so has lots of news 247 Gloucester Street, East Victoria Brisith fanzine, it has a fine article of ST fan activities as well as notes on on Delany and a classic Bob Shaw speech Park, WA 6101 for the WASFA/avaliable other media sf. SPOCK is another ST to members or $2.50 (for some to name but two of its gems. DOT is club fanzine but much larger in size. another jolly little fanzine, a personal­ undisclosed number)'to non-members/5pp. Most of the contents are fiction and a lot BELLEROPHON'S RAGE 11, Denys Howard, zine in which the editor tells us what of it is better written than I had hoped. entertainments he's been up to recently. Box 8975, Portland, Oregon 97208, USA/ A lot of it is also one or two page ideas 19pp. ERG begins with a discussion of energy that could use padding, on the other hand DNQ 9 & 10, Tar al and Victoria Vayne, sources and has one or two other good some of the stories are longer than they PO Box 156 - Stn D, , Ontario, contributions. The slant is more towards should be (if that makes sense). ST fans M6P 3J8, /$1 for 3 or the usual/ sf than the other British fanzines with should enjoy both DATA and SPOCK. monthly/16pp s 19pp. articles and reviews. 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The original fan fund between America (I mean,we all know the mails are really sent to NESFA) and thought that I should and U.K. called TAFF ,on which the DUFF infallible, but—)! make some reply to the last paragraph in your and GUFF funds are based, this year is editorial about the need for greater respon­ to send an American fan to SEACON.The Also, if the organisers would allow for the sibility on the part of Worldcons. candidates are FRED HASKELL,TERRY HUGHES time-lapse in us taking so long to recieve and SUZANNE TOMPKINS .The administrators the forms etc.,when they're sent "down Under the current organization, there is are Roy Tackett,915 Green Valley Road NW under" by surface mail. Maybe overseas really nothing that can be done other than Alburquerque.NM 87107 ,USA and mail could be sent out 2-3 months earlier: the voters to be more cautious and to Peter Roberts,38 Oakland Drive,Dawlish, or their airmail postage be included in consider the organizational competance of the Devon,UK.Closing date for votes is the overall cost for us"aliens"? Or let bidders as well as whether they would like April 14th. We can send a photocopy of everyone have a longer time, so we could to take a vacation to the city being bid for. the voting form on request. have a chance to apply within the stated This sort of problem is one of the things time without getting ulcers in the attempt. being considered by the committee of the Before I close,I'd like to refer to anoth­ World Science Fiction Convention Society [LBTOI3K er ASFN article-the one by Doug Nicholson which is considering drafting a new constit­ of Double Bay,N.S.W(on page 7).I was ution far the society.People interested in pleased to see that he has a similar att­ this effort could write to the secretary of itude to mine,in as much as although I've the committee,Larry Smith , at 875 Overland been an SF "nut" for over 30 years- I was Park,Columbus,OH 43224 USA.I believe that beginning to think I was the only one who for $1 US you can get a copy of their draft Chris Priest was the odd man out,because I couldn't version that was distributed at IGUANACON. 1 Ortygia House really see where such games and activities (I have heard about this draft but so far I 6 Lower Road Harrow, that seem to be perpetuated at Cons and Middlesex HA2 ODA ENGLAND have not seen same.Discussion of it has meetings,really fitted into SF scheme of already been carried on here however in John things . I was interested to hear that GUFF was Foyster's CHUNDER for instance.I have had running into fan politicking.My secret So you can see that your SF News magazine other correspondence on the matter from John hope is that GUFF will become established fills a need:one of communication.Thanks Millard ,who I expect will be commenting in into the TAFF/DUFF system,although quite again for everything. Sincerely Vai Rogers. CHUNDER on what Foyster has raised .Ttwould distinct from it.If you Aussies can get appear that certain suggestions will not be (Thanks tor the nice words of your last conduscive to to our point of view, and could across here in sufficient force for para Vai.I suggest Don Eastlake takes SEACON,we can convince British fandom upset plans for our future bidding for World note of some of your comments.Usually Cons.But as John Millard has pointed out our that a trip to Australia is definitely though when there is an Australian agent worth competing for. Then perhaps we interpretation may be entirely in error. for a World con, the mailings are sent out Thanks Don for your letter and I hope some could run a fund to send a fan to the in bulk .Or when I say usually,this has next big Aussie con ...when would that of us will be at SEACON and perhaps get a been the case once or twice in the past better idea of the situation then. M.B.) be? 1983? But I think it's important that and I hope this will the case again. My we do keep GUFF distinct from the other criticism in ASFN was mainly aimed at the M.D.Jacobs two fan funds.TAFF has been going for a loss of memberships by IGUANACON and the quarter of a century,and DUFF is well 40 Violet Street,Hemmant,Brisbane, handling of voting for the '81 sight and Queensland 4171. established.GUFF must establish itself of course the HUGOS. as an independant fund.Later,perhaps, I am not quite clear on your criticism will be the time to combine trips... I would appreciate any information on clubs of convention programming .Panels and and any Australian SF Conventions. but not now. talks all day can get a bit dull.Side Any way,see you at SEACON I hope . activities such as computer games ,films, (We have sent Mr/Ms Jacobs a copy of the Paul Steven's shows and such help to current ASFN listing Conventions,but we Chris. broaden the interest in cons. I certainly hope that Brisbane fandom will contact (Well Chris your comments I hope did not entirely agree with Doug,and in and advise of any activity there.In a will be noted by all interested Aussie fact I have always been a bit cold on future issue of the ASFN it would be a fans. I personally have grave doubts we the purist attitude as embodied by good idea if I could list all the names can manage two funds a year .This is Sydney fan Graham Stone. M.B.) and addresses of SF clubs .Would you all part of the problem currently under please advise me of people to contact, debate.If British fans are convinced JUDITH M.HOUSTON meeting times and so forth .M.B.) that a trip to Australia is worthwhile 10/196 Queen St, Altona,3018 Victoria Dear Mr Binns, it would seem that they will have to A couple of important address changes for foot most of the bill.We are primarily I would like to know if you or any of your two Sydney fans heavily involved in interested in getting someone to the association knows if there exists in conventions and other activities: World Convention , and if this had been Melbourne(or Australia perhaps)a fan club Peter TOLUZZI P.O.Box K471 .Haymarket a year for us to send the fan over for for the followers of DOCTOR WHO.The shows 2000 N.S.W DUFF he would have been going to SEACON. 15th anniversary has just passed ,and if Jack Herman,7 B Kingsbury St,Croydon The starting of GUFF has put the whole any individual or organisation is doing Park,2133 N.S.W thing out of stride ,but it now seems anything about it,you would probably be that we will be sending some one to in the best position to know whats going the U.S.A, next year , as we will be on. having an American guest (s) at SYNCON (Sorry your letter is abit late going in in August this year. There are a number Judith but I did not know of any fan club British fans or authors we would like to and hoped some reader of ASFN would reply. see over ,so I have no doubt that if we M.B.) can raise the cash needed,GUFF will be on again. We will kick it around over Donald E.Eastlake,III here and talk about it more at SEACO1 (Don does not give his address but he is a M.B.) member of the NOREASCON II Committee and VAL ROGERS,16 Arundel St,West Pymble, Presiding officer ,SEACON '79 Business N.S.W 2073 Session.Noreasocon's address is : Dear Merv, P.O.Box 46,MIT Branch Post Office,Cambridge In your October issue,I found the M.A. 02139,U.S.A .NOREASCON is the 38th last paragraph(page 2,centre column) WORLD SF CONVENTION to be held at the very pertinent to my own experience. SHERATON-BOSTON HOTEL August 19th to I know convention organisers are September 1,1980. Robin John is Australian extremely busy,but some indication as agent.He has changed his address to some to whether they've recieved the regis- place in Sydney .Please let us have your new stration form and money- even just a address Robin. ) reciept would stop a lot of concern, Dear Editor, ^as things do go astray. I was looking at the copy of Volume 1 Number 5 of your newsletter(in particular the copy SYNCON '79 18th NATIONAL AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION FORMATION OF WORLD SF ORGANISATION HAPPENINGS August 10th - 13th 1979 Brian Aldiss has kindly sent us a copy of the details of the formation and aims of ------CONVENTIONS & OTHER EVENTS ------The New Crest Hotel Darlinghurst Road, WORLD SF,which was bom out of discussions WAYCON '79 March 2nd to 5th Kings Cross ,Sydney,N.S.W at the First World SF Writer's Conferance Ozone Hotel,27 Adelaide Tee., Guest of HonourGORDON R.DICKSON in Dublin,Ireland in 1976. In June 1978 Perth,West Australia Attending Membership till March 1st at a conferance again in Dublin the organ­ Guest of Honour: $10.00.Thereafter $15.00.$20.00 at ization was formally founded. Basically the Leigh Edmonds door. idea is that WORLD SF will serve a similar Memberships:$ 12.50 All correspondence to P.O.Box 146, purpose to the SF WRITERS of AMERICA organ­ Students and Easter State Burwood,N.S.W 2134 isation which among other things,protects Fans : $10.00 Syncon Competitions the rights of authors. WORLD SF plans a A literary short story competition register of all translators,editors and (This is more of a reminder to and Art competition is also being writers.A magazine devoted to the affairs W.A.fans as it is a little late held.The art is to be based on the of WORLD SF.An international bibliography for anybody else.Our apologies work of the GoH Gordon R.Dickson, of science fiction literature.Further to the organisers.Who can be and the winning entry will be used information can be obtained from World contacted at (09) 457 6048 or on the cover of the Programme Book. Headquarters ,10 Fitzwilliam Square,Dublin G.P.O.Box N1060,Perth 6001 W.A.) More details from Shayne McCormack 2,IRELAND.Harry Harrison is Chairman and at the above address ,and in next Sam Lundwell is Secretary /Treasurer.The THE AUSTRALIAN issue of ASFN. address of the secretariat is Storskogvagen 19.S-161 39 Bromma, SWEDEN. PULP CON 1st and 2nd of September '79 It is suggested that local branches be Guest of Honour:DAVID LAKE formed in each country with officers CONVENTION A Melbourne SF Club convention elected who can collect dues,organize For details contact : membership lists and so forth.Those inter - March 10th and 11th 1979 ested could talk to me about it at EASTERCON MENZIES HOTEL SYDNEY Timothy Dawson,11 Murphy Street, Kew,Victoria, 3101. and we could come up with something defin­ 14 Carrington Street,Sydney,N.S.W ite at SYNCON.We should then obviously have (Yes! According to publicity releases we Guest of Honour :GEORGE TAKEI an annual meeting possibly at the national have from QUASARCON and PULPCON,David Other guests have been invited but convention,or at the seemingly regular Lake is Guest of Honor at both.) confirmation is not yet recieved. Easter convention date.The possiblity of Membership rates now are : sending a representitive to the annual Under 13 $15.00 UNICON 6 Easter 1980 MELBOURNE meeting of the WORLD SF also must be Over 13 $20.00 Venue not Set. considered. M.B. From February 1st; Organisers:Monash U.S.F.A. Under 13 $18.00 Guest of Honour:Joe HALDEMAN THE FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERANCE ON TEACHING Over 13 $23.00 (Proof of age may More details as they come to hand. SCIENCE FICTION is being held in the U.S. be requested ) Supporting Membership $5.00 on April 27th to the 29th.It is probably Some OVERSEAS CONVENTIONS of Interest: For Further details contact : a bit late for anyone from Australia who would be interested to attend,but Karen Lewis:Star Trek Convention SEACON The 37th WORLD SF CONVENTION considering the growing practice of teach­ P.O.Box 110,Rockdale,N.S.W 2216 Brighton, England ing SF in Australia it might be well worth considering attending next year. For EASTERCON 1979 August 23rd to 27th 1979 All correspondence to information contact 4th Annual Conferance Friday 13th April to Monday 16th 14 Henrietta Street,London,WC2 on Teaching SF,Office of Continuing Educ­ MELBOURNE SHERATON HOTEL Australian Agent: Robin Johnson ation .Florida Atlantic University ,Boca Raton FL 33431 .U.S.A . 13 Spring Street,Melbourne,3000 G.P.O.Box 4039 .Melbourne,3001 Guest of Honour :A.Bertram Chandler Fan Guest of Honour:Brian Thurogood NORTHAMERICON may be of interest to STAR TREK CON GUEST OF HONOUR CHANGE Australian fans going to SEACON as James Doohan will not be attending the The organisers are Christine and it is the weekend after.August 30th STAR TREK Convention in Sydney in March. Derek Ashby c/o P.O.Box 175 South to September 3rd.Guests:Fred Pohl No official word has been recieved from Melbourne,3205,Victoria, who will and George Scithers.The Place : the organisers but Melbourne fan Dianne be happy to send you de tails of Galt House,Louisville,Kentucky.For Marchant assures us that GEORGE TAKEI hotel booking,progamme etc. More information write to Box 58009, will be attending.Memberships for the Memberships: $10.00’Attending Louisville,Kentucky, 40258,U.S.A convention are coming in thick and fast, so do not waste any time in joining or $5.00 Supporting NOREASCON The 38th World SF Con. you may miss out.(See Convention listing Sheraton-Boston Hotel QUASARCON June 16th - 18th for details) ------TKe venue and the accomadation August 29th to September 1st 1980 More details later. is secret.All the PR one says is SPACE AGE POSTER COMPETITION NOVACON 2nd - 4th of November '79 that the convention will be held Space Age Books are running a poster The Turf Inn,Albany New York,USA in a suburban Theatre-Cinema, competition .The winner will be G.O.H. :Bob Shaw, Fan G.O.H.: and the accomadation will be in annotneed at Eastercon '79 ,and the Jack Cohen,Toastmaster:Bob Tucker a near by Flag Motor Inn. entries will be on display at Space Further info from P.O.Box 428, It is no secret that DAVID LAKE Age the week before and during Latham,NY 12110 .U.S.A is the Guest of Honour.Dont tell Easter any one but the secret rendezvous A list of most overseas conventions, is somewhere in ADELAIDE all the American ones at any rate and I think the major ones in other places, PAUL STEVENS tells me we should For further information : will be found in LOCUS- see fanzines support the SEATTLE IN '81 WORLD CON Paul Anderson,21 Mulga Rd, page for details. BID.He said he will make me eat dried Hawthomdene, S.A. 5051 hazelnuts and berries for the next A two night convention was held (Sorry Adelaide for the rather facititious two years if I don't. So ...... in Adelaide last month with comments about Quasarcon.I find in another SEATTLE IN 1981 and ...... visiting American author/editor circular that negotiations have not been Terry Carr as guest.No report to settled for the venue .We will have more hand.Very secretive these Adelaide details of all the conventions in the next AUSTRALIA IN ’83! fans. issue out in two weeks .) THIRD SYDNEY SF 8 FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL Will be held over the weekend of Ed. May 12th and 13th.For full details contact Tony Howe,P.O.Box 191, n Gordon,N.S.W 2072 SHtx scxvKt ncnoM VMM «m HCIKm POUL ANDERSON kS A CIRCUS OF HELIS CAPTIVE UNIVERSE ...

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