Aussiecon Three a Convention Report by Evelyn C
Aussiecon Three A convention report by Evelyn C. Leeper Copyright 1999 Evelyn C. Leeper The Scientist at the Heart of SF Utopia, Genocide, and the Alien Contact Novel SF & Sexuality Loose Canons Are We The Last Generation of Mortals: Eternal Life in Science, Religion and SF SF Across the Media Fan Guest of Honour Speech Live Thog's Masterclass Parties From Canberra to Norstrilia: Cordwainer Smith The Science in SF Australian SF The Good Soldier: George Turner as Combative Critic Time Travel, Time Scapes and Timescape: A Symposium An Hour with Robert Silverberg "Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millenia" Other Awards Ceremony Hugo Awards A Twist in Time: Alternative Histories Posthuman SF The Tyranny of Distance: Writing SF and Selling It Overseas Writers and Awards: Tiptree, Hugo, ... "Cell" Masquerade Reading SF in the Media: Journeys into Space What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction In Defense of Hard SF Closing Ceremonies Summary Beginning Aussiecon Three, the 57th World Science Fiction Convention, was held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2-6 September 1999. Approximately 1870 people attended. The Convention Centre was certainly sufficient for the convention--overcrowding was not a problem. It was a bit diffuse, however, with a very long walk from the Green Room to the panel rooms, and the bid tables, site selection, and cafe somewhat hidden around a corner. I think they planned to have the rooms open at the other end, onto that area, and then discovered that they could not. The Centre was directly connected to our hotel, which turned out to be useful, because there were escalators in the Convention Centre from ground level to the lobby level, while in the hotel, one had to climb a full flight of stairs to get in.
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