Aussiecon
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| Science Fiction Convention | |
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| Name: | Aussiecon |
| Dates: | 1975, 1985, 1999, 2010 |
| Frequency: | |
| Location: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Type: | Worldcon |
| Focus: | science fiction |
| Organization: | World Science Fiction Society |
| Founder: | New Fandom |
| Founding Date: | 1939 |
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Aussiecon I (1975)
Gallery of Progress Reports and Program Books
1975, front, program book
1975, progress report
Aussiecon II (1985)
Gallery of Program Books and Progress Reports
1985 Con Book (Aussiecon 2) Front Cover
1985 Worldcon back cover
Aussiecon 2 Progress Report No. 1, March 1984, cover artwork by Gerald Carr, 21 page booklet. 900 members registered as of 31 Dec 1983.
Aussiecon 2 Progress Report No. 2, October 1984, cover artwork by Gerald Carr, 21 page booklet. 1155 members registered as of 31 July 1984.
Aussiecon 2 Progress Report No. 3, Feb 1985, cover artwork by Gerald Carr, 28 page booklet. 1365 members registered.
Aussiecon 2 Progress Report No. 4, May 1985, 24 page booklet. 1644 members registered.
Convention Reports
Aussiecon 3 (1999)
Highlights
- Worldcon #57 (1999) - Highlights (guests, panels, costumes, and J. Michael Straczynski) (The Geoffro VHS Archive)
Panels
Fandom, Writing, Art, Poetry, Filking, History
Worldcon (Aussiecon 3) had panels on various forms of fandom, writing and creativity in 1999 including...
1) Do You Speak Fan? GAFIA and TEOTWA WKI? (Janice Gelb, Irwin Hirsh, Jan Howard Fonder) - 12 pm, Thursday 2 September 1999.
2) Fanhistoricon 9.5 - Origins of the Melbourne SF Club (Race Matthews, Merv Binns, Karen Pender Gunn, Dick Jenssen) - 2 pm, Thursday 2 September 1999.
3) Picturing Tomorrow - The Fantastic Visions of Australian Artists (Gran Freckelton, Lewis Morley, Shaun Tan, Nick Stathopoulos, Marilyn Pride), - 2 pm, Thursday 2 September 1999.
4) Fanhistoricon 9.5 - Who's a DUFFer? (Janice Gelb, Terry Frost) - 3 pm, Thursday 2 September 1999.
5) Other Tales of Horror: Running A Convention (Susan Batho, Janice Gelb, PeggyRae Paviar, Alan Stewart, Ben Yalow) - 5 pm, Thursday 2 September 1999.
6) Fandom and the Internet (Daniel Stern, Saul Jaffe, Ben Yalow) - 1 pm, Friday 3 September 1999.
7) The New York Futurians - The Best Fan Group Ever or Just a Bunch of 'Filthy Pros'? (Daniel Hartwell, Justine Larbalestier, Gordon Van Gelder) - 3 pm, Friday 3 September 1999.
8) Introduction to Filking (Perianne Lurie, Dave Luckett) - 11 am, Saturday 4 September 1999.
9) SF Poetry - Where Has It Been, What's It Doing Now, and Thoughts on the Future? (Joe Haldeman, James van Pelt, Robert Stephenson, Jenny Blackford, Alan Stewart) - 3 pm Saturday 4 September 1999.
10) Slash! Fiction (Cathy Cupitt, Kerry Greenwood, Emma Hawkes, Sandra Norman, Marina Frants) - 4 p,m, Saturday 4 September 1999
11) The Great Artistic Challenge (Nick Stathopoulos, Michael Dashow, Teddy Harvia, Danny Heap) - 5 pm, Saturday 4 September 1999.
12) Filking (8 pm, Saturday 4 September 1999).
13) Semi-Professional Publishing: How to Make A Million Dollars (or at least Not Go Broke) with a Fanzine (Jonathan Strahan, Charles Brown, Marianne Jablon) - 10 am Sunday 5 September 1999.
14) Fanhistoricon 9.5 - Sweden Has A Fannish History Too! (Thomas Cronholm) - 11 am Sunday 4 September 1999.[1]
Gallery of Programs and Progress Reports
1999 pocket guide
Voice of the Platypus No. 4, April 1999 - reports J. Michael Straczynski will be Special Guest at Aussiecon 3.
Aussiecon 3 Progress Report No. 4, June 1999, cover art by Marilyn Pride. 35 pages.
The Monotreme No. 1 - Aussiecon 3 newsletter, 2nd September 1999 (am edition)
The Monotreme No. 2 - Aussiecon 3 newsletter, 2nd September 1999 (pm edition)
The Monotreme No. 3 - Aussiecon 3 newsletter, 3rd September 1999 (am edition)
The Monotreme No. 4 - Aussiecon 3 newsletter, 3rd September 1999 (pm edition)
The Monotreme No. 5 - Aussiecon 3 newsletter, 4th September 1999 (am edition)
The Monotreme No. 6 - Aussiecon 3 newsletter, 4th September 1999 (pm edition)
The Monotreme No. 7 - Aussiecon 3 newsletter, 5th September 1999 (am edition)
The Monotreme - special Hugo winners edition - 4th September 1999
The Monotreme No. 8 - Aussiecon 3 newsletter, 5th September 1999 (pm edition)
The Monotreme No. 9 - Aussiecon 3 newsletter, 6th September 1999 (am edition)
The Monotreme - final (spoof) edition - Aussiecon 3 newsletter, 6th September 1999 (pm edition)
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Aussiecon 4 (2010)
References
- ^ Aussiecon Three committee, published Daily Schedules for 2 - 6 September 1999.