SF Fandom

Fanac. This means fannish activity for those who are not in the know. Considering that I've only been in fandom since mid-1999, if not later, I've not been around for very long nor have I done too much to contribute to it other than stick my nose into various things.

Books and Reading

Read Books - 2004 [ more ] (updated 2003.01.26)
A list of the books that I've read. This list includes e-books as well as paper books and SF magazines. I read a lot.
Other years: [ 2004 ] [ 2003 ] [ 2002 ] [ 2001 ] [ 2000 ]

Con-going

September 1999, Melbourne—Aussiecon III, the first convention that I ever attended. A small piece on how I found it to be is available in eFNAC 7. [ read @ efanzines.com ]

March 2000, Brisbane—HLDU 3, the Highlander convention, I attended because I knew of fen who were attending who I hadn't seen in quite a while. It was well worth it.

April 2001, Brisbane—HLDU 4 I attended for much the same reasons as for HLDU 3. A con report came from this one, however. [ read ] 24kb (added 2001.04.13)

July 2003, Melbourne—Continuum 2003

April 2004, Canberra—Conflux, 43^rd National SF Convention.

June 2004, Melbourne—Continuum 2004

Letterhack

I read a fair number of zines, and I have been aiming to write a letter of comment for every single one that I receive. This is truer of e-zines than of paper ones; actually, I do write a LoC to almost everything, only for paper ones it takes more time, for I generally keep them for a rainy day. So I'm being fannish by giving folks egoboo, though a line from someone who they don't know is probably a bit odd. It's half the fun of getting a zine, actually; sorting through my thoughts to get a semi-coherent mess is an enjoyable process.

Publications

Harbinger

An aspiring to be semi-pro magazine, it lasted for 4 issues before going on indefinite hiatus because of financial problems. It was a good idea, and a some stories in the last couple of issues got nominated for Aurealis Awards. Those folks were chuffed, at least. [ more information ]

• January 1999, Harbinger 1, B5 68pp. [ more information ]
• April 1999, Harbinger 2, B5 68pp. [ more information ]
• July 1999, Harbinger 3, B5 68pp. [ more information ]
• September 1999, Harbinger 4, B5 68pp. [ more information ]

Sardine Tin Gods

Sardine Tin Gods is a little fanzine that I got into my head to do late in 2000. Genzine in nature, it's meant to be an outlet for all of those writings to do with SF that I want to do. [ more information ] (added 2001.02.05)

• January 2001, Sardine Tin Gods 1, B5 16pp.

APAzines

ANZAPA

The Australian and New Zealand Amateur Publishing Association (ANZAPA) has been going for many years. There is more information on the website for the APA.

• December 2000, … and silver fountains mud 1, A4 8pp.
• February 2001, … and silver fountains mud 2, A4 10pp.
• April 2001, … and silver fountains mud 3, A4 8pp.
• June 2001, … and silver fountains mud 4, A4 6pp.

Left this APA in August 2001; rejoined June 2003, left August 2004.

• June 2003, … and silver fountains mud 5, A4 2pp.
• August 2003, Taste Not the Pierian Spring 1, A4 6pp. [ read @ efanzines.com ]
• February 2004, Taste Not the Pierian Spring 2, A4 8pp. [ read @ efanzines.com ]
• April 2004, Taste Not the Pierian Spring 3, A4 4pp. [ read @ efanzines.com ]

BWA

The 'B' in the BWA stands for a different thing every issue, but the 'WA' stands for 'Women's Apa'. I joined with issue 60, around the middle of 2000. It's for women fen from all around the world who are not members of AWA (A Women's APA). The first two of the zines that I produced are available here, but as after that I start doing commentary on the previous mailout, they're not available.

• May 2000, One Panel of a Tapestry, US letter 2pp. [ read ] 12kb (reprinted in Sardine Tin Gods 1)
• July 2000, Bird Poised to Fly, A4 2pp. [ read ] 12kb
• September 2000, With One Fist Waving, A4 4pp.
• January 2001, Bird Poised to Fly 2, A4 4pp.
• March 2001, Bird Poised to Fly 3, A4 4pp.
• May 2001, Bird Poised to Fly 4, A4 4pp.
• September 2001, Bird Poised to Fly 5, A4 4pp.
• November 2001, Bird Poised to Fly 6, A4 4pp.
• February 2002, Bird Poised to Fly 7, A4 4pp.
• May 2002, Bird Poised to Fly 8, A4 4pp.
• September 2002, Bird Poised to Fly 9, A4 4pp.
• July 2003, Bird Poised to Fly 10, A4 8pp.
• September 2003, Bird Poised to Fly 11, A4 4pp.