Episode 9: Voyage to the inverted world

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David and Perry interview Robin Johnson about Aussiecon 1975 and discuss:

  • Attending Conventions (00:33)
  • RJ’s career of going to SF cons (00:23)
  • Aussiecon (00:26)
  • How did Robin get involved? (00:13)
  • Coming to Australia (01:26)
  • Meeting Merv Binns (00:34)
  • Sydney Fandom (01:34)
  • Murumbeena convention 1969 (01:45)
  • Syncon ’70 (01:19)
  • Starting the muttering about ’75 (01:41)
  • Attending Worldcon 1970 in Germany (00:37)
  • Garry Hoff (00:34)
  • Heidelberg (02:57)
  • Big push (00:48)
  • Help from the UK (00:37)
  • Becoming chairman (01:08)
  • Anti-fan movie (07:30)
  • Promotional matchboxes (00:48)
  • Moving through ’72 (00:53)
  • Winning the bid in ’73 (00:47)
  • A problem with Ursula (03:36)
  • Jerry Pournelle‘s demand (05:32)
  • Charter of Americans arrives (01:50)
  • Art Show crisis (04:13)
  • Slide Presentation panic (01:18)
  • Convention starts (00:12)
  • Don Tuck MIA (01:16)
  • Continuous state of panic (00:36)
  • Movie Program (00:16)
  • Amount of programming (00:23)
  • Costume Parade (00:49)
  • Evaluation (00:23)
  • Schools program re artwork (00:41)
  • Art Show (01:47)
  • Legacy (04:29)
  • Wrap-up (00:46)
  • Club houses for SF clubs (04:05)

Image of Melbourne by Bernard Spragg on Flickr.