Episode 10: Meet Ursula Le Grong

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David Grigg and stand-in host Carey Handfield discuss:

  • Carey and David’s long association (00:26)
  • Getting into SF fandom (00:39)
  • David’s fiction writing (00:24)
  • ASFR and John Bangsund (00:48)
  • Discovering a new world (01:08)
  • 1970 Australian National SF Convention (00:29)
  • Launch of the Australia in ’75 bid (00:36)
  • Victoria Hotel venue (01:03)
  • The Nova Mob (00:25)
  • Carey as an organiser (00:31)
  • Monash University SF Association (00:53)
  • David as fanzine editor (00:23)
  • John Bangsund (00:41)
  • University of Melbourne SF Association (01:21)
  • 1975 Writer’s Workshop (00:22)
  • Choice of Ursula Le Guin as GoH (02:04)
  • Idea of a Writer’s Workshop (00:45)
  • Choosing the venue (00:29)
  • Getting the photocopier (00:40)
  • Publishing the Altered I (00:48)
  • ‘Stabbed Alive’ by Randall Flynn (08:42)
  • Ursula’s challenges (03:41)
    • Two-word challenge (02:19)
    • Love Story challenge (01:09)
  • The Grongs (01:07)
  • Highlight of 1975 (00:22)
  • Legacy (00:17)
  • Pip Maddern (01:13)
  • Altered I book (00:47)
  • The Fives (03:35)
  • Intro to Ursula’s speech (01:13)
  • Ursula Le Guin’s GoH speech (37:14)
  • Wind-up (01:09)

Image: the cover of “The Altered I” book, designed by Irene Pagram.