Perry and David discuss science fiction fandom and their introduction to it via amateur magazine publishing. Perry interviews Rose Mitchell, the Fan Guest of Honour at CoNZealand, the 2020 Worldcon.
- Nebula Awards 2021 (07:01)
- Best Novel: Network Effect by Martha Wells (00:46)
- Best Novella: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (00:59)
- Best Novelette: “Two Truths and a Lie”, Sarah Pinsker (00:19)
- Best Short Story: “Open House on Haunted Hill”, John Wiswell (01:19)
- Best Game Writing: Hades by Greg Kasavin (00:12)
- Ray Bradbury Award: The Good Place (00:25)
- Andre Norton Award: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, T. Kingfisher (00:58)
- Fanzines and Fandom (00:29)
- What is a fanzine? (03:02)
- Changes in terminology and technology (00:57)
- Amateur Press Associations (00:19)
- ANZAPA (01:26)
- Wanting to be a writer (00:38)
- How apas work (03:43)
- General distribution fanzines (01:53)
- Why publish a genzine? (01:07)
- Visual design of fanzines (01:10)
- Including illustrations (03:07)
- Email and the Internet (04:02)
- Changed the dynamic (03:04)
- Ego scanning (01:56)
- Access to old material (02:51)
- Running conventions (01:49)
- Younger people and fanzines (03:24)
- Using up our creative energy (04:13)
- Interview with Rose Mitchell (44:58)
- Getting in to SF (04:53)
- Becoming involved with organising (02:09)
- Attending conventions (04:41)
- Things started to change (00:22)
- Melbourne SF Club (00:39)
- Getting involved with Worldcon 1999 (01:16)
- Appointed as Treasurer of convention (02:46)
- Did the 1999 Worldcon change your ideas of fandom? (01:46)
- After 1999 (01:31)
- Running national and smaller conventions (01:44)
- Chairing national conventions (00:29)
- Attending overseas conventions (01:24)
- Chair of the 2010 Worldcon (02:38)
- After 2010 (03:15)
- New Zealand Worldcon bid (02:44)
- Fan Guest of Honour (07:22)
- What does the future hold? (00:12)
- Australian Science Fiction Foundation (00:14)
- Fully retired (03:51)
- Windup (01:29)
Illustration: a selection of Australian fanzines.
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