The Post-Con Page

HUGO RESULTS
2002 WORLDCON SITE SELECTION
BRUCE GILLESPIE’S FAN GUEST OFHONOUR SPEECH
AUSSIECON TV ADVERTISEMENT
TAKE A WALK ON THE DARK SIDE(FILK SONG)
POST-CON PHOTOS & REPORTS
BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES
THE MONOTREME (DAILY CONVENTION NEWSLETTER)
POST-CON MAILOUT OF SOUVENIR & POCKET PROGRAM BOOKS
SOUVENIR & POCKET PROGRAM BOOKS FOR SALE
UNOFFICIAL AUSSIECON THREE MESSAGE BOARD

On this page I intend to put all the informationand updates that reach me now that Aussiecon Three is over.

1999 Hugo Winners

· Best Novel of 1998

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

· Best Novella of 1998

"Oceanic" by Greg Egan

· Best Novelette of 1998

"Taklamakan" by Bruce Sterling

· Best Short Story of 1998

"The Very Pulse of the Machine" by Michael Swanwick

· Best Related Book of 1998

The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of by Thomas M. Disch

· Best Dramatic Presentation of 1998

The Truman Show (Paramount)

· Best Professional Editor of 1998

Gardner Dozois

· Best Professional Artist of 1998

Bob Eggleton

· Best Semiprozine of 1998

Locus edited by Charles N. Brown

· Best Fanzine of 1998

Ansible edited By Dave Langford

· Best Fan Writer of 1998

Dave Langford

· Best Fan Artist of 1998

Ian Gunn

· John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer of 1997 or 1998

(Not a Hugo. Sponsored by Dell Magazines.)
Nalo Hopkinson

Complete voting details, and details of nominations and "also rans" areavailable from the 1999 Hugo Awards web site: http://www.cse.rmit.edu.au/~e03417/hugos/

2002 Worldcon Site Selection

San Jose has won the right to hold the 60th World Science Fiction Conventionin 2002... more information can be found on their web site http://www.conjose.worldcon.org/.

Bruce Gillespie’s Fan Guest of HonourSpeech

On a summer’s day, about three and a half years ago, I received aletter from the Bidding Committee for this convention — Aussiecon Three,the 57th World Science Fiction Convention. I read that letter. It flutteredto the ground from my paralysed hand. Even I was stunned into strickensilence. That piece of paper was a letter from Jean Weber inviting me tobe the Fan Guest of Honour at Aussiecon Three if Australia won the bid.

My reaction then, as now: ‘Why me? Surely somebody has made a terriblemistake. They’ve got the wrong person. What did I ever do to them?’[More...]

Aussiecon TV Advertisement

Click here to view. (You will needAppleQuicktime installed to view this 1.8Mb file)

Take a Walkon the Dark Side

Annikin was hungry for power,
The teachings of the Jedi all gone sour.
Back in black, now with helmet, cloak,
And he’ll kill his own family for a joke,
I said: Hey, Darth, take a walk on the Dark Side.
I said: Hey, Vader, take a walk on the Dark Side. [More...]

Post-Con Photos & Reports

Edward McArdle: My Aussiecon pictures are up. I have postedpictures of Aussiecon 3 at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~mcardle/Aussiecon.html. After the convention a group of fifteen went on a tour of Tasmania, andit was known as Thylacon 3. The pictures are at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~mcardle/thylacon3.html.
Evelyn Leeper: My Aussiecon Three con report is available now at http://www.geocities.com/evelynleeper/a3.htmMy log of our 31-day Australia trip is still available at http://www.geocities.com/evelynleeper/austral.htm. Mark's log is available at http://www.geocities.com/markleeper/australia.htm.
Lawrie Brown: I've finally got all my films back from Aussiecon3, and have scanned in a selection of them. You'll find them at http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~lpb/diary/Aussiecon3-99/.
Janice Gelb: DUFF photos: http://home.pacbell.net/jgelb/
Wombat Wanderings: http://www.lastsfa.org/finder/wombats_wanderings.html

Business Meeting Minutes

The minutes of the 1999 Business Meeting, held at Aussiecon Three inSeptember 1999, are now available at http://www.cooky.demon.co.uk/1999/

The Monotreme (Daily Convention Newsletter)

Issues of The Monotreme - the daily convention newsletter - are available from the Publications area of this site.

Post Convention Mailout of Souvenir & Pocket Program Books

Souvenir and Pocket Program Books have now been mailed to all attendingand supporting members who did not attend Aussiecon Three. AussieconThree, the 57th World Science Fiction Convention, was held in Melbourne,Victoria, from 2 to 6 September 1999. Aussiecon Three expects overseasmembers who were not at the convention to receive their copies of theSouvenir and Pocket Program Books early in 2000. Australian attendingand supporting members who did not attend the convention should havealready received their copies.

The Souvenir Book and Pocket Program Book were mailed separately to eachmember in order to minimize postage costs. The mailout was delayed bymore than a month because of radical changes to the rules for overseasmail that were unexpectedly introduced by Australia Post on 4 October.After investigating the impact of the rule changes (a 300% increase inthe cost of the mailout) and a number of commercial alternativeservices, Aussiecon Three eventually chose to use TNT Mailfast for themailout.

Enquiries about the post con mailout can be emailed to:  publications@aussiecon3.worldcon.org

or mailed to:

     Mark Loney
     Aussiecon Three
     44 Haystack Crescent
     Palmerston ACT 2913
     AUSTRALIA

Aussiecon Three had hoped to provide copies of the Souvenir Book andPocket Program Book to all attending and supporting members before theend of 1999 and apologizes for the delay in their delivery.

Souvenir and Pocket Program Books for Sale

Remaining copies of the Aussiecon Three Souvenir and Pocket ProgramBooks are now for sale on a "first come, first served" basis. AussieconThree, the 57th World Science Fiction Convention, was held in Melbourne,Victoria, from 2 to 6 September 1999.

Souvenir Book (cover by Nick Stathopoulos, 106pp, A4, ISBN 0646379496)

AUD $15 (postage paid) per copy for delivery in Australia;
AUD $25 or USD $16 (postage paid) per copy for delivery outside Australia.

Pocket Program Book (cover by Phil Wlodarczyk, 132pp, B6)

AUD $7.50 (postage paid) per copy for delivery in Australia;
AUD $15 or USD $10 (postage paid) per copy for delivery outside Australia.

Payment in advance is required. There are two payment options:

1. 1. Payments by cheque must be in Australian dollars and drawn on an Australian bank. Payments made by Australian dollar cheques should be made payable to "VSFC Incorporated".

2. Payments can be made in Australian dollars by credit card. Aussiecon Three accepts both Mastercard and Visa. For residents ofAustralia and New Zealand only, Aussiecon Three also accepts Bankcard.

The following details are required for credit card payments:

- Card type;
- Account name;
- Account number;
- Card expiry/expiration date;
- Charge amount total in Australian dollars;
- Signature of card holder;
- Date of charge authorisation.

Enquiries about or payments for the purchase of copies of the Souvenirand Pocket Program Books can be mailed to:

     Mark Loney
     Aussiecon Three
     44 Haystack Crescent
     Palmerston ACT 2913
     AUSTRALIA

or emailed to:  publications@aussiecon3.worldcon.org

Unofficial Aussiecon Three Message Board

An unofficial Aussiecon Three message board was set up at http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/mbs.cgi/mb930432 shortly before the A3-INFO list was closed down. This message board is not monitored by the Aussiecon Three committee. If you wish to contact the Aussiecon Three committee, please send an email to info@aussiecon3.worldcon.org

World Science Fiction Society, WSFS, Worldcon,ScienceFiction Achievement Award, Hugo Award and NASFiC areservice marks of the World Science FictionSociety, an unincorporated literary society.

Aussiecon 3 Webmaster:TimRichards. Website queries: webmaster@aussiecon3.worldcon.org. General queries: info "at" aussiecon3.worldcon.org