Perry and David discuss:

• Introduction
• Perry's overseas trip
• Hugo Time Machine 1955
• They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley
• The Darfsteller by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• Allamagoosa by Eric Frank Russell
• Kate Atkinson
• Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
• One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
• When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
• Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
• Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
• John Le Carre's Karla trilogy
• The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John Le Carre
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre
• An Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre
• Smiley's People by John Le Carre
• Windup

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David and Perry discuss:

• What are fanzines?
• Amateur Press Associations
• John Bangsund and ANZAPA

• They also interview Bruce Gillespie, who talks about:
  • Melton
  • Bacchus Marsh
  • Hears about fandom
  • ASFR
  • Invited to stay with Bangsund
  • Meeting Harding, Turner, et al
  • First convention, MSFC
  • First 'fanzine' produced as schoolboy
  • Duplicators
  • Starting to produce fanzines
  • ANZAPA
  • Sent to Ararat
  • First two issues of SFC
  • Response from o/seas
  • Critical reviews of SF outside academia
  • John Foyster
  • Resigning from teaching in Ararat
  • Meets Gerald Murnane
  • Acquires own duplicator
  • Aussiecon
  • 1977 extraordinary year
  • How have things changed?
  • Nostrilia Press
  • IBM Composer
  • Typesetting for Highland House & others
  • Desktop publishing comes in
  • Applying this to fanzines
  • Modern challenges
  • Bill Burns' Efanzine site
  • Comeback of fanzines
  • Will you continue?
  • Awards
• Windup

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Perry and David discuss:

• Are you a serial or parallel reader?
• Hugo Time Machine 1954
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• The Telling by Ursula Le Guin
• A Case of Conscience by James Blish
• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
• Chesley Bonestell
• Ex Machina

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