Two Chairs Talking

Worldcons

Episodes

Thursday Aug 03, 2023

Perry and David discuss audiobooks, cover a swag of awards and recent news, and then go on to talk about what they've read (or listened to) recently. And Perry talks about a great TV series he recommends.
Introduction (01:40)
Listening to audiobooks (11:57)
General News (13:42)
Hugo Ballot 2023 (06:20)
World Fantasy Awards 2023 (01:32)
Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award 2023 (00:37)
Miles Franklin Award Winner 2023 (00:58)
The Booker Prize long list 2023 (02:46)
Death of Milan Kundera (01:20)
What we've been reading (55:00)
The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney (07:18)
Utterly Dark and the Heart of the Wild by Philip Reeve (07:33)
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro (07:04)
Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber (07:28)
Here’s Luck by Lennie Lower (04:24)
The Russia House by John Le Carre (11:05)
The Bear (08:33)
Windup (01:34)
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Illustration generated by Wombo Art.

Tuesday Jun 08, 2021

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)
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Illustration: a selection of Australian fanzines.

Monday Aug 12, 2019

David and Perry talk to Robin Johnson about Aussiecon 1975, and discuss:
Attending Conventions
Career of going to SF cons
Aussiecon
How did Robin get involved?
Coming to Australia
Meeting Merv Binns
Sydney Fandom
Murumbeena convention 1969
Syncon '70
Starting the muttering about '75
Attending Worldcon 1970 in Germany
Garry Hoff
Heidelberg
Big push
Help from the UK
Becoming chairman
Anti-fan movie
Promotional matchboxes
Moving through '72
Winning the bid in '73
A problem with Ursula
Jerry Pournelle's demand
Charter of Americans arrives
Art Show crisis
Slide Presentation panic
Convention starts
Don Tuck MIA
Continuous state of panic
Movie Program
Amount of programming
Costume Parade
Evaluation
Schools program re artwork
Art Show
Legacy
Wrap-up
Club houses for SF clubs
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Image of Melbourne by Bernard Spragg on Flickr.

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