Episode 54: Fandom is a way of life

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.