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Aussiecon Three Guests of Honour
Physicist, formerly co-editor of the fanzine Void, and an SF writer
since 1965. Author of the Nebula- winning Timescape and the Galactic
Center novels. Gregory Benford's fiction explores the human side of
hard science, and extrapolates humanity moving into a realistic far future.
He is a frequent and eloquent attendee at many conventions. More
Publisher of the serious critical Ditmar-winning and Hugo-nominated fanzine
SF
Commentary since 1969, and of The Metaphysical Review since
1984. Bruce has enhanced the discussion of literary SF via his fanzines
for nearly three decades, and is a frequent convention attendee. More
Died on Sunday 8 June 1997, of a stroke, aged 80
George Turner was also to be a guest of honour at Aussiecon 3. Tragically,
he suffered a stroke on Thursday 5 June 1997 and died on the following
Sunday without regaining consciousness. We dedicate the convention
to his memory.
Award winning mainstream novelist, George became Australia's sternest
SF critic in the '70s. His SF novels, starting with the 1978 Beloved
Son, explore the moral dimensions of human life in the near future.
More recently Brain Child included aspects of the thriller, while
continuing his careful extrapolation of SF ideas. This changed approach
brought his critically acclaimed novels to the attention of the US market.
George was a panelist at many Australian conventions. More
Other News
In addition to the official guests of the convention listed above, a
group of fans here in Australia and in Britain have banded together to
raise funds to bring the inestimable Dave Langford to Melbourne for the
convention. This follows similar funds which brought Bob Tucker in
1975 to Aussiecon and Bob Shaw in 1985 to Aussiecon Two. You can
obtain more details about "The Auld Lang Fund" (groans obligatory) from
the web site Marc Ortlieb has set up for the purpose at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~sfoz/langford.htm.
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