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Sydney Futurian, issue 8, 1948
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PAGE FOUR THE SYDNEY FUTURIAN haps as a unit of that world-spanning association; but in the post-war revival of fandom we consider that the greatest service is rendered by acting as a blanket organisation. The headquarters of the Futurian Society are in Sydney, where meetings are held at least once a month. Fans able to attend meetings may become full members, for which the subscription is one guinea per year. Associate members, living outside the metropolitan area in Australia or elsewhere in the British Empire, pay half this amount. U.S. and Canadian supporters may pay their annual subscription by sending one dollar's worth of current stf to the club library. Either form of membership entitles the fan to receive all club publications free. For those living in the Australasian postal area the club conducts a rapidly-growing library of books, magazines, excerpts and fanzines. Australia has had its crop of fan publications, although since the war THE SYDNEY FUTURIAN is its sole voice.The first mimeographed fanzine was a one-shot, AUSTRALIAN FAN NEWS,published in May 1939. Then came ULTRA, LUNA, FUTURIAN OBSERVER, COSMOS, ZEUS, AUSTRA-FANTASY, MELBOURNE BULLETIN,PROFAN, FUTURE, SCIENCE & FANTASY FAN REPORTER and FUTURIAN SPOTLIGHT. The news-sheets pure and simple published the greatest number of issues. OBSERVER lasted 57 issues and REPORTER 34 issues. REPORTER was a weekly, and never missed a week or appeared later. Of the others, Eric F. (not Frank) Russell's ULTRA ran for 14 issues, from October 1939 to early 1942. Who are the Sydney Futurians? Glancing at the membership list we discover a University Tutor, half a dozen University students and several ex-students, a radio writer, a magazine editor, a pharmacist, an artist, a lay analyst, an able seaman, a storeman, a musician, a tailor and a plumber. In common they have an interest in scientific and fantastic literature -- and with one voice they send a hearty message of congratulations to their North American cousins lucky enough to be attending the sixth World Science Fiction Convention. -------------------
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PAGE FOUR THE SYDNEY FUTURIAN haps as a unit of that world-spanning association; but in the post-war revival of fandom we consider that the greatest service is rendered by acting as a blanket organisation. The headquarters of the Futurian Society are in Sydney, where meetings are held at least once a month. Fans able to attend meetings may become full members, for which the subscription is one guinea per year. Associate members, living outside the metropolitan area in Australia or elsewhere in the British Empire, pay half this amount. U.S. and Canadian supporters may pay their annual subscription by sending one dollar's worth of current stf to the club library. Either form of membership entitles the fan to receive all club publications free. For those living in the Australasian postal area the club conducts a rapidly-growing library of books, magazines, excerpts and fanzines. Australia has had its crop of fan publications, although since the war THE SYDNEY FUTURIAN is its sole voice.The first mimeographed fanzine was a one-shot, AUSTRALIAN FAN NEWS,published in May 1939. Then came ULTRA, LUNA, FUTURIAN OBSERVER, COSMOS, ZEUS, AUSTRA-FANTASY, MELBOURNE BULLETIN,PROFAN, FUTURE, SCIENCE & FANTASY FAN REPORTER and FUTURIAN SPOTLIGHT. The news-sheets pure and simple published the greatest number of issues. OBSERVER lasted 57 issues and REPORTER 34 issues. REPORTER was a weekly, and never missed a week or appeared later. Of the others, Eric F. (not Frank) Russell's ULTRA ran for 14 issues, from October 1939 to early 1942. Who are the Sydney Futurians? Glancing at the membership list we discover a University Tutor, half a dozen University students and several ex-students, a radio writer, a magazine editor, a pharmacist, an artist, a lay analyst, an able seaman, a storeman, a musician, a tailor and a plumber. In common they have an interest in scientific and fantastic literature -- and with one voice they send a hearty message of congratulations to their North American cousins lucky enough to be attending the sixth World Science Fiction Convention. -------------------
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