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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-jz86gM
1:14:56 Speech before friendly Google employees, good place to start.
http://oregonstate.edu/media/tgchw
54:51 Speech at Oregon S.U. about "The Commons." Social and economic justice vs private property and the free market.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaIR2Y0e
1:05:41 Speech at Missouri State U.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAu5PD4O
28:53 Literary interview at UCSD. Robinson has his PhD in Literature.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eueCR1Kv
8:34 Fannish interview at Norwescon 30, also with Greg Bear and Gordon Van Gelder
For more information, visit the Orbit website.
James Shields and Douglas Spencer. Online ballot available from Monday
Posted via LiveJournal.app.
If you have been thinking about standing and have been umming and ahhing about it then you really do need to contact me before Friday. It is a wonderful opportunity and I would hate for you to miss it because you thought you had lots more time. Also: I can delay the announcement if I have good reason (i.e someone did want to stand but hadn't heard back from a nominator in time) BUT ONLY IF YOU TELL ME.
lister@liv.ac.uk for GUFF race communication, please. More details on the website:
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~lister/guff/
More information is available via The Sydney Festival webpage .
(Photo taken from Sydney Festival webpage)
Two attending memberships for sale. $160 USD each.
Paypal accepted.
Thanks!
The 2009 World Fantasy Awards were presented at the World Fantasy Convention held in San Jose, California over the weekend.
It is with great pleasure that I can report that Aussiecon 4 Guest of Honour, Shaun Tan was announced as the winner of the Best Artist category during the awards ceremony. This continues a remarkable run by Shaun in international awards over the past few years. Shaun previously won Best Artist in the World Fantasy Awards in 2001 and 2007.
In further Australian SF&F news Margo Lanagan's novel, TENDER MORSELS, was announced as joint winner of the Best Novel award at the same ceremony. In 2005, Margo won World Fantasy Awards for Short Fiction for Singing my sister down (BLACK JUICE, Allen & Unwin Australia) and Best Collection for BLACK JUICE.
On behalf of the Aussiecon 4 Committee I would like extend our heartiest congratulations to both winners.
Perry Middlemiss
Co-Chair, Aussiecon 4
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your tickets now - fare wars don't last forever!
Ms Le Guin was the Guest of Honour at Aussiecon, the first worldcon held in Australia in 1975, where her novel The Dispossessed won the Hugo Award for Best Novel. She is held in great esteem by those lucky enough to see her at that convention, and we consider ourselves fortunate that she is still producing such fine work as her most recent novel Lavinia.
May she have many more such celebrations.
Happy Birthday.
Perry Middlemiss
Co-Chair Aussiecon 4
(on behalf of the committee)
Please see the relative pages under the Exhibits section.
Please direct any queries to Steve Francis (Dealers Room Manager) or Emma Hawkes (Art Show Curator).
Interested parties should contact Rose Mitchell for further info – rose.mitchell@aussiecon4.org.au
Candidates should file the following documents:
A brief letter stating one’s intent to run for DUFF 2010.
Five letters of nomination, three from North America and two from Australia or New Zealand. E-mailed letters are acceptable.
A 100 word or less platform statement specifying the candidate’s reasons for running and qualifications for becoming the 2010 DUFF delegate.
An entry fee of $25.00USD (which will be added to the current DUFF account).
The duties of the winning candidate will be as follows:
Travel to Australia and attend Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention on September 2-6, 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Visit and get to know as many Australian Science Fiction fans as time will permit.
Become the DUFF administrator for the term running from Aussiecon 4 thru the 51st Australian National Convention (NatCon) to be held in 2012.
Raise funds and maintain an account to be used by the next southbound delegate(s) in 2012.
Publish a trip report covering the time of one’s travels in Australia and attendance at the convention.
Please send all documents and fees to the current DUFF administrators:
Steve and Sue Francis
PO Box 58009
Louisville KY 40268-0009
sjf1138@aol.com
sfsue@aol.com
If you wish to stand please contact me at the postal or email address below. You will need three European and two Australasian nominators, a 100 word platform as well as a bond of £15 (25 AUD). If you wish to stand and are unsure about how to go about getting any of these things, what the fund pays for or the duties of a GUFF delegate then feel free to contact me in confidence at the email address below.
Nominations are open until the Friday before Novacon 39 (13th November) and candidates will be announced on the Sunday (15th November). Voting will then run until the Monday of Eastercon 2010.
Please disseminate widely.
Ang Rosin
email: lister@liv.ac.uk
post: 26 Hermitage Grove, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6DR, UK.
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~lister/guff/
Aussiecon 4 today announces that the following membership rates will hold from 1 September 2009. All membership applications received by mail on or before 31 August, and all electronic transactions time-stamped prior to 00:00 1 September 2009 will be honoured at the previous rate levels.
Attending Membership
A$ 275
USD 225
GBP 140
Euro 165
Can$ 255
Yen 22,500
As previously, cash, Paypal, cheques in A$ and US$, Visa, and Mastercard will be accepted.
All credit card charges will be processed in Australian dollars.
These rates will hold until further notice.
