Episode 54: Fandom is a way of life

<p>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.</p> <ul><li>Nebula Awards 2021 (07:01) <ul><li>Best Novel: Network Effect by Martha Wells (00:46)</li> <li>Best Novella: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (00:59)</li> <li>Best Novelette: “Two Truths and a Lie”, Sarah Pinsker (00:19)</li> <li>Best Short Story: “Open House on Haunted Hill”, John Wiswell (01:19)</li> <li>Best Game Writing: Hades by Greg Kasavin (00:12)</li> <li>Ray Bradbury Award: The Good Place (00:25)</li> <li>Andre Norton Award: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, T. Kingfisher (00:58)</li> </ul> </li> <li>Fanzines and Fandom (00:29)</li> <li>What is a fanzine? (03:02)</li> <li>Changes in terminology and technology (00:57)</li> <li>Amateur Press Associations (00:19)</li> <li>ANZAPA (01:26)</li> <li>Wanting to be a writer (00:38)</li> <li>How apas work (03:43)</li> <li>General distribution fanzines (01:53)</li> <li>Why publish a genzine? (01:07)</li> <li>Visual design of fanzines (01:10)</li> <li>Including illustrations (03:07)</li> <li>Email and the Internet (04:02)</li> <li>Changed the dynamic (03:04)</li> <li>Ego scanning (01:56)</li> <li>Access to old material (02:51)</li> <li>Running conventions (01:49)</li> <li>Younger people and fanzines (03:24)</li> <li>Using up our creative energy (04:13)</li> <li>Interview with Rose Mitchell (44:58) <ul><li>Getting in to SF (04:53)</li> <li>Becoming involved with organising (02:09)</li> <li>Attending conventions (04:41)</li> <li>Things started to change (00:22)</li> <li>Melbourne SF Club (00:39)</li> <li>Getting involved with Worldcon 1999 (01:16)</li> <li>Appointed as Treasurer of convention (02:46)</li> <li>Did the 1999 Worldcon change your ideas of fandom? (01:46)</li> <li>After 1999 (01:31)</li> <li>Running national and smaller conventions (01:44)</li> <li>Chairing national conven