Australian Science Fiction Review
(See Science Fiction Review for the vast number of other things with that title.)
Australian Science Fiction Review was a fanzine published between 1966 and 1969 by John Bangsund in Kingston, ACT, Australia which was later renamed Scythrop. It was later revived (under the title "Australian Science Fiction Review") by a group of others, see below.
First Series[edit]
It was nominated for the 1967 Best Fanzine Hugo and the 1968 Best Fanzine Hugo.
In 1969, the first year that the Ditmar Awards were first presented, the Australian Science Fiction Review won the Ditmar Award for Best Australian Amateur Publication or Fanzine.
Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
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1 | June 1966 | 36 | |
2 | August 1966 | 38 | |
3 | September 1966 | 38 | |
4 | October 1966 | 48 | |
5 | December 1966 | 44 | |
6 | January 1967 | 36 | |
7 | February 1967 | 38 | |
7.5 | March 1967 | 20 | |
8 | March 1967 | 46 | |
9 | April 1967 | 40 | |
10 | June 1967 | 98 | |
11 | August 1967 | 64 | |
12 | October 1967 | 52 | |
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18 | December 1968 | 66 | |
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20 | Last issue titled Australian SF Review | ||
21 | December 1969 | Now titled Scythrop | |
22 | April 1971 | 48 | |
23 | June 1971 | 24 | |
24 | August 1971 | 4 | |
25 | January 1972 | 24 | |
26 | Autumn 1972 | 26 | |
27 | Spring 1972 | 24 | |
28 | Summer 1973 | 32 | Final issue of series one |
March 1978 | 38 | Parergon Papers #8 is labeled as ASFR 12th anniversary issue |
Australian Science Fiction Review (First series) online at fanac.org
Second Series[edit]
In 1986, Australian Science Fiction Review was revived by The Science Fiction Collective aka the Melbourne Collective (possibly also known as the ASFR Cooperative): Jenny Blackford, Russell Blackford, John Foyster, Yvonne Rousseau and Lucy Sussex.
In 1991, the second series of ASFR won the Ditmar Award for Best Fanzine.
Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
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1 | March 1986 | 36 | |
2 | May 1986 | 36 | |
3 | July 1986 | 36 | |
4 | September 1986 | 36 | |
5 | November 1986 | 44 | |
6 | January 1987 | 56 | |
7 | March 1987 | 48 | |
8 | May 1987 | 36 | |
9 | July 1987 | 48 | |
10 | September 1987 | 36 | |
11 | November 1987 | 60 | |
12 | January 1988 | 60 | |
13 | March 1988 | 60 | |
14 | May 1988 | 60 | |
15 | July 1988 | 60 | |
16 | September 1988 | 34 | |
17-18 | November 1988 | 44 | |
19 | March 1989 | 46 | |
20 | June 1989 | 32 | |
21 | September 1989 | 32 | Dated Spring 1989 |
22 | December 1989 | 40 | Dated Summer 1989 |
23 | March 1990 | 32 | Dated Summer 1989 |
24 | Winter 1990 | 32 | |
25 | Spring 1990 | 32 | |
26 | Summer 1991 | 44 | |
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Publication | 1966—1991 |
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