John Bangsund

John Bangsund

John Bangsund (born 1939) was a prominent Australian science fiction fan in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He was a major force, with Andrew I. Porter behind Australia winning the right to host the 1975 Aussiecon, and he was Toastmaster at the Hugo Award ceremony at that convention.

He was an influential and founding member of ANZAPA - the Australian and New Zealand Amateur Press Association; and long-time editor of the newsletter for "The Victorian Society of Editors" in Australia (of which he is an honorary life member [http://209.85.175.104/search?q=cache:2-9b-wQ59RMJ:www.socedvic.org/publications/newsletters/2007/nl_0703.pdf+%22john+bangsund%22+%2B%22ramsden&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=au#6 Society of Editors Newsletter March 2007] ] ). His fanzine, "Australian SF Review", did much to help revive sf fandom in Australia during the 1960s. [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~asff/bangsund.htm 2001 Chandler Award appreciation] ]

He was co-Chair of the 9th Australian S.F. Convention (1970), and Fan Guest of Honor at Ozcon (1974 Australian National SF Convention). [http://www.natcon.org.au/2007/natconlist.htm Natcon list] ]

John Bangsund was the instigator of the term Muphry's law [http://home.pacific.net.au/~bangsund/muphry.htm Threepenny Planet] ] , which states that "if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written".

Edited

*"John W. Campbell : an Australian tribute" (1972) [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1224601?lookfor=author:%22Bangsund,%20John,%201939-%22&offset=1&max=12 National Library of Australia catalog] ]

Major Fanzines

*"Australian SF Review" [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Australian_SFR/ ASFR listing] ] (1966-69) - twice nominated for a Hugo Award
*"Scythrop" (1969-1972)
*"Philosophical Gas"
*"Parergon Papers"

Awards

*Hugo Award for Best Fanzine 1967, "Australian SF Review", nominated [http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=52 1967 Hugos] ]
*Hugo Award for Best Fanzine 1968, "Australian SF Review", nominated [http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=51 1968 Hugos] ]
*Ditmar Award Best Australian Amateur Science Fiction Publication or Fanzine 1969, "Australian SF Review", winner [http://members.optuszoo.com.au/tplank/ditmar1024res/calldit1024.html 1969 Ditmars] ]
*Ditmar Award Best Australian Fanzine 1972, "Scythrop", nominated [http://members.optuszoo.com.au/tplank/ditmar1024res/calldit1024.html 1972 Ditmars] ]
*Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer 1975, nominated [http://www.thehugoawards.org/?page_id=44 1975 Hugos] ]
*Ditmar Award Best Australian Fan Writer 1979, nominated [http://members.optuszoo.com.au/tplank/ditmar1024res/calldit1024.html 1979 Ditmars] ]
*Ditmar Award William Atheling Jr Award 1979, "Parergon Papers 10", ANZAPA, Oct 1978, nominated
*Chandler Award, 2001 [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~asff/chandler.htm Chandler Award>]

ee also

*"1968 and All That" [http://home.pacific.net.au/~bangsund/1968.htm]

Book references

*"Approaches to the Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin" by James Warren Bittner [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3QlbAAAAMAAJ&q=%22john+bangsund%22&dq=%22john+bangsund%22&lr=&ei=_wrPSPC0DoWKsgO45rGADA&pgis=1]
*"The History of the Science-fiction Magazine" by Michael Ashley [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=F-zHBPAWmHkC&pg=PA129&dq=%22john+bangsund%22&lr=&ei=dQrPSMrOMJvWtAOCs6y4DA&sig=ACfU3U2w_S0PhvEdcVZD9T6Aoy7BDgDUYg]
*"The Language of the Night" by Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Wood [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ksOjjuy3issC&pg=PA223&dq=%22john+bangsund%22&lr=&ei=dQrPSMrOMJvWtAOCs6y4DA&sig=ACfU3U2DowNC8JCPENGBXNCnroV4TPiGIw]
*"Overland" by O.L. Society [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0TA0AAAAIAAJ&q=%22john+bangsund%22&dq=%22john+bangsund%22&lr=&ei=9gnPSMeIJI3gswP0kOyvAw&pgis=1]
*"Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1992-1995" by Halbert W. Hall [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Rkm0FmwQGzoC&pg=PA24&dq=%22john+bangsund%22&lr=&ei=9gnPSMeIJI3gswP0kOyvAw&sig=ACfU3U0n-bmph1gnPehQ_FBgvlElbVZ_kQ]

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