John Bangsund
John Bangsund (21 April 1939 – 22 August 2020)[1] was an 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.
Work
[edit | edit source]Bangsund 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 was an honorary life member[2]). His fanzine, Australian Science Fiction Review (ASFR), did much to help revive science fiction fandom in Australia during the 1960s.[3]
He was co-chair of the 9th Australian S.F. Convention (1970), and Fan Guest of Honor at Ozcon (1974 Australian National SF Convention).[4]
Bangsund was the instigator of the term Muphry's law,[5] which states that "if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written".[6]
Personal life and death
[edit | edit source]Bangsund was married to Sally Yeoland, who announced on his Facebook page that on 22 August 2020, he had died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
Awards
[edit | edit source]- Hugo Award for Best Fanzine 1967, Australian SF Review, nominated[7]
- Hugo Award for Best Fanzine 1968, Australian SF Review, nominated[8]
- Ditmar Award Best Australian Amateur Science Fiction Publication or Fanzine 1969, Australian SF Review, winner[9]
- Ditmar Award Best Australian Fanzine 1972, Scythrop, nominated[10]
- Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer 1975, nominated[11]
- Ditmar Award Best Australian Fan Writer 1979, nominated[12]
- Ditmar Award William Atheling Jr Award 1979, Parergon Papers 10, ANZAPA, Oct 1978, nominated[12]
- Chandler Award, 2001[13]
- FAAN Lifetime Achievement Award, 2016
Book references
[edit | edit source]- Approaches to the Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin by James Warren Bittner Approaches to the Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin
- The History of the Science-fiction Magazine by Michael Ashley Transformations: The Story of the Science-fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970
- The Language of the Night by Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Wood The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Overland by O.L. Society Overland
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1992-1995 by Halbert W. Hall Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1992-1995: An International Subject and Author Index to History and Criticism
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]Edited
[edit | edit source]- John W. Campbell: An Australian tribute (1972)[14]
Major fanzines
[edit | edit source]- Australian SF Review[15] (1966–69) - twice nominated for a Hugo Award
- Scythrop (1969–1972)
- Philosophical Gas
- Parergon Papers
Essays
[edit | edit source]- John Bangsund, "1968 and All That" [1] Archived 14 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine
References
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