Chandler Award
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (2001) Winner
John Bangsund
ジョン・バングサンド
John Bangsund
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1939-04-21
- Died
- 2020-08-22 （Australia） age 81
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- science fiction fan, editor
- Active Years
- 1966-2020
- Affiliations
- ANZAPA (Australian and New Zealand Amateur Press Association), Victorian Society of Editors
- Memberships
- Victorian Society of Editors (honorary life member)
- Nominations
- Hugo Award for Best Fanzine 1967 (Australian SF Review), Hugo Award for Best Fanzine 1968 (Australian SF Review), Ditmar Award Best Australian Fanzine 1972 (Scythrop), Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer 1975, Ditmar Award Best Australian Fan Writer 1979, Ditmar Award William Atheling Jr Award 1979 (Parergon Papers 10)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Ditmar Award | Australian SF Review | Best Australian Amateur Science Fiction Publication or Fanzine | Australian SF community | winner |
| 2001 | Chandler Award | — | — | Australian Science Fiction Foundation | winner |
Ditmar Award
1969
Work:
Australian SF Review
Category:
Best Australian Amateur Science Fiction Publication or Fanzine
Organization:
Australian SF community
Result:
winner
Chandler Award
2001
Organization:
Australian Science Fiction Foundation
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Australian SF Review
1966 Science Fiction FanzineInfluential fanzine that helped revive science fiction fandom in Australia during the 1960s.
SF criticismfandom
John W. Campbell: An Australian tribute
1972 Edited bookAn Australian tribute to John W. Campbell.
Bibliography
- Australian SF Review (1966–69), Scythrop (1969–1972), Philosophical Gas, Parergon Papers, John W. Campbell: An Australian tribute (1972)
Health
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COVID-192020death
Legacy
Major figure in Australian science fiction fandom, editor of Australian SF Review, originator of Muphry's law.
In Popular Culture
- Originator of Muphry's law, known in editing and proofreading contexts.
Trivia
- Originator of Muphry's law: 'If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written'.
- Toastmaster at the Hugo Award ceremony at 1975 Aussiecon.