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No 2 (1966). Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database (http://www.isfdb.org)
y separately published work icon Australian Science Fiction Review periodical  
Alternative title: Australian SF Review
Issue Details: First known date: 1966-1969... 1966-1969 Australian Science Fiction Review
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An Australian science fiction fanzine edited and published by John Bangsund the Australian Science Fiction Review started out as the Australian Science Fiction Newsletter. Twenty issues were published between 1966 and the end of 1969, at which time Bangsund relaunched it as Scythrop. Production of that zine ended in the summer of 1974, leading to a period of hibernation which lasted until Bangsund started a second series of the Australian Science Fiction Review in 1986.

Among the contributors to the first series of Australian Science Fiction Review were: Brian Aldiss, John Baxter, James Blish, A. Bertram Chandler, George Turner, Jim Ellis (as 'Jay Wallis'), John Foyster, Bruce Gillespie, Lee Harding, Langdon Jones, Ursula Le Guin, Michael Moorcock, Sam Moskowitz, Bernard O'Dowd, Thomas Love Peacock, Franz Rottensteiner, Bob Sessions (as 'Scribarius'), and Bob Toomey.

The Australian Science Fiction Review won the inaugural Ditmar Award for Best Fanzine (1969).

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  • The Australian Science Fiction Newsletter was published by Merv Binns on behalf of the Melbourne Science Fiction Club between 1958 and June 1966, at which time it became known as the Australian Science Fiction Review.

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y separately published work icon Scythrop John Bangsund (editor), 1969 Clifton Hill : John Bangsund , 1969-1974 Z1923015 1969 periodical (2 issues) Scythrop was an Australian science fiction fanzine which continued on from the Australian Science Fiction Review (formerly the Australian Science Fiction Newsletter). Edited and published by John Bangsund between 1969 and 1974, the first issue, December 1969, was numbered 21 (continuing on from the The Australian Science Fiction Review numbering).

Contributors to Scythrop included Mervyn Barrett, John Brosnan, A. Bertram Chandler, Harry Coachman, D. G. Compton, John Foyster, James Goodwin, Ursula K. LeGuin, Stanislaw Lem, Peter Mathers, Thomas Love Peacock, and George Turner. Cover art was contributed by John Sandler.

Following the publication of No 28 (Summer 1973-74) the fanzine went into a long hiatus. It was relaunched as the Australian Science Fiction Review (second series) in 1986.

Scythrop won the Ditmar Award for Best Fanzine in 1972.
y separately published work icon Australian Science Fiction Review. Second Series Australian SF Review. Second Series Janeen Webb (editor), Lucy Sussex (editor), Yvonne Rousseau (editor), Russell Blackford (editor), Jenny Blackford (editor), John Foyster (editor), 1986 Melbourne : Ebony Books , 1986-1991 Z1810204 1986 periodical The second series of Australian Science Fiction Review began in 1986 following a period of hibernation that began in 1974. The first series, published between 1966 and 1969, was formerly known as the Australian Science Fiction Newsletter (1958-1966). In December 1969 the zine's editor John Bangsund relaunched it as Scythrop (1969-1973/74). In all 27 issues of series two were published by Ebony Books for the Science Fiction Collective in six volumes before its final issue in March/May 1991.

Contributors included: John Bangsund, John Baxter, John D. Berry, Martin Bridgstock, Damien Broderick, Bruce Gillespie, Mark Linneman, Rosaleen Love, Joanna Russ, Norman Talbot, Michael J. Tolley, George Turner, Cherry Wilder, and Jack Williamson.

Australian Science Fiction Review won the Ditmar Award for Best Fanzine in 1991.
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Revelations : My Life, Science Fiction, and Fanzines Bruce Gillespie , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: SF Commentary , December no. 93 2016; (p. 4-26)
The Bleakest Book I've Ever Read Bruce Gillespie , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , vol. 14 no. 2 2005; (p. 23-26) This article is a review essay of Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly, but it also includes comment on the Australian journals, Australian Science Fiction Review and SF Commentary.
The Good Soldier : George Turner as Combative Critic Bruce Gillespie , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Foundation : The International Review of Science Fiction , Spring no. 78 2000; (p. 6-16) Tirra Lirra , Winter vol. 11 no. 4 2001; (p. 2-9)
y separately published work icon SF Commentary Reprint Edition : First Year 1969 Bruce Gillespie , Melbourne : Bruce Gillespie , 1985 Z432709 1985 selected work criticism
From Elfland to West Footscray John Bangsund , 1974 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 51 1974; (p. 46-48)
The Bleakest Book I've Ever Read Bruce Gillespie , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , vol. 14 no. 2 2005; (p. 23-26) This article is a review essay of Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly, but it also includes comment on the Australian journals, Australian Science Fiction Review and SF Commentary.
y separately published work icon SF Commentary Reprint Edition : First Year 1969 Bruce Gillespie , Melbourne : Bruce Gillespie , 1985 Z432709 1985 selected work criticism
The Good Soldier : George Turner as Combative Critic Bruce Gillespie , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Foundation : The International Review of Science Fiction , Spring no. 78 2000; (p. 6-16) Tirra Lirra , Winter vol. 11 no. 4 2001; (p. 2-9)
From Elfland to West Footscray John Bangsund , 1974 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Official Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , April no. 51 1974; (p. 46-48)
Revelations : My Life, Science Fiction, and Fanzines Bruce Gillespie , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: SF Commentary , December no. 93 2016; (p. 4-26)
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PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Frequency:
Monthly
Range:
No. 1 (June 1966)-no. 20 (June 1969)
Continues:
Australian Science Fiction Newsletter
Continued by:
Australian Science Fiction Review. Second Series

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