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Finding List for the Susan Smith-Clarke Collection

Biographical Note
Content Note

Collection List
  • Serials
  • Monographs
  • Other Publications
    • Convention Publications
    • Calendars
    • Ephemera

A descriptive essay about the Susan Smith-Clark Fanzine Collection is also available.


Biographical Note

Susan Batho (formerly Smith-Clarke), born 1953 in the Western suburbs of Sydney, discovered Star Trek at the age of 13. She works for UWS Nepean's Research Centre, and is currently (in 1998) a PhD candidate studying the relationships between fan writing and intellectual copyright. She has won awards nationally and internationally for writing and editing in small press publications, as well as being a professional author. As of 1988 she has produced over 400 fanzines, run 6 conventions for science fiction media fans, and participates in the many on-line discussion groups about writing, television, science fiction, and small press publications.

Content Note

The collection contains the following items:

  • 77 serial titles
  • 13 monographs
  • 15 proceedings of conventions and associated material
  • 3 calendars
  • various ephemeral items

Items may be searched by individual titles to locate them in the National Library collection.

Collection List

Serials

Australian playbeing
Newsletter of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Fan Club.
No. 15 (June 1986) ; no. 29 (Nov. 1991)
Australian science fiction bullsheet
Newsletter/infozine published by Mark Ortlieb, Forest Hill, Victoria for the Australian Science Fiction Association.
No. 32 (12 May 1995)-no. 34 (9 June 1995); no. 55 (7 June 1996); no. 86 (24 Oct. 1997)
Australian SF news
Newsletter .
no. 27 (Jan. 1982)-no. 31 (Sept./Dec. 1981); no. 34 (July 1983)-no. 35 (Oct. 1983)
Beyond Antares
Fanzine of ASTREX, New South Wales.
No. 11.
Blue news
Newsletter (mainly movies)
Vol, no. 1 (Nov. 1990)
Bulletin from the bridge
Newsletter SASTREK
No. 1 (Jan. 1980)-no. 6 ([1980]); Dec. 1980-Jan. 1981; Mar. 1981-Apr. 1981
Bulletin of the S.A. Star Trek Fan Club
Newsletter
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 1977)-v. 1, no. 3 ([1977?])
Captain's briefs.
Newsletter of the Aussietrek conventions.
3 issues dating from 1979 and 1980
Captain's log.
Newsletter of Austrek, Victoria.
82 issues ranging from May 1977-Mar. 1997
Centero
Letterzine (orig. Blake's 7, later multi-media) Published by N. White, Canberra
50 issues ranging from Aug. 1982 to Jan. 1995
Central control
Newsletter of the Star Trek Association of Fans and Friends, Queensland (STAFF), later QUEST.
No. 1 ( Sept. 1977)-no. 8 ([1978])
Chronicles
Blake's 7 fanzine, published by Susan Clarke, N.S.W.
Issue no. 55 (Apr. 1994)
Communicator.
Newsletter of Enterprise, the Star Trek Appreciation Society of Victoria
Issue 2 (Dec. 1993)
Companions
Fanzine (multi-media), published by Karen Herkes, Canberra
No. 1 ([1980?])-4 (Dec. 1987)
Computer printout ( catalogued as Newsletter (Star Trek Association of Fans and Friends)
Newsletter of STAFF.
Issue no. 1 (June 1977)-issue no. 17 (Apr. 1979)
Constellation
Newsletter of WESTREK.
50 issues ranging in date from Feb.1982 to Jan.1995.
Crystal connection
Newsletter/letterzine (Beauty and the Beast), published by Jenny Bozovic, N.S.W.
Vol. 1, issue 2 (Nov. 1990)-v. 1, issue 3 (Jan. 1991); v. 1, issue 5 (May 1991)-v. 1, issue 6 (July 1991)
Cypher
Newsletter of Liberator Australia (Blake's 7)
No. 1 (Dec. 1989) - 2 copies
Darkling zone
Fanzine (Fantasy), published by Montoya Press, Qld.
Vol. 1, no. 1 (1989); no. 3 (1990)
Dodecahedron
Apazine - Dr. Who Published in Canberra by N. White
No. 2 (June 1987)-no. 5 (June 1988)
DSV-2
Fanzine of The System (Blake's 7)
1st issue ([1987?])
Ethel the aardvark
Fanzine of the Melbourne Science Fiction Club.
No. 64 (Oct. 1995)-no. 65 ([Dec.] 1995)
Event horizon
Fanzine (literary with some media) of James Ruse Science Fiction Club.
Vol. 1, no. 1 ([mid 1970's?])
Forerunner
Fanzine (literary), published by Sydney Science Fiction Foundation
Vol. 4, no. 9 (Dec. 1981)
Galaxy newsletter
Newsletter of the Galaxy SF shop in Sydney
No. 32 (Mar./Apr. 1986)
Gegenschein
Fanzine (literary). published by Eric Lindsay, N.S.W.
70 (May 1994) - 71 (Nov. 1994)
Genesis
Star Trek fanzine
Issue 1 (1983)-issue 2 (1983)
In teddies we trust
Newsletter of a teddy-bear collectors group
13 issues ranging from May 1988 to Aug. 1995
Inconsequential parallax
Fanzine (mulit-media), published by Narrelle Harris, W.A.
Issue 5 (Sept. 1990)-issue 6 (Apr. 1991)
Jedi report
Newsletter of H.A.M.I.L.L.S. Star Wars Appreciation Society of Australia.
No. 5 (Dec. 1983)-no. 6 (Mar. 1984)
Lodestar
Fanzine (Blake's 7), published by Gail Neville, N.S.W.
Issue #1 (Dec. 1984)-issue #4 (Dec. 1985)
Log of the U.S.S. Quest
Newsletter of Quest (Star Trek); change of title from Quest newsletter.
Issue no. 117 (Mar./Apr. 1995)
McCoy tapes
Newsletter of Decoy (DeForrest Kelly fan club)
62 issues ranging from Mar. 1980-June 1995.
Metaluna
Fanzine (literary - but dealing with multi-media as well), published by John Tipper.
10 issues, ranging from Apr. 1986 to 1990.
MM
Fanzine (literary), published by John Tipper.
20 (1987)
Murmurs
Fanzine (Blake's 7 and others), published by New Horizons, Qld.
Vol.. 2, no. 7; v. 3, no. 2 - v. 3, no. 4
Newsletter ( Canberra Science Fiction Society)
Newsletter
Aug. 1993; Apr./May 1994-June 1994; Aug. 1994-Sept. 1994
Oscillation overthruster
Fanzine (Literary)
Issue 3 (Oct. 1995); issue 7 (July 1996)
Out of the ashes
Fanzine (literary), published by M. Beamish
Issue #1 (midyear 1987) - 2 copies
Pangalia
Fanzine, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Published by Edwina Harvey, N.S.W.
6 (1985)
Phase
Fanzine of Aftermath (Blake's 7 club)
No. 22 (Sept. 1985)
Phoenix
Fanzine (Blake's 7), published by Narrelle Harris, A.C.T.
{No. 1} (Nov. 1983)-no. 3 ([1985?])
Prime directive
Fanzine of Trek Australis, N.S.W.
Vol. 1, issue 3 (Jan./Mar. 1994)
Probe
Newsletter, Star Trek, published by Jenine Adams, W.A.
Vol. 1, no.1 (Mar. 1987)
Pursuit
Newsletter of T.N.T., a Brian Croucher/Travis fanclub (Blake's 7)
No. 1 (Mar. 1983)
Quest newsletter
Newsletter of Quest, Queensland.
36 issues ranging from July 1979 to Nov. 1983.
Rat's tale
Fanzine (literary) published by Wendy Ratter of N.S.W.
Issue 2 (Feb. 1989)-issue 3 (Mar. 1989); issue 6 (May 1989); issue 12 (1990?)
Rebel report
Continues Jedi report.
No. 15 (winter 1986)
Red squadron dispatches
Newsletter of Red Squadron, Battlestar Galactica club of Victoria.
24 issues ranging from No. 1 (1987) to app. 1994.
Review zine
Reviews etc. published by Susan Smith-Clarke, Faulconbridge, N.S.W.
No. 42 (June 1996)-no. 44 (Sept 1996)
Rum rebellion
Newsletter of the U.S.S. Bounty, N.C.C. 1988, Flagship Star-Fleet Australia.
Mar. 1981
SASTREK news
Newsletter of SASTREK
No. 1 ({1978?}) - no. 2 ({1978}); no. 4 (Jan. 1979) - no. 5 (Mar. 1979)
Scenario
Fanzine (Greatest American Hero), published by Narrelle Harris, A.C.T.
11 issues ranging from 1984 to Oct. 1987
Short circuit
The Professionals fanzine published by Joanne Keating, N.S.W.
#17 (June 1994)
S.I.G. : spectrum is green
newsletter of Spectrum (mainly Gerry Anderson productions)
No. 6 (1982)
So you say
Fanzine (literary), published by Shayne McCormack, N.S.W.
No. 1 (Sept. 1992); no. 7 (Jan./Feb. 1994); no. 9 (May/June 1994)-no. 10 (July/Nov. 1994)
Sons of Kiron III
Fanzine, Star Trek : The Next Generation, published by Ian McLean, N.S.W.
2 (Oct. 1991)
Space news
Newsletter of the Southern Cross L-5 Society
Sept. 1982
Spiral staircase
Newsletter of the Beauty and the Beast Fan Club of Victoria
No. 1 (Aug. 1989)
Star struck
Fanzine (literary with some media) of the James Ruse Science Fiction Club.
Oct. 1976; 2 issues from 1977 with no designation
Starwalking : the newsletter
Newsletter of Starwalking (Star Wars)
Issue 4 (spring 1989)-issue 5 (summer 1989/90); issue 8 (spring 1990); issue 19/20 (winter/spring 1994)
Sweetness and light
Fanzine (literary), published by Jack Herman, N.S.W.
No. 4 (Oct. 1989)
Sydney Space Association newsletter
Newsletter
No. 7 (Oct. 1989)
The System
Newsletter of the System (Blake's 7)
1 issue (no designation) - 2copies
Tau Ceti
Fanzine of SASTREK
170 issues ranging from 1978-Mar. 1997
Thrall
Fanzine of Sigma (Star Trek) [Sigma was a small group of c. 10 schoolgirls in Sydney 1971 - approx. 1974]
No. 3 ([1971/]) - 2 copies
Thyme
Fanzine (literary), published by I. Hirsch, Vic.
99 (Oct. 1994)-100 (Dec. 1994); 102 (Mar. 1995) - 104 (July 1995)- 105 (Sept. 1995); 109 (May 1996)
Time loop
Newsletter of a Dr. Who fan club, published by Paul Kennedy, N.S.W.
No. 89 (Nov. 1988)-no. 90 (Dec. 1988)
Trekkie talk
Newsletter of Austrek, Victoria.
No. 1 (Dec. 1976)-no. 2 (Jan. 1977)
Trekkin'
Newsletter, published by Catherine Brown and Karen Rodrigues, Queensland
No. 1 (1978); official no. 1 (1979)
Truffles
Newsletter of the Roddenberry Fan Fund
No. 2 ([1985?])
T'salta.
Fanzine published by Mary G.T. Webber, New South Wales.
Issue no. 1 (1983)-issue no. 2 (1983)
Ultrawarp
Newsletter of Time-Trekkers (Dr. Who and Star Trek)
Issue 19 (June/July 1996)
USS Ultimus
Newsletter of the Tasmanian Science Fiction Association.
9 (Sept. 1980)-10 (Xmas 1980)
Weberwoman's wrevenge
Fanzine (literary), published by Jean Weber.
Vol. 8, no. 2 (Nov. 1994)
WESTREK newsletter
Newsletter
June 1982-Nov. 1982.
Xenon
Fanzine of Aftermath (Blake's 7)
No. 3 (1984)

Monographs

Blake's seven Christmas filksongs. Australia : Country Dunny Press for Lodestar, 198-?

Blake's seven Christmas filksongbook / Gail Neville. New South Wales : G. Neville, 198-?

Christmas wishes. Australia : s.n., 198-? (a filk songbook)

Dragon's dreaming / edited by Edwina Harvey. Matraville, N.S.W. : Egotrip Publications, 1985

An easy way to heaven / Edwina Harvey. (Part one of Tahler's trilogy) Matraville, N.S.W. : E.Harvey, 1980.

Enchiridion 2 / editor: Patricia Anderson. Brisbane : Con Amore, 1985.

I seek an answer / M. Miller. S. l. : M. Miller, 198-?

The Liberator journal / Mark Lang ... [et al.] Adelaide : Aftermath, 1984.

A mortal's glimpse of heaven / Edwina Harvey. (Part two of Tahler's trilogy). Matraville, N.S.W. : E. Harvey, 1981.

The star change / [Moira Dahlberg] Western Australia : M. Dahlberg, 1982.

Thomas Wolfe was right / Monica Mitchell. Newcastle, N.S.W. : S & M Press, 1981.

Trip '78 / Eric Lindsay. Faulconbridge, N.S.W. : E. Lindsay, 1978.

The UFO file / compiled by Cathy Lynn Goodwin.Strathfield, N.S.W. Metaluna, 1990.

Other Publications

Convention Publications

Anderthon 1981
Programme book
Cometcon 1986
Programme book
Con Amore 1985
Programme book
Conquest 1982
Post Conquest report
Conquest 1983
Programme book
Post Conquest report
Conspire 1989
Post-con report
Convention of the Great Klingnon Empire 1981
Langauge guide
Programme book
Play programme
Eccentricon 1987 (Medtrek III)
Post-con report
Festival of the Imagination
[Progress report]
Medtrek 1 1982
Programme book
Medtrek 5
Progress report no. 3
Starfleet Academy Convention 1992
Programme book
A tribute to the USS Enterprise
Technical training manual
Oath to Starfleet
Filksong sheet
Quiz sheet
Poster
Pamphlet advertising Star trek : the wrath of Khan
Trekcon 2 1981
Post-con report
Trekcon III 1987
Cadets orientation manual {programme book}
Victoricon 1991
Conbook

Calendars

Blake's 7 calendar 1989
Star trek calendar 1987 (2 copies)
Vulcan wildlife calendar 1978 / Randy Ash

Ephemera

Advertisement for Austrek
Advertisement for Starfleet International
Advertisement for UFO fanzine
Announcement of mini-con (Star Trek Fan Club of S.A.)
Bookmark advertising Starwalking club
Constitution of Austrek
Constitution of SASTREK
Constitution of WESTREK
Leaflet concerning Astrex meeting
Leaflet concerning Canberra Science Fiction Society
Leaflet concerning 1996 Enterprise raffle
Memo to members from SASTREK
Memo to members from Star Trek Association of Fans & Friends
Memo to new members from Austrek
Notice of meeting (S.T.A.F.F.)
Survey form for QUEST fanzines

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