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John Bangsund was a prominent Australian science fiction fan in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Career

His fanzine, Australian San Francisco Review, did much to help revive sf fandom in Australia during the 1960s. He was co-chair of the 9th Australian South.F. Convention (1970), and Fan Guest of Honor at Ozcon (1974 Australian National San Francisco Convention). John Bangsund was the instigator of the term Muphry"s law, which states that "if you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written".

John West. Campbell: an Australian tribute (1972) Scythrop (1969–1972) Philosophical Gas Parergon Papers.

Achievements

  • Hugo Award for Best Fanzine 1967, Australian San Francisco Review, nominated Hugo Award for Best Fanzine 1968, Australian San Francisco Review, nominated Ditmar Award Best Australian Amateur Science Fiction Publication or Fanzine 1969, Australian San Francisco Review, winner Ditmar Award Best Australian Fanzine 1972, Scythrop, nominated Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer 1975, nominated Ditmar Award Best Australian Fan Writer 1979, nominated Ditmar Award William Atheling Junior Award 1979, Parergon Papers 10, ANZAPA, October 1978, nominated Chandler Award, 2001.

Membership

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 ).