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John Bangsund John Bangsund i(A31293 works by) (a.k.a. J. Bangsund)
Born: Established: 1939 ; Died: Ceased: 22 Aug 2020 Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 Kilometre Devaluation Shock Report John Bangsund , 2021 single work prose
— Appears in: The Alien Review , August no. 2 2021; (p. 24-25)
1 Glimpses of a Golden Age: or, How I Became an Editor John Bangsund , 2020 single work prose
— Appears in: SF Commentary , October no. 103 2020; (p. 37-44)
1 1968 and All That John Bangsund , 2020 single work prose
— Appears in: SF Commentary , October no. 103 2020; (p. 31-37)
1 A Way of Life : The Confessions of an SF Addict John Bangsund , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: SF Commentary , October no. 103 2020; (p. 24-30) Editor's note: Written in 1968, for Apastron, edited by Gary Woodman
and Doug Kewley, Easter 1968.
1 An Introduction to Wynne Whiteford (1986) John Bangsund , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Chained to the Alien : The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review 2009; (p. 124)
1 y separately published work icon John Bangsund's Threepenny Planet John Bangsund , Melbourne : John Bangsund , 2005- 5989673 2005 website essay

Comprises a selection of Bangsund's writing from The Society of Editors Newsletter, Australian Book Review, Philosophical Gas, The Times Bicycle Pump Supplement and other journals of moment; together with an introduction to Prestressed Concrete Verse and spurious anecdotes of Keats and Chapman.
1 On Looking it Up : A Ramble on Books and Editing John Bangsund , 1994 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 53 no. 2 1994; (p. 211-224)
1 Thirteen Forewords to the Gospel St John (for Les Murray) i "In the beginning, Word.", John Bangsund , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Spring vol. 3 no. 1 1992; (p. 9)
1 Coming Up for Blair : A Song of J. Prufred Alfrock i "`Mistah Brando - he dead'", John Bangsund , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Spring vol. 3 no. 1 1992; (p. 9) SF Commentary , October no. 103 2020; (p. 45)
1 Gnomenclutter or Thirty-One Hexagonies of James Joyce (for Teresa Pitt) i "`Let me finger their eurhythmytic'", John Bangsund , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Spring vol. 3 no. 1 1992; (p. 8)
1 Poetry and Prestressed Concrete Verse John Bangsund , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Spring vol. 3 no. 1 1992; (p. 6-8)
1 An Anecdote of Keats and Chapman John Bangsund , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Spring vol. 2 no. 1 1991; (p. 33)
1 Heavy Metal i "Around the suburbs older boys", John Bangsund , 1990 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Spring vol. 1 no. 1 1990; (p. 30)
1 Foucault His Pendulum (for Jenny Lee) i "Up tails all", John Bangsund , 1990 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Spring vol. 1 no. 1 1990; (p. 30)
1 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)
1 The Fanzine Phenomenon John Bangsund , 1973 single work
— Appears in: Australian Author , vol. 5 no. 1 1973; (p. 13-17)
1 1 y separately published work icon John W. Campbell : An Australian Tribute John Bangsund (editor), Canberra : Ronald E. Graham , 1972 5990770 1972 selected work essay criticism

Comprises essays and tributes presented at an Australian symposium held in honour of Campbell in 1972.
1 1 y separately published work icon Philosophical Gas John Bangsund (editor), 1970 Kingston : Parergon Books , 1970-1995 5989462 1970 periodical correspondence review essay (5 issues)
1 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.
1 5 y separately published work icon Australian Science Fiction Review Australian SF Review John Bangsund (editor), Melbourne : John Bangsund , 1966-1969 Z813110 1966-1969 periodical (4 issues) 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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