Marc Ortlieb

(1952 – )

Cath Circosta (now Ortlieb) and Marc Ortlieb, 1981. Photo by Joyce Scrivner.

Marc Ortlieb, a Melbourne, Australia, fan, was the founding editor of the fanzine Australian SF Bullsheet, and ended his seven-year tenure as editor in September 2001. He was also an editor of the Australian Science Fiction Foundation fanzine The Instrumentality.

In 1982, he administered the Mid-Atlantic Fan Fund. He was "Convention Muggins" of SpawnCon Two, the 1999 Australian NatCon, and edited the Aussiecon III Progress Reports and convention newsletter, The Monotreme. He was toastmaster of Tschaicon in 1982.

Lists prepared by Marc have been useful starting points for online lists of Australian Natcons, Ditmar Award results, and fan fund candidates. An old website of his has enabled completion of a list of winners of the Australian Science Fiction Media Awards.

He has been a member of FAPA, Stippleapa, and TAPA but is only currently active in ANZAPA. He has been married to fellow fan Cath Ortlieb since May 1984.

• Australian Science Fiction Information website (archived).

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Alician Fields [mid-70s]
• Ariel [1979]
• As Flies
• The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet [1994-2001]
• Dormouse [late 70s-early 80s] (for FAPA)
• Dropping the Shorts [2001]
• The Echo Beach Quarterly [1980]
• The Echo Beach Quarterly Sixteen Fanzine Supplement [1980]
• Energy (for ANZXAPA)
• G'nel (for ANZAPA)
• The Instrumentality (some issues)
• Knot a Bird [2023] (for ANZAPA)
• Knot a Fanzine [2020-]
• Knot Enough Time [2023] (for ANZAPA)
• The Mad Dan Review [1975-76]
• Marc [1976]
• The Monotreme [1999]
• Mutterings from the Teapot [1982-83]
• Q36 [1979-90] (which won the Ditmar Award for Best Fanzine in 1981-1983)
• Stairway to Cleveland [late 80s] (for ANZAPA)
• Tigger [1980s]
• TANSTAAFL
• West of Minsters Library [1979-80]
• What the Dormouse Said [late 70s-early 80s] (for FAPA; aka Dormouse)

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1981–83 — Ditmar Award for Best Fanzine

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1952—

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