Bruce Gillespie

(February 17, 1947 –)

Bruce Gillespie (2010). Thanks to Mike Ward.

Bruce Richard Gillespie is an Australian fanwriter, fanzine editor, and small-press publisher probably best known for his long-running fanzine SF Commentary. In 2004, Irwin Hirsh published the The Incompleat Bruce Gillespie. SF Commentary was nominated for the 1972 Best Fanzine Hugo, the 1973 Best Fanzine Hugo, and the 1975 Best Fanzine Hugo.

He was one of the administrators of The Tucker Bag fan fund. He was responsible for one of the hoax Australian NASFiCs. He was made a life member of the Melbourne Science Fiction Club.

Along with Carey Handfield and Rob Gerrand, Bruce was a founding editor of Norstrilia Press, which published Greg Egan's first novel.

Apas: ANZAPA (1968- ), APA-45 (in early '70s), FAPA (1984-94), Acnestis (1995-).

Bring Bruce Bayside

This BBB was a fan fund campaign that sent Gillespie to Corflu 22 and Potlatch 14 in 2005.

Newszine: Bring Bruce Bayside Bulletin. A one-shot fanzine, The Incompleat Bruce Gillespie was compiled by Irwin Hirsh. There was also a fanzine auction.

Trip Report (part 1): American Kindness.

More Reading

• Fanzines at eFanzines.
• Bruce Gillespie ASFDAP posts.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• American Kindness
• *brg* (for ANZAPA)
• Collingwood Capers (for ANZAPA)
• Dreams and False Alarms [1980s] (for FAPA)
• Good Night, Sweet Prince (for ANZAPA)
• The Great Cosmic Donut of Life (for Acnestis)
• Invisible Whistling Bunyips (for APA-45)
• Journal of Omphalistic Epistemology with John Foyster
• Kisses Sweeter than Cactus (for ANZAPA)
• The Marshian Chronicles
• Mellow (for ANZAPA)
• The Metaphysical Review (included in ANZAPA, FAPA, and APA-45)
• Notes of a Naif Son (for ANZAPA)
• Norstrilian News
• Norstrilian Reviews [1970] (some issues; with John Foyster)
• Raw Bits [1985-90] (for ANZAPA)
• Scratch Pad
• SF Commentary
• Shark-Infested Custard [1983]
• Steam Engine Time with Maureen Kincaid Speller, Paul Kincaid and Janine Stinson
• Supersonic Snail (for ANZAPA)
• Sweetness and Light
• Treasure (for ANZAPA)
• Wordy-Gurdy (for ANZAPA)
• The Year of Living Frantically

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1971 -- Melbourne Science Fiction Club Achievement Award
• 1972 -- Advention 1, Best Fanzine Hugo nominee
• 1973 -- Best Fanzine Hugo nominee
• 1975 -- Best Fanzine Hugo nominee
• 1976 -- Unicon II
• 1977 -- Ditmar Award for Best Australian Fanzine for SF Commentary
• 1983 -- Harry Harrison Award for Promoting Science Fiction Internationally
• 1994 -- Constantinople
• 1999 -- Aussiecon 3
• 2004 -- Immediate Past President of the Fan Writers of America
• 2005 -- Bring Bruce Bayside
• 2007 -- A. Bertram Chandler Award for services to fandom
• 2008 -- Conflux 5, Peter McNamara Achievement Award
• 2009 -- FAAn Award for Best Fan Writer
• 2018 -- Ditmar Award for Best Australian Fan Publication in Any Medium for SF Commentary
• 2018 -- FAAn Award for Lifetime Achievement
• 2019 -- Eternity Award
• 2020 -- Ditmar Award for Best Fan Publication in Any Medium
• 2021 -- Ditmar Award Best Fan Writer
• 2024 -- FAAn Award for Best Genzine
• William Atheling Jr. Award
• More Ditmar Awards.

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