Nuke

Editor

AntipodeanSF

Participates in 4 items

Nuke is the editor and publisher of AntipodeanSF, Australia’s longest running online speculative fiction magazine, regularly issued since January 1998. He has been a zealous reader and occasional writer of SF since his childhood in the 1960s. “Nuke”, lives in the New South Wales North Coast holiday destination of Nambucca Heads, where he is self-employed in IT training, computer support, desktop publishing, editing, writing, and website implementation. He is also the resident tech-head, skeptic, and Vice President of community radio station 2NVR, where he produces a number of shows including “Imagine This” and “The AntipodeanSF Radio Show”.

Sessions in which Nuke participates

Thursday 29 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

9:30 PM

Nuke's SF Trivia Quiz - “Klaatu barada nikto!”

1 hour, 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Collaborative

Nuke, AntipodeanSF (Participant)

Friday 30 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

2:00 PM

SF movies that engage the brain

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Panel

Nuke, AntipodeanSF (Participant)

Ian Nichols, Miskatonic University (Participant)

Laura Gladstone (Participant)

One of the most notable elements of written science fiction is the focus on exploring ideas in depth and speculating about the effects of technolog...

5:00 PM

Never, ever underestimate a library

1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Panel

Nuke, AntipodeanSF (Moderator)

David Medlen (Participant)

Ms Jessica Davey (Participant)

Ms Jess Bridges (Participant)

Edwina Harvey, Peggy Bright Books (Participant)

The internet has brought a decreased need to travel to a physical place to find facts or even fiction. Freed from these housekeeping tasks, what am...

Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

11:00 AM

Science fiction's boneyard

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7

Panel

PRK (Moderator)

Cat Sparks (Participant)

Nuke, AntipodeanSF (Participant)

Carol Ryles (Participant)

Foz Meadows (Participant)

Does science fiction even exist anymore? The panellists examine how reality has caught up with and overtaken anything storytelling has to offer. Ho...

Sessions in which Nuke attends

Thursday 29 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

6:30 PM

Opening Ceremony

1 hour, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Keynote

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Wolf Bylsma (Participant)

Emily K Smith (Participant)

Foz Meadows (Participant)

Barbara de la Hunty (Participant)

Are you ready??? Meet this year’s team, meet the guests, and get the lowdown on all things Swancon 2018.Welcome to Country ceremony will be...

8:30 PM

Reliving Our Childhoods- The influence of the 70s and 80s on SF

1 hour, 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Panel

RIchard McAllister (Participant)

Sally Beasley (Participant)

Ian Nichols, Miskatonic University (Participant)

From long-running SF franchises like Star Wars and Star Trek to the visual design of Blade Runner, the 70s and 80s have cast long shadows over cont...

9:30 PM

Nuke's SF Trivia Quiz - “Klaatu barada nikto!”

1 hour, 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Collaborative

Nuke, AntipodeanSF (Participant)

Friday 30 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

10:00 AM

Believing Impossible Things

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Panel

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

Chris Creagh, Retired (Participant)

Dr Andrew Williams (Participant)

Luke Chandler-Hopkins (Participant)

Humans are good at believing improbable, or even impossible, things. This panel will sort out the degrees of impossibility involved in key science ...

3:00 PM

Australian TV: Early days to Cleverman

1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Damian Magee (Participant)

The style of storytelling in Australian TV has changed radically from the early days of Homicide to Cleverman. The panellists look at the changes, ...

6:00 PM

Horror Movie: It's the 6.30 News

1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Panel

Cat Sparks (Participant)

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

Robert Hood (Participant)

9:00 PM

Worst Movies We Ever Saw

1 hour, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

Yoli Lawrence (Participant)

Kat Clay, Mrs. (Participant)

Our panelists present their picks for the worst sf, fantasy and horror movies they ever saw. Audience members who can make a convincing case for ev...

Saturday 31 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

9:00 AM

Welcome to Swancon

1 hour, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Workshop

Jack Bridges Jack (Participant)

Ms Jess Bridges (Participant)

You've been here a day, and now there's things you want to know. Or you skipped Friday, and today is your first day! Meet some friendly (and possib...

10:00 AM

Mining the Mundane

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 6

Panel

Satima Flavell (Participant)

Nanci Nott (Participant)

Writers and content creators use a range of sources and techniques to nurture the creative spark. Sometimes these sources are their own lives and h...

11:00 AM

Technohorror

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Panel

Linda McAllister (Moderator)

Kat Clay, Mrs. (Participant)

Robert Hood (Participant)

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

How do horror writers and film-makers deal with advances in tech such as cell phones - giving characters a light source and the ability to call...

Engaging Your Readers

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5

Panel

Amanda Bridgeman (Participant)

Emma Hall, IngramSpark (Participant)

A shiny cover image and a snappy pull quote for your book won't work unless you can encourage your readers to look. The panellists talk through mai...

12:00 PM

Ryan J Griffen Guest of Honour event

1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Keynote

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

3:00 PM

Real People, Imaginary Stories

1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Panel

Dave Luckett (Participant)

Sarah Parker (Moderator)

Ian Nichols, Miskatonic University (Participant)

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

4:00 PM

Print on Demand: It's more than just printing.

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Talk

Emma Hall and Julie-ann Harper present on self publishing and print-on-demand. They discuss the growth of self publishing; the importance of invest...

7:00 PM

Masquerade

5 hours, 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Collaborative

9:00 PM

Filking

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Collaborative

Filking is folk singing of pop songs with fandom-related lyrics, much like Weird Al’s ouvre. Both experienced filkers and novices are welcome to co...

Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

10:00 AM

With a whimper, not a bang

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Panel

Rachel Watts (Participant)

Elaine Walker (Ariaflame) (Participant)

Cat Sparks (Participant)

Rather than ending in a loud, messy apocalyptic bang, what if climate change turns out to be a slow, terrible descent into poor drinking water, mos...

12:00 PM

Creating the Cleverman Comics: Emily Smith's and Wolf Bylsma's Guest of Honour event

1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Talk

Fern Clarke (Moderator)

Wolf Bylsma (Participant)

Emily K Smith (Participant)

Emily Smith and Wolf Bylsma give a presentation on the creative and practical processes behind developing the Cleverman comics, explaining how the ...

5:00 PM

The Colours Out of Space

1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 5

Talk

Ian Nichols, Miskatonic University (Participant)

6:00 PM

Cross-fertilising, from genre to aesthetic

1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

Lyss Wickramasinghe, The Never Never Book Box (Participant)

Carol Ryles (Participant)

Rebecca Laffar-Smith, Sci Fi Fantasy Author (Participant)

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Cross-fertilising genres gives awesome results like the SF spy novel and the supernatural romance. The panel discusses why these combinations are s...

8:00 PM

WA Awards Ceremony (Tin Ducks)

30 minutes, 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Keynote

Western Australia’s own SF/F/etc. Awards since 1982, the Tin Ducks are awarded each year at Swancon. (The name is a play on another WA award, the S...

8:30 PM

National Awards Ceremony (Ditmars)

30 minutes, 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Keynote

Australia’s national SF awards since 1969, the Ditmars are awarded each year at the Natcon, which this year is Swancon.These fan-voted awards i...

Monday 2 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth

10:00 AM

Desiree’s Music Chill-out Room

1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

11:00 AM

Apocalyptic outback Australia

1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

Mrs Davina Watson (Participant)

Rachel Watts (Participant)

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Jack Bridges Jack (Participant)

Some non-urban regions of Australia seem like the apocalypse has already arrived. (Ever driven through a small wheatbelt town on a Sunday afternoon...

2:00 PM

Philosophy of Mind in SF

1 hour, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Moderator)

Luke Chandler-Hopkins (Participant)

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Sally Beasley (Participant)

What is the mind? How closely does the mind depend on the biological nature of the brain? The mind/body split has a long and not always noble histo...

4:00 PM

Closing Ceremony

1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Keynote

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Barbara de la Hunty (Participant)

Foz Meadows (Participant)

Emily K Smith (Participant)

Wolf Bylsma (Participant)

It’s four days later, your tiredness has reached the point where anything is funny, and you’re in a roomful of people you’ve shared the convention ...