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w85-001.jpeg[41KB] Convention Hotel: Southern Cross, Melbourn, Australila. |
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w85-002.jpeg[25KB] Left to right: ???, a New Zealand fan, British fan John Harvey, Americans Charlotte Proctor and Art Widner in the fan lounge in the Victoria Hotel. |
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w85-003.jpeg[21KB] In the Victoria Hotel lounge, British fans John and Eve Harvey were a barometer of the success of our pre-convention lounge lizard act. Early in the evening, we, and they, are still upright. |
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w85-004.jpeg[25KB] Later in the evening, as the level dropped in the bottled refreshments, so too did we sink down into our comfortable cushions. |
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w85-005.jpeg[28KB] Much later in the evening, I don't know where John is (on the floor?) but Eve has pretty well succumbed to the force of gravity. And a good time was had by all. |
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w85-006.jpeg[32KB] At the traditional Hogu Awards ceremony, held in the McDonald's restaurant nearest the con hotel, Larry Niven and Bob Shaw meet beneath a no smoking sign with pipes to hand but unlit. |
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w85-007.jpeg[26KB] DUFF winners Robbie and Marty Cantor, and the Queen. |
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w85-008.jpeg[5KB] Peter Toluzzi also visited the Victoria lounge. |
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w85-009.jpeg[25KB] The Victoria Hotel was an Australian hotel around the corner and down the street from the Southern Cross. |