Bruce Gillespie

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Doug Hooper who notes: Bruce was born in Oakleigh, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, in 1947. He went to primary and secondary school in Oakleigh, then Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. He gained his BA and Diploma of Education from the University of Melbourne, then attempted to teach secondary school for two years. Fortunately he landed a job in publishing in 1971 and was a freelance editor since 1974. He married Elaine Cochrane in 1979, and they currently live in Greensborough, a northern suburb of Melbourne.

He discovered science fiction fandom in 1968, when he published his first SF fanzines. He began SF Commentary in 1969, and it's still being published infrequently.He also published The Metaphysical Review (since 1984) and Steam Engine Time (since 2001), plus many smaller magazines. He has won 18 Ditmar Awards (Australian SF Achievement Awards), 3 William Atheling Awards, and been nominated three times for the Hugo Award.

Pinnacle of his career in SF fandom include being chosen as Fan Guest of Honour at Aussiecon (World SF Convention, Melbourne, 1999), being given a special fan fund to travel to San Francisco for Corflu and Potlatch in 2005, being inducted as a Lifetime Member of the Melbourne SF Club in 2003, and being made Annual Past President of the Fan Writers of America at Corflu in 2005.

Stop Press August 2005: The committee of Continuum 4 have asked him to be Fan Guest of Honour next year (first weekend of August 2006).

Bruce married Elaine Cochran in 1979. (Elaine Cochran was born circa 1950.)