Murray writes:
Hi Mob members and friends –
Paul Kincaid, our speaker on Wednesday 3 September, writes “The title of the talk is “Molly and Lemady and Keith”, but that’s really all that’s needed beforehand. I make passing reference to most of his books during the talk, especially Pavane and The Chalk Giants and Molly Zero, but there is no great need for people to rush out and read them first. (I’m rather hoping that people might be tempted to rush out and read them afterwards, but that is a different thing.)”
You know the deal. One of science fiction’s finest critics on one of science fiction’s most interesting writers, directly dialled in to the luxury of your own home or gathered with the fen as we cluster around a large screen in the pristine fashionable white-and-grey expanse of the Conference Room at the Kensington Town Hall, Melbourne.
Meeting details are below, closely followed by a report of last month’s discussion of the best Hugo candidates.
The Hugos are announced tonight as I write this.
I’m travelling this month and so the usual second reminder email is unlikely to happen. If you rely on that nearer-the-night reminder, please set your social calendars and reminder alarms now to Paul Kincaid on Keith Roberts.
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Molly and Lemady and Keith
Paul Kincaid is our guest for September’s meeting, speaking about Keith Roberts via Zoom from the UK.
“Pavane (stories March-July 1966 Impulse; coll of linked stories 1968; rev with “The White Boat” [December 1966 New Worlds] added 1969) superbly depicts an Alternate History in which – Elizabeth I having been assassinated, the Spanish Armada victorious and no Protestant rise of capitalism in the offing – a technologically backward England survives under the sway of the Catholic Church Militant. The individual stories are moody, eloquent, elegiac and thoroughly convincing. The Inner Wheel (coll of linked stories 1970) deals with the kind of gestalt Superman-cum-Telepathy theme made familiar by Theodore Sturgeon‘s More Than Human (fixup 1953) and is similarly powerful.”
— Science Fiction Encyclopedia, text by John Clute.
https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/roberts_keith
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Please share this invitation with like-minded friends and fans
Face to face
You are invited to a Nova Mob meeting gathered near a big Zoom-related TV screen at the Kensington Town Hall: Wednesday 3 September 2025. 8.00pm – 9.00 (formal close), first floor Presentation Room.
Lift access. Stairs access. Both available.
Zoom meeting closes about 9.20pm or so.
Kensington Town Hall
30 – 34 Bellair St|
Kensington Melbourne VIC 3031
By Zoom – simulcast
You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Please join us on-line!
Wednesday 3 September 2025
8.00pm – 9.30 pm Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney time|
7.30pm – 9.00pm Adelaide time
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4177583193?pwd=VjdPL1BhSTBNclN2YnRsejN3Y1hlUT09
Passcode: nova
Meeting ID: 417 758 3193
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Pre-Mob dining
Mob members continue to experiment with the local hostelries as we await the return of the Traditional Fannish Pub.
Rick’s place – no RSVP required!
507 Macauley Rd Kensington. “Reviews highly”. Gluten-free
Table for four under the name of the Nova Mob SF Discussion group also Murray, 6.00pm for 6.15, through to 8.00pm.
A short walk up the hill from the Kensington Railway Station. Not the Newmarket Station!
The Adelaide Fan Review 
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