'When in 2010 Damien Broderick was given the A. Bertram Chandler Award for his lifetime service to Aus- tralian SF, many people at the awards ceremony must have wondered who he was. The younger members of conventions in Australia would never have met him, because Damien has been living in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife Barbara Lamar for more than ten years. Even before he moved overseas, he had not been seen at Australian conventions for some time.' (Introduction)