New NYC-Area Convention Coming in 2017

Mark Richards, who resigned as the Lunacon chair last December saying that circumstances did not allow him to present the kind of con he envisioned, is returning to conrunning as chair of HELIOsphere. The new convention will debut March 10-12, 2017 in Tarrytown, New York.

The website explains the theme:

The Heliosphere is the bubble-like region of space dominated by our sun, extending way past Pluto…to where the solar wind gives way to interstellar space.

HELIOsphere is our bubble, our world within a world for a weekend. Where fans of science fiction and fantasy participate in a shared appreciation of all things other-worldly.

Our group is comprised of fans who have come together to reimagine fandom…and to host a convention in the greater New York area for a new generation. A convention that aims to be a diverse, imaginative and all-inclusive experience.

The con’s guest of honor will be Jacqueline Carey, author of Kushiel’s Dart and three trilogies set in the world created for that novel. She is also the author of The Sundering series, high fantasy considered from the “dark” side, as well as the dystopian novels Santa Olivia and Saints Astray, and the paranormal Agent of Hel series.

The committee members are: Mark W. Richards, Chair, Elizabeth Crefin, Mary Catelynn Cunningham, Gabby Morel, Tara Walsh, Debi Chowdbury, Joni Brill Dashoff, Ira Donewitz, Maria Daggett Eskinazi, Larry Nelson, Andrea Senchy, Wrenn Sims, Ken Winter.

HELIOsphere 2017 will be at the DoubleTree in Tarrytown.

The convention’s parent organization is New Amsterdam Science Fiction and Fantasy Fandom (NASF3).

7 thoughts on “New NYC-Area Convention Coming in 2017

  1. Huh. NASF had guerilla flyers at Arisia for “FTLcon coming to New York in 2017.”

  2. They’re not shy about going head-to-head with Lunacon, are they? Assuming Lunacon keeps going.

  3. David Shallcross: They’re not shy about going head-to-head with Lunacon, are they? Assuming Lunacon keeps going.

    As far as I can tell, Lunacon has not yet announced their 2017 dates. It will be interesting to see when (and if) they do set dates.

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  5. @JJ: Lunacon has announced dates. They are shifting to April 7-89, 2017, and moving to the Westchester Marriot, where Lunacon had been from 1986-1990. (It moved because it outgrew the space, but the Marriot has expanded subsequently.)

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