Chicon 7 has created the Peggy Rae Sapienza Endowment at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb using surplus funds. The purpose of the fund is to provide financial support to benefit the Northern Illinois University Library, Special Collections, enabling the procurement, … Continue reading
Kevin Standlee has posted video of Chicon 7’s Opening and Closing Ceremonies. They were shot by Lisa Hayes and Kevin through the good offices of Lisa’s video-production company, Tsuki Systems LLC. Kevin comments: It’s taken me a while to get … Continue reading
Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin appeared on Peter Sagal’s NPR game show Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me today. We’ve invited Martin to take a quiz called Game of Trombones. Three questions about things that rhyme with thrones. … Continue reading
Kate Kligman’s tweets about being fired by the Chicon 7 committee and her account of the reasons, which began appearing around September 5, have elicited an official response from the committee. Kligman’s Twitter account carries tweets and links to posts from fans … Continue reading
The Chicon 7 committee has answered concerns about access and complaints about its hoax program panel — “Chicon Acknowledges Concerns of Mobility-Impaired Members” Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), has acknowledged the concerns expressed by a number … Continue reading
The final membership statistics for Chicon 7 are not yet public, however the daily newzine released on Sunday afternoon gave the latest count as 4,776 members present and 5,133 attending memberships sold. That is enough to make Chicon 7 the … Continue reading
There’s an illuminating discussion of access problems at Chicon 7 on Sasha’s Dreams, sparked by a letter from Karen Moore. I didn’t realize how frustrating it was for fans in mobile wheelchairs (mobis) to navigate the Hyatt. However I did … Continue reading
Mo Ryan of the Huffington Post interviewed George R.R. Martin on the program at Chicon 7. Steven H Silver adds: About three minutes before the panel, I brought Peter Sagal of Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me into the room and introduced … Continue reading
The Main Business Meeting at Chicon 7 ratified the new Best Fancast category [PDF file], most of the changes to the Semiprozine and Fanzine Hugo categories [PDF file] first passed at Renovation in 2011, the existing Best Graphic Story category … Continue reading
Chicon 7’s Opening Ceremonies on Thursday afternoon began with a four-piece guitar band silhouetted against a lavender-lit backdrop. Then bright spots illuminated the stage, set with a desk and black sofas in talk-show format. The band cranked up and its … Continue reading