Will there be a 2018 Odyssey Con? That’s the decision now under discussion by the parent organization. Last year Odyssey Con suffered the loss of its three original GoHs as Christopher Mihm and Tad Williams followed Monica Valentinelli out the … Continue reading
Three days after Odyssey Con lost the last of its GoHs over its mishandling of Monica Valentinelli’s safety concerns, the con has recruited two replacements — filmmaker Michael Butts and artist Brent Chumley. Michael Butts aggressively defended his decision in a statement posted … Continue reading
Filmmaker Christopher R. Mihm today became the last of Odyssey Con’s three guests of honor to walk away from the con. He wrote on Facebook: After extensive research gathering opinions and facts and in light of all the craziness surrounding … Continue reading
Author Monica Valentinelli announced today she is withdrawing as Odyssey Con’s Literary/Game Designer GoH, just two weeks before the con takes place, due to a specific individual’s continued presence on the concom and her concern for her safety. I was … Continue reading
Petréa Mitchell’s ambition is to spend a year video-blogging science fiction conventions throughout the world. That won’t be cheap. (Actually, it will be quite expensive.) Will fandom chip in and help realize her dream? It never hurts to ask. That’s … Continue reading
With a name made even more compelling by recent news, Odyssey 2010 is a bid by Rita Medany, Fiona Scarlett and Judith Proctor for the British Eastercon in 2010. Their bid will be voted on at this Easter weekend at Orbital 2008 … Continue reading
Worldcon Wayback Machine Introduction: Thirty years ago today ConFrancisco, the 1993 World Science Fiction Convention, began in San Francisco, California. I thought it would be fun to compile a day-by-day recreation drawing on the report I ran in File 770, Evelyn … Continue reading
The 2023 Chengdu Worldcon opens in 60 days. The committee recently released several videos about the latest progress of the convention. 2023 Chengdu Worldcon mascot awaits you to name it The mascot of the 2023 Chengdu Worldcon is an imaginative … Continue reading
(1) TIME TO APPLY THE BRAKES. “Elon Musk and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak among over 1,100 who sign open letter calling for 6-month ban on creating powerful A.I.” reports Yahoo! Elon Musk and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak are among the prominent technologists … Continue reading
Space Cowboy Books, the Joshua Tree, CA bookstore, has created the Space Cowboy Books Working Class Writers Scholarship for the Odyssey Writing Workshop. Funded by the award-winning Space Cowboy Books, which has the mission to spread the love of science fiction, literature, literacy, and … Continue reading