LoneStarCon 3 News Bulletins
The 2013 Worldcon is a little over a month away. Time to jump on some opportunities that need to be dealt with before the con. Hugo Voting: July 31 at 11:59 CDT is the deadline to vote for the 2013 … Continue reading
The 2013 Worldcon is a little over a month away. Time to jump on some opportunities that need to be dealt with before the con. Hugo Voting: July 31 at 11:59 CDT is the deadline to vote for the 2013 … Continue reading
At-the-door rates for full attending memberships will be $240 at LoneStarCon 3. The full press release follows the jump.
Though no announcement was made, at some point since the release of the Hugo nominations LoneStarCon 3 has started accepting mail ballots. Online voting continues to be promised “by the end of May 2013.” Availability of the 2013 final Hugo … Continue reading
The latest additions to the 2013 Worldcon program include Catherine Asaro, David Brin, Steven Brust, Charlaine Harris, Tanya Huff, David D. Levine, George R. R. Martin, Elizabeth Moon, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Harry Turtledove, and Howard Waldrop. Editors include John Joseph … Continue reading
Randall Shepherd announced today he is the new chair of LoneStarCon 3, the 2013 Worldcon now less than six months away. He takes the place of original co-chairs Laura Domitz and Bill Parker who are continuing in the role of vice-chairs. … Continue reading
LoneStarCon3 has some top names in the first wave of acceptances from those invited to be on the Worldcon program. Ben Bova, Joe Haldeman, Robin Hobb, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nancy Kress, Jay Lake, Tim Powers, Alastair Reynolds, Patrick Rothfuss, Robert J. Sawyer, … Continue reading
LoneStarCon 3, the 2013 Worldcon in San Antonio, has published Progress Report #3 containing Hugo Award nomination forms and detailed hotel information. A PDF file of PR#3 can be downloaded from this linked page. LoneStarCon 3 hotel bookings will open … Continue reading
LoneStarCon 3, the 2013 Worldcon, will partner with SF Signal, mirroring the blog on both the LSC 3 website and Facebook page. LoneStarCon 3, in turn, will contribute guest columns and articles to SF Signal. “SF Signal was founded … Continue reading
LoneStarCon 3, the 2013 Worldcon, is selling discounted attending memberships to currently active military personnel or retired military with I.D. The military discount rate is $110, and is not subject to future increases. Other attending membership rates — $160 for … Continue reading
(1) WILL THE DOCTOR APPROVE WHEN BBC MARKETING DEPARTMENT USES AI TO PROMOTE DOCTOR WHO? [Item by Ersatz Culture.] The BBC media centre published an article by the “Head of Media Inventory: Digital” earlier today, about their plans to use AI to … Continue reading