By James Bacon: The party scene is big part of Capricon. Although I first encountered parties at Worldcon in 1995, the idea of a 1,000-person con having two floors of suites with large rooms, some much bigger than places I … Continue reading
(1) WORLDCON 76 HOTEL RESERVATIONS. Worldcon 76 emailed the passkey to members today and opened reservations today at 1 p.m. Pacific time. Wow. Worldcon 76 members reserved over 4000 room nights since we distributed the reservations link this afternoon. Wow. … Continue reading
By John Hertz: Let’s see, if we can, Xanadu on other worlds, Xenogamously. I wasn’t sure I could manage a 5-7-5-syllable acrostic about Westercon LXX. You may think I didn’t. Anyway I meant Coleridge’s wonderful poem (not particularly how he … Continue reading
aka Mongrel in a Mange Land Today’s roundup includes Abigail Nussbaum, Vox Day, David Dubrow, Peter Grant, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Doctor Science, Jennifer Brozek, Noah Ward, Laura “Tegan” Gjovaag, Aaron Pound and cryptic others. (Title credit belongs to File 770 … Continue reading
Well-known filksinger Mara Brener died February 27 in West Covina, CA. She was Music GoH at Leprecon 30 in 2004 and one of the GoHs at Contata 2005. She was married to Dr. Harry Brener from 1975 until his death in 2012. A … Continue reading
WSFS also holds a NASFiC (North American Science Fiction Convention) when the Worldcon is voted to a city outside of North America. With London having won the 2014 site selection, fans now get to choose between Detroit and Phoenix for … Continue reading
The 2012 Hugo Award nominees will be announced simultaneously at five conventions in the United States and Europe on April 7. Arrangements are also being made to broadcast all five convention presentations via Ustream. This is the fourth consecutive year … Continue reading
By Francis Hamit: I don’t want to suck all of the air out of the room, but we plan to do quite a bit of publishing, etc, this year. So I am sending you this image as an announcement of … Continue reading
LepreCon chair Lee Whiteside was pleasantly surprised that the Phoenix New Times named his event “Best Sci-Fi Convention 2010”: But it’s not just the guests that make LepreCon great; there are also sci-fi and fantasy art shows, gaming rooms, a … Continue reading