Asimov's SF, Sep 2005
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—Erwin S. Strauss
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August
12-14—Official Star Trek Con. (818) 409-0960. creationent.com. Hilton (Star Trek: The Experience), Las Vegas NV.
11-15—The Ring Goes Ever On. tolkiensociety.org. Aston Univ, Birmingham UK. 50 years of “Lord of the Rings."
12-15—ConVersion. con-version.president@con-version.org. Calgary AB. George R.R. Martin.
18-21—GenCon, 120 Lakeside Ave. #100, Seattle WA 98122. (206) 957-3976. Indianapolis IN. Big nat'l. gaming con.
19-21—ArmadilloCon, Box 27277, Austin TX 78755. (512) 477-6259. armadillocontx@yahoo.com. Doubletree Hotel.
19-21—DiversiCon, Box 8036, Minneapolis MN 55408. (612) 721-5959. diversicon.org. S.R. Thomas. Multicultural.
25-28—Transnational Francophone Con, c/o Bussy, 21 rue du Cimitäre, Esneux 4130, Belgium. (+32) 4380 3388.
26-28—BuboniCon, Box 37257, Albuquerque NM 87176. (505) 266-8905. bubonicon.com. McDevitt. S.R. Donaldson.
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September
1-4—BoucherCon, 507 S. 8th, Philadelphia PA 19147. (215) 923-0211. shp@erols.com. Chicago IL. Mystery fiction.
1-5—CascadiaCon, Box 1066, Seattle WA 98111. www.seattle2005.org. NASFiC, while WorldCon's in Glasgow. $95+.
2-4—Mephit FurMeet, Box 190512, St. Louis MO 63119. mephitfurmeet.org. Holiday Inn Arpt., Memphis TN. Furries.
2-5—DragonCon, Box 16459, Atlanta GA 30321. (770) 909-0115. dragoncon.org. Hyatt. Huge multigenre con.
3-4—DreamWorker Xena Con, Box 3250, Glastonbury BA6 9WL, UK. kumara.org.uk. Novotel, Ramada, Bristol UK.
9-11—CopperCon, Box 62613, Phoenix AZ 85082. (480) 945-6890. coppercon.org. Embassy Suites No. Sawyer, Keyes.
16-18—MidWest ConStruction, Box 1825, Lee's Summit MO 64063. midfan.org. Con organizers meet to talk shop.
16-18—Nan Desu Kan, 1552 Monroe, Denver CO 80206. genkidenki@hotmail.com. Marriott Tech Center. Anime con.
16-18—Roddenberry Universe, 9 Rennison Ct., Glen Waverly VIC 3150, Australia. (+61) 3 9848 1068. Melbourne.
23-25—Foolscap, Box 2461, Seattle WA 98111. chair@foolscapcon.org. Hilton, Bellevue WA. Harlan Ellison.
23-25—Anime Weekend, Box 13544, Atlanta GA 30324. (404) 364-9773. awa-con.com. Renaissance Waverly Hotel.
30-Oct. 2—Archon, Box 8387, St. Louis MO 63132. stlf.org. Holiday Inn, Collinsville IL. Nye, Bill Fawcett, Milan.
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October
7-9—AlbaCon, Box 2085, Albany NY 12220. albacon.org. committee@albacon.org. Crowne Plaza. Guests TBA.
7-9—ConText, Box 163391, Columbus OH 43216. (614) 846-1051. contextcon.com. M. Swanwick, G. Van Gelder.
14-16—CapClave, 7113 Wayne Dr., Annandale VA 22003. capclave.org. Hilton, Silver Spring MD (near DC). Waldrop.
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August 2006
23-27—LACon IV, Box 8442, Van Nuys CA 91409. info@laconiv.com. Anaheim CA. Connie Willis. WorldCon. $150.
August 2007
30-Sep. 3—Nippon 2007, Box 314, Annapolis Jct. MD 20701. nippon2007.org. Yokohama Japan. WorldCon. $160.
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Next month is our huge October/November Double Issue, crammed to bursting with all of the fiction and non-fiction we could possibly get INTO it without it exploding messily all over the newsstands, including stuff from rising new stars and some of the biggest names in the business. Our cover story is from one of those rising new stars, as new writer M. Bennardo makes his Asimov's debut by showing us around a museum unlike any you've ever seen, and gives us an uncomfortably close encounter with the “Nightmare” that dwells there. But that's not even close to being all that's in store for you in this big Double Issue!
Hugo and Nebula-winner Geoffrey A. Landis takes us among the hardscrabble prospectors and miners of the outer solar system to show us why it may—or may not—be a good idea to spend your time “Betting on Eureka"; L. Timmel Duchamp takes us to The End of the World As We Know It, where nobody is feeling particularly fine, for some grueling “Memory Work"; John W. Campbell Award-winner Jay Lake, gives us a haunting—literally—glimpse of a world that exists all around our familiar everyday world, and of the dangers of being caught between them, in “Dark Flowers, Inverse Moon"; Nisi Shawl demonstrates that what goes around, comes around, in “Cruel Sistah"; new writer Ted Kosmatka makes a thought-provoking Asimov's debut by peering into the intricate workings of “The God Engine"; veteran author Tom Purdom visits a distant planet where high finance is inextricably entwined with intrigue, psychological manipulation, computer modeling, and military tactics, and a “Bank Run” turns out to be a very dangerous process indeed; Phillip C. Jennings takes us on a vivid otherworld adventure of another sort, one that doesn't require spaceships but does require monks, remote monasteries, enigmatic alien artifacts, and a sinister centuries-long conspiracy, as we head “Back to Moab"; popular new writer Jack Skillingstead returns with a tale of alien possession for a price, and the grim and unexpected results it can have, in “Overlay"; Lois Tilton takes us Sideways in Time for a fascinating look at what never happened—in this universe—as she relates the bloody saga of “Pericles the Tyrant"; and Steve Martinez returns to let some things “Out of the Box” that were probably better left within it.
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