Asimov's SF, July 2008
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Department: SF CONVENTIONAL CALENDAR
by Erwin S. Strauss
This is crunch time for deciding which Memorial Day convention is the one that's right for your interests. Plan now for social weekends with your favorite SF authors, editors, artists, and fellow fans. For an explanation of con(vention)s, a sample of SF folksongs, and info on fanzines and clubs, send me an SASE (self-addressed, stamped #10 [business] envelope) at 10 Hill #22-L, Newark NJ 07102. The hot line is (973) 242-5999. If a machine answers (with a list of the week's cons), leave a message and I'll call back on my nickel. When writing cons, send an SASE. For free listings, tell me of your con 5 months out. Look for me at cons behind the Filthy Pierre badge, playing a musical keyboard.—Erwin S. Strauss
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MAY 2008
16-18—KeyCon. For info, write: Box 3178, Winnipeg MB R3C 4E6. Or phone: (204) 772-5415 (10 am to 10 pm, not collect). (Web) keycon.org. (E-mail) 2008@keycon.org. Con will be held in: Winnipeg MB (if city omitted, same as in address) at the Radisson Skyview. Guests will include: E. Flint, J. Yolen, D. Mattingly, T. Huff, L. Ski. SF/fantasy.
16-18—MobiCon. mobicon.org. Best Western Ashbury, Mobile AL. R. Picardo, Jim Butcher, Larry Elmore, P. Burns.
16-19—EatonCon. (951) 827-3233. eatonconference.ucr.edu. U. of CA, Riverside. Ray Bradbury, Fred Pohl. Academic.
17-18—NordCon. nordcon.de. Hamburg House, Hamburg Germany. Annual northern-Germany con.
22-26—International Space Development Convention. isdc.nss.com. Venue TBA. Promoting expansion into space.
23-25—MarCon. marcon.org. Hyatt, Columbus OH. Weisskopf, Van Tilburg, Brust, Sola, Dr. James Alexander, Standlee.
23-25—Oasis. oasfis.org. Sheraton Downtown, Orlando FL. David (Tribbles) Gerrold, Paul Vincenti, the Suttons.
23-25—FanimeCon. fanime.com. help@fanime.com. Convention Center, San Jose CA. For anime fans.
23-25—Anime North. animenorth.com. Toronto ON. For anime fans.
23-25—ConDuit. (919) 941-5050. animazement.org. Sheraton City Centre, Salt Lake City UT. General SF/fantasy con.
23-25—Animazement. (919) 941-5050. animazement.org. Sheraton, Durham NC. For anime fans.
23-26—BaltiCon. (410) 563-3727. balticon.org. Marriott, Hunt Valley (Baltimore) MD. C. Willis, artist J.J. Palencar.
23-26—BayCon. baycon.org. Hyatt and Convention Center, Santa Clara CA. T. Powers, T. Lockwood, S. Sigler, P. Wells.
23-26—ConQuest. kcscience fiction.org. Airport Hilton, Kansas City MO. General SF/fantasy con.
23-26—WisCon. wiscon.info. Concourse Hotel, Madison WI. Maureen F. McHugh, L. Timmel Duchamp. Feminism and SF.
23-26—MediaWest*Con. mediawestcon.org. Holiday Inn South, Lansing MI. Older crowd than most media cons.
23-26—MisCon. (406) 544-7093. miscon.org. Ruby's Inn, Missoula MT. General SF and fantasy convention.
23-26—TimeGate. timegatecon.org. Holiday Inn Chamblee/Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta GA. Doctor Who and Stargate.
30-June 1—ConCarolinas, Box 9100, Charlotte NC 28299. concarolinas.org. Mike Resnick, Kim Harrison, F. Hunter.
30-June 1—A-Kon, 3352 Broadway Blvd. #470, Garland TX 75043. a-kon.com. Dallas TX. Anime, comics and more.
30-June 1—Relaxacon. arisia.org. Cape Cod MA. Meet-'n'-greet for volunteers for next year's big Arisia con.
30-June 2—New Zealand Nat'l. Con, c/o Box 16150, Wellington South, NZ. sf.org.nz. Somewhere in NZ.
JUNE 2008
6-8—SoonerCon, 6006 S. Western, Oklahoma City OK 73139. (405) 632-2848. soonercon.com. SF, fantasy & gaming.
6-8—ConComCon, c/o Box 1066, Seattle WA 98111. swoc.org/ccubed. Northwest con organizers meet to talk shop.
6-8—Australia Nat'l. Con, c/o Box 1212, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia. natcon.org.au. Somewhere in Australia.
6-8—ColoniaCon. coloniacon2006.de. Koln (Cologne), Germany. A major media-oriented German convention.
AUGUST 2008
6-10—Denvention 3, Box 1349, Denver CO 80201. denvention3.org. Bujold, Sternbach, Whitmore. WorldCon. $200.
AUGUST 2009
6-10—Anticipation, CP 105, Montreal QC H4A 3P4. anticipationsf.ca. Gaiman, Hartwell, Doherty. WorldCon. US$150+.
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AUGUST ISSUE
One of science fiction's greatest hidden treasures, Neal Barrett, Jr., returns with the lead story of our August issue. In “Radio Station St. Jack” Barrett directs his sights, as in many of his best stories, to yet another post-apocalypse, one in which Father Mac must somehow protect his radio station, his faithful flock, and the nun he loves, from Bob the Destroyer's rampaging raiders, (and hopefully preserve his own tender posterior in the process). This is a wild and witty tale of a down-to-earth padre just trying to keep it together after the rest of the world's fallen apart—we think you'll love it.
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ALSO IN AUGUST
Acclaimed new writer Ted Kosmatka returns with a new hard-SF story about a laboratory experiment, once thought harmless, that just might rip the world apart under its “Divining Light"; Carol Emshwiller aims right for the heart-strings with her tragic tale of an innocent stranger in our strange land who goes by the name of either “Wilmer or Wesley"; Robert Reed warns that the local senior citizens you see harmlessly feeding pigeons in the park might not be what they seem in “Old Man Waiting"; Matthew Johnson presents a timely and uncomfortable portrait of the outsourcing woes of the future in “Lagos"; Jack Skilling-stead demonstrates that “What You Are About to See” might just be the result of an unseen alien agenda; and J. Chris Rock, making a strongAsimov's debut, describes the perilous journey of “Lucy” along the murky seas of Saturn's moon Titan.
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