Reporte de Convención: Finncon 2019
A con report, all the way from Finland!
Guest Post: The 19th Annual Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention
Doug Ellis fills us in on the fantastic offerings this year’s Windy City Pulp & Paper convention.
AMAZING STORIES AT WORLDCON76 – SAN JOSE
Attend Worldcon, get a free copy of Amazing Stories
MCM Comic Con Fall Edition
Where do Sailor Moon, Wonder Woman, Cat Woman, Batman, Boba Fett, the Borg, and Captain Jack Sparrow hang out?
Hugo Award Ceremony Now Online
The 2015 Hugo Award Ceremony is now online.
ValleyCon 40
A con report on ValleyCon 40
The Artful Collector: IlluxCon 7 “The Prequel”
It seems like only yesterday (in fact, it WAS only yesterday) that I turned in the last of my postings on the 72nd Worldcon: LonCon3 . . . and here I am (along with dozens of artists) gearing up for the next. IlluXCon 7 (IX for short). Which will be a totally different convention experience – […]
Imaginarium stretches the Imagination!
Introducing a new kind of writer’s conference!
Cons Going Bad, A Somewhat Part Two
Additional detail for evaluating the health of a new convention.
MCM London Comic Con Smashes Attendance Record
Terence turns in a terrific con report on MCM Comicon London – and lots of great costume pics as well!
AMAZING STORIES ANNOUNCES FREE SUBSCRIPTION FOR ALL DETCON1 MEMBERS!
Amazing Stories offers all convention members a free 1 year subscription!
Loncon 3 Announces Schedule For Release Of Hugo Award Finalists
Loncon 3 Announces Hugo Awards Finalists Schedule
SciFi4Me.com, Your Portal to the Science Fiction Multiverse
“Greetings! Welcome to SciFi4Me.com – where we talk science fiction, not wrestling. “ I ask you how can one not love a sci-fi based website that has that as the first thing you see on their homepage? It certainly got my attention. I know I overuse the term “geek” or “geeky” sometimes, but I’m proud […]
Un día en HISPACON XXXI (QUARTUMCON 2013)
Ricardo reports on Hispacon XXXI and the Premios Ignotus awards
When is a Convention Not a Convention? When It Is your First Convention!
R. Graeme Cameron suggests that the best way to attend a science fiction convention is to not treat it like a yard sale.
Pushing Fannish Buttons: Chi Fi vs The Westin River North Hotel of Chicago
Was the event cancelled because of problems with the hotel, or because Chi-Fi wasn’t going to meet its contractual obligations with the hotel?
AMAZING STORIES at BOSKONE 51
I’ll be giving “panel” at Boskone 51 this February and would LOVE to hook up with any and all Amazing Stories people!
La cocina de la ciencia ficción
Susana reports on the International Meeting (for) Narrative Science Fiction, Fantasy and Black Series, an international convention.
IlluXcon Roundup: Interview with Iris Compiet
The story is about a little princess whose parents want her to marry a prince, but all the princes are just not very interesting to her, they are nice but there’s no spark… and that’s when she falls in love with another princess.
London Expo: October, 2013
London Expo October, 2013
Fotos de Fan: Fantastika 2013
Este post tenía que ser originalmente un recuento de todo lo ocurrido en el Swecon de este año, llamado Fantastika 2013
Sequential Wednesdays #21 – Small MICE, Huge Weekend
MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) is an annual event held in Somerville, MA showcasing the best in local comics creation. Free for all attendees and proudly all-ages, this event normally would have been a small blip on my yearly conventions/expo calendar. However, it’s local, had guests whom I’ve met before and am quite fond of, and […]
Afrocentric Science Fiction Conventions
Black Age of Comics Convention An artist, entrepreneur, author, art therapist, educator, and publisher, Turtel Onli founded the Black Arts Guild (BAG) in 1970, which was based in Chicago. The BAG sponsored art exhibitions and published works by its members. Onli is also known as the father of the Black Age of Comics, a movement that […]
What Mecha Did For Me; Or, I’m An Anime Writer Because of Space Robots
I was deep into Gundam Wing starting in middle school, and it was the catalyst for me to start taking drawing and writing very seriously.
Fan Fotos
The Perry Rhodan 50th Anniversary World convention, 2011, photographed by Roger Murmann
Fandomfest 2013: A Review
Fandomfest was missing the fest.
La Estrella Solitaria, Sunday Evening/Special Masquerade Edition
Worldcon’s Daily Newsletter
La Estrella Solitaria Saturday AM Edition
Read the day’s happenings from the 71st Worldcon
La Estrella Solitaria Late Friday Edition
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The Geek Test: What’s Your Score?
I believe people of all types should be able to join in geek events and have fun whether they’re sufficiently geek credentialed or not, but I wondered how one might one go about quantitatively evaluating “geekiness”
