25 December 2004
(High Arctic SF conference) at The Ninety North Motel. Guest of Honor: Christopher Kringle; Artist Guest of Honor: John Frost. Registration: free, but limited to good little boys and girls. Info: www.santaclaus.int.
14—16 January 2005
CHATTACON XXX (Tennessee SF conference) at Sheraton Read House Hotel, Chattanooga TN. Guests of Honor: Larry Niven, Paul Levinson. Artist Guest of Honor: David Cherry. TM: Charles Grant. Registration: $40 until 31 December 2004, $50 at door. Info: www.chattacon.org; info@chattacon.org; Chattacon, Box 23908, Chattanooga TN 37422-3908.
21—23 January 2005
ARISIA (Boston Speculative Fiction conference) at Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers, Boston MA. Guest of Honor: Barbara Hambly. Artist Guest of Honor: WETA FX. Fan Guest of Honor: Victor J. Raymond. Media Guest of Honor: Harry Knowles. Info: www.arisia.org; info@arisia.org; Arisia, Inc., 1 Kendall Sq., PMB 322, Bldg. 600, Cambridge MA 02139.
21—23 January 2005
31 FLAVORS OF CONFUSION (Michigan area SF conference) at Troy Marriott, Troy MI. Guests of Honor: Emma Bull, Will Shetterly. Artist Guest of Honor: Derek Grime. Science Guest of Honor: Christian Ready. Fan Guests of Honor: David G. Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer. TM: Steven Brust. Registration: $30 until 15 December 2004, $40 at door (checks to AASFA). Info: www.stilyagi.org/cons/ 2005/index.html;ConFusion@stilyagi.org; ConFusion 31, Box 8284, Ann Arbor, MI 48107.
28—30 January 2005
VERICON 5 (Harvard SF conference) at Harvard University, Cambridge MA. Guests: Vincent Baker, Mike Carey, Brian Clevinger, Luke Crane, Peter David, Eric Katz, Jared Sorenson, Tad Wadsworth. Info: www/vericon.org; conchair@vericon.org.
10—13 February 2005
CAPRICON 25: MAD SCIENTISTS (Chicago area SF conference) at Sheraton Chicago Northwest, Arlington Heights IL. Guest of Honor: James P. Hogan. Artist Guest of Honor: Shaenon K. Garrity. Fan Guest of Honor: John Morse. Registration: $40 until 15 January 2005, $70 at door. Info: www.capricon.org/capricon25/index.html; info@capricon.org; Capricon 25, Box 60085, Chicago IL 60660.
18—20 February 2005
BOSKONE 42 (New England Regional SF conference) at Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston MA. Guest of Honor: Orson Scott Card. Official Artist: Alan Pollack. Special Guest: Mike Glyer. Featured Filkers: Urban Tapestry. Registration: $42 until 21 January 2005. Info: www.boskone.org; info@boskone.org; (617) 776-3243 (fax); Boskone 42, Box 809, Framingham MA 01701.
25—27 February 2005
SHEVACON 13 2005 (Virginia area SF conference) at Roanoke Tanglewood, Roanoke VA. Guest of Honor: L.E. Modesitt, Jr. Artist Guest of Honor: Tim Hildebrandt. MC: Rikk Jacobs. Registration: $25 until 1 February 2005, $30 at door. Info: www.shevacon.org; smith1104@ntelos.net; SheVaCon, Box 416, Verona VA 24482-0416.
4—8 August 2005
INTERACTION (63rd World Science Fiction Convention) at Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Moat House & City Inn Hotels, Glasgow, Scotland. Guests of Honor: Robert Sheckley, Jane Yolen, Greg Pickersgill, Lars-Olov Strandberg. Registration until 31 July 2004: Attending USD170/GBP 95/EUR 145, Supporting USD45/GBP 30/EUR 45. This is the SF universe’s annual get-together. Professionals and readers from all over the world will be in attendance. Talks, panels, films, fancy dress competition–the works. Info: Interaction, 379 Myrtle Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S2 3HQ, U.K. or Interaction, P.O. Box 58009, Louisville, KY 40268-0009; info@interaction.worldcon.org.uk; www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk.
