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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—6 March 2005
COASTCON XXVIII (Gulf Coast SF conference) at President Casino Broadwater Resort, Biloxi MS. Author Guest of Honor: Mark Worrell. Media Guest of Honor: Walter Koenig. Fan Guests of Honor: Walter & Judy Johnson. Artist Guest of Honor: Carl Lundgren. Registration: $30 until 31 January 2005, $35 at door. Info: www.coastcon.org/index.shtml; coastcon_inc@yahoo.com; CoastCon Inc., Box 1423, Biloxi MS 39533.
11—13 March 2005
CONSECRATION 1 (New Chicago area SF conference) at Doubletree Chicago O’Hare Airport Hotel, Rosemont IL. Guest of Honor: Randall Ingermanson. Registration: $25 until 31 January 2005, $35 at door. Info: www.consecration-con.org; chair@consecration-con.org; ConSecration I, Box 8193, Bartlett IL 60103-8193.
11—13 March 2005
STELLARCON 29 (North Carolina SF conference) at Downtown Marriott, Greensboro NC. Guests of Honor: Janny Wurts, Don Maitz. Registration: $30 until 1 February 2005, $35 thereafter. Info: www.stellarcon.org; stellarcon@yahoo.com; Stellarcon 29, Box 4, EUC, UNCG, Greensboro NC 27412.
24—27 March 2005
NORWESCON 28 (Northwest Regional SF conference) at DoubleTree SeaTac Hotel, SeaTac WA. Guest of Honor: Michael Bishop. Artist Guest of Honor: John Howe. Science Guest of Honor: Suzette Haden Elgin. Spotlight Publisher: Tor Books. Special Guest of Honor: Alan Dean Foster. Info: www.norwescon.org; info@norwescon.org; (206) 270-7850; Norwescon 28, Box 68547, Seattle WA 98168-0547.
25—28 March 2005
PARAGON2/EASTERCON 2005 (56th British National SF Convention) at Hanover International Hotel, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK. Guests of Honor: Richard Morgan, John & Eve Harvey, Ben Jeapes, Ken MacLeod, Robert Rankin. Registration until November 2004: £40 attending, £15 supporting, £20 junior, £5 child. Info: www. paragon2.org.uk; sofa@paragon2.org.uk; +44(0) 114.281.0674; John Dowd, 4 Burnside Ave., Sheffield S8 9FR, UK.
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.
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