15—17 July 2005
TRINOCCON 2005 (Carolinas SF conference) at Durham Marriott and Civic Center, Durham NC. Literary Guest of Honor: Joe R. Lansdale. Artist Guest of Honor: Charles Keegan. Registration: $30 until 18 June 2005, $35 at the door. Info: info@trinoc-con.org; www.trinoc-con.org; TrinoccoN Corp., Box 10633, Raleigh NC 27605 0633.
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 30 November 2004: Attending USD 170/GBP 95/EUR 145, Supporting USD 45/GBP 30/EUR 45; Child’s USD 50/GBP 32/EUR 50. 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.
1–5 September 2005
CASCADIACON (North American SF convention) at Seattle Airport Hilton & Conference Center, Seattle, WA. Writer Guest of Honor: Fred Saberhagen. Artist Guest of Honor: Liz Danforth. Editor Guest of Honor: Toni Weisskopf. Fan Guest of Honor: Kevin Standlee. Science Guest: Marc Abrahams. Special Anime Guest: Hiroaki Inoue. Info: www.cascadiacon.org; webmaster@cascadiacon.org; Cascadia Con, Seattle NASFiC, Box 1066, Seattle WA 98111.
2–5 September 2005
DRAGONCON 2005 (Multi-media conference) at Atlanta Mariott Marquis/Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, GA. Guests: Robert Jordan, Peter David, Larry Elmore, Bill Fawcett, Lorenzo Lamas. Registration: $70 until 15 July 2005, $85 thereafter. Info: www.dragoncon.org; dragoncon@dragoncon.org; DragonCon, Box 16459, Atlanta GA 30321-9998; (770) 909-0115; fax: (770) 909-0112.
9–11 September 2005
COPPERCON 25 (Arizona SF conference) at Embassy Suites Phoenix North, Phoenix, AZ. Guests of Honor: Robert J. Sawyer, Greg Keyes. Ghost of Honor: G. Harry Stine. Registration: $35 until 25 August 2005, $40 at the door. Info: www.coppercon.org; cu25@coppercon.org; CopperCon 25, Box 62613, Phoenix AZ 85082; (480) 945-6890.
16–18 September 2005
MIDWEST CONSTRUCTION IV (Midwest convention-running conference) at Sheraton Suites Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, MO. Info: masffc@kc.rr.com; Midwest Construction IV, c/o Margene Bahm, Chairman, Box 414175, Kansas City, MO 64141-4175.
23–25 September 2005
FENCON II (Texas SF conference) at Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX. Guest of Honor: S.M. Stirling. Filk Guest of Honor: Leslie Fish. Fan Guest of Honor: Randy Farran. TM: David Gerrold. Info: www.fencon.org; members@fencon.org.
