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ARISIA '07 (Jan 12-14 '07) Boston MA. GoH: Esther Friesner. Other guests TBA. Info: Arisia, Bldg. 600, PMB 322, 1 Kendall Sq., Cambridge MA 02139; email: info@arisia.org website: www.arisia.org
RUSTYCON 24 (Jan 12-14 '07) Seattle WA. Memb: $25. Info: website: www.rustycon.com
CONFUSION (Jan 19-21 '07) Detroit MI. TM: Howard Waldrop. GoH: Elizabeth Moon. Scientist GoH: Paul Myers. FGoH: Bill Higgins. AGoH: Steve MacDonald. Memb: $30 prereg., $45 at door (checks to AASFA). Info: ConFusion, Box 8284, Ann Arbor MI 48107; website: www.stilyagi.org/cons/2007
COSine 2007 (Jan 19-21 '07) Colorado Springs CO. GoH: Connie Willis. Memb: $30 to 12/10/06, $35 thereafter. Website: www.firstfridayfandom.org/cosine/
MARSCON (Jan 19-21 '07) The Holiday Inn Patriot, Williamsburg VA. Info: Marscon, 4618 Olde Stone Way, Chesapeake VA 23321; email: info@marscon.net; website: www.marscon.net
VERICON VII (Jan 26-28 '07) Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. GoH: Guy Gavriel Kay. Guests: Jeffrey Carver, Jeffrey Rowland, PJ Haarsma. Memb: $15 student, $25 nonstudent; $25/$35 at the door. Email: publicity@vericon.org; website: www.vericon.org.
Corflu 24: A CELEBRATION OF HIGH FANTASY (Feb 0-11 '07) Doubletree Hotel Austin, 6505 IH 35 North. Memb: Info: email: corflu24@swbell.net; website: Corflu.org
CAPRICON XXVII: A CELEBRATION OF HIGH FANTASY (Feb 8-11 '07) Sheraton Chicago Northwest, Arlington Heights IL. GoH: Lois McMaster Bujold. AGoH: Erin McKee. FGoH: Cat Faber. Memb: $40 to 12/31/06, $70 at door. Info: email: info@capricon.org; website: http://capricon.org/capricon27
NULLUS ANXIETAS – THE AUSTRALIAN DISCWORLD CONVENTION (Feb 9-11 '07) Carlton Crest Hotel & Conference Center, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. GoH: Terry Pratchett. Memb: A$160. Info: email: pat@ausdwcon.org or suzie@ausdwcon.org; website: www.ausdwcon.org
BOSKONE 44 (Feb 16-18 '07) Westin Waterfront, Boston MA. Special Guest: Guy J. Consolmagno SJ. GoH: David Gerrold. Official Artist: Gary A. Lippincott. Featured Filker: Lee and Barry Gold. Memb: $43 to 7/31/06, more later. Info: Boskone 44, Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; fax: (617) 776-3243; email: b44info@boskone.org; website: www.nesfa.org/boskone
REDEMPTION '07 - The Multimedia SF Con (Feb 23-25 '07). Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK. Memb: GBP 55.00, GBP 60.00 at door. Info: 26 Kings Meadow View, Wetherby, LS22 7FX; email: redemptioninfo@whitecrow.demon.co.uk; website: http://www.smof.com/redemption
MARSCON 2007 (Mar 2-4 '07) Holiday Inn Select, Bloomington MN. GoH: Eleanor Arnason. Actor GoHs: Don S. Davis, Gary Jones. AGoH: Todd Lockwood. Media Fan GoH: Eric Larson. Memb: $35 to 10/31/06, $45 to 1/31/07, $55 at door. Info: MarsCon, Box 21213, Eagan MN 55121; email: info07@marscon.org; website: http://marscon.org/2007
POTLATCH 16 (Mar 9-11 '07) Red Lion Hotel Portland – Convention Center, Portland OR. Memb: $35 to 4/30/06. Info: Potlatch 16 c/o OSFCI, Box 5703, Portland OR 97228-5703; (503) 283-0802; email: potlatch16@gmail.com; website: www.spiritone.com/~jlorentz/potlatch
P-Con IV (Mar 10-11 '07) Wynn's Hotel, Dublin, Ireland. Memb: EUR 25 (supporting EUR 10) to 12/31/06. GoH Kim Newman. Info: Frank Darcy at pcon4@shadowcat.name; website: www.slovobooks.com/pcon4/
WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2007 (Mar 29-Apr 1 '07) Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. GoHs: Michael Marshall Smith, Nancy Kilpatrick. AGoH: John Picacio. Media GoH: Peter Atkins. MC: Sephera Giron. Publisher GoH: Peter Crowther. Editor GoH: Don Hutchison. Info: email: amanda@whc2007.org; website: www.whc2007.org
CONTEMPLATION - 58th British National/Eastercon (Apr 6-9 '07). Chester, UK. Memb: GBP 45. Info: Contemplation, 379 Myrtle Road, Sheffield, S2 3HQ; email: membership@contemplation.conventions.org.uk; website: http://contemplation.conventions.org.uk.
WillyCon IV (Apr 13-15 '07) Wayne State College, Wayne NE. Info: SF & F Club – WillyCon, c/o Ron Vick (or Stan Gardner), Wayne State College, 1111 Main St., Wayne NE 68787; email: scifict@wsc.edu; website: www.willycon.com
BALTICON 41 (May 25-28, '07) Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn, Baltimore MD. GoH's: Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle. AGoH: Joe Bergeron. FGoH's: Jeff & Maya Bohnhoff. Memb: $45 to 2/28/07, $58 at door. Info: email: balticoninfo@balticon.org; website: www.balticon.org.
CONSPIRACY II: THEY WALK AMONG US (Jun 1-4 '07) Mercure Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand. 28th New Zealand National SF Con. Info: Conspiracy II, Box 16150, Wellington South, New Zealand; email: info@conspiracy2.org.nz; website: http://conspiracy2.sf.org.nz
SOONERCON (Jun 8-10 '07) Biltmore Hotel, Oklahoma City, OK. GoH Stephen R. Donaldson, Artist GoH Keith Birdsong, Toastmaster Selena Rosen. FACT member Katharine Eliska Kimbriel will be a guest as well. http://www.soonercon.com
CONVERGENCE 2 (Jun 8-11 '07) Rydges Melbourne, Rydges, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 46th Australian National SF Con. GoHs: Margaret Mahy, Isobelle Carmody. FGoH: Cath Ortlieb. Memb: A$153 to 12/31/06, A$175 to 5/1/07. Info: Convergence 2, Box 1212, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia; email: convergence@natcon.org.au; website: www.natcon.org.au/2007
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN CENTENNIAL (Jul 6-8 '07) Hyatt Regency Crown Center / Westin Crown Center, Kansas City MO. Memb: $100 to 7/7/06, $125 to 5/1/07, then $150 (checks to Heinlein Centennial Inc.). Info: Heinlein Centennial, Inc., Box 4313, Citrus Heights CA 95611; email: Info@HeinleinCentennial.com; website: www.heinleincentennial.com
WESTERCON 60: GNOMEWARD BOUND (Jul 6-9 '07) DoubleTree Hotel San Jose, San Jose CA. GoH: Tad Williams. AGoH: Theresa Mather. FGoH: Christian McGuire. TM: Jay Lake. Memb: $45 to 12/31/05. Info: Westercon 60, 1757 Peartree Lane, Mountain View CA 94040; email: info@westercon60.org; website: http://westercon60.org
ARCHON 31/9TH NASFIC (Aug 2 – 5, 2007) Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, IL (11 miles east of St. Louis, MO) GoH: Barbara Hambly, AGoH: Darrell K. Sweet, GGoH: James Ernest, FGoH: Nancy “Cleo” Hathaway, Toastmaster: Roger Tener. Memb: $120 until 7/20/07. $75 Young adults (11-16), $65 Child (6-10). Email: nasfic_hotline@archonstl.org. Website: http://www.archonstl.org/31/
NIPPON 2007 / WORLDCON 65 (Aug 30-Sep 3 '07) Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan. GoHs: Sakyo Komatsu, David Brin. FGoH: Takumi Shibano. AGoHs: Yoshitaka Amano, Michael Whelan. Memb: attending (through 6-Jun-2007), adult: USD 220/GBP 125/EUR 186/JPY 26000, young adult (13-19) 165/83/124/17000, child (0-12) 80/44/67/9000. Supporting (through 30-Jun-2006): 50/28/45/6000. For conversions, see website; credit card memberships charge in Japanese Yen (JPY); send cash and cheques in local currency to local agents.
Accommodations: Intercontinental Hotel and Pan Pacific Hotel, Yokohama. Room prices TBD.
Info: Nippon2007/JASFIC, 4-20-5-604, Mure, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0002 Japan.
North American agent: Peggy Rae Sapienza (peggyraes at comcast dot net): Nippon2007, Box 314, Annapolis Junction MD 20701, USA. UK agent: Mike "Sparks" Rennie (sparks at lspace dot org): Nippon2007, 68 Crichton Avenue, Burton Stone Lane, York, Great Britain, YO30 6EE, UK. European agent: Vincent Doherty (vj1709 at hotmail dot com): Nippon2007, Koninginnegracht 75a, 2514A Den Haag, Netherlands. Australian agent: Craig Macbride (nippon07 at f8d dot com): Nippon2007, Box 274, World Trade Centre, Vic, 8005 Australia.
Email: info@nippon2007.org; website: www.nippon2007.org
FENCON IV (Sep 21-23 '07) Dallas, TX - GoH: Connie Willis, MGoH: Tom Smith, FGoH: Kathleen Sloan, AGoH: David Mattingly, SGoH: Toni Weisskopf www.fencon.org
EUROCON 2007 (Sep 21-23 '07) Valby Medborgerhus, Copenhagen, Denmark. GoH: David A. Hardy. More guests TBA. Memb: DKK 100 to 1/1/07, DKK 150 to 8/1/07, DKK 200 at door. Info: +4520750181; for email address see website: www.eurocon2007.dk
World Fantasy Convention 2007 (Nov 1-4 '07) Saratoga City Center and the Saratoga Hotel and Conference Center, Saratoga Springs NY. GoHs: Carol Emshwiller, Kim Newman, Lisa Tuttle. SGoHs: Barbara & Christopher Roden, George Scithers. MC: Guy Gavriel Kay. Info: website: www.worldfantasy.org
PHILCON 2007 (Nov 16-18 '07) Sheraton Philadelphia City Center, Philadelphia PA. Info: email: info2007@philcon.org; website: www.philcon.org.
Beneluxcon 2007 / The Future is Now Conference (Nov 23-25 '07) Novotel, Leuven, Belgium. GoHs: Richard Calder, Christopher Priest. Futurist & Literary SF convention. Memb.: 50 Euro until 12/1/06, then more. Snail mail: Future Visions, Berkenhoflaan 13, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. Email: contact@futurevisions.be; Website: www.futurevisions.be.
Orbital 2008 - 59th British National/Eastercon Heathrow, London, UK (Mar 21-24 '08). GoH: Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, China Miéville, Charles Stross, Fan GoH - Rog Peyton. Memb: GBP 45.00 rising in April 2007. Info: Judith Proctor, Waveney, 28 Diprose Rd, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 3QY; email: info@orbital2008.org; website: http://www.orbital2008.org
2008 NEBULA AWARDS WEEKEND (Apr 24-27 '08) Driskill Hotel, Austin TX. Info: website: www.sfwa.org/news/2006/2008nebulaweekend.htm
World Fantasy Convention 2008 (Oct 30-Nov 3 '08) Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Info: website: www.worldfantasy.org