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Scott A. Cupp, on August 18th, 2010
Next week is the 32nd annual version of ArmadilloCon and it looks to be wild and fun. I just took a look at the guest lineup and the schedule. There are more than 100 participants including these fun folks as the major guests: Rachel Caine (Guest of Honor, author of the Weather [Read it all...]
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Scott A. Cupp, on July 6th, 2010
Well, here it is summer and science fiction and fantasy conventions are in full swing. I just attended ApolloCon last weekend in Houston with writer Guest of Honor (GOH) Catherine Asaro. I was on four panels ranging from the e-Book revolution, Frankenstein films of the last 100 years, the DC Comics 75th anniversary, [Read it all...]
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Mission Control, on August 17th, 2009
MISSIONS UNKNOWN’s own John Picacio and Sanford Allen ventured to Armadillocon 31 in Austin, TX this past weekend and brought back the following iPhone snapshots. Here’s a little bit of flavor from the longest-running literary sf/fantasy convention in Texas.
(l to r): MICHAEL MOORCOCK makes a surprise appearance to present the Jack Trevor Prize to Howard [Read it all...]