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Six WorldCon Breakout Stars to Watch
At WorldCon, where SF literary reputations are made and writers jockey for attention, there are always standouts. You know, a few people and publishers who seem to be on everybody's minds — or who should be. We've got six bookish breakouts we brought back from Denver for you, below. More » -
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The Hugos! The Parties! The Glamour!
At WorldCon on Saturday, the Hugo Awards were an occasion for scifi book lovers to don their finery and come out for what can only be called geek prom. The Hugos are chosen by popular vote, and have the power to boost an author's reputation and book sales: Past winners include stars like Ursula Le Guin and Kurt Vonnegut. And so it was with palpable excitement that this year's nominees stood in the wings, and the audience waited in our gowns, tuxedos, and t-shirts in the vast auditorium at the awards ceremony. After our host Edward Bryant told stories about how the authors at a previous WorldCon had gone hot tubbing naked with their editors, the moment of truth arrived.
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io9 Meetup in Denver Tonight at WorldCon
Charlie Jane and Annalee (hi that's me) are in Denver for the WorldCon Denvention, and we're having a meetup tonight from 5 - 6:30 PM at the Hyatt Regency bar next to the Convention Center. Come have a cocktail and then go to the Hugo Awards ceremony, which starts at 7 PM. Or stay in the Hyatt and drink. Hope to see you tonight! -
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Deep Inside NORAD, with Only a Felt-Tip Pen and Twenty Science Fiction Writers
Yesterday, I traveled back in time to the Cold War: Along with 20 science fiction writers here in Denver for WorldCon, I got a special tour of NORAD, the fabled military command center located in a vast cavern dynamited into the base of Colorado's Cheyenne Mountain. The top-secret base, protected under 2000 feet of solid granite mountain, was built to be an emergency command center in the event of nuclear attack. Featured in movies from WarGames to Stargate, the underground base has become the stuff of historical myth and science fiction legend. That's why I felt gripped by the surreal as I walked into its rough-walled cave entrance, then through a gleaming blast door, fully three feet thick and packed with huge, hydraulic pins that slid into place when the door shut. I was inside NORAD, with only my reporter's notebook, a bevvy of SF writers, and two tour guides: Lt. Ryan Lally, and Lt. Col "Bear" Lihani (Ret). More » -
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See You at WorldCon
A few of us at io9 are taking a space cruise out to Denver for this year's WorldCon (known this year as Denvention), a venerable science fiction convention devoted to SF writing. Many of our favorite writers will be there, so expect several posts about the latest SF literary news. Annalee (that's me) will be taking a tour of NORAD with a bunch of smartypants SF writers, getting their reactions along the way, so that should make for an interesting conference report. If you're going to be at Denvention, say hi to myself and Charlie Jane, or join us for a Saturday night cocktail before the Hugo Awards Ceremony. io9 cocktails will take place in the Hyatt Regency bar, Saturday Aug. 9, from 5:00ish until 6:30ish. Yes, we will have some pins and stickers for first-comers. See you there! [WorldCon Denvention] -
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A History Of The Science Fiction Convention
History is fuzzy about when the first science fiction convention actually happened, but we do know that in 1936 some fans including David Kyle and Frederik Pohl took a train from Philadelphia to New York City to talk about all things scifi with another group of fans at the home of Milton A. Rothman, who rivals Forrest J Ackerman for the biggest fanboy in the world award (Rothman had formed The Boys' Scientifiction Club in 1930). However, a group of British fans also got together in the same year to make plans for an actual convention in 1937, and later claimed that a group of fans meeting at a home does not a convention make. So even before the internet, there was squabbling over details and probably even convention spoilers. Some things will never change. In honor of our coverage of WonderCon, we present to you the history of Connage.
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12:30 PM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,472 views, 9 commentsLatest by Gernsback2001: The bunch of guys went from NYC to Philadelphia, not the other way around. The first comic-Con was in NYC in more »
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