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LosCon 27, Harry will be there this weekend.

Cool by FrogsFatA$$	Nov 22nd, 2000 01:18:01 AM
Shoudl be some cool info on Final Fantasy and the like
Heheheh...see you there. No Tigger suit, eh? by Lenny Nero	Nov 22nd, 2000 01:53:55 AM
Damn. I'm not sure if I can recognize Harry w/out his Tigger suit (notice the sarcasm, please)
I'll be there by Azeem	Nov 22nd, 2000 06:58:59 AM
But I doubt LOSCON will be any good. LA Conventions usually just suck. DragonCon and ComicCon are the best.
WHY AREN'T THERE ANY OF THESE IN CANADA? by Dash101	Nov 22nd, 2000 08:14:45 AM
I think there was one in Toronto last year, none in Ottawa... What the fuck!????? -dash101
$45 to get in?? What a frickin' ripoff.... by IAmLegolas	Nov 22nd, 2000 10:11:51 AM
I live nearby, but I aint' wastin' my mothafuckin' time with this. Besides I can see Forrest Ackerman any damn time I want! Hope this isn't anything like the Fangoria Convention that rolled into town about 6 months ago. God was that lame. 2 vendor rooms selling nothing but the shit that is stored in the back room of most comic book stores (including action figures that are all at least a year old... I was able to check everything out in both rooms in the span of 10 minutes) and a main room where there is only 2 movies out of the millions they preview that are worth your mothafuckin' time. That little day out cost me about $25+.
Orson Scott Card Rules! by Cooler-than-Thou	Nov 22nd, 2000 11:04:54 AM
"Ender's Game" and "Speaker of the Dead" are two of the best science fiction books i have ever read. The man's a bonafide genius.
Frank Kelly Freas? by X-Girls	Nov 22nd, 2000 11:40:13 AM
Didn't he work for MAD? Tell him he's the BEST! And there is a Toronto sci-fi comic con and it's the third biggest in North America, I go annually. It's cool, Harry, you're always welcome..
HARRY : BATMAN BEYOND by duffsmurf	Nov 22nd, 2000 01:20:51 PM
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH BATMAN BEYOND??????????????
Why aren't these ever in Canada? and why do they always cost so by Silver_shadow	Nov 22nd, 2000 08:05:03 PM
see above.
Loscon 27 by jslyon	Nov 22nd, 2000 08:19:10 PM
Hi there... I saw the post above Loscon and our apparent) "ripoff" price of $45. Just to let you know... Loscon is not the Fangoria convention, nor anything like it. It's a fan-run, predominantly literary-focused event with a big side helping of media fandom too. There are seven tracks of programming with over 120 guest speakers, everyone from well-established SF authors (Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Ray Bradbury and Orson Scott Card to name just a few) to popular artists, television writers to scientists from JPL and NASA. It's more of a symposium rather than a media event like Fangoria, Creation, etc. and fully run as a non-profit event. (And, since you mention him, it's the 27th annual event sponsored by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, the world's oldest science fiction organization, of which Forrest J. Ackerman was one of the founders in 1934). Anyway... sorry, IamLegolas, that you won't be making it, but I just thought I'd let you know so that one day you (or anyone here) may decide to give it a try! Oh, incidentally, inviting Harry was my idea... =) Harry, and especially Jay who I have been communicating with about their visit, have been nothing short of terrific, and I'm glad to have them here! Shaun Lyon, co-chair of Loscon 27
Cons by 433	Nov 22nd, 2000 10:56:18 PM
Yup. If you get in early on most fan-run cons, it's pretty cheap. The one I work on, CONvergence (in Minneapolis July 6-8, guests Harry and Father Geek), charges $20 for the whole weekend if you register at the previous year's con, $25 until Dec. 31, $35 until about a month and a half before the con, and $50 at the door. Basically, we like to know how many people are coming as early as possible so we can get the hotel rooms reserved, events planned and the free food & drink bought. None of us make dime one of these things, we do it because it's fun and we want people to have a good time. What does that money get you, you ask? Well, in our case: local, national, and international guests; panels, readings, and workshops; a concert, live "radio" show, DJed dance, and masquerade; a 24-hour anime room; a 24-hour film room; a dealers room; an art show; a "consuite" with free snacks, drinks, and other food; a 24-hour free coffee bar; and a two-level poolside area with 40+ parties. Basically, a 3-day drunken geek orgy of sci-fi. Check out http://www.convergence-con for more information! See you at the Butt-Numb-a-Thon!
SHAUN LYON SPEAKS THE TRUTH!! by JoshuaF	Nov 23rd, 2000 04:56:47 AM
Don't let IAMLEGOLAS' singular wit fool you, LOSCON is worth its buck!! The room parties alone are worth the price of admission. As for Shaun and the rest of the LOSCON staff... you'll never come across a more dedicated group of people working their asses off (on their own spare time!) to keep fandom alive and kicking into a new millinium. - Joshua Lou Friedman
Sorry by IAmLegolas	Nov 23rd, 2000 12:49:46 PM
Apology for spewing my venom about the last Fangoria Convention on here. Just reading about another Con just set me off is all. My anger has nothing to do with LosCon or the people who run it.

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