ApolloCon
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ApolloCon is a Science Fiction Conference held annually in Houston, Texas by the Houston Science Fiction Association (HSFA), a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation.
ApolloCon offers information and entertainment for fans of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other genres of speculative and imaginative fiction in all their forms, including literary, media, and interactive gaming.
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[edit] ApolloCon Programming
ApolloCon offers discussion panels on literary, media, science and culture topics. These include several discussions that focus on space exploration and astronomy, drawing participants from Houston's space sciences industries and other groups.
In addition to its discussion panels, ApolloCon hosts an exhibition hall for vendors of books and other merchandise, an art show and auction, a full schedule of LARP, gaming, filk music, networking opportunities for clubs and individual fans, video programming, and a judged masquerade.
Guests are typically writers and editors, artists, scientists, musicians, actors and fans in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror.
[edit] Past ApolloCons
- 2004 - Guest of Honor Selina Rosen
- 2005 - Guest of Honor Robert J. Sawyer
- 2006 - Guest of Honor Peter S. Beagle
[edit] Community Participation
ApolloCon is largely conducted by and for local fan based communities which are in turn interwoven with each other. The motto "We are them and they are us" is often used to describe the inter-relationship. Some interlocking organizations are:
- Artist Trading Cards[1]
- Bayou City Browncoats[2]
- Houston Costume Group[3]
- Houston Sci-Fi Video[4]
- Houston SF & Fantasy Writers[5]
- Houston SF Book Exchange Network[6]
- Houston SF Ritual Breakfast[7]
- Inklings Roundtable of Houston[8]
- Several Unlimited[9]
- SF Writers Meetup[10]
- Space City Squadron (501st StormTroopers)[11]
- Space City Trade Federation[12]
- Star Trek Houston[13]
- Starbase Houston[14]
- USS Firebird NCC-74919[15]
- USS SpiritWolf NCC-74300[16]
