Albacon
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| Albacon | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Science fiction/Fantasy |
| Location | Albany, New York |
| Country |  United States |
| First held | 1998 |
| Organizer | LASTSFA |
| Filing status | Non-profit |
| Official website | |
Albacon is the Albany science fiction convention, held each autumn in the Albany, New York area, also called the Capital District.
Albacon is the largest "Con" in upstate New York. It is hosted by LASTSFA, or Latham-Albany-Schenectady-Troy Science Fiction Association, a local science fiction fandom group. The Albacon website lists itself as:
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- "a weekend gathering of fans and creators of Science Fiction or Fantasy, including literature, movies, games, and other mediums ... three days of panel discussions, interviews, films, games, readings, autographs, an art show, dealers room, debates, conversation, socializing, and such ...."[1]
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[edit] Past Albacons
The con has hosted many special guests. In 2006, the Guest of Honor (GoH) was Peter David[2], a novelist most famous for his short stories, Television shows and The Incredible Hunk comic book; the Artist Guest of Honor was Omar Rayyan [3]. Additional guests in 2006 included on-line cartoonist J. Jacques[4], Nick Sagan (son of Carl Sagan and a science fiction writer in his own right), and Klingon linguist Lawrence M. Schoen.[5]
Other guests at recent Albacons have included filker Erwin S. Strauss (Filthy Pierre), humorist-novelist Esther Friesner, Shannara creator Terry Brooks[6], Lois McMaster Bujold[7], novelist Don Sakers, web cartoonist Jeph Jacques, and science fiction researcher and fan Jan Howard Finder ("The Wombat").[8]
Albacon hosted a relaxicon in 2007, because LASTSFA co-hosted the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, New York, with Guests of Honor Carol Emshwiller, Kim Newman, Lisa Tuttle and artist Jean Giraud (Moebius).[9]
[edit] Future Albacons
The next Albacon will be in October 10-12, 2008, over the Columbus Day weekend, with guests of honor Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey.[10] The hotel will again be the Crowne Plaza in downtown Albany, New York.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ [1] Albacon web site (retrieved 4/14/07)
- ^ Peter David's web site:[2]
- ^ Omar Rayyan's web site: [3]
- ^ J. Jacques' Questionable Content on-line cartoons:[4]
- ^ For this paragraph, see: [5]
- ^ 2005 Guest of Honor:[6]
- ^ 2003 Guest of Honor:[7]]
- ^ 2000 Fan Guest of Honor:[8], also at [9] and [10]
- ^ World Fantasy Convention 2007 site.
- ^ Albacon official web site. Accessed February 6, 2008.
- ^ Albacon official web site Hotel page. Accessed February 6, 2008.
