ArmadilloCon
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| ArmadilloCon | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Venue | Doubletree Hotel Austin |
| Location | Austin, Texas |
| Country |  United States |
| First held | 1979 |
| Organizer | Fandom Association of Central Texas |
| Filing status | 501(c)(3) |
| Official website | |
ArmadilloCon is a science fiction convention held annually in Austin, Texas, USA.[1] It is sponsored by the Fandom Association of Central Texas. ArmadilloCon is known for its emphasis on literary science fiction. ArmadilloCon was traditionally held in mid-October during the weekend of the Texas-OU football game. Starting in 1998, it moved to a late-summer/early-fall weekend as hotel costs in October in Austin became prohibitive.
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[edit] Traditions of ArmadilloCon
- Emphasis on literary sf
- Guests of Honor are up-and-coming writers and are frequently first-time GOHs
- Program item "Fannish Feud" has been held regularly since ArmadilloCon 4 in 1983. Frequent hosts of this event have been Pat Cadigan and Walter Jon Williams.
- Willie Siros has been a dealer every year, either as part of "Two Guys from Texas" or "Adventures in Crime & Space"
[edit] Past conventions
- ArmadilloCon 1 (Spring 1979)
- Chair: Willie Siros
- Guest of Honor: John Varley (author)
- Fan Guest: Jeanne Gomoll
- Toastmaster: Howard Waldrop
- Location: Villa Capri
- ArmadilloCon 2 (1980)
- Chair: Willie Siros
- Guest of Honor: Gardner Dozois
- Fan Guest: Harry O. Morris
- Toastmaster: Chad Oliver
- ArmadilloCon 3 (1981)
- Chair: Willie Siros
- Guest of Honor: Chad Oliver
- Fan Guest: Bob Wayne
- Toastmaster: Ed Bryant
- Location: Ramada Riverside
- ArmadilloCon 4 (1982)
- Chair: Ed Scarbrough
- Guests of Honor: George Alec Effinger and George R. R. Martin
- Fan Guest: Joe Pumilia
- Toastmaster: Ed Bryant
- ArmadilloCon 5 (October 7-5, 1983)
- Chair: Ed Scarborough
- Guest of Honor: Howard Waldrop
- Fan Guest: Becky Matthews
- Toastmaster: Neal Barrett, Jr.
- Location: Villa Capri Motor Hotel
- ArmadilloCon 6 (1984)
- Chair: Ed Scarborough
- Guest of Honor: John Sladek
- Fan Guests: James A. Corrick and Gay Miller Corrick
- Toastmaster: Joe R. Lansdale
- Special Guest: Ellen Datlow
- ArmadilloCon 7 (1985)
- (relaxacon)
- ArmadilloCon 8 (1986)
- Chair: Robert Taylor
- Guest of Honor: William Gibson
- Editor Guest: Ellen Datlow
- Fan Guest: Debbie Notkin
- Toastmaster: Lewis Shiner
- ArmadilloCon 9 (1987)
- Chair: Fred Duarte, Jr.
- Guest of Honor: Bruce Sterling
- Artist Guest: J. R. Daniels
- Editor Guest: Beth Meacham
- Fan Guest: Mark Olson
- Toastmaster: Pat Cadigan
- ArmadilloCon 10 (October 1988)
- Chairs: Fred Duarte, Jr. and Karen Meschke
- Guest of Honor: K. W. Jeter
- Artist Guest: Brad W. Foster
- Editor Guest: Ginjer Buchanan
- Fan Guests: Jane Dennis and Scott Dennis
- Toastmaster: Lewis Shiner
- Location: Wyndham Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 11 (1989)
- Chair: Karen Meschke
- Guest of Honor: Lewis Shiner
- Artist Guest: Don Ivan Punchatz
- Editor Guest: Pat LoBrutto
- Fan Guest: Mike Glyer
- Toastmaster: Connie Willis
- Special Guests: William Gibson and Tom Maddox (sponsored by MCC)
- Location: Wyndham Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 12 (October 12-14, 1990)
- Chair: Ed Graham
- Guest of Honor: Pat Cadigan
- Artist Guest: Jean Elizabeth Martin
- Editor Guest: Susan Allison
- Fan Guest: Debbie Hodgkinson
- Toastmaster: Melinda M. Snodgrass
- Special Guests: Vernor Vinge and Marc Stiegler (sponsored by MCC)
- Location: Wyndham Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 13 (1991)
- Chair: Casey Hamilton
- Guest of Honor: Dan Simmons
- Artist Guest: Dell Harris
- Editor Guest: Amy Stout
- Fan Guest: Pat Mueller
- Toastmistress: Emma Bull
- Location: Wyndham Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 14 (October 9-11, 1992)
- Chairs: Lori Wolf and Fred Duarte, Jr.
- Guest of Honor: Neal Barrett, Jr.
- Artist Guest: Darrell K. Sweet
- Editor Guest: Gardner Dozois
- Fan Guest: Al Jackson
- Toastmaster: Kim Stanley Robinson
- Location: Wyndham Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 15 (November 5-7, 1993)
- Chairs: Willie Siros and Lori Wolf
- Guest of Honor: Gwyneth Jones (novelist)
- Artist Guest: Harry O. Morris
- Editor Guest: John Douglas
- Toastmaster: Michael Bishop (author)
- Location: Red Lion
- ArmadilloCon 16 (October 7-9, 1994)
- Chairs: Ed Graham and Casey Hamilton
- Guest of Honor: Elizabeth Moon
- Artist Guest: David A. Cherry
- Editor Guest: Gordon Van Gelder
- Fan Guest: Gregory Benford
- Toastmaster: Bradley Denton
- Special Guest: Guy Gavriel Kay
- Location: Red Lion
- ArmadilloCon 17 (October 6-8, 1995)
- Chairs: Fred Duarte, Jr. and Dan Tolliver
- Guest of Honor: Alexander Jablokov
- Artist Guest: Vincent Di Fate
- Editor Guest: John Silbersack
- Fan Guests: Dick Smith and Leah Zeldes Smith
- Toastmaster: Terry Bisson
- Location: Red Lion
- ArmadilloCon 18 (October 11-13, 1996)
- Chair: Dan Tolliver
- Guest of Honor: Jonathan Lethem
- Artist Guest: Bob Eggleton
- Editor Guest: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
- Fan Guests: Spike Parsons and Tom Becker
- Toastmaster: Mike Resnick
- Location: Red Lion
- ArmadilloCon 19 (1997)
- Chair: John Gibbons
- Guest of Honor: Mary Rosenblum
- Location: Hunt, Texas
- ArmadilloCon 20 (August 28-30, 1998)
- Chairs: A. T. Campbell, III and Lori Wolf
- Guest of Honor: Bradley Denton
- Artist Guest: Mitchell Bentley
- Editor Guest: David G. Hartwell
- Fan Guest: Peggy Ranson
- Toastmaster: Steven Gould
- Special Guest: Peter F. Hamilton (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Omni Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 21 (September 10-12, 1999)
- Chairs: Mona Gamboa and John Gibbons
- Guest of Honor: Sean Stewart
- Artist Guest: Wayne Barlowe
- Editor Guest: Shawna McCarthy
- Fan Guest: Harry Stubbs
- Toastmaster: William Browning Spencer
- Special Guest: Neil Gaiman (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Omni Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 22 (August 18-20, 2000)
- Chairs: John Gibbons and Dan Tolliver
- Guest of Honor: Catherine Asaro
- Artist Guest: Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz
- Editor Guest: Betsy Mitchell
- Fan Guest: Robert Taylor
- Toastmaster: Mary Doria Russell
- Special Guest: Kathleen Ann Goonan[1] (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Omni Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 23 (November 16-18, 2001)
- Chairs: Renee Babcock and Lori Wolf
- Guest of Honor: J. Gregory Keyes
- Artist Guest: John Jude Palencar
- Editor Guest: Toni Weisskopf
- Fan Guest: Teddy Harvia
- Toastmaster: Walter Jon Williams
- Special Guest: Esther Friesner (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Austin Hilton North
- ArmadilloCon 24 (August 16-18, 2002)
- Chairs: Renee Babcock and Charles Siros
- Guest of Honor: Martha Wells
- Artist Guests: Frank Cho and Scott Kurtz
- Editor Guest: Tom Doherty
- Fan Guests: Kurt Baty and Scott Bobo
- Toastmaster: Joe R. Lansdale
- Special Guest: Robin Hobb (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Omni Southpark
- ArmadilloCon 25 (August 8-10, 2003)
- Chair: John Gibbons
- Guest of Honor: Kage Baker
- Fan Guest: Willie Siros
- Toastmaster: Aaron Allston
- Editor Guest: Anne Groell
- Artist Guest: John Picacio
- Special Guest: Vernor Vinge
- Location: Austin Hilton North
- ArmadilloCon 26 (August 13-15, 2004)
- Chairs: Kimm Antell and Chuck Siros
- Guest of Honor: Sharon Shinn
- Fan Guest: Chaz "Hazel" Boston Baden
- Toastmaster: K. D. Wentworth
- Editor Guest: Stanley Schmidt
- Artist Guest: Charles Vess
- Mystery Guests of Honor: Charlaine Harris & Barbara Hambly (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Austin Hilton North
- ArmadilloCon 27 (August 19-21, 2005)
- Chairs: Renee Babcock and John Gibbons
- Guest of Honor: Charles Stross
- Fan Guests: Jim & Laurie Mann
- Toastmaster: Charles de Lint
- Editor Guest: Jim Minz
- Artist Guest: Ctein
- Special Guest: Sean McMullen (sponsored by ALAMO)
- Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
- ArmadilloCon 28 (August 11-13, 2006)
- Chair: Kimm Antell
- Guest of Honor: Julie E. Czerneda
- Fan Guest: Grant Kruger
- Toastmaster: Esther Friesner
- Editor Guest: Diana Gill
- Artist Guest: Ellisa Mitchell
- Special Guest: James P. Hogan
- Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
- ArmadilloCon 29 (August 10-12, 2007)
- Chair: Renee Babcock
- Guest of Honor: Louise Marley
- Fan Guest: Patty Wells
- Toastmaster: Howard Waldrop
- Editor Guest: Sharyn November
- Artist Guest: Gary Lippincott
- Location: Doubletree Hotel Austin
[edit] Upcoming conventions
- ArmadilloCon 30 (August 15-17, 2008)
- Guest of Honor: John Scalzi
- Artist Guest: Dean Morrissey
- Fan Guest: Kelly Persons
- Toastmaster: Bill Crider
[edit] References
- ^ Nawotka, Edward. "Nebula Awards puts Austin and Texas writers at center of science fiction world", Dallas Morning News, 2008-04-24.
