Trinoc*coN

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Trinoc*coN
Status	Active
Genre	Science fiction
Location	Durham, North Carolina
Country	United States
First held	2000
Filing status	501(c)3
Official website

Trinoc*coN is an annual science fiction convention which is held in North Carolina.^[1] It started in 2000. Past guests of honor have included George R.R. Martin. 2006 was the first year that the convention was held outside of Durham; it was held in the Northern Raleigh Hilton in Raleigh, North Carolina. The name "Trinoc*coN" is a reference to the Trinocs, a fictional alien race from the works of Larry Niven.

1 Notable Guests
2 Events
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Notable Guests

[edit] Art

Dru Blair (2001), Thomas Fleming (2007), Charles Keegan (2005), Joe R. Lansdale (2005), Andrew Probert (2001), James Wappel (2002)

[edit] Comics

T Campbell - Penny and Aggie (2007), Greg Eatroff - FAANS.COM (2003, 2007), Barb Fischer and Chris Impink - Fragile Gravity (2007), Jade Gordon - Lean on Me (2005), Larry Holderfield ("mckenzee") - Sinister Bedfellows (2007), Gene Kannenberg - ComicsResearch (2007), Joe Komenda - Feral Chicken (2007), Arienna Lee - A World Like My Own (2007), David Milloway and Stephanie Freese - Pixel Strips (2007), Eric Nolen-Weathington - TwoMorrows Publishing (2007), Van Plexico - AvengersAssemble (2007), Leah Riley - Willrad and RoboHobo (2007), Brian Shearer and Marty Blevins - GravyBoy (2007), Jamie Robertson - Clan of the Cats (2007), Ursula Vernon - Digger (2003), Charles Vess - Web of Spider-Man (2000)

[edit] Gaming

Dave Arneson (2002, 2005), Bruce Baugh (2003), Chris Pramas (2005), Skip Williams (2000)

[edit] Literary

Lois McMaster Bujold (2002), Fred Chappell (2002), David Drake (2000, 2006), Elizabeth Hand (2007), David G. Hartwell (2006), John Kessel (2006, 2007), K. A. Laity (2007), Barry N. Malzberg (2006), George R.R. Martin (2007), James Morrow (2000), Scott Nicholson (2007), Stephen Mark Rainey (2007), Alexandra Sokoloff (2007), Michael Swanwick (2000), Vernor Vinge (2001), Lawrence Watt-Evans (2002), Alex Wilson (2007)

[edit] Events

Memorial to Jim Baen^[2]

Charity auction^[3]

[edit] References

^ Edgers, Geoff. "The what-if world", Raleigh (NC) News and Observer, 5 July 1998.
^ "Science Fiction Publishing Maverick Departs Earthly Plane; Publisher Jim Baen Dies at Age 62", PR Newswire US, 30 June 2006.
^ Ehlers, Matt. "Winning character debuts; Local man 'becomes' Victorian inspector", Raleigh (NC) News and Observer, 18 October 2006.