EerieCon

EerieCon

Days Inn at the Falls (convention site)
Status Active
Venue Days Inn at the Falls
Location Niagara Falls, New York
Country United States
First held 1999
Attendance 107 in 2010
Official website eeriecon.org

EerieCon is a non-profit, fan-run science-fiction, fantasy, and horror convention which is held every year in Niagara Falls, New York.[1] Guests have included Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta who were the Guests of Honor for EerieCon 12, held from April 23–25, 2010. Eeriecon Thirteen is scheduled for April 29–30 and May 1, 2011.

Contents

Programming

Activities at EerieCon typically include panels by the Guests of Honor, a dealers room, masquerade, poetry round robin, gaming room, con suite, people and thing auction, reading room, autographs, and art show. The convention also includes a video room with a special "anime feature" presentation on Sunday showing popular anime shows of the past year. Another notable event is the 'What Line's Mine' panel where a number of guests have to listen to quotes, determining if they, or a different guest, wrote that line.

History

The convention started out at the Fallside Resort, in Niagara Falls, New York. Eeriecon 2 and 3 were hosted at Days Inn Riverview. Due to some difficulties the convention had to move one last time, settling into the Days Inn at the Falls starting with at Eeriecon 4 in 2002.

Guests of Honor

EerieCon 13
2011, scheduled Larry Niven, Derwin Mak[1][2]
EerieCon 12
2010, Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta[3]
EerieCon 11
2009, John-Allen Price, Vernor Vinge[4]
EerieCon 10
2008, Allen Steele, Steven Brust, Julie Czerneda[5]
EerieCon 9
2007, Steven Brust, Nancy Kress, James Alan Gardner[6][7]
EerieCon 8
2006, Harry Turtledove, Tanya Huff, Esther Friesner[8]
EerieCon 7
2005, Allen Steele, Steven Brust, Julie Czerneda[9]
EerieCon 6
2004, Larry Niven, Anne Bishop, Brian Lumley[10][11]
EerieCon 5
2003, Jack McDevitt, Lynn Flewelling[12]
EerieCon 4
2002, Octavia Butler, Darrell Schweitzer[13][14]
EerieCon 3
2001, Hal Clement, Robert J. Sawyer[15]
EerieCon 2
2000, Mike Resnick, Edo van Belkom[16]
EerieCon 1
1999, Brian Lumley,[17] Josepha Sherman[18]

Recurring guests

Chapbook

Nine EerieCon chapbooks have been published to date. Each one has a variety of authors, some authors being published in more than one of the chapbooks. #3 is out of print.

Chapbook 1
"Gravity Isn't Working on Rainbow Bridge" by Jack McDevitt
Chapbook 2
"Folks From Away" by Lynn Flewelling
Chapbook 3
"Rapunzel" by Anne Bishop, "The Lecture" by Brian Lumley, "Lost" by Larry Niven
Chapbook 4
"Klava With Honey: A Prologue" by Steven Brust, "What Sleeps in the Shadows" by Julie E. Czerneda, "An Incident at the Luncheon of the Boating Party" by Allen M. Steele
Chapbook 5
"The Fairies' Midwife" by Esther M. Friesner, "Tuesday Evenings, Six-Thirty to Seven" by Tanya Huff, "The Eagle Has Landed" by Robert J. Sawyer, "Black Tulip" by Harry Turtledove
Chapbook 6
"Chapter One" by Steven Brust, "All in the Timing" by James Alan Gardner, "Product Development" by Nancy Kress, "Sword Play" by Josepha Sherman
Chapbook 7
"The Naked Truth" by Joe Haldeman, "Lying Eyes" by Sephera Giron, "The Plagiarist Thief" by Edo Van Belkom
Chapbook 8
"Here's to You, Joe DiMaggio" by John Allan Price, "A Dry Martini" by Vernor Vinge
Chapbook 9
"Collaborators" by Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta, "The Maid of Orion's Colony" by Jennifer Crow, "The Abdication of Pope Mary III" by Robert J. Sawyer

References

  1. ^ a b "EerieCon official home page". Buffalo Fantasy League. http://www.eeriecon.org/. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  2. ^ Smith, Shawn Scott (July 22, 2010). "EerieCon 13". Con News. http://con-news.com/?p=4401. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  3. ^ "EerieCon 12 Honors Ken Krueger". Ken Kreuger Tribute. April 21, 2010. http://www.kenkruegertribute.com/2010/04/21/eeriecon-12-honors-ken-krueger/. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  4. ^ "EerieCon Eleven". Buffalo Fantasy League. http://www.eeriecon.org/2009/. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  5. ^ "EerieCon Ten". Buffalo Fantasy League. http://www.eeriecon.org/2008/. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  6. ^ "EerieCon Nine". Buffalo Fantasy League. http://www.eeriecon.org/2007/. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  7. ^ "Niagara County events". Buffalo News. April 22, 2007. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=118B533C6C2DE408&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  8. ^ "EerieCon Eight". Buffalo Fantasy League. http://www.eeriecon.org/2006/. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  9. ^ "EerieCon Seven". Buffalo Fantasy League. http://www.eeriecon.org/2005/. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  10. ^ "EerieCon Six". Buffalo Fantasy League. http://www.eeriecon.org/2004/. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  11. ^ "eeriecon highlights, part one". Debbie Ridpath Ohi, Writer & Illustrator. April 18, 2004. http://www.debbieohi.com/blather2004/2004/4/19/eeriecon-highlights-part-one.html. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  12. ^ "EerieCon Five". Buffalo Fantasy League. http://www.eeriecon.org/2003/. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  13. ^ "EerieCon Four". Buffalo Fantasy League. http://www.eeriecon.org/2002/. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  14. ^ Bennett, Karen (April 2002). "EerieCon 2002 Convention Report". The Voyageur. Toronto, Canada: USS Hudson Bay. http://voyageur.idic.ca/images/history/EerieCon4.htm. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  15. ^ "EerieCon Three". Buffalo Fantasy League. http://www.eeriecon.org/2001/. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  16. ^ "EerieCon Two". Buffalo Fantasy League. http://www.eeriecon.org/2000/. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  17. ^ "Conventions". Brian Lumley official website. http://www.brianlumley.com/cons/econ99.html. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 
  18. ^ "EerieCon One". Buffalo Fantasy League. http://www.eeriecon.org/1999/. Retrieved September 14, 2010. 

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