OryCon
| Orycon | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Location(s) | Portland, Oregon |
| Country | United States |
| Inaugurated | 1979 |
| Website | |
| http://www.orycon.org/ | |
Orycon is Portland, Oregon's annual science fiction/fantasy convention, held in November since 1979.
Event history
| Event | Dates | Guests | Attendance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OryCon 0 | Nov 11, 1978 | Oregonian Newspaper Film Reviewer Ted Mahar and Media Producer Dan Fiebiger. | ~125 | The Symposium |
| OryCon | Nov 9-11, 1979 | John Varley (Pro), Steve Perry (TM) & Richard Geis (Fan) | 525 | |
| OryCon '80 | Nov 14-16, 1980 | Fritz Leiber (Pro), Steve Perry (TM) & Elton Elliott (Fan) | 1,010 | |
| OryCon '81 | Oct 30-Nov 1, 1981 | Frederik Pohl (Pro), Steve Fahnestalk (TM) & Kennedy Poyser (Fan) | 965 | |
| OryCon '82 | Nov 12-14, 1982 | Robert Silverberg (Pro) & Jeff Frane (Fan) | 979 | |
| OryCon 5 | Nov 11-13, 1983 | Octavia Butler (Pro), Terry Carr (TM) & Wilson Tucker (Fan) | 937 | |
| OryCon '84 | Nov 9-11, 1984 | Reginald Bretnor (Pro) & Steve Perry (TM) | 424 | "The Relaxicon" |
| OryCon '85 | Nov 8-10, 1985 | Somtow Sucharitkul (Pro), Steven Barnes (TM), William Rotsler (Artist) & Jon Singer (Fan—chosen by lot) | 889 | |
| OryCon '86 | Nov 7-9, 1986 | Edward Bryant (Pro), George R. R. Martin (TM) & Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Editor) | 873 | |
| OryCon '87 | Nov 13-15, 1987 | Tim Powers (Pro), Michael P. Kube-McDowell (TM) & Ben Yalow (Fan) | 954 | |
| OryCon 10 | Nov 11-13, 1988 | Lucius Shepard, John Varley, Connie Willis (Pros) & Mona Clee (Special Petrey Guest) | 973 | |
| OryCon 11 | Nov 10-12, 1989 | Michael Bishop (Pro) & David Langford (Special Guest) | 1,069 | |
| OryCon 12 | Nov 9-11, 1990 | Howard Waldrop & K. W. Jeter (Pros) | 1,055 | |
| OryCon 13 | Nov 8-10, 1991 | Emma Bull & Will Shetterly (Pros) | 1,196 | |
| OryCon 14 | Nov 20-22, 1992 | Esther Friesner (Pro), James Warhola (Artist) & Steve Forty (Fan) | 1,342 | |
| OryCon 15 | Nov 12-14, 1993 | Terry Pratchett Pro), Mark Ferrari (Artist) & Robert Lionel Fanthorpe (Special Guest) | 1,358 | |
| OryCon 16 | Nov 11-13, 1994 | Tappan King (Pro), Beth Meachem (Editor), Real Musgrave (Artist) & Pat Cadigan (Special Guest) | 1,451 | |
| OryCon 17 | Nov 10-12, 1995 | Joel Rosenberg (Writer), Heather Hudson & Dameon Willich (Artists), Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith (Special Guests) |
1,385 | |
| OryCon 18 | Nov 8-10, 1996 | Diane Duane & Peter Morwood (Writers), Patricia Davis (Artist), Gardner Dozois (Editor) | 1,624 | |
| OryCon 19 | Nov 7-9, 1997 | Steven Barnes (Writer), Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden (Editors), Frank Lurz (Artist) | 1,600 | |
| OryCon 20 | Nov 13-15, 1998 | Lois McMaster Bujold (Writer), Ellen Asher (Editor), David Langford & Howard Waldrop (Returning GOHs), Kathe Koja (Special Petrey Guest), Alan Clark (Artist), Robert Lionel Fanthorpe (Special Guest) |
~1,600 | |
| OryCon 21 | Nov 12-14, 1999 | Néné Thomas (Artist), Warren Lapine & Angela Kessler (Editors), Nicola Griffith (Writer), Charles Sheffield (Science), Bill Bowers (Fan) |
~1,550 | |
| OryCon 22 | Nov 17-19, 2000 | Kara Dalkey & John Barnes (Writers), Gordon Van Gelder (Editor), Dr. Robert Forward (Science), Gail Butler (Artist), Larry Warner (Music), Richard Dansky (Gaming) |
~1,600 | |
| OryCon 23 | Nov 9-11, 2001 | Melanie Rawn (Writer), Laura Anne Gilman (Editor), Real Musgrave (Artist), Steve Macdonald (Special Friends of Filk guest) |
1,628 | |
| OryCon 24 | Nov 22-24, 2002 | Susan R. Matthews (Writer), Lee Seed (Artist), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor) | ||
| Orycon 25 | Nov 14-16, 2003 | Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Writer), Ken Goddard (Science and Author), Toni Weisskopf (Editor), Martin Greenberg (Editor), Gail Butler (Artist), Uffington Horse (Friends of Filk) |
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| Orycon 26 | Nov 5-7, 2004 | Jerry Oltion (Writer), Mark Roland (Artist), Jennifer Heddle (Editor) | ||
| Orycon 27 | Nov 4-6, 2005 | Brian Herbert (Writer), Kevin J. Anderson (Writer), Paul Guinan (Artist), Tom Smith (Filk) | ||
| Orycon 28 | 2006 | |||
| Orycon 29 | Nov 16-18, 2007 | Robert Charles Wilson (Writer), Liz Scheier (Editor), Molly Harrison (Artist), Vic & Kelly Bonilla (Media), Jonas Saunders (Fan), Peter S. Beagle (Filk) |
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| Orycon 30 | Nov 21-23, 2008 | Harry Turtledove (Writer), Ginjer Buchanan (Editor), Jeff Fennel (Artist), Cecilia Eng (Fan), Tricky Pixie (Filk) |
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| Orycon 31 | Nov 27-29, 2009 | Patricia Briggs (Author), Lou Anders (Editor), Lubov (Artist), Jeff Hitchin (Fan), Chris Lester(Filk), Chair Debra Stansbury |
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| Orycon 32 | Nov 12-14, 2010 | P.N. Elrod (Author), Sharyn November (Editor), Chad Savage (Artist), Seanan McGuire (Filk), Chair Tammy J. Lindsley |
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| Orycon 33 | Nov 11-13, 2011 | E.E. Knight (Author), Scott Allie (Editor), Jim Pavelec (Artist), Tempest (Music), Chair Devlin Perez | ||
| Orycon 34 | Nov 2-4, 2012 | |||
| Orycon 35 | Nov 8–10, 2013 | |||
The one-day Symposium in 1978 was held at Portland State University. OryCon was held at the Lloyd Center Sheraton in 1979, at the Portland Hilton 1980-83 and 1985, at the Portland Cosmopolitan Hotel in 1984, at the Red Lion/Lloyd Center (formerly the Lloyd Center Sheraton) in 1986, at the Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River Hotel from 1987 to 2003, at the Marriott (waterfront downtown) from 2003 to 2008, at the Red Lion/Lloyd Center beginning 2009.
Highlights
Orycon promotes science fiction and fantasy works of all kinds.
There are many panels and workshops discussing topics from how to write a great science fiction novel to current events in science, as well as numerous filk sessions and concerts. Some of the recent panel topics have included:
- Writing
- When is enough research too much?
- How to write about something you don't really know about
- Using Your Imagination to Write and Draw
- Inventing Languages: Alien Linguistics
- Balancing Writing with Family/Real Life—Deadlines vs. diapers
- Current events
- What impact does technology really have on history
- Murdering stemcells and frankenfood: modern biology and the far left and right
- The web in 2015 - a look ahead
- The rest of the world's last year in space/Japanese Space Program. What they've done, what they are doing, what they have planned.
- Costuming
- Making an original costume: What you need to get started
- Fabric manipulation-How to twist, dye, stitch, fold, pleat and otherwise bully your fabric into submission
- Period costumes beyond Victorian and medieval: Why don't we see more eras?
- Costuming 101: Pattern bashing for beginners
- Art
- Art Jam - Everybody Draws
- Selling the Offspring: Your Emotional Investment in Your Art and How Much do You Charge for It?
- The Business of Art
- My inspiration - My art: Why I did what I did
The Susan C Petrey Scholarship Fund Auction awards scholarships to the Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop (both in the East and West)
The Endeavour Award
The Endeavour Award is presented to a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year.
- FINALISTS FOR 2012
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (Tor) City of Ruins by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Pyr) River Marked by Patricia Briggs (Ace) Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson (Doubleday) When the Saints by Dave Duncan (Tor)
- 2011 Winner:
- | Dreadnought | by Cherie Priest
External links
- Orycon website
- Endeavour Award webpage
- Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI)
- Game Storm website
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