ALBACON 2000 (Oct 6-8 '00) Ramada Inn, Schenectady NY; rms $73 sngl, $78 dbl-quad. GoH: Glen Cook. AGoH: Joe DeVito. FGoH: Wombat. Memb: $45; 1-day $20 Fri. or Sun., $25 Sat. Info: Albacon 2000, Box 2085, Albany NY 12220; email: rothman@sff.net; website: www.albacon.org

ELSTERCON 2000 (Oct 6-8 '00) Leipzig, Germany. Guests: Dan Simmons, George R.R. Martin, Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston, plus German authors and editors. Theme: Von kommenden Schrecken [Of Coming Horrors]. Memb: 60 DM. Info: Dirk Berger, Pawlowstr. 53 04552 Borna, Germany; email: Dirk-Berger@gmx.de; website: http://apple.rz.uni-leipzig.de/FKSFL/Elstercon/Basis/Start.html

GAYLAXICON 2000 (Oct 6-9 '00) Arlington Hilton & Towers, Arlington VA; rms $99 sngl/dbl, +$20 each add'l. person. GoH: Fiona Patton. AGoH: Nan Fredman. Memb: $55. Info: Gaylaxicon 2000, Box 1862, Annandale VA 22003-9862; email: gaylaxicon@lambdasf.org; website: www.lambdasf.org/g2k

VALLEYCON 25 (Oct 6-8 '00) Quality Inn & Suites/Fargo Civic Center, Fargo ND; rms $52. GoH: Melanie Rawn. AGoH: Stephen Hickman. Memb: $20. Banquet: $25. Info: ValleyCon 25, Box 7202, Fargo ND 58106; email: valleycon@hotmail.com; website: www.valleycon.freeservers.com

CON*CEPT/BOREAL 2000 (Oct 13-15 '00) Days Inn, Montreal, Québec, Canada; rms C$87 sngl/dbl, C$97 tpl/quad. GoH: Charles De Lint. AGoH: Yannick Paquette. TM: Larry Stewart. Guests: Josepha Sherman, Julie Czerneda Memb: C$35. Info: Con*Cept/Boréal 2000, C.P. 405, Station H, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3G 2L1; email: Registration@ConceptSF.com website: www.conceptsf.com

CON*STELLATION XIX: VIRGO (Oct 13-15 '00) Huntsville AL. GoHs: Debra Doyle, James D. Macdonald. FGoH: Julie Wall. Info: email: constell@con-stellation.org; website: www.con-stellation.org

Ghostacon 2 (Oct 13-15 '00) Upsala, Sweden. GoH: Dave Lally. Memb: 150 SEK. Info: Anna Akesson, Studentvagen 34:316k, SE-752 34 Upsala, Sweden; email: akesson@tsl.uu.se or m94aaa@student.tdb.uu.se; website: http://sfweb.dang.se

ICON 25 (Oct 13-15 '00), Ramada Westfield Hotel, Coralville IA; rms: $68. GoH: Harry Turtledove. FGoH: Mike Lowrey. TM: Rusty Hevelin. Memb: $40. Info: ICON 25, Box 525, Iowa City IA 52244-0525; (319) 626-2099; email: penfold@inav.net; website: www.mindbridge.org/icon/index.html

CONCLAVE XXV (Oct 20-22 '00) Holiday Inn South, Lansing MI. GoH: David Weber. AGoH: Todd Cameron Hamilton. FGoHs: Dave & Cindy Manship. Musician GoH: Michael Longcor. Memb: $30. Info: ConClave, Inc., Box 2915, Ann Arbor MI 48106; email: conclave@conclavesf.org; website: http://conclave.hamjudo.com

MILEHICON 32 (Oct 20-22 '00) Sheraton Hotel, Lakewood CO; rms $79 sngl/dbl, $89 tpl/quad. GoHs: Ben Bova, C. Dean Andersson, Spider & Jeanne Robinson. AGoH: John Kovalic. TM: P.D. Cacek. Memb: $30. Info: MileHiCon 32, Box 101322, Denver CO 80250-1322; (303) 657-5912; email: lindanel@ix.netcom.com; website: www.eco-net.com/milehicon

NECRONOMICON 2000 (Oct 20-22) Radisson Inn - Sabal Park, Tampa FL. GoHs: James P. Hogan, Lynn Abbey. Memb: $30. Info: Necronomicon 2000, Box 2076, Riverview FL 33568; email: Ann Morris, RaggedyAnn@stonehill.org; website: www.stonehill.org/necro.htm

RELAXACON 2000 (Oct 20-22 '00) Northwest Inn & Conf. Ctr., Brooklyn Park MN. Memb: $30. Checks to Rick Gellman, 3700 1st Ave. S., Minneapolis MN 55409-1318; 612-825-8010.

Buchmessecon (Oct 21 '00) Frankfurt, Germany. Info: Roger Murmann, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Strasse 17, 64859 Eppertshausen, Germany; email: sftreffda@gmx.de

O2K: OCTOCON 2000 (Oct 21-22 '00) Royal Dublin Hotel, Dublin 1, Ireland. GoH: Michael Marshall Smith. Guests: Eugene Byrne, Diane Duane, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Roger Gregg, John Higgins, Jock Howson, John Joyce, Katherine Kurtz, Paul McAuley, Ian McDonald, Peter Moorwood, Kim Newman, Michael Scott, Colin Smythe, John Vaughan. Memb: IR£25/UK£21. Info: Octocon 2000, 42 Capel Court, Dublin 1, Ireland; email: info@octocon.com; website: www.octocon.com . British agent: Dave Lally, 64 Richborne Terrace, London, SW8 1AX, UK. Make sterling cheques payable to "Dave Lally No. 2 A/C".

Hansecon (Oct 26-31 '00) Lubeck, Germany. Info: Heinrich R. Arenz, Burgstrasse 33, 60316 Frankfurt, Germany; email: hra.hanse@freenet.de

WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION (Oct 26-29 '00) Omni Bayfront, Corpus Christi TX; $94 sngl/dbl, $104 tpl/quad. GoHs: K.W. Jeter, John Crowley. AGoH: Charles Vess. TM: Joe R. Lansdale. Memb: $125 to 10/15/00, then $150, payable to FACT/World Fantasy Convention. Info: WFC 2000, Box 27277, Austin TX 78755; (512)835-9304; fax: (512) 835-7637; email: fduartejr@aol.com; website: http://2000.worldfantasy.org

BATS 2000 (Oct 27-29 '00) -- CANCELLED

INCON 2000 (Oct 27-29 '00) Spokane Double Tree Inn, Spokane WA; rms $65. GoH: John Dalmas. AGoH: Néné Tina Thomas. FGoH: John Hertz. TM: Dragon Dronet. Memb: $25. Info: email: incon2000@hotmail.com; website: http://incon.skywalk.com

CONTRACEPTION 12 (Nov 10-12 '00) Howard Johnson East, Independence MO. Theme: The Wild Wild West. GoH: Lee Martindale. AGoH: Linda Lester. FGoH: Ken Keller. TM: Robin Wayne Bailey. Memb: $30. Info: Contraception, Box 2000, Lee's Summit MO 64081; email: ssatterfield@kc.rr.com; website: www.sff.net/people/sfreader/contraception.htm

NOVACON 30 (Nov 10-12 '00) The Britannia Hotel, Birmingham, UK; rms £42.50 & up. GoH: Christopher Priest. Special Guest: Rog Peyton. AGoH: David A Hardy. Memb: £35. Info: Steve Lawson, 379 Myrtle Rd, Sheffield S2 3HQ, UK; email: pat@cooky.demon.co.uk; website: www.cooky.demon.co.uk/n30/n30.html

TROPICON XIX (Nov 10-12 '00) Clarion Hotel, Hollywood Beach FL; rms: $65/$79. GoH: Vernor Vinge. AGoH: David Cherry. FanHistoricon Speaker: Dave Langford. Guests: Adam-Troy Castro, Hal Clement, Barbara Delaplace, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Joseph Green, Jack C. Haldeman II, Mike Resnick. Memb: $33. Info: Tropicon XIX, c/o SFSFS, Box 70143, Fort Lauderdale FL 33307-0143; email: tropicon@sfsfs.org; website: http://sfsfs.org/Tropicon/index.html

TUS-CON 27 (Nov 10-12 '00) Best Western Executive Inn, Tucson AZ; rms $45.50 sngl/dbl. GoH: Catherine Wells. AGoH: Liz Danforth. FGoHs: Stephanie Bannon, Craig Dryer. TM: Edward Bryant. Memb: $35. Info: TusCon, Box 26822, Tucson AZ 85726; (520) 881-3709 (Cristi); (520) 293-1455 (Rebecca); email: basfa@azstarnet.com; website: www.azstarnet.com/~basfa

WINDYCON XXVII (Nov 10-12 '00) Hyatt Regency Woodfield, Schaumburg IL; rms $85 sngl/dbl, $96 tpl/quad. GoH: Terry Brooks. AGoH: Lubov. Ed. GoHs: Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden. FGoHs: Larry Smith, Sally Smith. TM: Phyllis Eisenstein. Special Guests: Barry B. Longyear, Laurell K. Hamilton, Christian Ready. Memb: $40. Info: Windycon XXVII, Box 184, Palatine IL 60078-0184; website: www.windycon.org

CONTREATY/BENELUXCON 24 (Nov 17-19 '00) Best Western Grand Hotel de L'empereur, Maastricht, the Netherlands; rms 175 Dutch guilders (80 Euro) sngl, 200 Dutch guilders (91 Euro) dble. GoHs: Jaap Boekestein, Ricardo Pinto, Peter F. Hamilton. Special Guest: Christopher Priest. Memb: 40 Euro/88 Dutch guilders. Info: ConTreaty, Mozartlaan 38, 2253 HX Voorschoten, the Netherlands; email: Contreaty@jimacred.demon.nl; website: http://homepage.eircom.net/~goudriaan/contreaty/Treaty-index.html

EXOTICON (Nov 17-19 '00) Radisson Hotel, New Orleans LA; rms $119. GoHs: James P. Hogan, Paul T. Riddell. Media GoH: Claudia Christian. AGoH: Larry Elmore. Gaming GoH: Dave Arneson. Memb: $40. Info: email: bigrobis@bellsouth.net; website: www.exoticon.net

NELCON (Nov 17-19 '00) Country Comfort Motel, Port Stephens, NSW, Australia; rms $62 pppn twin/dbl, $51 pppn tpl. Relaxacon. Memb: A$20. Info: Edwina Harvey, 12 Flinders St., Matraville NSW 2036, Australia; email: e.harvey@unsw.edu.au; website: http://members.optushome.com.au/aussff/Nelcon.html

ORYCON 22 (Nov 17-19 '00) Doubletree Hotel Portland Columbia River, Portland OR. GoHs: Kara Dalkey, John Barnes. Ed. GoH: Gordon Van Gelder. Sci .GoH: Robert Forward. AGoH: Gail Butler. Memb: $50. Info: OryCon 22, Box 5703, Portland OR 97228; (503) 774-1043; email: kristyb@eloft.net; website: www.orycon.org/orycon22

PHILCON 2000 (Nov 17-19 '00) Adam's Mark Hotel, Philadelphia PA; rms $105 sngl/dbl, $119 tpl/quad. Principal Speaker: Vernor Vinge. AGoH: Bob Walters. Special Guest: Poul Anderson. Memb: $45. Info: Philcon 2000, Box 8303, Philadelphia PA 19101; email: info@philcon.org; website: www.philcon.org

CONCAT 12 (Nov 24-26 '00) Hyatt Regency, Knoxville TN; rms: $66. GoH: Charles de Lint. AGoH: Charles Vess. Memb: $35. Info: ConCat 12, 316 E. Scott Ave., Knoxville TN 37917; (423) 523-6986; email: chloiea@mailexcite.com; website: www.vic.com/~chloiea/ConCat.html

DARKOVER GRAND COUNCIL MEETING XXIII (Nov 24-26 '00) Holiday Inn, Timonium MD; rms $79. GoHs: Diane Duane, Peter Morwood. Special Guest: Katherine Kurtz. Musical GoH: Clam Chowder. Memb (checks to Armida Council): $40. Info: Armida Council, Box 7203, Silver Spring MD 20907; website: www.darkovercon.com

LOSCON 2000 (Nov 24-26 '01) Hilton Burbank Airport, Burbank CA; rms $86, suites $119. GoHs: Orson Scott Card, Bob Eggleton, Harry Knowles, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Craig Miller, Genevieve Dazzo, Frank Kelly Freas. Memb: $45. Info: Loscon 27, c/o The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, 11513 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood CA 91601; email: loscon27@lasfs.org; website www.loscon.org/loscon/27

UNCOMMONCON (Nov 24-26 '00) Hyatt Regency, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Dallas TX. Guests: Aaron Allston, Tracy Hickman, P.N. Elrod, Melissa Benson, Jason Carter, Lou Ferrigno, more. Memb: $35; $15/day. Info: 638 Pin Oak Drive, Irving TX 75060; (214) 497-9984; email: uncommoncon@uncommoncon.com; website: www.uncommoncon.com

SMOFCON 2000 (Dec 1-3 '00) Holiday Inn Oceanfront, Cocoa Beach, FL; rms. $69. Memb: $65 at door. ''The original convention to assist science fiction conrunners.'' Info: South Florida Science Fiction Society, POB 70143, Fort Lauderdale FL 33307-0143; email: jsiclari@bellsouth.net; website: http://sfsfs.org/SMOFcon

DRACON 2000 (Dec 8-10 '00) Hotel Santon, Brno, Czech Republic. Info: Poboèka Èeskoslovenského Fandomu v ÈR, Box 130, 615 00 Brno, Czech Republic; email: dracon@dracon.cz; website: www.dracon.cz

FANTABAIRES (Dec 8-17 '00) Buenos Aires, Argentina. Info: email: francomoreno@ciudad.com.ar; info@zonadeculto.com

ARMAGEDDONCON (Dec 28 '00-Jan 1 '01) -- CANCELLED [Laromme Hotel, Jerusalem, and, on Sunday, Armageddon (Har Megiddo), Israel. GoHs: Larry Niven, Joan D. Vinge, Paul J. McAuley, Jack Cohen. TM: Ian Watson. Memb: $190/750 NIS. Info: Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Box 8215, Jerusalem 91081, Israel; 972-2-673-00003/7, fax 972-2-673-0147; email: con@sf-f.org.il; website: www.armageddoncon.org]

HOGMANAYCON (Dec 29 '00-Jan 1 '01) – CANCELLED