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JULY 2000

CONOLULU/WESTERCON 53 (Jul 1-4 '00) Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu HI; rms $130-180. GoH: Dan Simmons. AGoH: Ctein. FGoH: John Lorentz. Locus Awards Banquet (7/2): $25; info: Liz Mortensem, 3169 Diamond Head Rd, Honolulu HI 96815; e-,mail: lyzard13@aol.com . Memb: $45; $25 supp. Info: Conolulu, 42 Aekai Place, Lahaina HI 96761; e-mail: tropo@maui.net; website: www.maui.net/~tropo

CASTLECON 13 (Jul 7-9 '00) Hilton Gaithersburg, Gaithersburg MD; rms $89 sngl, $109 dbl. Memb: $30. Info: FanTek, 1607 Thomas Rd., Friendly MD 20744; website: www.fantek.org/fantek/ccon

CONVERGENCE 2000 (Jul 7-9 '00) St. Paul Radisson, St. Paul MN; rms $98. GoHs: Neil Gaiman, Ruth Thompson, Regina Pancake. Memb: $50. Info: CONvergence, Box 13208 Dinkytown Station, Minneapolis MN 55414; e-mail: info@convergence-con.org; website: www.convergence-con.org

NASACON 2000 (July 7-9 '00) Scandic Hotel Slussen, Stockholm, Sweden. GoHs: Brian Stableford, John-Henri Holmberg. Memb: 250 SEK at door. Info: Wof von Witting, Lakegatan 8k, 133 41 Saltsjobaden, Sweden; e-mail: wol@sigmatc.a.se; website: www.sigmatc.a.se/nasacon

SHORE LEAVE 22 (Jul 7-9 '00) Hunt Valley Marriott, Hunt Valley MD. Guests: Ann C. Crispin, Peter David, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Roberta Rogow, media guests. Memb: $45. Info: Shore Leave, Box 6809, Towson MD 21285-6809; (410) 496-4456; e-mail: information@shore-leave.com; webite: www.shore-leave.com

2000 J.W. CAMPBELL CONFERENCE (Jul 8-9 '00) Center for the Study of Science Fiction, Univ. of Kansas. Guests: Frederik Pohl, Elizabeth Anne Hull. Campbell and Sturgeon Awards. The conference is preceded by the Writers Workshop (June 26-July 7) and followed by the Intensive English Institute on the Teaching of Science Fiction (July 10-21). Info: James Gunn, English Dept., Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence KS 66045; e-mail: jgunn@falcon.cc.ukans.edu

HISPACON 2000 (ASTURCON) (Jul 13-16 '00) Gijón, Spain. Memb: 5000 ptas. Info: Rodolfo Martínez, c/ Celestino Junquera, 33201 Gijón, Spain; e-mail: asturcon@drimar.com; website: www.drimar.com/asturcon

NECON 20 (Jul 13-16 '00) Roger Williams College, Bristol RI. Northeastern Writers' Conference; 200-member limit. Memb (includes room and board): approx. $205-250; registration deadline 7/1/00. Info: Necon 20, 67 Birchland Ave., Pawtucket RI 02860; (516) 326-6140 (Dan Booth); e-mail: boothd@panther.adelphi.edu; website: www.para-net.com/~necon

CONCUSSION (July 14-16 '00) Settle Inn, Omaha NE; rms $60. GoHs: C.S. Friedman, L.E. Modesitt, P.N. Elrod, Michael Sheard. Memb: $28. Info: ConCussion, Box 85762, Lincoln NE 68501-5762; e-mail: Comics@inetnebr.com; website: http://straylight.unl.edu/conc/

CONESTOGA 2000 (Jul 14-16 '00) Sheraton Tulsa, Tulsa OK; rms $72 GoH: David Weber. AGoH: Lubov. TM: Roger Tener. FGoHs: Tim and Kimber Chessmore. Mystery GoH: Nancy Pickard. Memb: $25 at door Info: Conestoga 2000, Box 54037, Tulsa OK 74155-4037; (918) 836-5463; e-mail: kdwentworth@sff.net; website: www.sff.net/people/sfreader/conestoga.htm

GATEWAY2 (Jul 14-16 '00) Henry VIII Inn & Lodge, St. Louis MO; rms $73 sngl, $78 dbl, $88 ste. GoH: Terry Pratchett. Memb: $60 at door. Info: Gateway Media Con, Box 3064, Florissant, MO 63032; (314) 524-3014; e-mail: gw2vols@hotmail.com; website: www.stlf.org/gateway

XI-KHAN (Jul 14-16 '00) Ramada Inn North, Colorado Springs CO. GoH: P.D. Cacek. AGoH: J. Robert Daniels. SF/gaming con. Memb: $23, day memb. $18. Dealer table: $35 (incl 1 memb). Art show info: Linda & Rich Cole, 1200 Chippewa Trail, Woodland Park CO 80863; (719) 687-1449. Info: Penny Tegen, 2926 Valarie Circle, Colorado Springs CO 80917; (719) 597-5259; website: http://members.iex.net/~rogers/khan.html

READERCON 12 (Jul 21-23 '00) Marriott, Burlington MA; rms $90. GoHs: Michael Moorcock, Suzy McKee Charnas. Memb: $45 at door. Info: Readercon, Box 38-1246, Cambridge MA 02238; e-mail: info@readercon.org; website: www.readercon.org

ESTELCON 2000 (Jul 24-30 '00) Madrid, Spain. Spanish Tolkien Society con. Info: EstelCon 2000, Avda. Generalisimo, 87. 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid, Spain; website: http://newton.fis.ucm.es/~elfo/indexb.html

CLARECRAFT DISCWORLD EVENT (Jul 28-30 '00) Warren Farm, Wetherden, Suffolk, England. Camping on site. GoHs: Terry Pratchett, S. Briggs, more TBA. Memb: £5, in advance only. Info: The Collectors' Guild, Unit 1a, Woolpit Business Park, Woolpit, Suffolk, IP30 9UP, England; phone 01359 244462; website: http://www.clarecraft.com

CRESCENT CITY CON XV (Jul 28-30 '00) Best Western Landmark Hotel, Metairie LA; rms: $69. GoH: Kevin J. Anderson. AGoH: Keith Parkinson. Media GoH: Wayne Alexander. FGoH: Rebecca Smith. Guests: Sharon Green, Rebecca Moesta, Teresa Patterson, Danny Frolich, Jack Stocker, Randy Richards. Memb: $40 at door. Info: Crescent City Con XV, Box 52622, New Orleans LA 70150-2622; (504) 488-0489; e-mail: cccno@aol.com; website: www.fatsnake.com/ccc

DIVERSICON 8 (Jul 28-30 '00) Holiday Inn Express, St.Paul MN; rms $69. GoH: Lois McMaster Bujold. Special Guest: Laurel Winter. Memb: $40 at door. Info: Diversicon, Box 8036 Lake Street Station, Minneapolis MN 55408; email: diversicon@SFMinnesota.com; website: www.SFMinnesota.com/diversicon/index.html

European Smoffing Event (ESE) 2000 (Jul 28-30 '00) Parkhous Hotel on Grafenstrasse, Darmstadt, Germany; rms: DM 95 sngl, DM 140 dbl. Memb: DM 65/GBP 20 at door. Info: European Conventions, Fiona Anderson, 129 Colegrave Rd., Stratford, London E15 1EA, UK; German address: Ralf Grosser, Martinstrasse 52, 64285 Darmstadt, Germany; e-mail: fiona@intersec.demon.co.uk , or rgrosserda@aol.com; website: www.intersec.demon.co.uk/ese

RIVERCON XXV (Jul 28-30 '00) Executive West Hotel, Louisville KY; rms $65. The last RiverCon. Guests: Larry Niven, George R.R. Martin, Esther M. Friesner, Allen Steele, more. TM: Mike Resnick. Memb: $35. Info: RiverCon, Box 58009, Louisville KY 40268; e-mail: RiverConSF@aol.con; website: http://members.aol.com/rivercon

AUGUST 2000

EUROCON 2000 (Aug 2-6 ’00) Hotel Gdynia, Tricity (Gdynia, Gdansk, Sopot), Poland; rms 64 Euro/$66 sngl, 80.75 Euro/$84 dbl, 144 Euro/$150 tpl. GoHs: Kir Bulychev, Walter Jon Williams; AGoHs: Michelangelo Miani, Wojtek Siudmak, Slawek Wojtowicz. Memb: $35. Info: USA: Lance Oszko, 6176 Edsall Rd. #73, Alexandria VA 22304; (703) 823-0514; e-mail: loszko@home.com; UK: Bridget Wilkinson, c/o 15 Manor Drive, Southgate, London N14 5JH; fax: (44) 181-925-7126; e-mail: bjw@cix.co.uk; Europe: Krzysztof Papierkowski, Chlopska 7/107, 80-362 Gdansk-Przymorze, Poland; (48) 58-553-1073; e-mail: papier@gkf.3miasto.pl; website: home.interstat.net/~slawcio/eurocon

ZERO-CON (39TH JAPAN SF CON) (Aug 5-6 ’00) Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center, Yokohama, Japan. GoH: Tanya Huff. FGoH: Jay Kay Klein. AGoH: Susan van Camp.Theme: SF Mangan-zenseki (Chinese Royal Full-Course Banquet of SF). Memb: $170; $55 supp. Info: 39th Japan SF Con Committee, Tsurukawa, Box 1, Tokyo 195-8799, Japan; (81) 427-37-7751; e-mail: QWR06017@nifty.ne.jp; website: http://member.nifty.ne.jp/zero-con

CON-VERSION XVII (Aug 11-13 ’00) The Metropolitan Centre/The International Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; rms: C$133 Mon-Thurs, C$97 Fri-Sun. GoH: Mike Resnick. AGoH: Julia Lacquement. Canadian GoH: Candas Jane Dorsey. Science Guest: Thor Osborn. Media Guest: Mike Dale. TM/FGoH: Michael McAdam. Memb: C$50; family rate (2 adults, 3 kids) C$110. Info: Con-Version, Box 20098, Calgary Place RPO, Calgary, Alberta T2P 4J2, Canada; e-mail: whiteri@home.com; website: www.con-version.ab.ca/index.html

27th FRENCH NATIONAL SF CONVENTION (Aug 17-20) L’Isle-sur-la Sorgue, Southern France. Memb: 350FF. Info: Jerome Baud, 04 90 38 27 20 (after 7 p.m.), 6 Lotissement Le Venasque, 84800 Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France; e-mail: upnt@club-internet.fr

ARMADILLOCON 22 (Aug 18-20 ’00) Omni Southpark, Austin TX. Special Guest: Kathleen Ann Goonan. GoH: Catherine Asaro. AGoH: Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz. Editor GoH: Betsy Mitchell. TM: Mary Doria Russell. FGoH: Robert Taylor. Memb: $20. Info: ArmadilloCon, Box 27277, Austin TX 78755; website: www.fact.org/dillo

BOHEMIACON 2000 (Aug 18-20 ’00) Usti n/L, Czech Republic. GoH: Brian Lumley. Info: e-mail: bohemiacon@e-mail.cz; website: http://bohemiacon.usti-nl.cz

CONSPEC 2K (Aug 18-20 ’00) - CANCELLED

FINNCON 2000 (Aug 18-20 ’00) Helsinki, Finland. GoHs: Neil Gaiman, Stephen Baxter, Ken MacLeod. Memb: free. Info: e-mail: Ari.Veintie@Helsinki.fi; website: http://www.finncon.org/nyt/

LEXICON [Unicon 2000] (Aug 18-20 ’00) Exeter College, Oxford, UK. GoH: Philip Pullman. Memb: £28, student/unwaged £15. Info: Lexicon, 18 Letchworth Ave., Bedfont, Middlesex, TW14 9RY, UK; e-mail: unicon2000@smof.com; website: www.smof.com/unicon2000

MYTHCON XXXI (Aug 18-21 ’00) Kilauea Military Camp, Volcano, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii; rms (cabins - price is per room): 1-br cabin $240, 2-br $148.50, 3-br $118.00, 4-br $85.50. Theme: Myth and Legend of the Pacific. GoH: Steven Goldsberry. Memb (payable to Mythcon XXXI): $60 at door. Banquet: $30. Info: Eleanor M. Farrell, Treasurer, Mythcon XXXI, Box 320486, San Francisco CA 94132; e-mail: emfarrell@earthlink.net; website: www.mythsoc.org/mythcon31.html

VIKINGCON 17 (Aug 18-20 ’00) W. Washington U., Bellingham WA. GoH: Larry Niven. Sci GoH: Robert Forward. AGoH: Julia Lacquement. Special GoH: George Dyson. FGoHs: Paul Carpentier, Julie McGalliard. Memb: $30/C$40. Info: VikingCon 17, WWU - Viking Union 202 Box V-1, Bellingham WA 98225; (360) 319-8833; e-mail: vikingcon@sfnorthwest.org; website: www.sfnorthwest.org/vikingcon

Atlantykron (August19-27 ’00) Capidava, Romania. Info: Sorin Repanovici, e-mail: srepi@yahoo.com

BACHANALIA FANTASTYCZNE 2000 (Aug 24-27) Zielona Gora, Poland. Info (phone): 48-601-592959; e-mail: belkot@lubusz.zetozg.pl; website: www.zetozg.pl/~belkot/astra/konwenty/bachanalia

BUBONICON 32 (Aug 25-27 ’00) Howard Johnson East, Albuquerque, NM; rms $50 standard, $55 deluxe. GoH: Walter Jon Williams. AGoH: Lela Dowling. TM: Mary Ann Cornett. Guests: Steven Gould, Jane Lindskold, David Martin, John J. Miller, Laura J. Mixon, Pati Nagle, Robert Vardeman. Memb: $25 to 8/14/00, $28 at door; pay NMSF Conference. Dealer table: $45 w/ 1 memb, $62 w/ 2 membs. Info: Dawn Barela (505) 880-0554. Art info: Lori Jansen (505) 822-0453. Info: NMSF Conference, Box 37257, Albuquerque NM 87176; (505) 266-8905; e-mail: cwcraig@nmia.com; website: http://members.aol.com/bubonicon

MOSCON XXII (Aug 25-27 ’00) University Inn, Moscow ID. GoH: Frank Robinson. Sci GoH: Thor Osborn. FGoH: Tim Hammell. Special Guest: Julia Lacquement. Memb: $30. Info: MosCon 22 Registration, Box 9622, Moscow ID 83843; website: www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/9963

CHICON 2000/WORLDCON 58 (Aug 31-Sep 4 ’00) Hyatt Regency, Chicago IL. GoH: Ben Bova. AGoH: Bob Eggleton. Editor GoH: Jim Baen. FGoHs: Bob & Anne Passovoy. TM: Harry Turtledove. Memb: $195 at door; online registration $150 through 8/15/00. Info: Chicon 2000, Box 642057, Chicago IL 60664; e-mail: info@chicon.org; website: www.chicon.org

The following listing is reproduced from the September 2000 issue of Locus Magazine. Late corrections and additions may be sent to the Locus Online; otherwise please send all convention information to Locus. Listings are drawn from a multitude of sources, each prone to typos (not to mention our own), and places and dates have a way of changing suddenly. So be sure to check with the convention committee before making final plans. We take no responsibility for errors.

SEPTEMBER 2000

FESTIVALUL VLADIMIR COLIN (Sep 1-3 ’00) Resita, Romania. Info: Matei Donea, +4092632525; Str. Rozelor 16, ap.3, 1671 Otelu Rosu, Romania.

BULGACON (Sep 3-6 ’00) Bulgaria. Info: e-mail: rumengd@hotmail.com

COPPERCON 2000 (Sep 8-10 ’00) Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort, Scottsdale AZ; rms $65, $125 suite. GoHs: Poul Anderson. AGoH: Vincent Di Fate. Filk GoH: CeliliaEng. Local Authors: Jennifer Roberson, Adam Niswander. Memb: $35. Info: CopperCon 2000, Box 62613, Phoenix AZ 85082-2613; (602) 973-2341; e-mail: cucon@casfs.org; website: www.casfs.org/cucon

FANTASYCON XXIV (Sep 8-10 ’00) Britannia Hotel, Birmingham, UK: rms £30. GoHs: Storm Constantine, Stan Nicholls, Stephen Lawhead, Doug Bradley. Memb: £45 members/£55 non-members (cheques payable to Fantasycon). Banquet: £25. Info: FantasyCon 2000, Beech House, Chapel Lane, Moulton, Cheshire CW9 8PQ, UK; e-mail: howe@which.net; website: www.herebedragons.co.uk/bfs/fc24.htm

S/SF: 1st Canadian Conference on Science/Science Fiction (Sep 12 ’00) National Research Council of Canada, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada. Speakers: Robert J. Sawyer, Robert Charles Wilson, James Alan Gardner, Julie E. Czerneda, more. Memb: C$50. Info: National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; website: http://www2.vit.iit.nrc.ca/~greenspa/SSF/SSF.htm

Arcana 30 (Sep 15-17 '00) Holiday Inn Express, St. Paul MN. Convention for fans of horror and dark fantasy literature and films. GoH: David Drake. Admission $30 at the door. Dealer's room space is available. Information by phone: (612) 721-5959. Mail: Arcana 30, P.O. Box 8036, Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, MN 55408. Email: arcanacon@prodigy.net; Web site: http://pages.prodigy.net/rekal.

Istrocon 2000 (Sep 15-17 ’00) Bratislava, Slovakia. GoH: Mike Resnick. Info: Martina Pilcerova; e-mail: istrocon@istrocon.sk; website: www.istrocon.sk

EXPERIMENT IN TERROR [formerly TWILIGHT TERRORS](Sep 28-Oct 1 ’00) Ramada Plaza Hotel O’Hare, Rosemont IL; rms $87. GoHs: Nancy Kilpatrick, Amarantha Knight, Sephera Giron, Caro Soles, Kyle Stone. AGoH: Alan Clark. Memb: $50. Deluxe memb (includes banquet and souvenir anthology) $75. Info: Twilight Terrors, Box 1582, North Riverside IL 60546; e-mail: rich@twilight-terrors.com; website: www.twilight-terrors.com

ARCHON 24 (Sep 29-Oct 1 ’00) Holiday Inn & Gateway Ctr., Collinsville IL; rms $90 sngl/dbl, $100 tpl/quad. GoH: Larry Niven. AGoH: Larry Elmore. FGoHs: Genie Yaffe, Amy & Dave Verseman. TM: Jerry Pournelle. Guests: Jim Baen, Dana & Bruce MacDermott, Vic Milan. Memb: $35. Info: Archon 24, Box 8387, St. Louis MO 63132; (636) 326-3026; e-mail: archon_hotline@zellich.net; website: www.stlf.org/archon/24

CONTEXT XIII (Sep 29-Oct 1 ’00) Best Western North, Columbus OH. GoHs: Nancy Kress, Charles Sheffield. Ed. GoH: Gordon Van Gelder. Filk GoH: Juanita Coulson. Special Guests: Maureen McHugh, Ron Sarti, Thomas Gressman, Nancy J. McKibben. Memb: $40. Info: Context, Box 163391, Columbus OH 43216; (614) 889-0436; fax (614) 851-9970; e-mail: mevans@gcfm.org or gross.3@osu.edu; website: www.contextcon.com/con13a.html

TRINOC-CON 2000 (Sep 29-Oct 1 ’00) Durham Marriott & Civic Center, Durham NC; rms $94. GoH: Michael Swanwick. Special Guest: James Morrow. AGoH: Charles Vess. Guests: David Drake, John Kessel, more. Memb: $35 at door. Info: Trinoc-coN, Box 10633, Raleigh NC 27605; e-mail: Trinocconn@aol.com; website: www.trinoc-con.org

THE FUTURE OF RELIGION: HUMANISM, RELIGION & SCIENCE FICTION (Sep 30 ’00) Raddison Inn, Secaucus NJ. Conference. Guests: H. Bruce Franklin, David Gerrold, more. All seat: $35 (includes lunch) - preregister only. Info: (973) 748-8467; e-mail: criticus@aol.com

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