Progress Report 4 March 2001

' ,, 00 that's what he meaut when he oacd this hotel was streets ahead. . .' PARAGON 13-16% April 2001 Hanover International Hotel

Guests of Honour

Stephen Baxter Michael Scott Rohan Lisanne Norman Claire Brialey Mark Plummer

Committee@

Chair: Alice Lawson Finance: David Cooper

Hotel & Programme Sabine Furlong Memberships: Steve Lawson Operations: Nigel Furlong Publications: John Dowd

Contact information

Membership & general enquiries Website Paragon www.keepsake-web.co.uk/paragon 379 Myrtle Road SHEFFIELD Email S2 3HQ general enquiries; [email protected] Telephone: 0114 281 1572 hotel & memberships [email protected]

For individual email addresses for particular departments see the website. PR 4 was produced by John Dowd. Costume info was written by Guilia de Cesare and thefan roompieces by thefan room crew. Pauline Dungate wrote the piece on Lisanne and Lisanne the accessibilitypiece. Other text was written by membersofthe committee.

2 Paragon PR4 News from the chair

When westarted on this journeyit There will be more aboutthe hotel seemed Easter 2001 was lifetime and programmefurther on. away. Nowit is almost here, it seems as though we have spenta lifetime As I said at the beginning we have organising Paragon. We won’t know had a lot of fun putting the what to do with our time whenit is convention together and we hope all over. However, despite the that you will have a lot of fun “Blackpool vanishes” problem we attending it, we have done our best have had lot of fun along the way, to make sure you do. I know thatit and made somegoodfriends. will not be “perfect”. As I said before I Strangely enough wearestill looking know that you cannot keep forward to the convention. I knowit everybody happy,all the time, but I is a bit scary, but it will be a lot of hope that we can make everybody fun for us to see everything we have happy at least someof the time, at planned put into practice. least that is what I would like. NO! Actually I would like to make The programmeis almost complete. everyone happyall the time. The fact it is so varied means that we have decided to use the room with no Alice disabled access. We have thought long and hard about this butfeel One thing I will not miss is writing that we have to do our best for everyone. Wedid try lots of options to these pieces. I warned youall at the beginning that I cannot (or should not) makeit accessible but for various write. Oops did I say that out loud. reasons we have had no success. We have ensured that all the main and In this PR “big” items are on the ground floor Wehavetheall important travel and accessible to everyone. Thefirst instructions and latest hotel information. floor will be used for the third Wedo have roomsfor multiple occupancy, stream. doubles, twins andtriples, left in the main Hotel. So if you haven't booked book now. There is a nice mixture of stuff in the Programme,accessibility and fanroom programmewith a bit of something information are there to help you plan for everyone. With a full main your Paragon especially Friday night. Note programmeincluding a David Wake the requests for yourparticipation that production and a full fan room needs planning in advance. programmeto say nothing of the fireworks, I am confident that As I write, foot and mouth outbreaks have everyone will find plenty to enjoy. reached double figures and arerising daily. There are outbreaks in After lots of visits to the hotelI still . We have been advised that the motorway, roads andthe hotel will not think it is a great hotel. Yes it is a bit be affected by travel restrictions but most secluded, but that means less of the countryside attractions nearby are chance of non-fans dropping in. The already closed as are footpaths near the hotel should have only convention hotel. Fortunately we have a good hotel membersin it. and a good programme. We may haveto stay in the bar.

Paragon PR4 From South (M40 northbound) recommended by members ofour committee comingfrom west London Leave M40 at junction 15 onto A46 for 19 miles. Turn onto the A45 for 2 miles. Turn back onto the A46 for a further 7 miles. Join the M69 at Junction on the M6. Exit M69 at junction 1. Turn right onto A5 (signposted London and Milton Keynes). From South (M5 northbound) Leave M5 at junction 4a onto M42. Exit M42 at junction 7 onto M6(southbound). Exit M6 at junction 2 onto M69. Exit M69 at junction 1. Turn right onto AS (signposted London and Milton Keynes). From South (M1 northbound) Leave M1 at junction 21 onto M6. Exit M6 at junction 2 onto M69. Exit M69 at junction 1. Turn The Hanover International right onto A5 (signposted London Hotel is located on the A5 aboutj and Milton Keynes). 300yds south ofjunction 1 on By Rail the M69 on theleft. Hinckley Railway station is about - 2 miles from the hotel. Direct From North (M1 southbound) trains run from Birmingham, Leave M1 at junction 21 onto _ Coventry and Nottingham. M69. Exit M69 at junction 1. Turn *, ‘Frequency is approximately half hourly left onto A5 (signposted London and in the morning and evening peak periods Milton Keynes). ~and hourly at other times. Notall trains stop at Hinckley. Services may be reduced for the Bank From North (M6 southbound) Holidays and engineering work over the Easter Leave M6 at junction 2 onto M69. Exit M69 weekend and train times and availability should at junction 1. Turn right onto A5 (signposted be confirmed with the railway companies London and Milton Keynes). booking systems. Nuneatonstation is little further away but has a more frequentrail By Air service. It seems that Virgin intercity from and Birmingham airports are London via Nuneaton is cheaper than Midland a similar distance from the Hotel. Several local taxi firms have expressed a willingness mainline via Leicester. to collect people from either for a fare of between £21 and £30 pounds. They have all Taxis at Hinckley may be obtained from the taxi hut (the unmarkedbrick building on theleft of said that a booking should be made with the station drive just beyond the parking area) flight times and numbers. It should be possible to get a taxi on spec at the airport. or from a freephone in the Somerfield Link Cars (01332814225) at East Midlands supermarket next to the station. quotea fare of £32 and say that a taxi may be booked but are usually available on Taxi Fare from Nuneaton station is £9, From Hinckley £4. request.

Bus Travel National coaches do not go to Hinckley. Only one local bus comes within a half mile of the Hotel. This does not run on Sundays or Bank Holidays. It does not run early mornings or evenings. We cannot recommend even thinking about buses.

4 Paragon PR4 Hotel Acessibility Lisanne Norman First, this place has my total thumbs up for Accessto all the main con areas is down a accessibility, design, comfort in both long corridor with small fake shop windows bedrooms, con areas and public areas - and set in it called Main Street. I felt this was my favourite, the pool and jacuzzi! They are much more an American Conference centre also, I was told by the hotel liaison lady who than a British hotel. That's a positive escorted me round, used to running many comment by the way, having seen a few US Special Needs conferences for schools so are centres and many British hotels by now.:) well aware of the needsof the disabled. There is a shop in the hotel for essentials, It is all built on the flat with slight slope up and buying the gifts on display in the fake or down to new levels but these are hardly windows. The pool is gorgeous and semi- noticeable. Corridors in public areas are tropical, I believe part of their Health Centre decently wide too which is nice. which also operates separately from the hotel side. My only warningis thereis a fair bit of walking from the main restaurant to the The Rotunda will be the main gathering conventions rooms and bedrooms, so if you area and doesn't have the homely comfort of have walking problems, really do consider the reception area but it is very well lit from hiring a wheelchair from the Red Cross as natural light and the white walls, plenty of there are not chairs or seating along the soft seating and is one of those areas route. everyone at some time has to go through so is ideal for the main con lounge. Central to The hotel itself is an interesting building, a it is a spiral staircase up to the rooms plus mix of part park with associated glass hot just off it are thelifts. houses - you think - and exterior exotic pool/lake, a fountain, and a smoothtiled I was shown a couple of the groundfloor approach to the main entrance and glassed bedrooms andthey are very nice and roomy- area. Was a short "walk" in my chair to the no shoe boxes here! The normal twin/ entrance - disabled spaces could be nearer doubles had more than enough room for me but the hotel can do something I am sure. to have my wheel chair in overnight and for Certainly there is a drop off area for those 2 folk to move around. not driving their own cars like me. Convention rooms are ramped too, whether Onceinside, I was stunned by the enormous by design or the hotel's own mobile ramps, and lovely reception lounge, complete with with good access doors. Roomsare goodsizes resident Greek God. Why they chose and pleasant to be in from what I remember. Poseidon to hold up the ceiling rather than Atlas or a Titan is strange, but he's certainly Yes there are two smaller function rooms up imposing. This is also a lounging area for a steep flight of stairs, but as the con will not afternoon teas with small tables. Offit is a use them for anything essential to fully glass sided area they plan to use as an members,thatin itself is no problem, No overflow breakfast area I believe - again hotel can be perfect, but this oneis really beautiful. lovely. To be honest,I liked it as much as the Adelphi in Liverpool from a Con-goers The restaurant is off this area and again view point for the great central lounge where very pleasant by any comparisons with you can see most people passing through at previous venues, and easily accessible for some point, corridors not too narrow, access the disabled in a wheelchair like me. good for all public areas we are usingetc.

Last word, The Snooty Fox bar is very small A full list of local taxi firms and their and cosy. Please be aware of disabled fans in wheelchairs and let them in too. It's easy to telephone numbers will appear on not even notice us when in our chairs we the website. only reach up to waist level on you tall lads.

Paragon PR4 APPEARANCES ARE DECEPTIVE - A Profile of Lisanne Norman Pauline Dungate. Imagine a fragile-looking elfin woman the Glasgow School of Art before head- with long blonde hair, nervously arriv- ing south. She used to make silver ing at a Coventry hotel. She wants to jewellery, and sew her own costumes, be a writer and has been told to go done leather carving and painting (she there by Ken Slater and make friends has sold a few paintings at convention with a few. Her first encounters are art shows). In the hallway of her home with Anne McCaffrey and Andrew are the murals she has created based Stephenson before fleeing to find her on a Cretan theme. room. She doesn’t recognise either of them. She doesn’t recognise Chris So she is an artist. Yes - but she pre- Priest, either. This doesn’t sound like fers to draw pictures with words. At the Lisanne Norman I know. the age of eight Lisanne was writing stories because she had run out of the This was in 1977 and it was Lisanne’s kind of things she liked to read but her first convention. I was the chairman. ’ career didn’t really start until 1978. An encounter in a lift with Ken Bulmer She was writing short stories and it turned the waif into an Amazon. He was Andrew Stephenson (remember commented that a pretty girl like her him from Coventry in 1977) who told ought to be in the masquerade. The her her latest effort was a cliché - it next year, she was and at the World was from the viewpoint of a kitten - Con in Brighton in 1979 she was one of and why didn’t she make it an alien. the three Amazons of Darkover(at- And so her felinoid Sholans were born. tacked by two baddies) who took the award for Best Dramatic Action. She And Lisanne Norman became a suc- still has the sword that helped her cessful writer. Not yet. She created slash her way to recognition, though it something more important first. She took six years before she could afford became the mother of a highly intelli- to buy it. Lisanne Norman is a danger- gent young man called Kai. ous lady. The first novel, Turning Point, wasn’t Away from conventions, Lisanne honed finished until 1987. The following year, her battle skills. For eighteen years, the manuscript went on a long jour- from Easter to October she fought on ney. It crossed the Atlantic in the battle fields up and down the country luggage of Marsha Jones. Marsha gave at Viking shows. She can handle it to her sister, Sheila Gilbert. Sheila swords a long dane axe and a bow and is an editor for DAW books. DAW have arrows with proficiency and lead her now published all six of Lisanne’s nov- own unit, rising to Jarl in the Viking els and only one of her short stories Society. Her most recent appearance has been published in the UK. on the field was at the Battle of Hast- ings in October 2000 - as a Saxon Then Lisanne Norman is the American archer (she would have much pre- Guest of Honour at Paragon? Not ex- ferred to fighting for the Normans at actly. She lives in Norwich with Kai, the bottom of the hill; and they only two Shotens cats, a large friendly dog won because they cheated). and an apparent degree of chaos. You will find her at most Eastercons and Lisanne Norman is a Saxon! Not really Novacons. At some point, usually to- - she is a Scot. Born in Glasgow in wards the smaller hours of the night, 1951 she comes from an artistic family you will find her wreathed in smoke - her brother creates wonderful pic- brainstorming a concept, an idea, a tures, and studied jewellery design at landscape or an alien with a group of /cont p 8

Paragon PR4 Mike Scott Rohan

Describing himself as a Breton-Scot, After getting his MA in 1973 he Mike Scott Rohan descends from the escaped the law to join an French via a father born on international publishing firm. There Mauritius and the Scots through a he spent the next five years editing line of border farmers and cattle encyclopaedias and other reference raiders. books. He joined the Pieria writer's group established by Stephenson and Holdstock, with SFinx authors and

Terry Pratchett, Dave Langford, Mike Scott Rohan and 1977, he and your editor John Dowd At Picocon 6 Deborah ran out of

excuses. From an early age he read voraciously, everything from Dan In 1978 he took voluntary Dare to the Larousse Mythology, redundancy and began writing his Conan Doyle, C S Lewis (Outof the first non-fiction book, The Hammer Silent Planet, not Narnia), Tolkien And The Cross, andhis first novel, andhis older sister's copy of Lady Run to the Stars. Chatterley. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and St Edmund In 1988 he was guest of honourat Hall, Oxford, where after entering in Picocon 6. Also guesting were Dave English he made the great mistake of Langford and Terry Pratchett. John studying law, but was sensible Dowd wasalso present ( see photo). enough to join the SF group. There he met its president Allan Scott, who Mike's fantasy writing has shown an (along with terminal boredom) originality that breaks with the started him writing for the group's sterile rehashing of old themes semi-pro magazine SFinx alongside common in some writers’ work. The such luminaries as Rob Holdstock, mythos of the winter of the world Ian Watson, Dave Langford and series blends a sophisticated yet Andrew Stephenson. Healso seized primitive technology with a coherent on an innocent young American st of supernatural phenomena that called Deborah, a Philadelphia-born owes nothing to Tolkien. The Spiral Stanford postgrad, who wandered series fits wierdness into our world into the group, and they began in a mannerthatis frighteningly finding excuses not to get married. plausible. His work is highly recommended.

Paragon PR4

Costume at Paragon Guilia de Cesare Chaos Costume There will be a disco later that There will be chaos. Costume,thatis. evening and people in costume will Weare hoping the usual suspects be especially welcomethere. will rally round to make this happen. A room with level access has been set Masquerade rehearsals will be at aside for chaos costume.It is near to 10:00 a.m. on Saturday toilets and also near to where the masqueradewill be held, so we hope Hall Costume to use it as the masquerade staging Wehopeto seelots of people in hall area. costume on Sunday. There will be a prize for hall costume, and the hotel Masquerade has several picturesque nooks and The hall for the masquerade should crannies for photos, e.g., the statue seat about 350 people and the hotel of Neptune and the hansom cab is looking into possibly having the shown in PR2. Although it is a show on cctv so people can watch modern building, parts of the hotel from another location as well. The are decorated as pseudo-Victorian hall is about 46 feet wide and 93 feet streets and there is a sort of jungle long, and just over nine feet high. hut setting around the pool. It also Costumers will need to fit through has very nice landscaped gardens, double doors and I think they are something we haven’t had at an normal height only. It has level Eastercon for a while now, so those access via a carpeted corridor and with cameras will have lots of good will be near to chaos costume and opportunities for pictures. toilets. /fromp 6 It will be held on Saturday evening at friends. Peels of laughter will ema- about the usual time and run by the nate from the group as floating mem- usual people: Tim Broadribb and branes will fart eliminate gas and Richard Rampant on tech, Sue descend into the canopyofher alien Mason as MC and mebackstage. I’d world. Sheis also partial to a glass of be grateful for any volunteers coke, with a whole lemon. helping, and I will have a table in the dealer’s room where I can be She’s cliquey, then? Notat all. She contacted. will spend time to give a stranger the benefit of her experience. She will Wewill organise a photo shoot, encourage a new writer. She is ex- probably while the judges are ceedingly approachable, and above judging, in the hall itself. Entrants all is a loyal, lovely friend. Mylife de will walk through again with the would be muchpoorer without her in lights up and people can move it. For all, you have doneto help me, nearer the front to take pictures at Lisanne, thank you. this time. It will also be a good opportunity to see costumes again in Butsheis still a dangerouslady. more detail. Watch out for the electric wheelchair - it doesn’t have reversing mirrors.

Paragon PR4 Friday programme Our programme team have been up will be occurring in the morning working very hard to bring you an and registration will open earlier. interesting and varied programme. To help membersto plan their The programmeneedsto be read arrival we are publishing the with caution as it may be subjectto provisional programmefor Friday. change resulting from events outside Please note there are no events our control. Sabine has declared that planned before 13:30 although set she intends there be no changes.

Time |Paris Westminster (Conference |Lakeside 11 (Fan)

13:30 |Whatis harder to Users Guide to predict:Social or |Eastercon Technological Change?

15:00 |Author dialogue j|If he dies we get |SF Books (J. Meaney and our own show revisited Bridget McKenna)

16:00 |Opening Ceremony

16:30 WTPO* Fanrooms

17:30 |Out of the The Psychology of |Gone but not |WTPO Bookpool Fans forgotten BSFAetc

£6230 Earthlight

19:00 |SF/fantasy Time Times 4 Author's websites

20:00 1st Eastercon - "All Cats are Author WTPO Elec We have come a_ Grey"" reading MB Fanac long way!

21:00 |Alex - The Tech setup SF Vampires whipman

21:30 Desert Island Discs - Stephen Baxter

22:00 Rocks have TAFF v Rights GUFF Quiz

22:30°"| Tech setup

23:00 |Rocky Horror 5 ; 3 Bese Show RE s the point of

Paragon PR4 9 The Fan Room

The Fanroom, including the Fan And we aren’t just selling fanzines, Programme of which more later, is a we’re also happy to sell other fannish convention within a convention, publications, convention merchandise, running parallel to and in association any kind of fannish materials (use with its giant parent (or offspring, your imagination here and if in doubt depending on how you view the ask us in advance) - all on the same evolution of conventions. Once upon a "10% to UFF’ terms. In addition to the time the Fanroom would have been the traditional fan fund auction, we can entire CONVENTION, remember!). It sell books, fanzines, anything else provides an environment and schedule through our novel (sort of...) daily of events, programming and services ‘Manual E-bay’ auction system. not specifically catered for elsewhere in the Eastercon, and it offers up a We’re also looking for display material quite distinct experience available to of all kinds. This could include old all the convention’s attendees, who are photographs of conventions and other all, of course by definition Fans. fannish events, photocopies of short pieces of fan writing and fan art, The Fanroom is managed by Greg convention memorabilia, indeed Pickersgill and Catherine McAulay, anything which can be stuck on a wall with Sandra Bond, to showcase the and which somebody might find interests of Paragon’s Fan Guests of interesting. You can send items to us Honour, Claire Brialey and Mark in advance or bring stuff along on the Plummer. It has an excellent location, day (although one way and another, and is provided with a bar, plenty of it'd help if we had a rough idea what to seating and display space, and a expect). contiguous programmearea. It’s designed to be a place to BE, as well as The Fanroom will also be a place to attend the Fan Programme or browse find out about other fannish events, the sales and give-away tables. There groups and other projects: so if you’re is disabled access and the Fanroom already planning to scatter flyers staff are ready to assist you should you around the hotel to advertise a need assistance. convention, club, magazine or event in the hope that someone will take them Among the material available in the away and read them before they’re all Fan Room will be a large selection of turned into paper aeroplanes in the British, American, European and Rotunda, bring some along to the Australasian fanzines. Many are from Fanroom too - and take the opportunity the Memory Hole recycling bins and to take some others away. are, essentially, free (although we do request a small donation which will go And while you’re thinking about what to the United Fan Funds), and many to bring, why not swap the convention current fanzines that you can buy for a something for your membership pack? small charge, 10% of which goes to the Give us a Bag of Stuff in return for the United Fan Funds, the remainder to bag of stuff you'll get at registration - the publisher. So if you currently anything you think is worth bringing produce a fanzine, bring along copies along, including the stuff you’ve and we'll sell them for you. acquired at other cons, club meetings and auctions and feel that your home And if you’ve ever wanted to read can now live without. And once you’ve fanzines but never knew where to cleared the space, you'll be able to start, this is the place for you. take more books, fanzines, art and other stuff home with you...

10 Paragon PR4 The Fan Programmewill run the scheduled programmeitems. If you throughout the convention. The Fan are interested make contact with the Guests of Honour item by Brialey and Fanroom either before or during the Plummerwill be a highlight of this convention. programme, and there will also be fifteen items which will cover other We hope this has been enough to many facets of the SF fan experience; spark your interest, and weall look the unifying thread of which will be a forward to welcoming you to the series of discussion items under the Paragon Fanroom. Programming will banner WHAT’S THE POINT OF, which start from 4:30 on Friday, right after seek to deconstruct and examine the main opening ceremony, posing several of the essential ‘givens’ of fan the key question activity. Other than that the whole Fan WHAT’S THE POINT OF... Programme was developed very much FANROOMS? with Mark and Claire’s interests and Turn up, join in, hang out. enthusiasms in mind, and will reflect what they feel is important and For further information contact consequential about science fiction Sandra Bond fandom. 46 Stirling Road, London N22 5BP, UK [email protected] The Fanroom programmewill of course be included in the programme grid in Claire Brialey the Read Me; but also look out for the 26 Northampton Road, Croydon, separate Fanroom programmeleaflet at Surrey CRO 7HA the convention. In particular, check [email protected] the QUIZ GUNFIGHT item on Saturday, which needs, frankly, YOU... Catherine McAulay & Greg Pickersgill And just one more thing If you’ve ever 3 Bethany Row, Narberth Road, wanted to present a short programme Haverfordwest, item on a fannish or SF subject of Pembrokeshire SA61 2XG, UK [email protected] great importance to you, we are looking [email protected] for speakers to do 5 to 15 minute guerrilla programme pieces between Mark Plummer 14 Northway Road, Croydon, Surrey CRO 6JE

Circular Poetry

Kluggers the Barred invites all toa poetry circle. The event will be very informal but will work in the following fashion. A group of people will form themselves into a circle. Each person will do a poem and then focus will move to the next person.

You will need to bring your own poemsor natural extemporaneous talents. It should be fun. Ho Yoleu that's uot a poetry circe'

Paragon PR4 1] The Programme Sabine Furlong Here it is. The programme for Paragon! Of course, science will feature highly Wedecided long ago that a busy as well, with the George Hay Science programme would mark this year. We Lecture, this year featuring Dr Helen wanted to have something for every Priddle of the Roslin Institute, taste. If the only complaint we ever Midlothian. Amanda Baker will update heard was that you missed one us with the Mars Society. As a special programme because you wanted to see guest, we have secured Tom Hardy another we would smile and nod. After Forsyth, a course director of the Home hundreds of drafts, well 5 at least, we Office Emergency Planning College. finally think we have cracked it. You know these games, where you have to Cyberdrome will roam again and Sue shift little panels around and destroy will dazzle us as Masquerade host. On the picture to get one panel from left to Sunday evening, we will honourall right? I feel that I have played this nominees with a special Award game for hours on end. And now we Ceremony. This is your opportunity to have a picture. dust off that DJ and dig out that frock! Dress code is...wear whatever you like! There are a few real gems. We have Of course, you can also come in jeans included some major evening and T- Shirt. Oh, and on Sunday there entertainment. Don’t forget to pack will be the great SF Easteregg hunt! your Rocky Horror outfits! Incidentally, Not just for kids! Alex the whipman will cater for the more... shall we say morally But I better get an end to this, before challenged public. Sorry, kids! Adults John cuts meoff and I start drooling only! over the page. Let me just say that the main emphasis on this programme is For those who would like to get a more variety. Whether you like hard SF, personal view of our Guests of Honour, fantasy, science, media, costuming Mike, Steve and Lisanne, we have a (Chaos will be there! Next door to the special treat. They agreed to Robot WS. That should prove participate in our very own Desert interesting!), filk, fannish stuff or just Island Disc version hosted by Chris want to have fun, you7l have a place to O’Shea. go.

CHILDMINDING We have been in contact with the social services in Hinckley. They have stated that it would be alright for a childminding service to be run at the convention. Alison Scott has agreed to organise this. For those of you with children under 7 years old please contact Alison direct on 020 8521 4745 or e-mail her at [email protected] Paragon has produced no t-shirts but you can get clothing with the logo embroidered. Please make contact with her Contact Nigel Furlong at [email protected] before the convention so she can or ask at the convention. organise in advance.

i Paragon PR4 Hotel information

ATTENTION. ROOMS TO LET on this floor. We will also have an As I type this westill have some ‘evac chair' for getting people with double/twins left in the main hotel. limited mobility out of these rooms Get your orders in now... quickly and safely if needed. Single rooms are now being booked into the Sketchley Grange Hotel. KEYS Your booking form will need to be The hotel will issue as many keys as with us by 7“ of April at the very there are people booked in the room. latest although the main hotel is They will also issue key cards that likely to be full by then. The sooner will have to be shownat breakfast we get the form the more likely we and when charging anything to your can get you into the main hotel room. The hotel has advised us that key cards will be needed to buy drinks from the bar outside normal PARKING pub licensing hours. This does not There is car parking for 600 cars with require you to charge to your room. disabled parking near the hotel You can still use cash. entrance. This is controlled by a barrier system, which will issue you CORKAGE with a ticket. These tickets will need For anyone planning a party you to be validated each time you leave need to be aware that in common the hotel by car (going out for meals with most hotels the Hanover etc.). There is a standard charge of £1 International Hotel will charge per night per car. This will be added corkage for drinks not purchased to your bill automatically. Please from the hotel, for example, £8 per check yourbill carefully as the bottle of wine. For anyone planning system has been knownto add the an expensive party corkage for charge to people who do not havea champagneis £15. (An invite would car in the carpark. be nice)

DISABLED ACCESS BREAKFAST There are disabled parking places To facilitate a better service at near the entrance of the hotel. All breakfast we have agreed with the the disabled access bedrooms are on hotel that they suspend their normal the groundfloor as well as all the room service for the mornings of the main parts of the convention. This convention, except in cases of real includes main and secondary difficulty. programme, art show dealers room and so on. A small number of CONTACT programmeitemswill be on thefirst For up to date room availability you floor. There is no lift to this floor so it can contact Steve Lawson on will not be accessible to anyone who cannot manage stairs. There will still Telephone 0114 281 1572, be a lot of choice for everyone. We are mobile 07808 827278 planning to have wheelchairs on this Email [email protected] floor so that if people can manage the ‘stairs they will be able to use a chair

Paragon PR4 13 Membership List (at 4 March)

A 60 Yar A90 Simon Bradshaw A 183 Adrian Cox A 252 Ronan Flood A41 666 A288 Michael A6ol1l Cardinal Cox S17 Mike Ford A 630 Geir Aalberg Braithwaite A21 Dave Cox A573 Lynn A56 Michael Abbott A 241 John Bray A305 Cuddles Fotheringham A 340 Dawn Abigail G4 Claire Brialey A561 Damian Cugley A 436 Jon Fowler A 43 Andrew A. Adams A5l1 Gordon W Brignal A127 Tony Cullen A 437 Sam Fowler A 387 Aletia A515 Barbara Brooks A 206 Rafe Culpin A413 Foz A179 Lissa Allcock A284 Christopher A 627 David Curl A 26 Sue Francis A 180 Philip Allcock Brooks A449 D’rew A 566 Alison Freebairn A 42 Paul Allwood A514 Ian Brooks A 640 Jennie Dailey - A 607 Dave French A 70 Brian Ameringen A590 Eric Brown O’Cain A 608 Shirley French A 540 Chris Amies A276 John Brown A 306 John Dallman A123 Anders Frihagen A 507 Simon Amos A458 Molly Brown A 93 Julia Daly A 72 Gwen Funnell A509 Anders Prime A 231 Su Brown A 398 Mike Damesick X 106 Nigel Furlong A 266 Diane Anderson A519 Tanya Brown J 487 Danger Mouse X 330 Sabine Furlong A 265 John Anderson A 242 E.D. Buckley A510 Al Darragh A574 G Coune A 393 Ellen T. Andresen AQ1 Bug A76 Malcolm Davies A 394 Gabriela A 297 Andrew A145 Bill Burns A 108 Steve Davies A212 Jim Gallagher S 168 Linnéa Anglemark A253 Jackie E Burns A538 Davo A 606 Fred Gambino A 4604 David Angus A144 Mary Burns A259 Martyn Dawe A 167 Peter T. Garratt A222 aRJay A 14 Roger Burton West A 37 Guy Dawson A 378 Gav A315 Andy Armstrong A211 Andrew M Butler A 38 Sue Dawson A 587 George A316 Helen Armstrong A459 Brandon A 338 Robert Day A 335 Joe Gibbons A 407 Sion Arrowsmith Butterworth A 542 Dayle A 492 Sheila E. Gilbert A550 Erik Arthur A294 Chris Butterworth A 432 DC A556 Anna Gomez A503 Caroline Asher A583 Marion Fiona Byott A 142 Jim de Liscard Lagerlof A 504 Neal Asher I 535 Jonathan Cain A92 Simon Dearn A555 Carolina Gomez A 584 Sandy Auden I 534 Marianne Cain A 66 Giulia DeCesare Lagerléf A 33 Margaret Austin A29 Steve Cain A 562 Jeremy Dennis A 647 Victor Gonzalez A 182 Jon Axtell A377 Cal A355 Ben Dessau A591 Clare Goodall A 609 Jonathan A 299 Simon Callan A 164 Zoe Deterding- A 623 Niall Gordon Baddeley J 569 Cam Barker A 358 Robert Gorman A 52 Amanda Baker A 107 K.I.M. Campbell A 320 Martin Dickson S 307 Roy Gray A 638 Barbara Ballantyne A439 Caro A 50 Vincent Docherty A 475 Peter Grehan A 637 Tony Ballantyne A171 Cathy Easthope A417 Chris Donaldson A195 Greywolf A312 Barbara-Jane A 580 ceb A 39 Paul Dormer A 339 Steve Grover A165 Trevor Barker A548 Arthur Chappell C572 Doug A114 Guinness A 234 Andrew Barton A 641 Mark Charsley A8 Fran Dowd A 247 Urban Gl Stephen Baxter A 273 Chris X7 John Dowd Gunnarsson A352 bazooka A578 Chris A385 Tara Dowling- A319 Shobah Guzadhur A274 Covert Beach A624 Chris Hussey A 486 Peter Gwilliam A597 Mary Beaird A425 Christi A411 Dr Bob A 408 Gytha A27 Chris Bell A 382 Christine A283 Dr Tones A9S11 Helen Hall A53 DougBell A 409 Ewan Chrystal A465 Dragonsfire.co.uk A505 Kay Hancox C518 Rowen Bell A422 Graham Clark A 208 David Drysdale A 210 Dave Hardy A188 Alan Bellingham A19 Dave Clements A 406 Owen Dunn J 474 Alexander Hardy- A 140 Jess Bennett A564 John Clute A153 Dyrewulfe Forsyth A 438 Austin Benson A565 Judith Clute AS Roger Earnshaw A 473 Tom Hardy- A 143 Meike Benzler A58 Catriona Coast A 34 Martin Easterbrook Forsyth A621 Johannes H Berg A 483 Michael Cobley A205 Eddie Cochrane A 216 Martin Harlow A133 Micheal Bernardi A176 Peter Cohen A 426 Laurie Edlund A 594 Dominic Harman A 89 Tony Berry A581 Colin A527 Lilian Edwards A 82 John Harold A493 Betsy Wollheim A103 Noel Collyer A 207 Lynn Edwards A 541 Colin Harris A 388 Bill A185 Chris Cooper A115 Sue Edwards A 612 James A. Hartley A553 Elizabeth Billinger X351 David T. Cooper A124 Michael Ehrt A 261 Eve Harvey A554 Paul Billinger A350 Jane Cooper A 86 Eira A 260 John Harvey A255 Bjorn A 186 Kate Cooper A239 Elaine A 389 Susie Haynes A 334 Blackie I 333 Matthew Cooper A 282 Herman Ellingsen A151 Andy Hayton A 336 Paul Blackwell A277 Steve Cooper A302 Dave Ellis A 36 Julian Headlong A 397 Jaap Boekestein C332 William Cooper A391 Sean Ellis S 469 Anders Hedenlund A424 Hans-Ulrich A 308 Keith Cosslett A 232 Ian Emsley A 537 Jasper Hedger Boettcher A251 E M Costelloe A551 Andy A221 Martin Heitlager A 506 Sandra Bond A 634 Deirdre Counihan A 370 EP A415 Helen A217 Duncan Booth A 633 Elizabeth A 209 Fangorn A 532 Judi Hemsley A528 Booth Counihan A170 FanTom A531 Zandy Hemsley A218 Judy Booth A593 Jon Courtenay A 342 Janet Figg J 381 Alex Hepple A214 Susan Booth Grimwood A 343 Mike Figg A 379 Neil Hepple A 287 Robbie Bourget A517 Marie Cousens A 628 Dave Finch A 380 Sue Hepple A 166 Chris Boyce A 632 Gary Couzens A 158 Colin Fine A 461 Rick Hewett A 323 Jill Bradley A235 Chris Cowan A193 Brian Flatt A421 Hex A 322 Phil Bradley A289 Robert Coward A 169 Flick A59 David Hicks

14 Paragon PR4 A472 Chris Hill A 396 Lord Vorcampbel G3 Lisanne Norman Pritchard A177 Geoff Hill A 434 Karin Lundwall A 304 Roderick O’Hanlon A 402 Steve Pritchard A471 Penny Hill A577 Helen Lythgoe A 263 Dave O’Neill A579 Purple Pixie A 392 Martin Hoare A575 M Coune A 452 Ken O’Neill A595 Debbie Quainton A 225 Mary Ann A 376 M@ A 23 Chris O’Shea A 544 Random Logic Hollingsworth A 105 Peter Mabey A 83. Krystyna Oborn A 369 Danielle Ray A213 Marina Holroyd A 552 Meredith MacArdle A 416 Paul Oldroyd A189 Colette Reap A523 Sidsel Horvei A 361 Duncan A 223 Sue Oliver A 429 Douglas Reay A224 Simon Hovell MacGregor A 604 Omega A 204 Peter Redfarn A137 Malcolm A 644 Alasdair A 321 Oscar A 341 Michael Rennie Hutchison Mackintosh S 557 Paul Paolini A481 Anders I 245 Michael Ibbs A 395 Bobby A275 Arwel Parry Reutersward I 246 Thomas Ibbs MacLaughlin A 443 Brian Parsons J 482 Patrik A 325 Marcia Kelly A 280 Mad Elf A 243 Joan Paterson Reutersward Illingworth A 146 Nicholas Mahoney A 220 Andrew Patton A 625 Alastair Reynolds A119 Tim Illingworth A412 Mandy A 614 Tricia Peak A318 Pat Reynolds A 484 Simon Ings A 423 Marisa A 250 Ped A317 Trevor Reynolds A 390 Ian Jackson A 248 Mark F Bailey A 113 Bernard Peek A 526 Richard A 367 Nicholas Jackson A 227 Craig Marnoch A 347 Mali Perera A 496 Andy Richards A 525 Jaffa A 295 Keith Martin A 613 Tommy Persson A 109 John Richards A67 Edward James A 414 Martin A 328 Pete the Pete A31 Julie Faith Rigby A 404 James A 78 Sue Mason A 354 Heather Petty A 134 Dave M Roberts AQ Rhodri James A 491 Matthew A62 Rog Peyton A135 Estelle Roberts C570 Jamie A 374 Janet Maughan A 152 Val Phillips A 203 Roger Robinson A 372 Jan A 373 Robert Maughan A 589 Gregory A477 Roger P A 454 John Jarrold A 610 Janetta Maxwell Pickersgill A 257 Mic Rogers A 560 Ben Jeapes A 368 Alistair Maynard A 576 Tessa Pirnie A 327 Tony Rogers A 586 Steve Jeffery A 111 Catherine McAulay A18 Philip Plumbly A126 Steve Rogerson A 479 Jenny A 240 Alistair G5 Mark Plummer A 522 Roo A 272 Jenny McCullough A 174 Pompino the A 268 Howard A 419 John Edward A 356 Rory McLean Kregoyne Rosenblum Rupik A 371 Scotty McLeod A 138 Beluga Post A 269 June Rosenblum A516 John R. A32 Alex McLintock A 303 Silas Potts C270 Michelle A 362 Jeremy Johnson A13 Pat McMurray A 94 Sherrie Powell Rosenblum A 337 JoJo I 237 Hazel Meades A 601 Marcus Pratt A 466 David Row A485 Gwyneth Jones A 236 Rob Meades A 296 Ceri Pritchard A101 Marcus Rowland A 344 Marsha E. Jones A 64 John Meaney A 536 Lorraine Pritchard A 97 Yvonne Rowse A 24 Sue Jones A65 Yvonne Meaney A 401 Marion Naomi A 600 Ruh A 230 Dick Jude I 605 Mei-chan

A 631 KA A 187 Melusine A 444 Kail Runesmith A68 Farah Mendlesohn A 150 Kari A 293 John Meredith A 592 Simon Kavanagh A 383 Michael A 375 Miche DELICON A 500 Mark Kelly

A 543 Ken A 639 Michelle A 226 Richard Kennaway A 547 China Mi_ville 2 C571 Kenny J 366 Andrew Miller A 410 Peter Kievits A 365 Ray Miller A 508 JaneKillick A 467 Miller Lau A 349 Paul Kincaid A57 Nick Mills A69 Maureen Kincaid A 360 Mobbsy Speller A 447 Mike Molloy A 643 Vicki King A 533 Angelina Moore A117 Tim Kirk A 602 Chris Moore A 148 Paul Knibbs A 558 Cheryl Morgan A 238 Alice Kohler A 201 Chris Morgan A 521 Zanne Labonville A 200 Pauline Morgan A 130 Karin Lagesen A 292 Tim Morley A 22 David Laight A 546 Morningstar A 80 Christina Lake A99 Carol Morton A20 DaveLally A98 Tony Morton A 122 Dave Langford A 291 Steve Mowbray A 420 Peter Lavery A25 Caroline Mullan X6 Alice Lawson A16 Chris Murphy X40 Steve Lawson A 603 Murphy’s Lawyer A 582 Michelle Le Blanc A 149 Phil Nanson

A30 Erhard Leder A 456 Darren Nash Eastercon 2002 A 290 Lesley A457 Michelle Nash A 199 Liam A 588 Navarth Hotel de France, St Helier, Jersey Cl A 545 Linda A 636 Hazel Newman A 645 Eric Lindsay A 635 Robert Newman 29 March — 1 April, 2002 A 599 Mike Llewellyn A 298 Nikkums Helicon 2, 33 Meyrick Drive, Wash Common, A 460 Alistair Lloyd A 629 Rune Nilsen Newbury, Berkshire R614 6SY A 267 Hans K Loose A 102 Nojay

A 357 Lor A 256 Andrew Norcross

Paragon PR4 i A 468 Simon Russell A 331 Ian Sorensen A 489 The Wombat A427 Warren A 539 Jessica Rydill A470 Liz Sourbut A512 David Thomas A598 Freda A529 Samedhi A310 Michael Spiller A 433 Jean Thompson Warrington A 626 Josette Sanchez A285 Square Bear A559 Throgg the A 301 Robert Watt A 196 Lena Sarah A 620 Lennart Staflin Despicable A 194 Wearable S$ 495 Andy Sawyer A453 Jesper Stage A244 Tibs Starscapes A 622 Keith Scaife A 184 James Steel A478 TJ J 348 Alan Webb A28 Alison Scott A262 Andrew Stephenson A 462 Tobes A 346 Gerry Webb A10 Mike Scott A191 Susan Stepney A 530 Tom Arden A 646 Jean Webber G2 Mike Scott A 403 Steve A 254 Dave Tompkins A 642 Jon Weir Rohan A 160 Barbara Stewart A 441 Alison J 49 Karen Westhead A 386 Dan Sheppard A 279 David Stewart Tompkinson A47 Kathy Westhead J 197 Tom Sherlock A159 John Stewart A 440 Neil A46 Mike Westhead A215 Jean Sheward A 615 John E. Stith Tompkinson J 48 Peter Westhead A 154 Linda Shipman A54 Chris Stocks C 442 Rachel A96 Eileen Weston A157 Gavin Shorrock A549 Anne Stokes Tompkinson A35 Peter Weston A 156 Ina Shorrock A455 Mike Stone A 524 Allan Toombs A79 Laura Wheatly A430 Sigma A 476 Stormwindz A 384 Barry Traish A 446 Elda Wheeler A 278 Neil Simpson A 363 June Strachan A 488 Tre A 190 Charles Whyte A 286 Mark Sinclair A 249 Lars Strandberg A71 Paul Treadaway A 202 Janet Wilkins A175 Sally Sinclair A 128 Gary Stratmann A 141 Chris Tregenza A 445 Bridget A501 Martin Sketchley A129 Linda Stratmann A 448 Neal Tringham Wilkinson A 502 Rosaleen A131 Marcus Streets A 568 Trish A563 Alex Williams Sketchley A132 Rae Streets A 359 Lennart Uhlin A 490 Neil Williamson A 567 Skyedoc A513 Stuart A 400 Unicorn A435 Phil Willis A63 Ken Slater A596 Subi A173 Valerie A329 Anne Wilson A 181 Mark Slater A428 Anne Sudworth A418 Jan van ‘t Ent A405 Martin Wisse A136 Frank R Smith A 353 Sue A125 Larry van der A 198 Woad Warrior A95 Martin Smith A 463 Neil Summerfield Putte All Alan Woodford A 314 Dan Smithers A172 Chris Suslowicz A498 Marion van der A 264 Anne Woodford A450 Jane Smithers I 326 Charlotte Taylor Voort C619 Dewi Wyn A 313 Lucy Smithers A480 Graham Taylor A 497 Richard van der A 616 Marion Wyn A451 Smitty A 121 Ian Taylor Voort C618 Robin Wyn A364 SMS A120 Kathy Taylor A 585 Vikki Lee A 617 Sion Wyn A 309 Dag-Erling A112 Teddy A 494 Wag A311 Ben Yalow Smergrav A 271 Marc ter Horst A 324 David B. Wake A 300 Mark Young A520 Adrian Snowdon A431 Kluggers The Barred A 281 Nick Walker A 233 Kate Soley A 258 The Jade Demon A192 Mark W. Waller Barton A 399 The Pewterscribe A74 Huw Walters A75 Kate Solomon A499 The Talking A73 Peter Wareham Dead A attending G Guest J‘ junior S supporting C child I infant

Membership@ rates The current rates are shown here. Attending £40 Postal memberships should arrive by Supporting £15 Friday 6" April at the latest. Admission Junior £20 on the door will be possible and adult Child ES rates are shown at the bottom of this Infant free page. Supporting membership may be Reduced rates will apply to children upgraded to attending at any time by depending upon their age at Friday of paying the difference between the the convention. supporting and attending rates youngerthan 5 : Infant prevailing at the time of conversion. from 5 and 11 inclusive: Child Children's rates apply to children from 12 and 16 inclusive: Junior attending with responsible adults.

Rates on the door All weekend £45 Friday & Monday £15 Saturday & Sunday £20

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