The Lucky Sevens The Official Newsletter of the 7th Brigade Starfleet Marine Corps A Division of STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association Volume 4 Issue 1

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The Lucky Sevens The Official Newsletter of the 7th Brigade, SFMC

In This Issue: 7th Brigade Command Staff • Brigade Command Staff Reports 7th Brigade OIC MGen Larry Niegut • Brigade Support Staff Reports [email protected] • Battalion OIC Reports • 2005 Was SCI FI's Best Yet 7th Brigade DOIC General Tony Rowley • A Future For Futurama? [email protected] • DC Superhero Stamps Coming • Kirk To Return In Mirror Trek? 7th Brigade Aide de Camp Brigadier James Pepe • Pirates 3 Will Shoot In Summer [email protected] • Potter Outsells All In 2005 • Potter Scam Targets Fans 7th Brigade Sergeant Major Vacant • Potter V Seeks Its Lovegood • SCI FI To Air New Doctor Who • SCI FI To Air Night Stalker 7th Brigade Support Staff • Stewart: Too Old For More Trek? 7th Brigade Communications Director • Trek Rumors Denied Brigadier Joseph C Dorffner Jr [email protected] • WB Nets Its Aquaman • Whedon: No More Firefly 7th Brigade Electronic Services Officer Colonel Sean Neimeyer • Conventions in Region Seven [email protected]

Assistant Editor - “The Lucky Sevens” Lt Colonel Keith J Keppley [email protected]

The Lucky Sevens is published electronically six 7th Brigade Quartermaster (6) times per calendar year, during odd-numbered MGen Martin Lessem months. All submissions regarding the 7th Brigade are [email protected] welcome, and may be submitted to the 7th Brigade Com- munications Director electronically at [email protected] (please put “Newsletter Sub- mission” in the subject line of your e-mail). Deadlines are normally the 20th of even-numbered months. Opinion articles do not necessarily represent the Battalion OICs views of The Lucky Sevens or the 7th Brigade Com- OIC 1st Battalion (DE) OIC 2nd Battalion (DC) mand Staff. Vacant BGen Shirley Weaver Star Trek and related names and titles are trade- [email protected] marks of Paramount Pictures, a Viacom company. Any artwork is copyrighted by their artists. The use of any OIC 3rd Battalion (MD) OIC 4th Battalion (NJ) Brigadier Joseph C Dorffner Jr Colonel Mike Stein said items is not intended to portray a claim of ownership. [email protected] [email protected] The Lucky Sevens is copyright ©2004 by the 7th Bri- gade, Starfleet Marine Corps, a division of STARFLEET, OIC 5th Battalion (NY) OIC 6th Battalion (PA) the International Star Trek Fan Association. Brigadier Kyle Wolf Colonel Jonathan Slavin [email protected] [email protected] Page2 January 2006 The Lucky Sevens The Official Newsletter of the 7th Brigade, SFMC

gade have formed a team and will be there. Brigade Command Staff Reports 4th Battalion OIC Report Brigade OIC’s Report Colonel Mike Stein BGen Larry Niegut Greetings everyone, I hope everyone had a No report received. safe and Happy Holiday Season. A couple of weeks ago my CO came across an outstanding Brigade DOIC’s Report paintball game that is to be held in June Gen Tony Rowley 2006. This has the makings of an exciting full sce- No report received. nario game, which is entitled NJ Nam! "The Fall of Saigon." Brigade Sergeant Major’s Report I encourage everyone to please check this Vacant out further at http://www.pyropaintball.org. I fully understand paintball isn't for everyone for various reasons. However, this does look like it might be a Brigade Support Staff fun way for everyone to have a good time to- gether. I know there are a lot of people in the 4th Reports BN as well in the other BNs that make up the 7th Brigade Communication Director’s Report BDE that do play paintball. Also, available for Brigadier Joseph C Dorffner Jr those so inclined is a helicopter insert behind en- The deadline for submissions for the next emy lines. Yes, there planning to have a real heli- issue of “Lucky Sevens” is 20 February 2006. copter at this event! For the helicopter insert, there are a limited number of seats available. Meal tick- Brigade Electronic Services Officer ets are also available. Colonel Sean Neimeyer Let's see if the 7th BDE STARFLEET Ma- No report received. rines, can make a difference and win this game. For more information about this exciting Brigade Quartermaster scenario game, check out the web site above and BGen Martin Lessem call (856) 933-2884. No report received. 5th Battalion OIC Report Battalion OIC Reports Brigadier Kyle Wolf No report received. 1st Battalion OIC Report Vacant 6th Battalion OIC Report Colonel Jonathan Slavin 2nd Battalion OIC Report No report received. BGen Shirley Weaver No report received. 2005 Was SCI FI's Best Yet Sci-Fi Wire 3rd Battalion OIC Report 12:00 AM, 29-DECEMBER-05 Brigadier Joseph C Dorffner Jr The year 2005 was SCI FI Channel's high- The 10th annual Polar Bear Plunge is com- est-rated and most-watched year to date, the net- ing up on the 28th of January at Sandy Point State work announced. SCI FI ended the year with its Park in Annapolis, MD. Members of the 7th Bri- highest average viewership ever in key demo-

Page3 January 2006 The Lucky Sevens The Official Newsletter of the 7th Brigade, SFMC graphics and its highest household rating ever DC Superhero Stamps Coming (1.03) in prime time. For the fourth year in a row, Sci-Fi Wire SCI FI averaged more than 1 million viewers in 12:00 AM, 07-DECEMBER-05 prime time. The channel also delivered a 1.0 The United States Postal Service an- household average rating in 2005, marking the nounced that it will issue a series of stamps featur- third straight year SCI FI has maintained a 1.0 rat- ing 10 DC Comics superheroes next summer, the ing in prime time. first such stamps ever issued by the service. The Now distributed to 85 million homes, SCI FI DC Comics stamps will feature the classic super- scored with viewers in nearly every key demo- heroes Aquaman, Batman, The Flash, Green Ar- graphic, ranking within the top 10 of all basic cable row, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Plastic Man, Su- networks for ratings among adults aged 25-54, pergirl, Superman and Wonder Woman, the USPS men 25-54, adults 18-49, men 18-49 and women said. 25-54. The channel also ranked 10th for household The stamps will be sold in sheets of 20; half ratings among all measured, non-news, non- of each sheet will feature portraits of the charac- sports, ad-supported basic cable nets in prime ters, while the others will reproduce classic covers time. SCI FI continues to attract younger viewers, of the heroes' comics. with 2005 marking the channel's fifth straight year The featured covers will include Plastic Man of growth among adults 18-34. number four, from the summer of 1946; Batman number one, spring 1940; The Brave and the Bold A Future For Futurama? number 36, featuring Hawkman, June-July 1961; Sci-Fi Wire Green Lantern number four, January-February 12:00 AM, 04-JANUARY-06 1961; The Flash number 111, February-March Talks have begun at 20th Century Fox TV to 1960; Wonder Woman number 22 (second series), revive the animated TV show Futurama, much in November 1988; Aquaman number five, October the same way Family Guy found new life after can- 1989; The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl cellation, Variety reported. number one, November 1982; Superman number The studio is in early discussions to put Fu- 11, July-August 1941; and Green Arrow number turama back in production and create a limited 15, September 2002. number of episodes of the Emmy Award-winning show, although it's too soon to tell where those epi- Kirk To Return In Mirror Trek? sodes might end up. A representative for 20th Cen- Sci-Fi Wire tury Fox TV declined comment to Variety. 12:00 AM, 14-DECEMBER-05 The final original episode of Futurama aired The Canmag.com Web site reported a ru- on Fox in August 2003. Since then, the show has mor that William Shatner is one of the former Star found new life and fans via DVD releases and re- Trek captains who would appear in a proposed peatedly high-rated airings on the Cartoon Net- new Trek movie set in the "mirror" universe. Citing work. an anonymous source, the site reported that a Before Futurama comes back into being, script is floating around for a proposed new movie however, Fox first must secure deals with the that would bring together Shatner's Capt. James T. show's production team, as well as voice stars Billy Kirk, Patrick Stewart's Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and West (Fry), Katey Sagal (Leela) and John Di- possibly Scott Bakula's Capt. Jonathan Archer. Maggio (Bender). The movie would be a prequel film set in the evil Meanwhile, new Futurama stories have ap- parallel universe first introduced in the original Star peared in comics published by co-creator Matt Gro- Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror" and last seen in the ening's Bongo Comics imprint. Star Trek: Enterprise two-part episode "In a Mirror,

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Darkly." ing popularity as the fifth-highest U.S. seller of the Shatner was rumored to be up for a guest year. His earlier novel Angels & Demons took role in the last season of Enterprise, which ended eighth place. in May, but never appeared. The site reported that Christopher Paolini's fantasy novel Eldest the proposed film might incorporate elements of came in 10th. that episode as well. Officially, Paramount has made no an- Potter Scam Targets Fans nouncements about a future Trek movie of any Sci-Fi Wire kind, and cast and crew members have repeatedly 12:00 AM, 03-NOVEMBER-05 said on the record that they know of no plans for a An advisory post on Warner Brothers' official further installment in the venerable movie fran- Harry Potter Web site message board warns fans chise. to be wary of fake e-mails purporting to seek cast members for a sixth Potter movie. The e-mails, Pirates 3 Will Shoot In Summer with a subject line "WarnerBros Castsearch," have Sci-Fi Wire reportedly been circulating widely, seeking per- 12:00 AM, 12-JANUARY-06 sonal information from people interested in nabbing Uberproducer Jerry Bruckheimer told the a role in a purported Harry Potter movie. ComingSoon.net Web site that production is almost The e-mails are bogus, Warner said. "This is finished on the upcoming sequel film Pirates of the to advise that Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc. Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and will begin on does not engage in casting activity through e-mail. the third Pirates movie later this year. "We're in the These e-mails are fraudulent, and you should not Bahamas," he told the site. "We're finishing 2 and respond to any such e-mail. Feel free to forward then doing 3. I think we have about five or six more any such messages to anti- days left on Pirates 2, and then we're done with it. [email protected], and we will do our best to We'll break in March and edit 2 and then go back investigate the fraudulent activity." at the end of the summer and finish 3." One such e-mail, obtained by SCI FI Wire, Dead Man's Chest picks up the story of purports to come from "WarnerBros Acting Stu- Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Will Turner dios" in London. In part it reads: "You have been (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira selected to apply and participate as an 'Act' in the Knightley). It opens July 7. induction, casting and making of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which will be in theaters by Potter Outsells All In 2005 July 2007. This selection is organized by writer J.K. Sci-Fi Wire Rowling in the bid to create original characters for 12:00 AM, 09-JANUARY-06 the casts. We will acknowledge your altruistic effort U.S. fans bought more copies of J.K. Rowl- and appreciate your recognition. Selection of appli- ing's sixth Harry Potter book on its first day of re- cants and first shots of Harry Potter and the Half- lease than any other book sold in the country in all Blood Prince will hold in three locations, which in- of 2005, the Reuters news service reported. cludes Spain, London and Greece." The e-mail According to industry sales tracker Nielsen then seeks personal information. BookScan, Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half- The e-mail is clearly false: Harry Potter and Blood Prince sold 4.1 million copies in the United the Half-Blood Prince has only been announced, States on day one and 7.02 million copies for the but is not yet in preproduction; the next Warner film full year. to be produced in the Potter franchise is Harry Pot- Among the rest of the nation's best-sellers, ter and the Order of the Phoenix, which begins Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code proved its endur- shooting in February for release in June 2007. The

Page5 January 2006 The Lucky Sevens The Official Newsletter of the 7th Brigade, SFMC fourth film in the series, Harry Potter and the Gob- Doctor Who show, the series continues in the U.K. let of Fire, hits theaters on Nov. 18. with an upcoming second season that will star David Tennant as the Doctor. Potter V Seeks Its Lovegood "The Doctor's made all sorts of journeys in Sci-Fi Wire time and space, but this is one of his most exciting 12:00 AM, 11-JANUARY-06 yet!" Davies said in a statement. "I'm a huge fan of Warner Brothers has sent out a casting call the SCI FI Channel, and I'm delighted that Doctor for the role of Luna Lovegood in the upcoming fifth Who is appearing on a channel that supports and Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Order of enhances the entire genre." the Phoenix. The production is seeking girls be- "With its rich history of imaginative storytel- tween the ages of 13 and 16 who are resident in ling, Doctor Who is a true sci-fi classic," Thomas P. the United Kingdom or Ireland to make an applica- Vitale, SCI FI's senior vice president, programming tion to audition for the role to casting director Fiona and original movies, said in a separate statement. Weir. No experience is necessary. "We're excited to add the show to our lineup." Applicants are asked to apply in person on Meanwhile, BBC Video announced that it Jan. 14 at the Central Hall, Westminster Storey's has moved the proposed U.S. release date of the Gate, Westminster, London. The production will Doctor Who first-season DVD set to July 4 from its take applications from 10 a.m., with no queueing originally planned February launch. before 8 a.m. The queue will close at 2 p.m. Appli- cants will be asked to show a copy of their pass- SCI FI To Air Night Stalker port as proof of age and nationality. Applicants are Sci-Fi Wire also asked to eschew makeup, costumes and high 12:00 AM, 13-DECEMBER-05 heels. SCI FI Channel will air repeats of ABC's Potter author J.K. Rowling has described canceled supernatural drama Night Stalker— Lovegood as the "anti-Hermione." She is one of including three never-before-seen episodes— Harry Potter's classmates at Hogwarts, the daugh- starting next summer, the network announced. SCI ter of the editor of The Quibbler and a free spirit FI acquired all 10 produced episodes of the Touch- who befriends Harry in the fifth novel. stone Television series, which starred Stuart Town- British director David Yates will helm Order send as journalist Carl Kolchak. of the Phoenix, which is expected to begin produc- ABC aired seven episodes of the show, tion in the United Kingdom this month. based on the 1974 series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, before pulling it from the schedule—in the SCI FI To Air New Doctor Who middle of a two-part episode—because of low rat- Sci-Fi Wire ings. Night Stalker is executive-produced by Frank 12:00 AM, 13-JANUARY-06 Spotnitz (The X-Files) and also stars Gabrielle Un- SCI FI Channel announced Jan. 12 that it ion, Eric Jungmann and Cotter Smith. will air the first season of the BBC's hit SF series The show centers on Kolchak, a crime re- Doctor Who, starting in March. The 13 episodes, porter whose wife was mysteriously killed 19 starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and months earlier. Now, in the eyes of the FBI, Kol- Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, will air as part of SCI FI chack is the primary suspect. His determination to Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. discover the truth behind his wife's murder leads The series, from head writer and executive him to investigate other crimes that seem to have producer Russell T. Davies, ran originally in the some kind of supernatural component. United Kingdom last year and was one of the net- work's biggest hits ever. An update of the classic

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Stewart: Too Old For More Trek? concerned. There are no other ideas on the table Sci-Fi Wire at this time." 12:00 AM, 11-JANUARY-06 Patrick Stewart told the WENN Web site that WB Nets Its Aquaman Paramount may want him to reprise his Star Trek Sci-Fi Wire role of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, but that he may be 12:00 AM, 09-JANUARY-06 too old should a new Next Generation movie get off After a three-month search, The WB has the ground. cast 28-year-old newcomer Will Toale as the star "Weighty people in Hollywood have come of its upcoming Aquaman series, created by Small- up with a very interesting proposition," Stewart, 65, ville producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, Vari- told the site. "But they told me it was still two, three ety reported. or four years down the road, by which time I would The Florida-born Toale worked as a model only be able to sit in the captain's chair and not before landing a supporting role in A Streetcar have the energy to get out of it!" Named Desire at Broadway's Roundabout Theater Officially, Paramount has said nothing about alongside Natasha Richardson and John C. Reilly. any future Trek films or TV projects, though several Toale beat out 400 contenders in England, Austra- script ideas are rumored to be making the rounds. lia, Canada and several U.S. cities, Gough told the trade paper. Trek Rumors Denied The pilot will shoot in March, probably in Mi- Sci-Fi Wire ami. The series is expected to be a signature offer- 12:00 AM, 16-DECEMBER-05 ing next fall for the network and Warner Brothers Trek Rumors Denied? Sy Fy Portal reported TV. that a Paramount Pictures source denied rumors In the show, the aquatic superhero will be that the studio is developing a Star Trek film that Arthur Curry, who owns a dive shop. will feature Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, Capt. James T. Kirk and Capt. Jonathan Archer together. Whedon: No More Firefly "You're going to see this a lot right now," the Sci-Fi Wire unnamed source told the site. "Without anything 12:00 AM, 03-JANUARY-06 announced, you're going to see speculation every- Firefly/Serenity creator Joss Whedon told where. But unless you hear it from someone actu- USA Today that he still hopes to tell more stories ally involved, don't believe it, because it likely isn't set in the futuristic universe, but added that there's true." no chance he'll do another Firefly TV show. "We'll The Canmag.com Web site reported the ru- never make Firefly again, because that was a thing mor that William Shatner is one of the former Star that existed and is now gone," Whedon told the Trek captains who would appear in a proposed newspaper before Christmas. "And Serenity isn't new Trek movie set in the "mirror" universe. Citing Firefly, and whatever comes next won't be, either. an anonymous source, the site reported that a But I would love to tell more stories of this universe script is floating around for a proposed new movie. and to hang out with these people on and off for "Paramount has only asked for one script, the rest of my career." and yes, they are deciding whether or not that's the Serenity, based on the canceled Fox TV direction they want to go," the source said. "Erik show Firefly, hit theaters last September and has [Jendresen's] script met with mixed reaction, but it pulled in a disappointing $25.4 million domestically has nothing to do with the quality. It has more to do since opening Sept. 30, 2005. The movie is now with disagreements among those who are in deci- available on DVD. "The best-case scenario is that sion-making capacities as far as it [Star Trek] is the DVD is such a spectacular, monster hit that we

Page7 January 2006 The Lucky Sevens The Official Newsletter of the 7th Brigade, SFMC get to make another movie," Whedon said. "Then Jan 19 - 22, 2006 Double Exposure: Dreamation, we get to make another movie. After three movies, East Brunswick, New Jersey Info: PO Box 3594, we're all very tired. After Serenity: Revolutions, we Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163 Ph: feel like we've played it out. And then we make an- 914-328-3740 http://www.dexposure.com/ other series." [email protected] Whedon is currently writing the script for Wonder Woman, which he is slated to direct once Jan 19 - 22, 2006 Dreamation, East Brunswick, Warner Brothers signs off. New Jersey Info: PO Box 3594, Grand Central Sta- tion, New York, NY 10163 Ph: 914-328-3740 http:// Conventions in Region Seven www.dexposure.com/ [email protected] Compiled by Corporal Captain Blair Learn Convention attendees: When calling con- Jan 27 - 29, 2006 Chiller Theater, East Rutherford, ventions for information, don’t call collect and don’t New Jersey Info: PO Box 23, Rutherford NJ 07070 call too late in the evening (many organizers list http://www.chillertheatre.com/ their home phone numbers). When writing for in- [email protected] formation, it’s frequently a good idea to include a self-addressed stamped envelope. A full world- Feb 10 - 12, 2006 Ubercon VII, Meadowlands, New wide listing can be viewed online at: http:// Jersey Info: 14924 Bushy Park Road, Woodbine, dactylmanor.org/fanboy MD 21797 Ph: 866-UBERCON http:// Convention Organizers: Please send the www.ubercon.com/ [email protected] Guests: events’s name, dates, location, and contact infor- Chris Moreno, CJ Henderson, Erica Henderson, mation to Blair Learn at 11604 King’s Arrow CT, Onezumi, Patrick Thomas, Pete Abrams, Phil Germantown, MD 20876 or to Fan- Kahn, Radbu, Rob Granito, T Campbell, Thousand [email protected]. Please allow a minimum of Hats Productions, Tony DiGerolamo three months time between your submission and the convention’s date. Feb 17 - 19, 2006 Farpoint, Hunt Valley, Maryland Thank you to everyone who's contributed informa- Info: 11708 Troy Court, Waldorf, MD 20601 Ph: tion to the list, including: Michael D. Pederson, 410-579-1257 http://www.farpointcon.com/ trekcon- Dino Gravato, Amy Friends Stone, Mark Geary, [email protected] Guests: Harve Bennett, Penny Rich Brown, David Lee Kania, Derek Woywood, Johnson Jerald, Robert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye, Paul Maiellaro, Ed Webb, Jukka Halme, Stacy Jack Stauffer, The Great Luke Ski, The Boogie Gonzales, Laura Inglis, Dave Blaser, Kyle Puttkam- Knights, Marc Okrand, Prometheus Radio Theatre, mer, Mark Marmor, and Tony E. Finkelstein Terry Rioux, Inge Heyer, Bob Greenberger, How- ard Weinstein, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Terri Os- Jan 14 Big Apple Comic Convention, New York, borne, Yoji Kondo New York Info: 75-34 Metropolitan Ave, Middle Vil- lage, N.Y. 11379 Ph: 201-865-3288 http:// Mar 3 - 5, 2006 NonCon VI, Poughkeepsie, New www.bigapplecon.com/ [email protected] York Info: Box 3817, Vassar College, 124 Ray- Guests: Andy Macdonald, Arthur Suydam, Buzz, mond Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-3817 http:// Danny Fingeroth, Dave Manak, David Finch, Dick www.noncon.net/ [email protected] Ayers, Ed Meares, Ivan Brandon, Jim Salicrup, Kevin McGuire, Mark Texiera, Michael Gallagher, Mar 11 - 12, 2006 Pittsburgh Toyshow, Monroe- Rachel Kadushin, Ray Lago, Rodney Ramos, Rudy ville, Pennsylvania Info: 456 Old Farm Lane, Nebres, Scott Roberts, Trevor Von Eedon Johnstown PA 15904 Ph: 814-467-1500 http:// www.pittsburghtoyshow.com/

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Mar 17 - 19, 2006 Enlightenment IX, Hunt Valley, 308 Student Union, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Maryland Info: 1541 Redfield Rd, Bel Air, MD 14260 http://www.ubsarpa.com ub- 21015 http://www.boardgamers.org/specific/ [email protected] aor06ann.htm Apr 21 - 23, 2006 Pittsburgh Comicon, Monroeville, Mar 17 - 19, 2006 Lunacon, East Rutherford, New Pennsylvania Info: 1002 Graham Ave., Windber, Jersey Info: PMB 234, 847A Second Avenue, New PA 15963 Ph: 814-467-4116 http:// York, NY 10017-2945 http://www.lunacon.org/ www.pittsburghcomicon.com/ [email protected] [email protected] Guests: Jim Butcher, David B. Benefits: Make A Wish Mattingly, Byron Connell, Lisa Ashton May 4 - 7, 2006 Game Days, Timonium, Maryland Mar 19 Mid-Jersey ComiCon, Bordentown, New Info: 9 Augusta Wood Court, Reisterstown MD Jersey Info: PO Box 64, Bordentown, NJ 08505 21136 Ph: 410-833-4395 http:// http://www.boldventurepress.com/ Guests: Scott gamesday.gamesclubofmd.org/ Beatty [email protected]

Mar 24 - 26, 2006 Double Exposure: The Restau- May 19 - 21, 2006 Monster-Mania Con 5, Cherry rant at the End of the Multiverse, East Brunswick Hill, New Jersey Info: 816 N. Delsea Drive, Double- New Jersey Info: PO Box 3594, Grand Central Sta- tree Center #133, Glassboro, NJ 08028 http:// tion, New York, NY 10163 Ph: 914-328-3740 http:// www.monstermania.net/ [email protected] www.dexposure.com/ [email protected] May 26 - 29, 2006 Balticon 40, Baltimore, Maryland Mar 24 - 26, 2006 I-Con 25, Stony Brook, New Info: PO Box 686, Baltimore MD 21203-0686 Ph: York Info: PO Box 550, Stony Brook, NY 11790- 410-563-2737 http://www.balticon.org/ balticon- 0550 Ph: 631-632-6045 http://www.iconsf.org/ [email protected] Guests: Neil Gaiman, Lisa Snel- [email protected] Guests: Terry Brooks, Carol lings-Clark, Lorraine a' Malena Emshwiller, Eric Flint, John Varley Jun 2 - 4, 2006 Wizard World Philly, Philadelphia, Mar 30 - Apr 2, 2006 SIMCON XXVIII, Roch- Pennsylvania Info: 151 Wells Avenue, Congers, ester, New York Info: CPU Box 277146, Rochester, NY 10920 http://www.wizarduniverse.com/ NY 14627-7146 http://www.simcon.org/ conventions/philly.cfm conven- [email protected] [email protected]

Mar 31 - Apr 2, 2006 Big Apple Comic Con- Jun 15 - 18, 2006 Anthrocon, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vention, New York, New York Info: 75-34 Metro- vania Info: PO Box 476, Malvern, PA 19355 http:// politan Ave, Middle Village, N.Y. 11379 Ph: 201- www.anthrocon.org/ Guests: Scott Shaw 865-3288 http://www.bigapplecon.com/ bigapple- [email protected] Jun 16 - 18, 2006 Anime Next, Secaucus, New Jer- sey Info: PO Box 1088, Pearl River, NY 10965 Mar 31 - Apr 1, 2006 Philly Non-Sport Card http://www.animenext.org/ Guests: Akitaro Daichi, Show, Mount Laurel, New Jersey Info: 10220 Ca- Reiko Yasuhara, Vic Mignogna, Travis Willingham, lera Road, Philadelphia, PA 19114 Ph: 215-637- Wayne Grayson, Marc Diraison, Lauren Goodnight, 5744 http://www.reightershows.com/ Mike Pollock, Ed Paul, Caitlin Glass, Kerry Wil- [email protected] liams, David Williams, Toshifumi Yoshida, Trish Ledoux, Tom Wayland, CB Cebulski, Alissyn Apr 7 - 9, 2006 UBCon, Buffalo, New York Info: Brock, Merideth Mulroney, Sean Molyneaux, Lance

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Heiskell, Justin Sevakis, Mayumi Kobayashi, M. 3681 Ph: 412-344-0456 http://www.parsec-sff.org/ Alice LeGrow, Onezumi, Rob Bricken, Zac confluence [email protected] Guests: Bertschy, Summer Mullins, Christopher Mac- Geoff Landis donald, Bamboo Dong, Sean Broestl, Richard Kim, Mari Morimoto, Uzuhi, Peelander-Z Aug 4 - 6, 2006 Otakon, Baltimore, Maryland Info: 3470 Olney Laytonsville Rd #165, Olney MD, Jun 17 - 18, 2006 Big Apple Comic Convention, 20832 http://www.otakon.com/ [email protected] New York, New York Info: 75-34 Metropolitan Ave, Middle Village, N.Y. 11379 Ph: 201-865-3288 Aug 4 - 6, 2006 STARFLEET International Confer- http://www.bigapplecon.com/ bigapple- ence 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Info: 801-B [email protected] Anderson Avenue, Drexel Hill, PA 19026. http:// www.ic2006.org [email protected]. Jun 22 - 24, 2006 Science Fiction Research Asso- ciation Conference (SFRA), White Plains, New Aug 11 - 13, 2006 Horrorfind Weekend, Baltimore, York Info: David Mead, College of Arts and Hu- Maryland Info: 9722 Groffs Mill Drive, #109, manities, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Owings Mills Maryland 21117 http:// Corpus Christi, TX 78412 http://www.sfra.org/ www.horrorfindweekend.com/ conven- [email protected] Guests: Nancy Kress, Nalo [email protected] Hopkinson, R. Garcia y Robertson, William Sleator, Joan Slonczewski Aug 25 - 26, 2006 New Jersey/New York Entertain- ment Card Show, Secaucus, New Jersey Info: 623 Jun 23 - 25, 2006 Monster Bash, Pittsburgh, Penn- Eagle Rock Ave #337, West Orange, NJ 07052 Ph: sylvania Info: PO Box 643, Latrobe, PA 15650 Ph: 201-207-0583 http://www.deescards1.com/ 724-532-5226 http://www.creepyclassics.com/ convention_info.htm [email protected] bash.html Guests: Bert I. Gordon, Herbert Strock, Susan Gordon, Kenny Miller, Forrest J Ackerman, Sep 16 - 17, 2006 Big Apple Comic Convention, Cortlandt Hull, Billy Cardille, Michael Thomas, Ron New York, New York Info: 75-34 Metropolitan Ave, Chamberlain, Kyra Schon, William Max Miller, Don Middle Village, N.Y. 11379 Ph: 201-865-3288 Reese, Leonard Kohl, Richard Valley, Tom Amor- http://www.bigapplecon.com/ bigapple- osi, Lorraine Bush, David Nelson, Patient Crea- [email protected] tures, Bill Hinzman Oct 6 - 8, 2006 Albacon, Albany, New York Info: Jul 7 - 9, 2006 Shore Leave 28, Hunt Valley, Mary- PO Box 2085, Albany, NY 12220-0085 http:// land Info: PO Box 6809, Towson, MD 21285-6809 www.albacon.org/ [email protected] Ph: 410-496-4456 http://www.shore-leave.com/ in- Guests: Peter David, Omar Rayyan [email protected] Guests: Amanda Tap- ping, Carmen Argenziano Oct 6 - 7, 2006 Philly Non-Sport Card Show, Mount Laurel, New Jersey Info: 10220 Calera Road, Jul 12 - 16, 2006 Dexcon 9, East Brunswick, New Philadelphia, PA 19114 Ph: 215-637-5744 http:// Jersey Info: PO Box 3594, Grand Central Station, www.reightershows.com/ New York, NY 10163 Ph: 914-328-3740 http:// [email protected] www.dexposure.com/dexcon8.html dex- [email protected] Convention data provided by Fanboy's Convention List, http://dactylmanor.org/fanboy/ Jul 28 - 30, 2006 Confluence, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania Info: PO Box 3681, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-

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