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1993 British National Science Fiction Convention and 1993 European SF Convention

Helicon: Whatis Helicon? 8-12 April 1993 Heliconis the 1993 British National Science Fiction Convention and Committee: is also the 1993 European SF Convention.It will be taking place over the Easter weekend of 8th to 12th April 1993 at the Hotel de Tim Illingworth Rob Meades Francein St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, GreatBritain. Chris Cooper Steve Davies John Richards The British National Convention is generally knownasthe “Eas- Kathy Westhead tercon” and has been taking place every year since 1948.It is an Mike Westhead occasion whenthe entire British SF community can take part, with Martin Hoare Eddie Cochrane a deliberate effort being made to offer something for everyone. Mark Young Since the 1993 Eastercon is also the Eurocon, we are hoping to EuropeanLiaison: widen the normal scope to include all of Western and Eastern Bridget Wilkinson European SF. The week after Helicon, we will also be holding Smofcon 10, though membership for this is separate from Helicon. Membership: (until April 1992) $44 Attending Jonn Brunner George R.R. Martin $22 Supporting $22 Junior $2 Child John Brunneris oneofthe great George R.R. Martin is a well- European Science Fiction wri- known AmericanSFwriter. His ters. He is responsible for such books include Windhaven, The Address: classics of the genre as Stand on Armageddon Rag and Fevre 63, Drake Road Zanzibar, The Sheep Look Up and Dream. He also edits the Wild Chessington Surrey Shockwave Rider, which is fre- Cards shared universe antho- KT? 1LQ quently quoted as being the logies, soon to be a majorfilm, GreatBritain precursor of the Cyberpunk and has written manyepisodes Typeset by Steve movement. John has always of the TV series Beauty and the Davies using Ventura Publisher 2.0 anda been very involved in Euro- Beast. We believe that George Hewlett PackardIllP laser printer with pean SF, especially in Eastern will make an excellent guestfor Pacific Page Europeat a time when most SF Helicon, and we hopethat he Postscript card. will enjoy his first Eastercon. Copyright © Helicon wasoriented towardsthe USA. February 1992

Helicon—The 1993 Eastercon Membership The Committee Helicon will be operating most- The Helicon committee includes ly in UK pounds,all rates will be both experienced con-runners tied to this currency and may and complete new-comers. SMOFCON101s fluctuate if the exchange rate About half of us were on the being held the changes.If in doubt, convert the committee of Contrivance, so weekendafter Helicon, bya current UK membership rate wehave a lot of experience with subsetof the and roundupslightly to allow this site. We also have an ex- Helicon committee. The for conversion charges. These tremely wide range of experi- membership rates rates are valid until May 1st ence in putting on conventions are: 1992. of every type, from Worldcons £20/$35 attending of 4-5000 to gatherings of a mere §10/$20 support Attending £22 10-20 people. There Is o £2/$5 $44(US) discountIf you Join both Helicon Dm60 Having provedthatJersey is an and Smofconat Supporting $22 excellent site for a convention, the sametime. Junior $22 we want to combine both the Child - $2 British Eastercon and the Euro- con to produce a_ convention Junior membersare aged be- wherebothtraditions can add to tween 8 and 14 on 9th April the experience without either 1993. Children are 7 years or one dominating. younger on the samedate.

Why Jersey? Jersey is one of the ChannelIslands, a small groupofislandsoff the Hotel de France: coast of France that belong, throughhistorical accident, to Britain. They havethe most pleasant weatherof anyof the British Isles and Swimming pool Chocolate shop survive mainly on tourism, conferences andas a tax haven.Jersey Camera museum is for the mostpart bilingual in English and NormanFrench, and Jewellers Cinema the food is much closer to French than to English. Also on Jerseyis Night Club the world-famous zoo of the writer Fitness Centre Restaurants Gerald Durrell. Jersey previously Numerous bars hosted the 1989 Eastercon, Con- trivance, which was generally and now... agreed to be a great success. The HELICON! hotel, the De France, has some of the best facilities available for holding conventions andthestaff are invariably friendly and co- operative.

Helicon—The 1993 Eurocon

Ferries: Weymouth Poole (SuperCat) Poole (VJetfoil) St.Malo Planes: Jersey Heathrow Gatwick Southampton Manchester Where are we? Glasgow Schipol As you can see from the map above,Jerseyis just off the northern etc. coast of France.It is a short (30 minute) plane trip from the major British airports, Heathrow and Gatwick. You can also reachit from other major Europeanairports in France and Holland. A regular hydrofoil service shuttles between the Channel Islands and the French port of St Malo. This also takes about 30 minutes. If you don’t wanttofly, there are ferry services from the south of England, a large car ferry from Weymouth(takes about 7 hours) and a hydrofoil (takes about 3 hours) from Poole.

Whatelse is on Jersey? Jersey has an ancient and curioushistory. To this dayit is not part of Britain butis a possession of the Queen, withits own government and laws. There are a wealthof interesting sites ranging from 5000-year old Neolithic tombs to extensive undergroundfortifica- tions built by the Germans whenthey occupied the islands during the second world war. There are also two magnificent castles, one dating from the early 1200s, the other from 1590. Furthermore, the island is covered with forts and towers from the Napoleonic Wars, including the massive Fort Regent which has been converted into a fun-fair and sports centre. Other tourist attractions include two manor houses, the world famous Jersey zoo, a butterfly farm, a pottery and numerous museums,craft centres and churches.

Jersey is a rural island andis excellent for walking round. Unfortu- nately, Heliconis a little early to make best use of Jersey’s sandy beaches and picturesque bays, though hardy swimmers maybe in luck. Jersey is also renownedfor its good food, and there are many restaurants of all sorts and price-ranges. Helicon—The 1993 Eastercon 3 Aavertising Help Wanted! As normal, we will be selling Wewill be looking for volun- advertising space both in our teers bothat the the convention Progress Reports and in the Pro- andin the time leading up toit. grammeBook.A full A5 page in If you would like to help out a Progress Report will be $50; then please get in contact with the ProgrammeBookrateswill us at the address on the form. be higher than that.

The Progress reports will be mostly photocopied and A5 size, the Programme Bookwill T-Shirts: be printed and will probably $10.00 each also be A5. Howeverplease sup- ply camera-ready artworkas A4 Yellow on White Yellow on Black for reduction. White on Green White on Blue We can accept PC-compatible Please note that files for direct inclusion. Weare we cannot T-Shirts guaranteethat using Ventura 2.0 for DTP and the colour you can use a variety of formats for Helicon T-Shirts are available in wantwill be available. If af all artwork. If you want to send us a numberof colours. These are possible, please text for inclusion, we would printed with our sun logo and give an alternate prefer WordPerfect or plain the words “Helicon, Jersey in colour. ASCII, again on PC format ‘93, SF Convention”. The shirts disks. Please note that we cannot cost $10.00 and colours curren- guarantee what your ad will tly available includeblack, blue, come outlike e.g. we can’t put green and white. Red shirts are photographsin the PRs. reservedfor the committee. HELICON,63 Drake Road, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 1LQ, Great Britain

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Helicon—The 1993 Eurocon