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Saturday, February 14th, 2004 Volume 41, Number 3 Brought to you by Sarah Prince, Laurie Mann and Ruth Sachter

Registration Numbers Guest of Honor Interview At the door numbers, as of 1pm Saturday: David Hartwell interviews Stephen Baxter NESFA and Boskone Awards Full: 157 Charity Auction to benefit the Fri: 17 Joslin Diabetes Center Sat: 74 Sun: 2 Staff : 38 288

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Paid: 463 Free: 134 (Program, performers) Life: 198 795

Total: 1083 Illo by Sarah Prince Meisha Merlin Is Now in the Dealers’ Room Look for the Balance of Trade sign. Errata Helmuth apologizes for misspelling Susan Restaurant Guides de Guardiola’s name in Issue 2. They’ve been reprinted and are available Helmuth also erroneously stated that the again at the Registration area reprinted restaurant guide was available in (Independence) on the second floor. the information desk, it’s available at registration. Saturday Night Parties Columbus in 2007, 9pm in 908. The Firefly Easter Egg RISFA-North, 9pm in 920. If you bought the Firefly DVDs and didn’t find the Easter egg, it’s on disc four. From Meetings the menu, go to Special Features, and WSFS Mark Protection Committee today at select “Joss Whedon Sings the Theme.” 5pm in the Sheraton hotel bar. Click to the left of that option. When the hidden icon lights up, click on it to display Havdalah tonight at 6:15pm in room 2257 of Jayne Singing “The Hero of Dognesville.” the Sheraton South Tower. Bob Devney – where are you when we “The Influence of SF & Cyberpunk on Anime need you? and Vice Versa,” a discussion led by Tim Liebe in Kent, Saturday, 4:30-5pm. 2004 Nebula Nominations Tonight’s Events Novel Independence West, 8pm Saturday, February 14th, 2004 Volume 41, Number 3

Diplomatic Immunity, by Lois McMaster 9am-5pm. This meeting is open to all Bujold committee members The Mount, by Music, by Kathleen Ann Goonan Art Show Reminders The Salt Roads, by To vote for the Art Show Popular Awards, Chindi, by Jack McDevitt complete your ballot by 10pm tonight, The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon Written bidding closes at noon on Sunday, Auction from 1-2. Novellas “Potter of Bones,” by Call for Volunteers “The Empress of Mars,” by Kage Baker As , Boskone needs you to give a few “” by hours of your time to help us run the “Stories for Men,” by convention. We need people to guard “Breathmoss,” by Ian MacLeod doors, run errands and help out with Registration and the Con Suite. We Novelettes encourage volunteers to stop by the “Mask of the Rex,” by Information area on the second floor (near “Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of the stairs). Temporary Dogs," by Adam-Troy Castro “0wnz0red,” by Cory Doctorow The Boskone Dinner Thing: Meet & Eat! “The Empire of Ice Cream,” by Want to meet other fans at Boskone? Come “The Wages of Syntax,” by Ray Vukcevich to Information (2nd floor) and create your own meal group or sign up for an existing Short Stories one. This is a mechanism for fans with “Knapsack Poems,” by Eleanor Arnason similar interests in SF and food to get “The Brief History of the Dead," by Kevin together in an informal atmosphere. Brockmeier “Goodbye to All That,” by The Berkshire Grill is closed this weekend. “Grandma,” by Carol Emshwiller Irene Harrison recommends breakfast at the “What I Didn't See,” by Pour House, on Boylston Street across from “Lambing Season,” by the Hynes, near the fire house. This place is “The Last of the O-Forms,” by James Van fast, cheap and while it looks like a bar the Pelt breakfasts are great!

Scripts Flamers over in the Prudential Mall Food Minority Report, by Scott Frank and Jon Court is open for breakfast and was Cohen [Based on "The Minority Report," by relatively line free this morning. Philip K. Dick] Where No Fan Has Gone Before, by David News for Helmuth A. Goodman [Futurama Television series Bring news for Helmuths to the created by Matt Groening] Information area on the second floor. You Spirited Away, and Cindy can submit online line art for the printed Davis Hewitt & Donald H. Hewitt edition or digital photos for the online Finding Nemo, Andrew Stanton, Bob addition (at www.nesfa.org). Helmuths will Peterson and David Reynolds be distributed at the Information area, in the The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Independence Foyer (Registration) and in Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Stephen the Con Suite. Sinclair & Peter Jackson [Based on The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien]

Noreascon 4 Monday Meetings They will be in the Gardner and Hampton rooms on the third floor the Sheraton, from