Wigwam Resort Litchfield Park, Arizona July 2-5, 2004 C.J. Cherryh - Author Guest David Cherry - Artist Guest Diana Gabaldon - Local Author Guest Heather Alexander - Music Guest John Hertz - Fan Guest www.conkopelli.org [email protected] Progress Report #3 1 C.J. Cherryh Author Guest C. J. Cherryh’s first science fiction novel, Gate of Ivrel,1976. She received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer at SunCon, 1977 Worldcon. In 1979, she won her first Hugo Award for “Cassandra,” at SeaCon in Brighton, UK. At Chicon IV, Chicago, 1982, her novel Downbelow Station won the Hugo and in 1989, Cyteen won the Hugo at Noreascon III in Boston. Cyteen also won the Locus Award for best SF Novel of 1988. Born 9/1/42 in St. Louis, Missouri, and presently residing in Edmond, Oklahoma, which is located about ten miles north of Oklahoma City David Cherry Artist Guest David Cherry, a multiple award-winning professional artist, is consistently ranked as one of the best fantasy and science fiction artists in the country. David has painted covers for over 30 paper back books, written short stories, and even has a series of trading cards featuring his work. “The recognition I am most proud of is being asked to speak about my work to the Smithsonian Institution” said Mr. Cherry. I am talking to them about including some of my art in one of their exhibitions.” In addition to final art on the boxes and in the game, Mr. Cherry will be the concept artist for future titles. “As Ensemble ventures into non-historical topics, David will be essential for creating the look, the architecture, and the characters that will inhabit these games.” said Mr. Goodman. It’s an honor to have him working with us when creating these new worlds.” 2000 Chesley Award Nomination for Lifetime Artistic Achievement The Chesley Award for Best Color Work: Unpublished Heather Alexander Music Guest Heather Alexanders free time is spent singing and playing original and traditional Celtic music on fiddle, guitar and bodhran. She makes her home outside Portland, Oregon performing regularly from Portland to Seattle. 2001 saw the release of her fourth solo album, “A Gypsy’s Home, Songs of the Roving Life” a collection of Celtic traditional and Celtic styled original songs, and she has begun work on her latest effort, an album of music inspired by S/F author Steven Barnes’ upcoming novel, “Lion’s Blood”. In 1999 she was proclaimed the “Official Bard of Clan Gordon” (northwest). Her appearances at pubs, coffee houses, Folk Music Festivals and Highland Games have made her music available to the Scottish community and the public at large. She can be found on the Web at www.heatherlands.com. 2 John Hertz Fan Guest John Hertz was born in Chicago in 1949 and has been an avid SF reader from an early age. Prior to finding fandom he was interested in such hobbies as magic and computers. John moved to LA in 1969 where friends introduced him to LASFS and fandom in general. John still resides in Los Angeles, where he works as a lawyer. He can usually be found at Worldeons, Westercons, and Loscons in beautifully tailored Regency formal clothes or more likely in casual clothes and a prominent propeller beanie. Diana Gabaldon Local Author Guest nonfiction, The Outlandish Compan- ion.. She has a huge fan following for her Outlander series who are eagerly awaiting The Fiery Cross, the latest book in the series Watch for its release late Winter 2003 Her next novel will feature Lord John Grey in his own historical mystery titled Lord John and the Private Matter Diana was born and raised in Diana Gabaldon has confirmed that Arizona where she lives today with her she will attend as our Local Author husband and daughters. She has Guest of Honor. Her novels, beginning degrees in zoology and marine biology with Outlander, revolve around her as well as a Ph.D. in behavioral main characters, the 18th-century ecology . Diana has attended several Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his time- of our local conventions and has traveling wife, Claire Beauchamp proven to be an interesting guest. She Randall Fraser. They are set in 18th is very friendly and always happy to century Scotland and pre-revolutionary sign books. Diana also has an America. Other novels in the series interesting website at: http:// include Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, www.cco.caltech.edu/~gatti/gabaldon/ and Drums of Autumn and one work of gabaldon.html 3 Programming Report books to be discussed, so you can read them before the convention. Dinosaurs and space ships, And a list of limited attendance Ancient legends and urban workshops that can be signed up myth, for before the convention. Some Workshops, demos, and book of our limited workshops will be discussions, pre-convention sign up and some And a surprise or two, will be at convention sign up. ConKopelli=s programming is The ANot Ready for Warp starting to take shape. Speed Players@ have been per- Our science programming is suaded to present a new late night strong on hard science with reading for your enjoyment. And emphasis on dinosaurs and space work is in progress on several travel. more surprises. We are very pleased to have If you have any suggestions for several Native-American scholars panels that you would like to see who plan on participating in the please send them to: convention. Including Kevin Sincerely , Dahl, executive director of Native Frances Burns Seeds/SEARCH, talking on native Pre-con Programing Director. foods and myth; Lora Largo, Phoenix College Librarian, will speak on Native American women’s and children’s literature; ConKopelli Filk Hershman John, Phoenix College teacher, will address OUR SPACE: We have The Native American comic book Paloverde Room for One Shots, superheroes and Jennifer Concerts and Panels during the Wheeler, Phoenix College day. At night we have Bardic teacher, will cover Navajo mythol- Circle in The Paloverde Room ogy and Chaos in the Fireplace In the next progress report Lounge. Sign up sheets for there will be details on several Concerts and one shots will be workshops, including submittal available at Con. If you send your guidelines and themes for short Email address to stories to be reviewed in several [email protected], I will send writing workshops. A list of you updates on Filk Develop- 4 ments and precise information on panels, let me know and I will Concert, One Shot and panel pass your information to program- distribution as I develop it. ming. PANELS: Panels are planned on OUR GOH: Lyric Writing and Harmony, thus Our Music GOH is Heather far. Alexander. (See www.Heatherlands.com) FORBIDDEN CIRCLE: For Newbie Filkers there will be THE Gary Swaty, ConKopelli Music FORBIDDEN CIRCLE for two Liaison hours Friday evening in the Palo Verde Room. We will be singing all of the songs the oldsters are Contact Us tired of and the Newbies have never been allowed to hear. There Chair: Craig L Dyer will be an overhead projector so [email protected] everyone can sing along. Co- Bankers: Kim L Martin & H. Jeffrey George OUR FILK ATTENDEES: [email protected] Presently we have coming Heather Alexander(GOH), Programming: Frances Burns Elizabeth Burnham, Chris [email protected] Dickenson, Patrick Connors, Art Show: Ray Gish Nancy Freeman, Christina Paige, [email protected] Mark Horning, Jennifer Horning, Dealers: Bob LaPierre Forrest Ashley, Jennifer Ashley, [email protected] Larry Warner ... If you want to be listed in my Emails as a FILK Memberships: Nora Rankin ATTENDEE let me know. If you (pre-con) want to participate in panels and [email protected] programming beyond a single Information: concert send me your name and I [email protected] will see what can be done. Filk panels will be limited so I may not Webpage: www.conkopelli.org be able to accommodate every- one. If you do other types of 5 Charity Auction Science Education located in the Pima Air and Space Museum in We will be hosting two Tucson. The Challenger Space separate Charity Auctions. One Centers are international, not-for- will be our traditional Charity profit organizations founded by the Auction which will feature books, families of the seven Challenger art, posters, toys and other Science astronauts who perished in 1986. Fiction and Fantasy memorabilia Originally designed to offer educa- donated by local businesses, tional program to school children dealers at the convention and and teachers, the centers are now artists from the Art Show. The open to the public with a variety of other will be a special auction of programs including space missions, books. Only First Editions or an stargazing family programs and Advance Reading Copy that has planetarium programs. A complete been autographed by the author calendar of scheduled events is will be presented. A complete list available on their websites. of books to be auctioned is on our www.azchallenger.org and website but a sampling of authors www.pimaair.org is: Greg Bear, Terry Brooks, Orson Scott Card, George R.R. Martin, Julian May, Terry Pratchett and Barbara Hambly. The list will Challenger Space Center Tour continue to be updated as books Fly A Mission! are added. The charities that will benefit One of the sponsored charities for are Reading is FUNdamental (RIF) ConKopelli is the Challenger Space and The Challenger Space Center. Center. The Center’s mission is to in- Reading is FUNdamental (RIF) spire, excite, and educate people of all develops and delivers children’s ages about the mysteries and wonders and family literacy programs that of space, science, and the universe in help prepare young children for which we live.