Jtunacon 96 March 15-17, 1996 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY PROGRESS REPORT Author GoHs Terry Pratchett Esther Friesner "Queen of Hamsters" Visual Humor GoH Phil Foglio Fan GoH Bruce Pelz Special Origami Guest Mark Kennedy Lunacon ’96 Mail to: The Rye Town Hilton Hotel Reservation Form 699 Westchester Avenue March 15-17, 1996 Rye Brook, NY 10573 1-914-939-6300 Please print Name ______________________________________________________________ Address______________________________________________________________ City State Zip Phone () HHonors # Sharing with _______________________________________________________ Arrival date/time Departure date Room Type (check one): [ ] Single: $92 [] Triple (two double beds): $108 [ ] Double (one king-size bed): $98 [] Quad (two double beds): $108 [ ] Twin (two double beds): $98 Floor Type: [ ] Smoking [ ] Non-Smoking [ ] Party [ ] Non-Party Special requests _______________________________________________________ Reservations will be held until 6 pm unless guaranteed for late arrival by a deposit check for the first night’s stay, or by one of the following credit cards: [ ] American Express [ ] Visa [ ] MasterCard [ ] Carte Blanche [ ] Diners Club [ ] Discover Card number Expiration date Signature __________________________________________________________ Make checks or money orders payable to the Rye Town Hilton. Do not send cash through the mail! Notes Room rates quoted above do not include local taxes. Check-in time is 3 pm, check-out time is 1 pm. Reservations must be received by March 1, 1996. To avoid duplication, please submit only one reservation form for rooms shared by two or more people. Suites are available only upon written request to the Convention Committee. Any suites arranged directly are subject to cancellation. Limacon ’96, our 39th annual convention, Shame of Maudie Jones (performed at promises to be our biggest and liveliest Lunacon ’93), yenta’d the "Ask Auntie ever. Join us as we celebrate the humor­ Esther" column on "etiquette and advice ous and the fantastic, from Elfland to to the SFlorn" for Pulphouse, and edited Discworld to Gallimaufry Station, and give the anthologies Alien Pregnant by Elvis, new meaning to the term "folding space". Chicks in Chainmail and Blood Muse. She won the Romantic Times Award for Best GUESTS OF HONO(U)R New Fantasy Writer in 1986 and the Terry Pratchett Skylark Award in 1994. Come and meet Lunacon’s Author Co-Guest of Honor and After working as a journalist and a public the one-and-only Queen of Hamsters (her relations writer for nuclear power plants, current househamster is named Lady Terry decided to create his own universe Morgana de Willoughby Cheeblesdottir), before he was forced to do something and see why we’re delighted to have her. awful - find another job in this one! Thus began the witty, imaginative and hugely Phil Foglio popular Discworld series, of which there Phil’s career as a cartoonist took off when have been 18 books so far (US publica­ he won the Hugo for Best Fan Artist in tion lags behind). According to the larg­ 1977 and again in 1978. From 1981 to est bookseller in the UK, one-fifth of all 1984, his monthly feature, "What’s New?", sf/fantasy books sold there are by Terry! ran in Dragon Magazine. He also began He’s made US bestseller lists as well. His illustrating Robert Asprin’s Myth series non-Discworld novels include Strata, the for Donning/Starblaze, and eventually Nome trilogy (collected as The Bromeliad) adapted the first book into a comic series, and (with Neil Gaiman) Good Omens. MythAdventures, for WaRP Graphics. With his wife and daughter, he lives in Phil’s writing talents were further dis­ Salisbury, England, "a monolith’s throw played as a scripter on comics such as from Stonehenge". We’re thrilled to have Dynamo Joe, Plastic Man and Angel and Terry join us as Author Guest of Honour. the Ape, and (with Nick Pollotta) the Esther Friesner novel Illegal Aliens. Eschewing the world of corporate comics, he created his own Books like Elf Defense, Gnome Man’s company, Pa Ilia rd Press, and self-publishes Land and Majyk by Accident have earned Buck Godot, Zap Gun for Hire and Esther the title of "the first lady of funny XXXenophile, the only X-rated comic ever fantasy", but her works have also included to be nominated for an Eisner Award. serious fantasies, such as "All Vows" (a Along with his wife, Kaja, he is also now Nebula finalist) and Yesterday We Saw producing Magic: The Gathering'™ cards. Mermaids ... and even sf, including The His latest project is the XXXenophile Sherwood Game (described as "cyber­ Trading Card Game (no, really), which prep") and the Star Trek: DS9 novel should be out around Lunacon. Come Warchild (which made the USA Today meet Phil, and see that he actually does bestseller list). She is one of the field’s look like his self-portraits! most prolific authors, having produced some two dozen novels, including Split Bruce Pelz Heirs (with Lawrence Watt-Evans), and Active in SF Fandom for 38 years, Bruce over 70 short stories since 1982. In addi­ epitomizes the idea that "Fandom Is A tion, she has published poetry and non­ Way of Life". He has published over fiction, penned the "mellerdrama" 'The 1,000 fanzines and apazines ... and 1 amassed about 30,000 zines, probably the David M. Harris, Daniel Hatch, John world’s largest collection. He founded Hertz, Alexandra Honigsberg, David APA-L, a weekly amateur press associa­ Honigsberg, Jael, Marvin Kaye, Lissanne tion, and WOOF, the annual Worldcon Lake, Ric Meyers, Craig Miller, Pat apa. Bruce has the only 27-year span as Morrissey, Charles Pellegrino, Andrew a Director of the Los Angeles Science Porter, Roberta Rogow, Julius Schwartz, Fantasy Society (LASFS). With his wife Darrell Schweitzer, Joscpha Sherman, Elayne, he’s been a frequent host of Susan Shwartz, Jane Sibley, Cynthia LArea fan gatherings and parties. Bruce Soroka, Gordon Van Gelder, Toni Weiss- has been on innumerable convention kopf, Lew Wolkoff and Stephen Youll. committees, and chaired the 1972 World- con. He has also been active in filk fan­ PROGRAM dom and costuming fandom. The Pelzes Hear authors, artists, editors, scientists have an extensive library of sf and mys­ and fans talk about subjects as diverse and teries, and an impressive gallery of sf art. far-ranging as you can imagine. Humor We’re proud to have a legendary "actifan" will have a special focus this year, but our like Bruce as our Fan Guest of Honor. Program will also include panels and pre­ Mark Kennedy sentations on sf, fantasy, horror, art, comics, media, fandom, fanzines, costum­ Mark was long a familiar sight at sf con­ ing, gaming, filk, science, cyberspace, ventions, leaving trails of origami - history, literature, music and origami. "Kennedy droppings" - adorning badges Likely topics and activities include disaster with paper dragons, unicorns, etc. His jokes and why we make them, the trick­ origami has decorated Lunacon’s Green ster in myth and fable, religion in sf, music Room and been found between the sheets to create by, sf on TV, the explosion of of APA-NYU. While he’s been in­ trading card games, an sf trivia contest, frequently seen in Fandom of late, he has origami workshops (sign-up at the con) become internationally recognized in and more. Find out how to sell your story origami circles. Mark is on the Board of or artwork from pros in the field. See Directors of Origami USA. His work has what your favorite author is up to as he or been exhibited at libraries in New Jersey she reads from a story soon-to-be-pub­ and Pennsylvania, and been selected an­ lished. Pick up handy tips at costuming nually for the holiday tree at the Museum and filksinging workshops. And as a treat, of Natural History. His original models Sunday morning, we’ll be holding a paper and diagrams have been published in airplane-throwing contest, hosted by our England, France, Italy, Japan and Israel. Special Origami Guest, Mark Kennedy. Two articles on him have been published At Lunacon, you can expect lots of old- in Japan’s Oru. We’re very glad to have fashioned fun with some new twists. Mark back in the fold as Lunacon’s first- ever Special Origami Guest. Lunacon once again celebrates the science behind the fiction with a variety of panels Also on our program, to date, are Randy and speakers on technology, bio-engineer­ Asplund-Faith, A.J. Austin, Jill Bauman, ing, holography and space. Presentations John Boardman, Beth Cohen, Judith R. tentatively will be featuring guests from Conly, Greg Cox, Genny Dazzo, Vincent the Hubble Space Telescope Science Di Fate, John R. Douglas, Claire Eddy, Institute, the SETI League and the Space Kaja Foglio, Laura Anne Gilman, Robert Frontier Foundation. From the top quark Greenberger, PM Griffin, Nancy Hanger, to the bottom of the ocean to humanity’s 2 future in space, we hope to offer our best Board, for all to admire. Science Program ever. Plus, we’ll again As part of the Convention Program, we’ll be presenting cyberspace programming, have panels, discussions and workshops on exploring topics from the World Wide costume creation and presentation. Web to picking an Internet provider. Note: Due to the convention weapons MASQUERADE policy, any Masquerade costume involving weapons of any kind must have the prior Here’s your chance to dazzle or be approval of the Masquerade Director. In dazzled by costumes of the past, the addition, please remember that nudity is future and the never-was. Come to the Lunacon Masquerade ... or be part of it. not a costume and to cover revealing Let your imagination soar! Bring to life costumes in the public areas of the hotel, your favorite character from an sf/fantasy such as the bar, restaurants and lobby.