Q.What is a subscription and what is it for? Full text of 'Dragon Con 2012 Program Book' See other formats. I 1 \y \m\\^- t. O J^L m~ll. Please join us next (and. North America's premier annual event for those. Dragon*Con Independent Short Film Festival 1. The Dragon^Con 2.
Program Book, Volume XXV i September 2. Dragon*Con, Inc. Box l. Arirtnf. fi, GA, 3. Published annually by Dragon*Con t copyright . Price: $1. 5. 0. 0 postpaid US and Canada, S2. He in lein, the man who star ted the tradition of science. Inclusion Project, This year, we are proud to announce the fiction convention blood drives at Mid Americon back in 1. Georgia Chapter of the ALS Association (webga. Most commonly, the disease. ALS Association. 3. Americans have the. Lou Gehrig first brought national. ALS. 4. 49 people and over 8,0. Each donor receives a special Dragon*Con. Our. staff wants everyone who attends to have. If you feel that. All proceeds from our auctions will be donated. Georgia Chapter of the ALS Association. To purchase tickets, visit. Braves website at braves. If your group. or club will be hosting an open room party, please stop by one. Information Booths and let us know! The Daily Dragon- . We will be video recording such memorable events. Masquerade, Costume Contest, as well as many of our. Main Programming events and live concert performances and. DC*TV. And don't miss the Dragon*Con Late Show. Point. your web browser to m. Just for clarification. Please wear it at all times during the. Volunteer personnel. They'll have the. You must wear your membership badges at all times. There will. be times when hotel access will be limited to those. Possession of alcoholic beverages by anyone under the. Please keep all behavior that polite fans would find. We'll offer sympathy, but Dragon*Con is not. In accordance with state law, there will be NO. SMOKING allowed inside any of the convention. Please take all smoking outside the hotels. Cameras are not permitted in the Art Show/Print Shop. Walk of Fame areas. Flash photography will not. Masquerade; please check with. Masquerade personnel for scheduled pre- Masquerade. Masquerade photo sessions. We reserve the right to ask you to leave the convention. Announced events and guests are subject to change. Every effort will be. Please abide by our weapons policy. All weapons must. No functioning. projectile weapons including water pistols, silly- string. Bladed weapons must be. No clowning around. Any weapon. used in an offensive manner will be confiscated and. We expect you to use good. Dragon*Con security volunteers, hotel security, and. NO CAMPING IN THE HALLS OR LOBBY! If you. are found sleeping in the public areas, you will be. If you do not have a. Please do not abuse our hotels or convention facilities. Room Parties. and other announcements may be dropped off at our. Information Desk for inclusion in the Daily Dragon. Please wear appropriate (or at least enough). All Dragon*Con members and attendees at the. Dragon*Con Convention are prevented from taking. Dragon*Con guest, member, volunteer, or employee. Dragon*Con event, including but not limited. Dragon*Con parade, any Dragon*Con forum. Dragon*Con/ACE, Inc. Kerns. Technical Services Jason Allgood. Production Director Cat Harrison. Web Master Jamey Reeves. Senior Director, Convention Ops Robert Dennis. Senior Director, Convention Ops Mark Brown. Con Suite Joe Campbell. Disabilities Services Cherie Wren. Information Services Sara Mc. Corkendale. Outside Security Pete Montgomery. Parade Jan Price. Security Len Scott. Volunteers Richard Sanders Video Rooms Michael Allgood. DRAG0. N*C0. N 2. AUGUST 3 1 - SEPTEMBER 3. VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARDS. Senior Director, Track Operations .. Our inaugural convention was held in. Robby Hilliard. 1. The following volunteers will be honored for fifteen years. Horror & Dark Fantasy. Independent Film & Festival. Matthew Foster. Rhetta Akamatsu Takesi Akamatsu. Kaleidoscope Track. John Allman Elizabeth Baldwin. Brooks Banks Leigh Bennett- Conner. Robyn Mc. Carthy. Loren Dietz Uus rurlong. Evan Hisey Michael Huffman. TV T TV 1 , Tv > T ' 1 1 T 1 '. Nancy Knight Michael Leneski. Robotics & Maker Fan Track. Donovan Poole Jeff Sexton. Sci- Fi 8c Fantasy Literature. Mike Shaner, Sr. Jessica Sheffield. Silk Road: Asian Cinema 8c Culture .. The following volunteers will be honored. Star. Gate Multiverse Jennifer M. Breland- Dykes. Star Wars Track. Brandy Roatsey. for twenty years of service. Tolkien's Middle Earth. Larry D. Curtis. Chris Camillo Richard Garber. Deborah Humphries Janet Liberman. Whedon Universe. Wayne Hutchinson. Darius Washington Denise Yeager. Jennifer Liang. In 2. Writers' Track. additional service awards were presented The following. Leigh Bennett- Conner. Young Adult Literature. Robyn Chappell Joseph Forlini. NOTE: Bold denotes Senior Staff members. You must now accept the challenge of finding the. Dragon* Con merchandise to commemorate your. Here at the Dragon*Con Store! At the the Plush Baby Dragon, Dragon*Con mouse pad, and. Di agon*Con store, of course! And as a bonus for weary commemorative pins! And don't forget to shield yourself. For a full from the elements with a Military hat or knit beanie in a. Marriott variety of great colors! Purchase your favorite. And with the addition of more kid- friendly. Membership rates will be at their lowest of the. Con. Be sure to get your artist- sig. To purchase the booty you need to satisfy your crew. Visa, Mastercard, Cash. Checks, and Dealer Dollars. PRONfl. W ED D K. HONOR AWARDS a BANQUET. The Dragon*Con 2. Awards Banquet will take place Saturday evening beginning promptly at 7: 0. The Master of Ceremonies for the evening is author John D. Ringo and featured entertainment. Midtown Brass Quintet and actor Robert Picaalo. Banquet Tickets may be purchased at. A*. THE JULIE AWARD. In 1. 99. 8 . The Julie Award is bestowed for universal. Our. inaugural recipient in 1. Ray Bradbury. In 2. Hank Reinhardt Fandom Award to honor the memory of. Fuller (1. 99. 6). Irv Koch (1. 9sk. K). Floyd Chappell (2. Nancy Knight (2. OO4). John Ringo (2. 00. Patrick Roberts (2. Mark Fingerman (2. Brad Strickland (1. Bill Ritch (2. 00. Wendy Webb (2. 00. Bill Harrison (2. Toni Weisskopf (2. Mike Dillson (2. 01. IRMDN # Bft. M 2 ? He has worked for clients such. Disney, Universal Studios, Scholastic Books, The Greenwich Workshop, Penguin Books. Random House, Tor books, Upper. Deck, Wizards of the Coast, and DC Comics. Dan has been the recipient of many awards. Recently, he has received the 2. Jack Gaughan. Award for Best Emerging Artist, and was the Chesley Award winner for Best Paperback. Cover of 2. 00. 7. His illustrations have graced the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list. He currently resides in the small town of Beacon Falls, CT where he lives. SALVATQRE. Author, Guest of Honor. Leominster, Massachusetts is known for four things: Johnny Appleseed, a thriving plastics. Robert Cormier, and New York Times bestselling author R. A + Salvatore. With over. U. S. Salvatore, began writing shortly after receiving. Bachelor of Science degree in Communications/Media from Fitchburg State College. He. penned his first manuscript in 1. Fleetwood Mac's Tusk album. Bob's first published novel. The Crystal Shard, was released in February of 1. Waldenbooks bestseller list, By 1. The Halfting's Genu had made the New York Times bestseller list. With a contract for three more TSR books, and with. Penguin, Bob remembers that . With the zeal of a religious convert, he talks about the virtues of reading and the ultimate appeal, . My sister. had given me a copy of J. R. R. Tolkien* s The Hobbit, which 1 read while house- bound. When I got back to school, I changed. Difficult as it may be to believe. Bradbury was breaking into the field no major. Ray grew up with science fiction, and the markets he sent his. Lester del Rey, a popular contemporary. Ray, on the other hand, didn't give a damn how his. And then an even stranger, totally unprecedented. Ray, who had managed. Astounding, the premier. The Saturday. Evening Post, Colliers, and the new kid on. Playboy . His Fare n he it. He was only concerned with. We can no longer thank him. It was Ray Bradbury who made it possible for me, and dozens. Ray was using spaceships and aliens and the rest as metaphors. Lovecraft's tales, but rather. RUGUIT 3. 1- SEPTEMIER 3. ANNE MCCAFFREY. Written by Jody Lynn Nye. If you attended a Dragon* Con over the last many years> there Over the late 1. Thanksgiving. might have been a moment when you heard the stentorian 2. G1. 1, Anne collaborated with promising young writers, in. Among that lucky. Jody Lynn Nye (me), Elizabeth Moon. If you. didn't * make a hole, 1 you might have been in. Dragonriders of Pern. The third in the. Dragonriders series, The White Dragon, with its. Michael Whelan, was the first by any SF. New York Times Bestseller List. Since 1. 97. 5. SM Stirling, Mercedes Lackey, Margaret Ball. Elizabeth Anne Scarborough, and her son. Pern. 1 odd Mc. Caffrey. Working with Anne was. She encouraged her. She enjoyed creme brulee, chocolate. Chinese food, good. She loved to. cook for people and liked being cooked for. She had been trained. Anne was one of the. SF writers to make a point of featuring women in her stories. Anne's books appealed to women in a way that the. She knitted and quilted, and loved the colors blue. Anne had a terrific sense of humor. She loved. to tell stories on herself* and didn't mind others having a bit of. Her equally heroic, effective, realistic characters who were. She did a little matchmaking here and there. She. mothered and protected those she loved, and rode to their. Her characters were people defense when they needed her- Anne's loyalty to her friends. She always gave credit to the people who had mentored w T as good. She expected the same from others. Most rose to the. John Campbell and occasion, buoyed by her trust in them. She was well known warmth and sense of humor. This great lady, honored by her. There peers and fans alike, always had time to speak with her readers. SFWA She never stood on ceremony. Those who were not still have. L . They are as accessible as she. Enjoy them. a side dish. She not only gave quotes to almost any writer who She would have encouraged you to.
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