- Ad Astra (convention)
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Ad astra ."Infobox Convention
name = Ad Astra
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status = Active
genre =Science fiction andFantasy
venue = Crowne Plaza Toronto Don Valley Hotel
location = Toronto, Ontario
country = Canada
first = 1982
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website = http://www.ad-astra.org/Ad Astra is an annual literary
science fiction convention inToronto . Major events of the convention include the Masquerade, Guest of Honour presentations, panel discussions, Art Show, and Dealer's Room, as well as a wide variety of privately-run room parties. Other events on the convention program include a games room, book launches, and the Saturday evening dance.Ad Astra 27 was held on March 28-30, 2008, and featured
Kevin J. Anderson ,Rebecca Moesta ,Yvonne Gilbert ,Howard Tayler , andChristopher Golden as guests of honour. In 2006, the guests of honour includedCory Doctorow ,Ed Beard ,Phyllis Gotlieb . In previous years, guests have included prominent Canadian writers includingRobert J. Sawyer ,Nalo Hopkinson ,Tanya Huff ,Guy Gavriel Kay ,Robert Charles Wilson ,Phyllis Gotlieb , etc., as well as internationally renowned authors includingC. J. Cherryh ,David Brin ,Connie Willis ,Larry Niven ,Lois McMaster Bujold ,Frederik Pohl ,Katherine Kurtz ,Orson Scott Card , James P. Hogan and others. Ad Astra has continued to evolve past its focus on literature to include programming dedicated to costuming, art,filking , and media. In some years,Jason Taniguchi has performed popular one-man parody shows at the convention.ee also
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Toronto
*Canadian science fiction External links
* [http://www.ad-astra.org Official Site]
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