Albacon

Albacon

Infobox Convention
name = Albacon


caption =
status = Active
genre = Science fiction/Fantasy
venue =
location = Albany, New York
country = United States
first = 1996
last =
organizer = LASTSFA
filing = Non-profit
attendance =
website = http://www.albacon.org/

Albacon is the Albany science fiction convention, held each autumn in the Albany, New York area, also called the Capital District.

Albacon is the largest "Con" in upstate New York. It is hosted by LASTSFA, or Latham-Albany-Schenectady-Troy Science Fiction Association, a local science fiction fandom group. The Albacon website lists itself as:

Past Albacons

The con has hosted many special guests. In 2006, the Guest of Honor (GoH) was Peter David [ [http://www.peterdavid.net/ Peter David's web site] ] , a novelist most famous for his short stories, Television shows and "The Incredible Hunk" comic book; the Artist Guest of Honor was Omar Rayyan [ [http://www.studiorayyan.com/ Omar Rayyan's web site] ] . Additional guests in 2006 included on-line cartoonist J. Jacques [ [http://www.questionablecontent.net/ J. Jacques' "Questionable Content" on-line cartoons] ] , Nick Sagan (son of Carl Sagan and a science fiction writer in his own right), and Klingon linguist Lawrence M. Schoen. [ [http://www.albacon.org/guests.html Albacon guests webpage] ]

Other guests at recent Albacons have included filker Erwin S. Strauss (Filthy Pierre), humorist-novelist Esther Friesner, Shannara creator Terry Brooks [ [http://www.albacon.org/2005/ 2005 Guest of Honor webpage] ] , Lois McMaster Bujold [ [http://www.albacon.org/2003/ 2003 Guest of Honor] ] , novelist Don Sakers, web cartoonist Jeph Jacques, and science fiction researcher and fan Jan Howard Finder ("The Wombat"). [ [http://www.albacon.org/2000/ 2000 Fan Guest of Honor] , also at [http://www.lastsfa.org/finder/wombats_wanderings.html The Wombat's webpage] and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2562836/ imdb] ]

Albacon was not held in 2007, because LASTSFA co-hosted the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, New York, with Guests of Honor Carol Emshwiller, Kim Newman, Lisa Tuttle and artist Jean Giraud (Moebius). [ [http://www.lastsfa.org/wfc2007/ World Fantasy Convention 2007 site] .]

Guests of Honor & Special Guests

Future Albacons

The next Albacon will be in October 10-12, 2008, over the Columbus Day weekend, with guests of honor Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey. [http://www.albacon.org/ Albacon website] . Accessed september 3, 2008.] The Art Guest of Honor is Barclay Shaw, with Gary S. Blog as Fan Guest of Honor. Attending members include The Wombat and Filthy Pierre. [ [http://www.albacon.org/membership.php Albacon memebship webpage] . Retrieved September 11, 2008.] The hotel will again be the Crowne Plaza in downtown Albany, New York. [ [http://www.albacon.org/hotel.php Albacon official web site Hotel page] . Accessed February 6, 2008.]

References

External sources

* Albacon: [http://www.albacon.org/ Albacon]
* LASTSFA: [http://www.lastsfa.org/ LASTSFA]


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