7-9—Fandemonium. fandemonium.org. Civic Center, Nampa ID. Jan-Scott Frazier, Steve Willhite, Ichidan, Reed Hawker.
7-9—IkasuCon. ikasucon.org. Grand Wayne Convention Center, Ft. Wayne IN. Anime.
13-16—GenCon, 120 Lakeside Ave. #100, Seattle WA 98122. gencon.com. Indianapolis IN. Gaming and anime. Huge.
14-16—ArmadilloCon, Box 26442, Austin TX 78755. (512) 477-6259. armadillocon.org. S. Lynch, S. Martinere, J. Vinge.
14-16—PulpCon, Box 90424, Dayton OH 45490. Convention Center. Pulp magazines and old paperbacks.
15-16—Creation, 217 S. Kenwood, Glendale CA 91202. Contact as above. Wigwam Resort, Litchfield Park AZ. Media.
21-23—PiCon, Box 400, Sunderland MA 01375. pi-con.org. Crowne Plaza, Enfield CT (Hartford/Springfield). SF/fantasy.
21-23—Creation. Contact as above. Wyndham O'Hare, Rosemont (Chicago) IL. Commercial media-oriented event.
21-24—Gathering of the Gargoyles, Box 18972, Cleveland OH 44118. gatheringofthegargoyles.com. Los Angeles CA.
28-30—ConText, Box 163391, Columbus OH 43216. (614) 868-8366. contextsf.org. Worthington OH. Written SF/fantasy.
28-30—BuboniCon, Box 37257, Albuquerque NM 87176. bubonicon.com. Grand Airport Hotel. Cassutt, Vaughn, Charlifu.
SEPTEMBER 2009
4-7—DragonCon, Box 16459, Atlanta GA 30321. (404) 909-0115. dragoncon.org. Hyatt. Comics, media, SF. Huge event.
4-7—DiscWorldCon, c/o LepreCon, Box 26665, Tempe AZ 85285. (480) 945-6890. nadwcon.org. Mission Palms. Pratchett.
11-13—Nan Desu Kan, 3140 Peoria, #K-262, Aurora CO 80014. ndkdenver.org. Marriott Tech Center, Denver CO. Anime.
11-13—ScareFest, 835 Porter Pl., Lexington KY 40508. (859) 233-4567. thescarefest.com. Lexington Center. Horror.
18-20—FenCon, Box 701448, Dallas TX 75370. fencon.org. Crowne Plaza. Bujold, the Musgraves, the Suttons, others.
AUGUST 2011
5-8—North American SF Convention, c/o SAFE, 2144 B Ravenglass Pl., Raleigh NC 27612. raleighnasfic2010.org.
SEPTEMBER 2010
2-6—Aussiecon 4, GPO Box 1212, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia. aussiecon4.org.au. World SF Convention. US$175.
AUGUST 2010
17-21—Reno Worldcon, Box 13278, Portland OR 97213. rcfi.org. Reno NV. Bidding unopposed for the 2011 WorldCon.
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