23-25—LosCon, 11513 Burbank Blvd., No. Hollywood CA 91601. (818) 760-9234. loscon.org. Los Angeles CA. Sawyer.
23-25—EmpiraCon. empiracon.com. Eastern Washington State. General SF and fantasy convention.
23-25—ChamBanaCon, Box 2908, Springfield IL 62708. [email protected]. Hilton. Very-low-key relax-a-con.
23-25—Darkover, Box 7203, Silver Spring MD 20907. darkovercon.com. Holiday Inn, Timonium MD. M.Z. Bradley fans.
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AUGUST 2008
6-10—Denvention 3, Box 1349, Denver CO 80201. denvention3.org. Bujold, Whitmore, McCarthy. WorldCon. $130+.
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Asimov's January 2008 issue is just the tonic for your winter doldrums (not to mention that lingering depression you are surely feeling now that our thirtieth anniversary year is over). To begin with, we offer a story set most definitely on the sunny side of life, written by two of the science fiction field's most original and daring thinkers. Rudy Rucker and Marc Laidlaw take us down to Surf City, following the story of three oddball soul surfers as they hunt down “The Perfect Wave"—a wave that can only be found within the virtual zones of a surfing video game gone completely haywire. This one's got Slack to spare, so take notice!
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January features yet another installment of Allen M. Steele's popular Galaxy Blues. As you just read in this issue, Jules Truffaut stepped into the unknown on the Talus qua'spah. Things get even more difficult to handle in part three, “The Fool's Errand,” when Truffaut must act as unwitting ambassdor to the Hjadd—with varying results! Will Jules cause an interstellar incident? Keep reading and find out! We continue with a story sure to strike the same nostalgic chords that propelled Tim Pratt's “Impossible Dreams” to the top of our Readers’ Award poll last year: Mike Resnick's bittersweet stroll through “Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders"; Tanith Lee returns to our pages with her haunting examination regarding the effects of a terrifying plague upon “The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald"; new writer Will McIntosh makes his Asimov's debut with a wise and witty story about some of life's more “Unlikely” occurrences; and Deborah Coates, whose “Chainsaw on Hand” inspired much discussion on our lively internet Forum, offers her latest, a heartbreaking tale of the emotional costs paid by “The Whale's Lover."
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