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Schedule Information Now Online!
Guests
Principal Speaker: Connie Willis
Connie Willis has won six Nebula and Six Hugo Awards(more than any other science fiction writer) and the JohnW. Campbell Memorial Award for her first novel,Lincoln's Dreams. Her novel Doomsday Book won both the Nebula and Hugo Awards, and her first short-story collection, Fire Watch, was a New York Times Notable Book.
Artist Guest Of Honor: Donato Giancola
The "Best of Show" winner at Lunacon 2000, Donato Giancola was nominated for the Hugo awards given out at the most recent Philadelphia worldcon. He has recently won FOUR 2001 Chesley awards, including the one for Artistic Acheivment and the cover of The Hobbit. His work has appeared as part of the Magic The Gathering trading card game, DC Comics and numerous book covers.
Special Guest: David Gerrold
Perhaps best known for his Star Trek Episode, 'The Trouble With Tribbles', David Gerrold was the youngest writer ever inducted into the Writer's Guild of America. In addition to his work on Trek, babylon 5 and other series, David has also authored a number of books, including the War Against The Cthorr series. He has won both Hugo and Nebula awards.
Special Guest: Nalo Hopkinson
Author of "Skin Folk" and "Brown Girl In The Ring", Nalo is considered one of the top 'Up and Coming' young authors in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Special Guests: Spider and Jeanne Robinson
3 time Hugo winner Spider Robinson is well known for his "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon" series but is also the author of numerous other short stories, novellas and novles, many in collaboration with his wife, Jeanne. In addition to his writing, Spider and Jeanne are both gifted musical performers!
*NEW* - Philcon 2002 is pleased to announce that Slanted Fedora Entertainment will be bringing Robert Picardo (perhaps best known as The Doctor on Star Trek Voyager) to join us this year as a program participant! Mr. Picardo will be participating in panel discussions and an Q+A session, all of which are open to all convention attendees! In addition, Mr. Picardo will be signing autographs (for a small fee) at the Slanted Fedora Entertainment table in our dealer's room.*
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