Balticon Blowout

This year is the 50th Balticon, Maryland’s regional science fiction convention sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. A golden anniversary is a special occasion, and Balticon 50 is going to be a grand celebration. This year’s Guest of Honor is George R. R. Martin!

Fifty years is a lot of history, and Balticon’s invited back all former GOH’s who are willing and able to attend. So far, twenty-one have accepted:

John Varley —
Balticon 15, 1981R. A. MacAvoy —
Balticon 19, 1985

Nancy Springer —
Balticon 20, 1986

Michael F. Flynn —
Balticon 26, 1992

Donald Kingsbury —
Balticon 26, 1992

Allen Steele —
Balticon 27, 1993

Harry Turtledove —
Balticon 32, 1998Phil & Kaja Foglio —
Balticon 36, 2002

Sharon Lee & Steve Miller —
Balticon 37, 2003

Steve Barnes —
Balticon 39, 2005

Peter S. Beagle —
Balticon 40, 2006

Larry Niven —
Balticon 41, 2007

Connie Willis —
Balticon 42, 2008Charles Stross —
Balticon 43, 2009

Jody Lynn Nye —
Balticon 46, 2012

Joe Haldeman —
Balticon 47, 2013

Jo Walton —
Balticon 49, 2015

The full list of attendees is here: http://balticon.org/wp50/whos-coming/Index/

For those of us with writing aspirations, Charles Gannon’s put together a series of writing seminars, led by Catherine Asaro, Charles Gannon, Bud Sparhawk, Fran Wilde, Jody Lynn Nye, Tom Doyle, Sarah Pinsker, Alex Shvartsman, Michael Swanwick, Jo Walton, Keith R. A. DeCandito, and Hildy Silverman.

Balticon’s only a few short days away. It offers over 400 hours of programming, and at over 1,000 fans is the region’s largest convention. If you haven’t already planned to attend, try to fit it into your schedule. You won’t be disappointed.