Norwescon 32 April 9 - 12, 2009
Doubletree Hotel Seatac, WA
www.norwescon.org
WRITER GOH R.A. Salvatore
ARTIST GOH Todd Lockwood
SPECIAL GUEST Geno Salvatore
SPOTLIGHT PUBLISHER Wizards of the Coast
Newsletter of the Northwest's Premiere Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
SEPTEMBER 2008
$45 through September 15
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DISCUSSIONS INCLUDE:
Announcements
Introductions
Groups/Clubs/Orgs.
Convention Events
Ride Sharing
Room Sharing
Parties
The Fandom Universe
Lost and Found
Norwescon Media
Comments & Suggestions
Why I Volunteer
In Memoriam
Convention Department Discussions
FEATURE ARTICLE: GoH R.A. Salvatore
INTERVIEW: Patrick Swenson of Talebones Magazine and Fairwood Press
CALENDAR WATCH: Dealer's Room applications will be available in October!
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Norwescon is run by volunteers! Next month you'll see the Long List of volunteer positions that are available.
...AND MORE!
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Hello, everyone! I am Becky Citrak, chair of Norwescon 32. Fall has arrived and it with it comes a very exciting time - the start of our Con-Com meetings! Now is when we really start to ramp up our planning for the convention. One very important goal that we have this year is to increase our interaction with members and friends of Norwescon, so we have decided to distribute a monthly email Newsletter! The PR Alpha and Beta (which are mailed to members via USPS) will be trimmed down and the eNewsletter will provide you with the information that is usually featured in those updates.
During the months leading up to Norwescon 32 the eNewsletter will include:
The theme of Norwescon 32 is "Things That Time Forgot" and I am very pleased to introduce this year's distinguished guests to you!
Writer Guest of Honor: R. A. Salvatore
As one of the fantasy genre's most successful authors, R.A. Salvatore enjoys an ever-expanding and tremendously loyal following. His books regularly appear on The New York Times best-seller lists and have sold more than 10,000,000 copies. His first novel, The Crystal Shard, was published 1988, and became the first volume of the acclaimed Icewind Dale Trilogy. Since that time, Salvatore has published numerous novels for each of his signature multi-volume series including The Dark Elf Trilogy, Paths of Darkness, The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, and The Cleric Quintet.
Artist Guest of Honor: Todd Lockwood
Todd Lockwood's work has been featured in paintings for Wizards of the Coast (TSR) and covers for Asimov's and Analog. He has built an impressive body of fantasy images, and helped to redefine the look of the popular Dungeons and Dragons game for the Third Edition release. His work has been honored with multiple appearances in Spectrum and the Communication Arts Illustration Annual, twelve Chesleys, two prestigious World Fantasy Art Show awards, and numerous industry awards.
Special Guest: Geno Salvatore
Geno Salvatore has collaborated on several R.A. Salvatore projects including Fast Forward Games, R.A. Salvatore's The DemonWars Campaign Setting and R.A. Salvatore's The DemonWars Player's Guide. He co-authored R.A. Salvatore's DemonWars Prologue, a DemonWars short story that appeared in the comic book published by Devil's Due Publishing.
Spotlight Publisher: Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
Premier publisher of fantasy fiction, including such lines as Forgotten Realms®, Dragonlance® and The New York Times best selling authors R.A. Salvatore, Margaret Weis, and Tracy Hickman.
There is so much to be excited about!
I hope that you find this eNewsletter informative and interesting. More than that, I hope it will generate a feeling of connection and community. That is what brought me into fandom, and I think it continues to be one of the most attractive things about it!
Becky Citrak
Chair, Norwescon 32
Greetings from the Programming Department!
Are you interested in track programming at Norwescon? Looking for that great, behind- the-scenes way to volunteer? Programming has several positions open, doing all kinds of fun things, like:
If you're interested in programming, we're interested in you! We're trying some exciting new things this year, including a shiny new Comics track and more Young Adult panels, in addition to the usual tracks and workshops. If you're interested in volunteering, or have ideas for panels, please send them to: programming@norwescon.net
WATCH THIS SPACE!
Starting next month we will be holding monthly drawings and you are automatically entered as a subscriber of this newsletter!
April 9-12, 2009
DoubleTree Hotel
SeaTac, WA
Guest of Honor: R.A. Salvatore
Artist Guest of Honor: Todd Lockwood
Special Guest: Geno Salvatore
Spotlight Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
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October 2008
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November 15, 2008
December 13, 2008
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"Loved Norwescon. Loved the People. Love Seattle." - John Picacio
We extended the block AGAIN, but we won't be able to do it again. Make your reservations soon! You can even reserve your room online!
The DoubleTree has gone Green! Read about the Hilton family of hotels' commitment to sustainability.
"I have lots of friends who are coming in from out of town for Norwescon 32. Looking forward to being there again this year!"
Curious to know the daily buzz? The Forums are a great place to regularly interact with fellow members. Stop by and introduce yourself today!
We were not surprised to learn that the most popular forum topic last month was Parties. Want to throw a party? Click here for the Party Rules and remember to visit the Forums for the latest party announcements!
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Announcements
Introductions
Groups/Clubs/Orgs.
Convention Events
Ride Sharing
Room Sharing
The Fandom Universe
Lost and Found
Norwescon Media
Comments & Suggestions
Why I Volunteer
In Memoriam
Convention Department Discussions
FEATURE ARTICLE:
Artist GoH Todd Lockwood
INTERVIEWS:
Stephen Segal of Weird Tales Magazine
Barb and J.C. Hendee
Authors of the Noble Dead Saga
HISTORY:
The Philip K. Dick Awards at Norwescon
PROGRAMMING:
Sneak Preview!
VOLUNTEERS:
We love our volunteers! Next month meet the volunteers of the year for Norwescon 31
...AND MORE!
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Fall is in full swing, and with it is planning for Norwescon 32!
The convention committee convened for its second meeting on October 11. We're still in early planning stages, so we aren't able to announce any of the exciting, innovative and downright awesome ideas that the team has in the works, but we anticipate being able to make some of those announcments in November. Stay tuned!
In the mean time, we've packed the October eNewsletter with introductions, interviews, announcements and so much more.
Enjoy!
Your Norwescon 32 Planning Committe
As one of the fantasy genre's most succesful authors, R.A. Salvatore enjoys an ever-expanding and tremendously loyal following. His books regularly appear on The New York Times best-seller lists and have sold more than 10,000,000 copies. Salvatore's most recent original hardcover, The Two Swords, Book III of The Hunter's Blade Trilogy (October 2004) debuted at # 1 on The Wall Street Journal best-seller list and at # 4 on The New York Times best-seller list. His books have been translated into numerous foreign languages including German, Italian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Croatian, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Czech and French.
Salvatore's first published novel, The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1988, became the first volume of the acclaimed Icewind Dale Trilogy and introduced an enormously popular character, the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden. Since that time, Salvatore has published numerous novels for each of his signature multi-volume series including The Dark Elf Trilogy, Paths of Darkness, The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, and The Cleric Quintet.
His love affair with fantasy, and with literature in general, began during his sophomore year of college when he was given a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as a Christmas gift. Read more...
Patrick Swenson is the owner and publisher of Fairwood Press located in Bonney Lake, Washington and he is the owner and editor of Talebones magazine which features science fiction and dark fantasy. He also organizes and administrates the Rainforest Writers' Village, a writer's retreat held each spring at Lake Quinault on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.
Thank you for talking the time with us this month! We are so pleased that you will be returning to Norwescon as a panel participant this year.
I've been going to Norwescon since 1985, back when I was a wide-eyed writer just starting to submit stories. It's my hometown convention and I'm always excited to see old friends and make new ones. For the last ten plus years it's been host to the popular Talebones Live! Readings.
I understand things have be very busy over at Fairwood Press. Can you tell us about some of your recent releases?
This year has indeed been busy, what with seven new titles out. Earlier in the year saw the publication of a novel by Norwescon regular James C. Glass, and a story collection by Paul Melko, who had his first novel appear from Tor earlier in the year. Read more...
The Norwescon Executive Team is comprised of the Chair, the Vice Chair and the division heads who they appoint. This team will oversee all of the planning aspects of Norwescon 32. Get to know them by reading their bios or, of course, by attending a convention committee meeting. This year's Executive Team members are:
Chair - Becky Citrak
Vice Chair - Jeanine Gray Swanson
Secretary - Christy Berelman
Treasurer - Eric Webber
Business Director - Mike Orosz
Convention Services Director - Rob Stewart
Member Services Director - Charlie Knoedler
Personnel Director - Jim Sullivan
Programming Director - Sunny Jim Morgan
Publications Director - Don Glover
Special Events Director - Peggy Stewart
Do you know that Norwescon is run entirely by volunteers? Over 250 people generously give their time each year in order to make Norwescon the best it can be for its member and participants.
Some people assume that when you volunteer you are giving away all of your time at the convention. Not true! You only have to give as much time as you want to and you get to choose what department you volunteer for.
The best way to get started is to drop us an email at volunteers@norwescon.net and let us know a little about you and where your interests and talents lie. Below are just a few positions that are available - first come first served so get 'em while they're hot!
Green Room Hosts (take care of our pros and guests!)
The Fairwood Writers are pleased to sponsor the writing workshop for Norwescon 32 in 2009. We accept both short stories and novel excerpts to be critiqued by professional writers during Norwescon 32 in April, 2009
Please note that the submission deadline is much earlier this year than in most previous years - December 14. Please refer to the published guidelines for information about submission requirements and deadlines.
Ten years of madness, ten years of filmmaking, ten years of seeing all the latest, the greatest, the funniest, the weirdest, and the most bleeding, squealing, giant smashing, robot-ing edge entertainment still available without extensive tipping (mind you, we're not saying "no"). The Festival is a celebration of low- and no-budget cinema, brought to wondrous lurching life by amateur filmmakers from all around the Pacific Northwest.
More than just the movies, this 120-minute extravaganza of entertainment will also include the filmmakers, who will regale you terrifying tales of their productions. Be there or be a regular right quadrilateral! Read more...
The submission deadline is March 15, 2009. Click here for details.
Norwescon is now accepting applications for the Dealers Room. Are you a seller of items that might be of interest to the fannish community? Books, media, games, jewelry, costumes, weaponry, clothing, art - or perhaps you have something that falls into a category of its own!
Club Tables - Norwescon offers free table space to science, science fiction, fantasy, writing, and fan organizations that are owned and operated by fans whose activities are of direct interest to the fannish community. These tables, known as "Club Tables", are located in the hotel convention lobby and at other designated areas throughout the hotel.
Corporate Tables - A limited amount of table space is made available to companies wishing to promote producst that are of interest to the fannish community.
The Norwescon Art Show features many of the best artists from the northwest and around the country. If you are interested in showing in this year's show, applications are now being accepted.
The programming department would love to hear your ideas for new panel topics! Tracks include: Art, comics, costuming, filk, fannish, gaming, goth, education, science, space, readings, family, publishing/editing, poetry, horror, literature, alt. life, midieval, media, technology, writing, science fiction, fantasy and history/myth.
OCTOBER 2008
Harmony of the Universe: The Art of Toshiro Sawanuki
Museum of Flight | Now through January 4, 2009
Literary book party at University Bookstore
University Bookstore (U District) | Friday, October 31 | 7:00pm
For a complete listing of events in October and November click here.
Everyone who receives this eNewsletter is entered to win these AUTOGRAPHED books!
R.A. Salvatore: The Pirate King (Wizard of the Coast)
Ken Scholes: Long Walks, Last Flights and Other Strange Journeys (Fairwood Press)
Winners' names will be posted with permission in the November eNewsletter. Good luck!
KRYTEN'S CAMERA CORNER page 3!
TV SHOCK HORROR! what a host!
A TORY IN TROUBLE page 7
On CBC 8: Cooking with Shego
PROGRAMME CHANGES page 4
LARGE TYPE at Information
THURSDAY 9 APRIL 2009 the now is built on ruins of the past. today will make the future. are you ready?
by Becky Citrak, Chair
It's here! Tah-dah! I'm so excited to welcome you all to Norwescon 32.
Some things to put on your must-see list:
Guests of Honor! Check your pocket program for the time and place they will be making their appearances. Don't forget the autograph sessions!
Casino and dance: Thursday night! This was loads of fun last year and I think will be better this year.
P.K. Dick Awards: Join us Friday evening for delightful desserts and readings from this year's nominated books. The winner will be announced at the ceremony.
Masquerade: Beautiful costumes, fun skits, and movie previews at halftime.
Amtgard: the Sunday event in Grand Ballroom 3. Come watch people hit each other!
Programming: All weekend long, we will have fabulous programming by interesting people. Hands-on or discussion, we will learn what's going on in the worlds of fandom, science, art, and more.
This is going to be great!
Distractions Best Forgot
We want your lies.
We want your lies, your filth, your rumors, your innuendo and out your other, your trivialities, and your base distractions.
We want your shocking pictures, your vicious scandals, your unsourced spin and bullshit. We want your parties, we want your b00zahol (we really want your b00zahol), we want your severely paranoid ravings, your crazies, your barely-repressed insanity.
And most of all, we want your DIRTY. LITTLE. SECRETS.
Because that's what we are. We're all the things best left buried. We're all the things you'd rather forget. We're the official convention newsletter of Norwescon 32, the official press — what a joke! — and sure, we'll have the awards, the programme changes, and all that, and most of those will actually be real.
But we're proud — proud to be part of the problem, and we will play that role to the depths of our rotten little hearts.
Come help. Give us your slander, your overheards, your news, your embarrassing or awesome photographs — particularly your photographs we need to fill page 3 — and give them to us by 10pm each day. We have submissions boxes at information, registration, and hospitality. We'll be on the net by around 3am, and on paper in the mornings around 9. We'll have the large type edition at Information, and other copies pretty much anywhere you look.
So c'mon. Bring it, if you can. Give yourself something to regret later. Or don't you have the stomach for it?
by Hedda, the Cranky
Welcome to Norwescon 32! Let me explain — no, wait, there is too much. Let me sum up:
Don't bleed over the hotel unless you clean it up. That Luminal shit picks up everything.
Sleep five hours a day, eat two meals a day, and take a frikkin' shower every day or I WILL KILL YOU.
Don't touch unless you ask first. No means no!
If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you do it too? Yes? Good, they've already jumped. They're waiting for you at the bottom. MOVE, SOLDIER!
Common sense is not common. If you question an activity, ask someone with a badge. They probably have the good sense to arrest you.
Treat others the way you wish to be treated — sanded to a fine sheen, stained, and coated in Varathane. But ask first if you think they might not like it.
While we see the hotel as a place to pay and to recreate, the mundanes see it as a place to sleep and recuperate. Share the space, not the therapy sessions.
If you are going on the hot tub or pool, get clean first. Seriously, please. The Saturday Soup Bubbles are not soap and nobody, and I mean nobody, needs your eu de fan skank — or anything else — on them.
Don't want strangers having sex in your room? We don't want you having sex in our hot tub. TUBBS IS CLOSED DUE TO OH JESUS NO.
"You got your convention security in our room party!" "Yeah, well, you got your stupid in our face."
Wear sunscreen. But not in the hot tub.
If you don't want people to mock your naked ass, don't expose it. Also, that sunscreen thing.
Once is funny, twice is annoying, three times is unforgivable. Four times starts to head back towards funny again. Five times? Eh, you tore it. Six? Pathos. Seven? SEVEN! C'MON, SEVEN! BABY NEEDS A NEW PAIR OF SHOES!
Looking forward to writing about people who piss me off with their natural 11s,
Hedda, the Cranky
Preferably with a real match
You could win a membership to next year's Norwescon, books worth more than $100, and other great prizes at Match Game SF, the SF&F-themed re-creation of the classic 70s game show on Friday night!
Unlike other contests where you need to know your trivia, Match Game is simple and easy to play. Contestants will be randomly selected from the audience to match wits against our panel, as they guess how the panelists completed simple fill-in-the-blank propositions such as, "Godzilla said, 'The reason I only attack Japanese cities is that Americans give me _____.'" All contestants drawn from the audience are guaranteed to win a prize, including the famous Lovely Parting Gift. The fun starts Friday at 9pm, in Evergreen 4.
"Gina wants a My Little Pony named Rainbow Death."
"I'm full of hate and death and codeine."
TEMPTING TIDBITS FOR THE DISCRIMINATING MECHANOID
OH HO HO, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
"Look at this beauty! A double-loader! Isn't she just a marvel?"
Vitals: 4.0ft, 14 cycle
Debut: Today!
Astrological sign: Pisces/Airies
Power requirements: 110v/60hz
"And check out those curves!"
"That, that, that's not mine! I don't know where that came from and I assure you I don't swing that way! I'll have to have a word with that editor!"
...once we have any.
Nothin' yet. At least, not that they're telling us. Watch this space! No, I mean this one: > < Page 4, every day!
...is the daily newsletter of Norwescon 32, and we're doing our best to invent new ways to be wrong about journalism. Your inadequately-supervised editor is R'ykandar (Dara) Korra'ti, Cynic-in-Chief. Submissions are due by 10pm for the next morning's print edition, or later if you find us in person inking up our keyboards for the night. And don't push us, man, we're not drunk enough for that shit. COPY!
BATTLE OF THE SMART PHONES page 3
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS
EDITOR ABDUCTED BY ALIENS page 11
MONSTER MASH Today 4-6 p.m. Cascade 13 Now with no Fee!
PROGRAMME CHANGES page 4
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FRIDAY 10 APRIL 2009 Don't drink the punch, it brings bad things to your tummy
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By Becky Citrak, Chair
What a great day this was!
Registration — both Convention and hotel — was busy all day. There were a couple of glitches her and there, but by and large it went well.
Programming was well-attended, as was the Small Press Party. Opening Ceremonies was wonderful! Who knew Dr. Seuss could be so much fun?
Friday will be interesting. Check out the Norwescon Town Meeting at 11:00 a.m. in Evergreen 2. This is your opportunity to make suggestions and throw out ideas for Norwescons to come. The masquerade (Saturday) is always a hit and programming has something for everyone.
Have a great day!
5—2—1
Are you wandering, lost without your meticulous multi-page book lists? Lady Jaynes books I n the dealers room is holding them for you.
On Saturday the midnight movie will be the site of much rejoicing as the Dead Gentlemen come back to life (a few of them anyway) and grace us with their presence in Evergreen 1 & 2.
Oh wait, isn't' that the Sunday Special Event in Grand Three. This bit is really only interesting to those of us who like the Vancouver Cannuks so keep reading if you care...
The Cannuks beat the LA Kings 1 to nothing at a packed GM Place last night. The only goal coming from Ryan Kasler, with the assists from Mat Sundin and Alex Edler at 5:49 in the second. Roberto Luongo stopped 20 LA shot son the Canucks' net. The team will next play the Avalanche in Denver on Sunday.
Remember even though it seems like we're the only guests at this hotel ther are others staying here who may well be dismayed by what they see or hear. Keep it legal people or keep it out of sight!
There's a good chance that this space would be better utilized by something that you pull out of your head instead of something that I pull out of my....ear. Find a nifty little box and give us all your dirty little secrets.
We accept party reports too!
Have you ever wanted your very own Owlbear? Come and be a mad scientist for the afternoon. Join in the ripping and stitching of plush toys. Now with no fee! This event is not suitable for children, especially mine as you'll be destroying a number of their toys.
"Let's kill him and take his toy."
"Do you need to get under the table?"
Geeks-R-Us is proud to present the ultimate battle of the smart phones.
[Blackberry photo] vs. [iPhone photo]
Battle to be held on Saturday, April 11th in Seaports Lounge at Norwescon 32. owners will showcase their new toys and compete to see who can take the most pictures of local color and post them to the Web in a 10 minute period. To compete humans must own an Internet connected telephone with a camera and data plan.
Geeks-R-Us CEO Graham Bell says, "Well it's not rocket science. but with the newest toys on the market it might well be the next best thing."
I'm smarter than you are!
...what we have of them.
Writing a song — deleted.
Friday Filk Concert at 8:00 p.m. is now Pondside Music
Daily 'zine editor temporarily replaced by a pod-person.
...is the daily newsletter of Norwescon 32, and we're doing our best to invent new ways to be wrong about journalism. Your temporarily indisposed editor is R'ykandar (Dara) Korra'ti, Cynic-in-Chief. Submission are due by 10pm for the next morning's print edition, or later if you find us in person inking up our keyboards for the night. And don't push us, man, we're not drunk enough (yet). COPY!
This edition published by a punch-drunk pod-person.
MONSTER MATT MASON page 3!
FACE OF BOE PREGNANT Guess who's dad!
HUSKY HORROR page 9
EXCLUSIVE Aliens in Japan!
PROGRAMME CHANGES page 4
LARGE TYPE at Information
SATURERDAY 11 APRIL 2009 today is the day that all humans will be satured and made to serve TOBOR! are you ready?
Readers demand to know whose sister got kissed
Congratulations to two Philip K. Dick award winners: Adam Troy Castro, for Emissaries from the Dead (EOS, pub.) and David Walton, for Terminal Mind (Meadowhawk Books, pub.).
Dammit
Contrary to errant reports, drugs (over-the-counter or otherwise) ARE NOT available in the Norwescon Office. Please accept our apologies for that misinformation. However, the hotel gift shop does carry a selection of OTC medications in individual-dosages packages, should such be needed.
Back to business, by which we mean today's parties
Tai Pan Club Meeting: Tower 410, 4pm
San Jose in 2011: (Westercon 64 Bid) Room 5350, 9pm
Reno in 2011: Room 1352, 9pm
And remember, kids, don't bleed all over the hotel unless you clean it up.
Game Show Serves Up Matchromony — Live!
Match Game contestant Ron Dougherty astounded audience member and sweetheart Yvonne Reide with a surprise marriage proposal on the Match Game SF set Friday evening.
Ron, the first contestant, arranged with host Kevin Standlee and the Match Game crew to have a special first-round question allowing him to fill in the blank with his proposal to Ms. Reide.
We're pretty sure she said "yes."
At the Monster Mash: "If my Great Grandma could see me, she'd slap me!" "Why, is she a Mennonite?" "No, she just really liked elephants."
moar pls
Town meeting: excellent ideas. There's another one today; come brainstorm. Concom needs brains.
Single pattern contest entries this year are awesome.
S.J. Tucker / Kitten Sundae / Vixy and Tony and Betsy concerts. Too much awesome in too little space.
Fannish Fetish Fashion Show overflow. If you know what we mean. And I think you do.
Monster Mash.
Surprise editors who fill in when the regular editor has been abducted by UFO aliens again.
Zombie PK Dick award presenters.
Drunk-ass pod people. SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
diaf
Food poisoning.
The Hugo award competition. ART IS THEFT. Or COMPETING FOR ART IS THEFT. Or something. It was pretty stupid, so we aren't sure. http://thehugoawards.org
People who will try to click on that URL in the print edition.
Editors who make jokes about clicking on URLs in print editions.
"Does anyone have a monkey head?!"
"INCOMING! MOOSE!"
"The stuffed animals would be having sex, and then the children would cry."
or is it found?
MICHAEL, do you know where your ID is? Convention Lost and Found does. Come get it, it's lonely.
LOST: small (18cm / 7in) plush cat costumed as a Stargate SG-1 character in an olive drab coverall with belt and glasses. REWARD OFFERED! Please return to AmyCat at Book Universe in the Dealer's Room or Room 316 at the LaQuinta Hotel, or contact AmyCat at [omitted]. "Please help me find Danny Kitten!"
along with its platform of doom!
Confidential sources alert DIRTY. LITTLE. SECRETS. to a secret cabal of unimpeachable "lifetime" members of Norwescon!
[Photo] Cabal members in secret conference!
The secret platform reportedly consists of reduced hotel parking, mandatory shoe registration, all-meat hospitality, children in cages, service animals as volunteer snacks, all-talk-radio dances, and intentional cross-programming of all top-rated panels. DO YOU KNOW MORE? TELL US YOUR SECRETS!
DISTURBING DREGS FROM THE MONSTER MASTER
Donnie the Dalek wasn't like the other Daleks...
But he wasn't like these things, either!
OH GODS OH GODS WHAT ARE THEY?!
Mad Scientists Playing Gods with Monsters
m is for mouse, but m is also for MAD MONSTERS!
BRAAAAAAAINS
Sorry, mate — no help here!
We have some!
ADDED:
SUNDAY 9am-11am, Cascade 3: 101 Body/Mind System with Steven Barnes. Author and Tai Chi master Steven Barnes shares his 101 Body/Mind System, the culmination of a lifetime of research and teaching. Want a healthy body, a healthy career, and a passionate, healthy relationship? The 101 system works towards all three at the same time.
MOVED:
Roberta Gregory Reading to Sunday, 1:30pm, Cascade 3 (was Saturday, 3pm, same room)
DELETED:
A Little Knight Music In Concert (was 7pm Saturday Evergreen 3/4)
Co-creator of D&D dead at 61
RIP co-creator Dave Arneson died last Tuesday following a two-year battle with cancer, the Associated Press reported on Friday. We at DIRTY. LITTLE. SECRETS. offer our sincere condolences to his fans and family.
...is the daily newsletter of Norwescon 32, and we're doing our best to invent new ways to be wrong about journalism. Your inadequately-supervised editor is R'ykandar (Dara) Korra'ti. Dalek comic courtesy Paul Johnson, http://baconforbirds.com. Photographs by Mimi Noyes and SECRET SOURCES. Submissions are due by 10pm for the next morning's print edition, or later if you find us in Volunteer Lounge inking up our keyboards for the night. COPY!
GET THAT BIRD! page 3
ALIENS?!!!!>>> Seriously, what?!
PARROT writes squawk-all memoir
ON CBC12: Baking with GLaDOS
PROGRAMME CHANGES page 4
LARGE TYPE at Information
SUNDAY 12 APRIL 2009 today is the day that is the end of all these things are you sober?
We have guests and theme!
The theme for Norwescon 33 will be Future Plausible/Future Perfect. Our writer GoH will be Vernor Vinge, and our artist GoH will be John Jude Palencar. Watch the website for more!
Glitter and Glamour Glisten
Best Novice: Zam Wessell, by Deunan Berkley
Best Journeyman: Recyclus Maximus, by Michael Duquette
Best Master: Shimabara Jinju Redux, by April Faires
Judge's Choice for Armour and Ghillie Coat: Kathy Kemp and Allan Kemp, Celtic Love Connection
Best in Show: Asterion, by Michael Sawyer
Best Novice: Zam Wessell, by Deunan Berkley
Best Journeyman: Recyclus Maximus, by Michael Duquette
Best Master: Asterion, by Michael Sawyer
Judge's Choice for Amazing Wings: Legend of the Gryphon, by Gary L. Bell
Judge's Choice for Best Use of Norwescon Theme: When Worlds Collide, by Richard Stephens, et al.
Best in Show: Recyclus Maximus, by Michael Duquette
Beyond Reality Costumer's Guild Trixie Award: Celtic Love Connection, Jonnalyhn Wolfcat Hall, Molly Boone, Erik Prill, Joe Kukowski, Allan Kemp, Kathy Kemp, Adam Armstrong
Fan Favourite: Ari Munsey, for "Stuck" in the Past
Outstanding Interior Finishing Technique: Miriam Kennedy, for Robe of Many Colors
Excellence for Creative Thinking Outside the Box: Lady Bane for Pre-Historic Kimono
Creative Use of Non-Frabic Material: Ari Munsey, for "Stuck" in the Past
Creative Concept and Character Expression: Debra Callaway, for Spirit of the Rainforest
Best Theme: Squirrel, for Heaven and Earth
Best Workmanship (in Progress): Lisa Satterland, for Work in Progress
Judge's Choice for Outstanding Achievement in a Variety of Techniques: Sunny Jim Morgan, for Fire and Water
Best in Show: April Faires, for Hinode (Dawn)
Best Sci-Fi: "Porthole 17", Jeff Sturgeon
Best Horror: "Her Return", Rory Clark
Best Fantasy: "Witchburn", Rob Carlos
Best Humour: "I Has a Baff Toy!", Falstaff
Best Mixed Media/3D: "Inquisitive Island", Butch Honeck
Best in Show: "Stormcaller", Todd Lockwood
Best Colour: "Finisterra", Cory and Catska Ench
Best B&W: "Raven Mask", by Saelle
Best Mixed Media: "Dryad", by Rebecca Schumacher-Cox
Best 3D: Self-Portrait, by Kathy Ross
Best Textile: "The Gown of Fea, the Soul Weaver", Meredith Cook
Best Jewelry: "Galex", Marjoie Stratton
3rd Place Overall: "Manus and Loki: Autum", Sarah Clemens
2nd Place Overall: Body of Work, Josh Foreman
1st Place Overall: "Fairy of the Green", Monika Livingston
GoH Selection: "Big Roar", Josh Foreman
Best in Show: Porthole 17, Jeff Sturgeon
We've heard of at least(!) three other engagements this weekend; the only one we have submitted is that of Laurie Reynolds (Rowan Silverwing) and Jacob Sullens (The Mad Potter), engaged on stage at the Fannish Fetish Fashion Show. The post-it with the names on says it's true, and that's good enough for us!
moar pls
A Darth Vader who really knows how to work that suit, and a Padme who still scares him. Go, 501st Charity!
R. A. Salvatore going an hour over in autographs.
WOTAN THE COMEDIAN! RARRRRRRRRRRRR!
USS Aurora commissioned into Starfleet.
Queer Eye for the Broken Elevators. We're a real con again. Brings a tear to the eye, it does.
Canucks over the Avalanche!
diaf
Canucks folding in the first round, like they always do.
"I'm a bad, bad buffalo."
"Why are you taking my horse?" "Jesus needs it."
"Love is in the air, water is on the floor..."
"Zombies make everything happy in a bad way."
"In high school, I was witness to an honorific teabagging." "English boarding school?" "English boarding school." "They don't talk about that part in Potter, do they?" "Nope."
"You get the extra gasoline for gaming."
"Dead is the new black."
"AGH what's that software?!" "It's called DING! And You Lose All Your Work."
"I've copyrighted Zombie Moses."
"They follow me around with tea — and fezzes!"
"Wondertwin powers activate — shape of, let's annoy the heck out of Mom and Dad!"
"I don't know what the heck it is, but it looked cool, so I stuck it on the tip."
"I think we need to coordinate our drinking."
[Various captions that wouldn't make sense without the photos omitted here.]
We have some!
ADDED:
SUNDAY 9am-11am, Cascade 3: 101 Body/Mind System with Steven Barnes. Author and Tai Chi master Steven Barnes shares his 101 Body/Mind System, the culmination of a lifetime of research and teaching. Want a healthy body, a healthy career, and a passionate, healthy relationship? The 101 system works towards all three at the same time.
MOVED:
Roberta Gregory Reading to Sunday, 1:30pm, Cascade 3 (was Saturday, 3pm, same room)
Totally real.
Google it if you want. I dare you.
We have some!
Charity Events and Volunteers would like to thank the gracious vendors who donated items ot the charity auction and volunteer event.
Your editor would like to thank whoever stepped in and did an issue on Thursday (for Friday morning) when she was /d/r/u/n/k/ incapacitated. She'd thank you by name, but, um, doesn't know who you were. Thanks!
...is the daily newsletter of Norwescon 32, and we're doing our best to invent new ways to be wrong about journalism. Your inadequately-supervised editor was R'ykandar (Dara) Korra'ti. Photographs by Mimi Noyes, Dara Korra'ti, and SECRET SOURCES. Cartoon by http://baconforbirds.com and Paul Johnson. I'd be cleverer but it's 3:45am and I haven't even started large type. G'night everybody!