The 80th World Science Fiction Convention
Don’t miss out on your chance to visit the Dealers’ Room and Fan Tables, located in the East Tower Riverside Center (Purple Level)! There are so many masterworks of art, cool exhibits, artifacts of conventions past, flyers for conventions to Continue reading Guild of Merchants and Fans: Dealer and Fan Table Showcase
Having Guests of Honor Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes spend an hour in conversation with each other was brilliant. They covered how they met, ways in which they inspire each other to do better, their early careers, and so forth. Continue reading Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes in Conversation with Each Other
Hugo Ceremony Streaming Details The Hugo Award Ceremony will be streaming on YouTube! The channel has been embedded below and will be added to our Hugo updates tomorrow. You can also save this channel as a bookmark in your browser Continue reading Chicon Signals: Day 3 Updates and Hugo Streaming Details
The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were conceived in late 1995 to honor the best “genre” publications of the year. The award takes its name from Murray Leinster’s 1934 short story “Sidewise in Time,” which explores a world in which a Continue reading 2022 Sidewise Award Winners
Saturday’s First Main WSFS Business Meeting started by considering the unfinished material from yesterday’s Preliminary meeting before taking up constitutional amendments. The meeting adopted resolutions D.5 and D.6 regarding the war in Ukraine and about one of the Chengdu’s Worldcon Continue reading WSFS Preliminary Business Meeting Report (Saturday)
Social gatherings are on the horizon! The following party list is available for all members. Some parties include times that are to be determined (TBD) and may receive updates throughout the day. You can also find a full party list Continue reading Party News for Saturday
We’re excited to offer you this brief introduction to the performance company Raks Geek, who will be performing during this evening’s Masquerade, starting at 8 pm! A Time Out Chicago Critics’ Pick, Raks Geek is the premiere belly dance, flow Continue reading I Sing the Body Fannish! A Preview of Raks Geek
“The library deeps lay waiting for them. Out in the world, not much happened. But here in the special night, a land bricked with paper and leather, anything might happen, always did.” -Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes As Continue reading Sunrise Edition: Day Three (with Con Updates)