Archive for 'Convention Reviews'

Albacon ’09: sometimes smaller is better

Albacon was another in a string of successful smaller conventions in New York’s capital city. The weekend featured great conversations and wonderful connections…

Lou Anders reviews the first OmegaCon

Lou Anders talks about a major new convention in Birmingham, Alabama, which drew more than 3,000…

Arisia this weekend in Boston (Cambridge), Massachusetts

SFScope and editor Ian Randal Strock will be at Arisia this weekend in Cambridge, Massacshuetts…

World Fantasy Convention: So This is What They’re All Talking About

World Fantasy Convention is definitely worth the experience, but some of its quirks are definitely noticeable…

Capclave: a smaller convention with a literary focus

The seventh Capclave was a good convention with a focus on literary sf. For more on the convention, read on…

Reviewing Readercon 18: a Literary Convention

A review of Readercon 18 from a program participant and, yes, I admit it, a fan.

BEA wrap-up: a LOT of books

BEA 2007 had seemingly too many books offered for too few bookstore shelves. But some of the interesting things gleaned from the convention include…

Lunacon 2007: Half a Century

Lunacon 2007 dealers

A first-person review of Lunacon 2007, the 50th annual convention of the New York Science Fiction Society.