Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, has released its first of four planned Progress Reports (#2 is scheduled to appear in July). The 32-page Progress Report 1 (PR1) includes two appreciations of Fan Guest of Honor Taral Wayne (by Mike Glicksohn and Robert Charles Wilson), information on programming (including a Human Culture track), a retrospective on the 1977 Montreal Worldcon Bid by Bid Chairman Andrew I. Porter, an article on Otakuthon (Montreal’s bilingual anime convention), information on the 1,294 registered members, and more information on the convention. The cover is by artist Jean-Pierre Normand, and the entire publication is in both English and French.
Paper copies of PR #1 will soon be in the mail to members who have requested one. Downloadable PDFs, are available now at this link.
Anticipation will take place in Montréal, Québec, Canada from Thursday 6 August to Monday 10 August 2009. More information about the WorldCon is available at the web site.