jallen@uxrd1.UUCP (Jon Allen) (02/16/86)
Does anybody out there know of any good upcoming cons in the New York
City or Philadelphia areas?
-Jon Allen
USMAIL: Jon Allen
AT&T Communications
30 Knightsbridge Road
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
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PHONE: 201-457-4178mom@sfmag.UUCP (M.Modig) (02/17/86)
> Does anybody out there know of any good upcoming cons in the New York > City or Philadelphia areas? > -Jon Allen > > USMAIL: Jon Allen > AT&T Communications > 30 Knightsbridge Road > Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 > > UUCP: {...}!ihnp4!acpy01!jallen > PHONE: 201-457-4178 February 22nd and 23rd - Creation Conventions Sci Fi Con in NYC, Roosevelt Hotel 45th and Madison, special guest is Mark Strickson March 1 and 2- Creation in Philadelphia at Centre Hotel 18th and JFKennedy downtown. Guest is either Mark Strickson or Terry Nation Tickets $9/day for both. March 23rd- Doctor Who Fan Club of America (DWFCA) Festival in Trenton, War Memorial Auditorium. Guest will be Patrick Troughton. Tickets are $12, and going fast. Contact DWFCA for more info. Spirit of Light is supposedly setting up a con in New Brunswick over Memorial Day weekend. Mark Modig ihnp4!sfmag!mom
steve@bambi.UUCP (Steve Miller) (02/18/86)
> > Does anybody out there know of any good upcoming cons in the New York > > City or Philadelphia areas? > > February 22nd and 23rd - Creation Conventions Sci Fi Con in NYC, > Roosevelt Hotel 45th and Madison, special guest is Mark Strickson > > Tickets $9/day After seeing a pitch for a "Dr. Who convention" on TV last year, I went to a Creations Con (about September?). They had one rather small huckster room and two lecture halls. The huckster room was about 75% comic book vendors. Most of the scheduled speakers were comic book industry personnel. There was a costume contest, but the average age of the entrants was about 14, quality comensurate with age. They showed a PT Dr. Who in its (3.5 hour!!!) entirety, no intermission. The sound went bad several times, and I had to find a technician to fix it... each time. The auction was fun; some interesting posters and scripts were sold. Also, many comic books. To their credit, the auctioneers halt the bidding when the market value of an item is reached. I would be delighted if someone would post to the effect that Creations has improved its act recently, but based on my one experience, for a Dr. Who fan it is not worth nine dollars. -Steve Miller ihnp4!bambi!steve