ward@spar.UUCP (Michael Ward) (08/07/85)
This is a copy of a flyer about an Anthropology/Science Fiction conference
which is taking place in San Jose, CA at the end of September. I am
posting it to the appropriate nets...
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C O N T A C T -- a Symposium of Science Fiction and Anthropology
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The third annual CONTACT conference, a gathering to promote synergy between
professional science and professional science fiction, will be held September
27-29, 1985 at the Hyatt Hotel in San Jose, California.
Activities will include workshops, exhibits, and presentations featuring
scientists, artists, and authors. There will be ample opportunity for all
attendees to contribute to the design and development of an alien planet, one
(or more) alien species, and an alien culture -- as well as a scenario for
first contact with human beings. A Sunday champagne brunch is planned, and is
included in the conference registration fee.
The meeting is designed for a relatively small group -- perhaps no more than
three hundred in all -- with an unusually high proportion of professional
guests, including noted SF writers Lary Niven and Jerry Pournelle, physicist
and author Gregory Benford, anthropologist Ben Finney of NASA, and Dean Paul
Bohannon of USC. Scheduled guests also include SF writers and artists
Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, David Brin, C.J. Cherryh, Joel Hagen, Eric Johnson,
Pamela Lee, and Paul Preuss, who will be joined by scientists Mischa Adams,
Suzanne Engler, Andrew Fraknoi, Barbara Joans, Richard Johnson, Reed Riner,
Phil Slater, Robert Tyzzer, and C.F. Urbanowicz.
If you'd like to participate in this meeting of minds, please send your
check or money order as soon as possible to:
CONTACT
Department of Anthropology
ATTN: Jim Funaro
Cabrillo College
Aptos, CA 95003
Registration is US$50 through August 31, and $65 thereafter. Full and
one-day memberships ($25) will be available at the door. Pre-conference
program materials will be mailed to you as soon as your payment is received.
For hotel reservations, please call the Hyatt directly (800/228-9000 or
408/298-0300). The special room rate for CONTACT members is $55/person/night
(single/double/triple/quad).
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