aka779 (06/18/82)
INCONJUNCTION II, an SF convention, will be held July 2-4, 1982, at the Airport Hilton Inn, Indianapolis, Indiana. SF G O H will be Kelly Freas, famous artist, and fantasy G O H are the Pinis, Wendy and Richard, creators and publishers of ELFQUEST comics and books. Fan Guest of Honor is the bearded Roger Reynolds, publisher of FUTURE FOCUS fanzine, and the MC/ Toastmaster is Arlan Keith Andrews, Sr. (yours truly), whose short fiction has appeared in ASIMOV'S, OMNI, and ANALOG. Highlights will include GOH speeches and video tapes, and a musical parody by AKA entitled "ELFTREK: A TWO-PINI OPERA." Wet kaftan contest, BHEER, video showings of everything on tape, BHEER, masquerade contest, dancing, and lots of egoboo for everyone are the promised events. Sound like fun? GHU KNOWS, SHOULDN'T YOU?
aka779 (06/28/82)
INCONJUNCTION II SF convention begins 12 noon, Friday, July 2, 1982, at the Indianapolis Airport Hilton Inn. GoH is Frank Kelly Freas, Hugo-winning artist; fantasy GoHs are Wendy and Richard Pini, creators and publisher of ELFQUEST, an independent fantasy comic; fan GoH is Roger Reynolds, editor/publisher of FUTURE FOCUS fanzine (featuring in this month's issue, last year's popular Riverworld parody play from Inconjunction I--"Up The Creek", by yrs. truly). MC is Arlan Andrews (yrs. truly). This year's parody play is ELFTREK--A TWO-PINI OPERA, by the "It's Not Our Fault" players. Seminars, panels, bheer, art show and auction, bheer, parties, wet kaftan contest, bheer, and more bheer will be featured. The play is 9:00 PM Friday night. As a special treat, INCONJUNCTION II has arranged for a giant fireworks display to be held nationwide during the weekend, a Columbia shuttle landing with Presidential speech, a total lunar eclipse on Monday night, July 5, and a few assorted volcanoes and earthquakes (TBA). Play it safe and come on out... --Arlan Andrews, Bell Labs, Indianapolis --(P.S.--Any other SFWAns out there in net.news land?)