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Hello and Welcome to this new yahoo group! I hope people find it useful to discuss all things in regards to the convention. We can talk about who to make...
Paul
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Sep 9, 2007
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As some of you know, I'm sure, I'm trying to resign as WisCon Huxter Room Manager. I'm doing the job for the next event (2008), but I hope some one, or a...
Hank Luttrell
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Sep 10, 2007
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Just thought I'd post a little update on gaming at Oddcon. We've got Amalor running his traditional Midnight Munchkin Madness Sat night. Pat Pagel is running a...
Paul
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Sep 14, 2007
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My thoughts on promotion: It should be on everyone's "To do" list. I wear the tshirts, post flyers(thanks Jerome), hand out business cards(thanks Tom), send...
Paul
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Sep 15, 2007
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There is no sense in not making this "public". Peter David has dropped out of being GoH at Oddcon due to a scheduling conflict with another convention that is...
Paul
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Sep 23, 2007
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Fred Saberhagen Kage Baker Connie Willis Iain M. Banks Bruce Boston NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read...
F.J. Bergmann
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Sep 23, 2007
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That’s disappointing. Here are some authors that I would like to meet: Gene Wolfe Jacqueline Carey Naomi Novik Elizabeth Moon Ursula Le Guin Connie Willis ...
Michael Thomas
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Sep 23, 2007
2:56 pm
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Would E.E. Knight be willing to fill in? I mean, he has been to nearly every Odd Con anyway...I don't see why he should not get top billing at least once. ...
Chris Welch
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Sep 24, 2007
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I know he would be honored. He just did his first GoH gig at I-Con in Springfield. He's a great guest, and his books are doing very well. ... ...
Michael Thomas
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Sep 24, 2007
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How about JMS? To: Oddcon@...: demiurge@...: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:17:12 -0500Subject: Re: [Oddcon] Peter David not coming to Oddcon ...
Tom Stewart
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Sep 25, 2007
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Jim Butcher would be nice. ... From: Tom Stewart To: oddcon@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 6:57 PM Subject: RE: [Oddcon] Peter David not...
lynn laakso
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Sep 25, 2007
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Hello, other OddCon List denizens! I like the suggestions that have been coming out of this list for GOH. If I could get people to write a little about why...
Thomas Havighurst
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Sep 26, 2007
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Dan Simmons would be my first choice. Why? 1)He's one of my favorite authors 2)He writes Horror (like GRRM) and hard SF(not like GRRM) 3)Him and GRRM can talk...
Paul
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Sep 26, 2007
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One of the reasons I suggested E.E. Knight was primarily becuase of the timeline -- He lives in the Chicago area, which is close enough for him to drive to...
Chris Welch
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Sep 26, 2007
2:43 pm
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If I had to pick two off of my list I would pick E.E. Knight and Naomi Novik. This would give the con a nice dragon theme. Here are my reasons for each. E.E....
Michael Thomas
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Sep 26, 2007
2:44 pm
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For those who are more interested in E.E. Knight and Naomi Novik, here are their websites: http://www.vampjac.com/ http://www.temeraire.org/ ... ...
Michael Thomas
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Sep 26, 2007
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I have read only one Dan Simmons book, and that was The Song of Kali. It is one of the BEST books I have ever read... I read it like ten years ago, and it...
Chris Welch
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Sep 27, 2007
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I just checked out his website and saw this news item http://www.dansimmons.com/news/news_items.htm#vance Dan and George might want to hang out for a weekend:)...
Paul
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Sep 28, 2007
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The only hitch I see for Dan Simmons is that he's doing the Guest of Honor thing at Norwescon31 in Seattle from March 20-23, 2008. I really comes down to...
Michael Thomas
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Sep 28, 2007
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Hi, I wanted to let you all know that we will have an OddCon meeting this Thursday at Bill Farina's house at 7:30. The address is 1642 Lake View Avenue ...
Thomas Havighurst
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Oct 1, 2007
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Howdy folks. Will there be gaming at next year's Oddcon, or have the organizers given up on that neglected aspect of the convention? If there is to be gaming,...
Tim Jensen
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Oct 1, 2007
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Please send me your agenda items for the meeting! Here are some thoughts I want to use to guide the meeting: I would like this meeting to be pretty much an...
Thomas Havighurst
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Oct 3, 2007
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Um, yes there will be gaming at Oddcon next year. I posted about it to MadisonDorks, GrumblingDwarf, and the Geek Kon forums a while ago. There won't be any...
Paul
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Oct 3, 2007
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I wanted to let you all know that Kage Baker has agreed to be our second guest of honor! We still may get a third guest, so the suggestions for GOH that have...
Thomas Havighurst
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Oct 4, 2007
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That is awesome! I love her Company novels. I wonder if anyone's ever calculated what effect her books and JK Rowling's have had on world chocolate...
F.J. Bergmann
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Oct 4, 2007
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The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf Zyzzack Breakthrough C. R. Swainward ZYZ Alien Publishing PO Box 1764, Redlands, CA 92374 9780979164101, $19.95 Zyzzack Breakthrough:...
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Oct 4, 2007
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Hi. Sorry to have my first post to this group be an off-topic one, but here goes. Can anyone tell me whether there is a Filmcon convention scheduled for...
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Oct 8, 2007
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I just wanted to say how nice it was to see everybody at Geek.Kon this weekend. Lynne and I had a great time. We can’t wait to be back in Madison for Odd...
Michael Thomas
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Oct 8, 2007
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Hi, The word I heard from several people (for everyone's info) was that Film Con isn't happening this year, but that Eric will be doing something at the...
Jerome Van Epps
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Oct 8, 2007
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I just was sent this. Hope it helps. Rena. From: ericlarson@... Subject: FilmCon 9 Date: October 8, 2007 1:20:28 AM CDT Dear Friends and...
Miss R.
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