INFORMATION: Dragon*Con/Atlanta Comics Expo '94
Jeff Mason
Dragon*Con & Atlanta Comics Expo '94
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July 15-17, 1994 -- Atlanta, Georgia
This information comes from the Dragon*Con/ACE '94 Progress Report v1.
For additional information, please call the Atlanta Convention
Information Line at (404) 925-2813, available 24 hours; or call the
Dragon*Con/ACE office Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm at
(404) 925-0115. If you want to ask me questions, feel free to send me
e-mail.
Dragon*Con/ACE '94 begins on Friday, July 15 at 9am, and continues
round-the-clock until Sunday, July 17 at 5pm. Registration will take
place in the Grand Salon C, located on the 2nd floor of the Atlanta
Hilton and Towers. Registration opens at 8pm on Thursday evening (July
14), 8am on Friday (July 17).
Weekend passes good for all three days are $35 through April 15, 1994,
$40 through June 15, 1994 by mail (or through July 13, 1994 via
Ticketmaster). Memberships will be available at the convention for $45.
Children under six and senior citizens are admitted free of charge (With
accompanying paid membership.) One-day passes will only be availalbe at
the convention. You can pre-register by mailing to:
Dragon*Con/ACE '94
P.O. Box 47696
Atlanta, GA 30362-0696
In Georgia, memberships may be purchased at all Ticketmaster outlets or
by calling Ticketmaster at (404) 249-6400 through July 13, 1994. They
charge a handling fee.
They offer group/club discounts, so some internet folks might want to
form a group to pre-register together to get $5.00 off each of their
memberships. They also offer free fan tables to display club stuff.
Here are some of the programs at Dragon*Con/ACE '94:
Over 200 guests and program participants (some to be listed
toward the bottom of this post).
Masquerade/costume contest at the Atlanta Civic Center
HUGE exhibit hall & dealers room
Art show and print shop
24 hour panels, programming, and entertainment: Pern, Trek,
Star Wars, children's, Writers & Illustrators of the
Future, live music, Mark Bode Cartoon Concert, Bettie
Page Look Alike Contest, etc..
Comics Buyer's Guide Awards ceremonies
Locus Magazine Readers Poll Awards
White Wolf Magazine's Wolfie wards
Georgia Fandom Awards
Tournament and open gaming. Two $1,000 tournaments and adding a
huge amount of room by moving all gaming to the Westin
Peachtree Plaza Hotel (two blocks from the Hilton).
Computer gaming & super tour at the Westin Peachtree Plaza.
Electronic Games Monthly & Hero Illustrated Super Tour.
Live role-playing events: Dark Confrontation, Legacy, Vampire:
The Masquerde, etc..
Robot Battles competition
Tons of contests: Hall Costume Contest, Science Fiction Trivia
Contest, Celebrity Role-Playing Round-Robin Tournament,
Amateur Video Contest, Camcorder Scavenger Hunt,
Comic-Book Quick Sketch Competition, Miniatures Painting
Contest, Mock Flyer Competition.
Filk guest and activities: Tom Smith, etc..
ConSuite (hospitality suite): free snacks/soft drinks.
Special Guests: Michael Burnett, Glen Cook, Bill Fawcett, Alan Dean
Foster, Stuart Gordon, Jeff Jones, Eric Lustbader, Dave McKean,
Michael Moorcock, Jon Muth, Stephen Pagel, Jody Lynn Nye, George
Pratt, Tim Powers, Kristine Katherine Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith,
Rev. Ivan Stang, Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, Whitley
Strieber, Boris Vallejo, Michael Whelan, Kent Williams.
Featured Guests: Jerry and Sharon Ahern, Steve Antczak, Ben Armstrong,
Mark Bagley, Susan Barrows, Ward Batty, Edward Beard Jr., Al
Bigley, Joel Biske, Marke Bode, Ted Boonthanakit, Berl Boykin,
Dave Bradley, Darwin Bromley, Brett Brooks, Charles N. Brown,
Roger Brown, Stan Bruns, Bob Burden, Richard Lee Byers, Clyde
Caldwell, Hart Chamberlin, Joe Christ, Nancy A. Collins, Terry
Collins, Theresa R. Davidson, Tom Deitz, Robert De Matteo, David
Dorman, Larry Elmore, Bill Fogarty, Thomas S. Florimonte Jr.,
Phil Foglio, Brad W. Foster, Franchesco, Thomas E. Fuller,
Richard Garriott, Richard Gilliam, Craig Gilmore, Owl Goingback,
Gene Gonzales, Wade Von Grawbadger, Martin H. Greenberg, Doug
Gregory, Nicola Griffith, Dwayne Haddix, Lurene Haines, Craig
Hamilton, Cully Hamner, Bo Hampton, David S. Harmer, Scott
Harring, Gary Kim Hayes, Steve Haynie, Bob Hikey, Bill Holbrook,
Adam Hughes, Scotty "Blind Lemin" Huml, Chris Hunter, Bill
"Splat" Johnson, Dave Johnson, Todd Johnson, K. Ken Johnson, Jim
Key, Edward E. Kramer, Jeff Laubenstein, Chris Leidenfrost, Bill
Levy, Brad Linaweaver, Ron and Val Lakey Lindahn, Carl Lundgren,
Ricia Mainhardt, Joe Martin, Nathan Massengill, Bob Maarus, Mark
McKenzie, Barry McLean, Ken Meyer Jr., William Meisner-Loebs,
Craig Miller, David Swanson Millans, Charles D. Moisant, Charles
and Lisa Moore, Jim Moore, Doug Murray, Pam Murray, Ingrid
Neilson, James Nelson, Gregory Nicoll, Kathleen O'Shea, Gerald
W. Page, David E. Parker, Jeff Parker, Rembert Parker, Jason
Pearson, Joseph Phillips, David Prowse, Jim Pruett, Joe Pruett,
Jean Rabe, jordan Raskin, Chris "Rocco" Reccardi, Andrew
Robinson, Mark Rein-Hagen, Mark Reinhardt, Jame A. Riley, John
A. Russo, Mike Sakuta and Nicole Harsch, Forrest Schultz, Eric
W. Schwartz, Julius Schwartz, Dave Slusher, Jerry Smith, Rozanne
Starr, Brian Stelfreeze, Karl Story, Larry Stroman, Anthony
Taylor, Jill Thompson, Don Thompson, Paul B. Thompson, Wayne
Vnsant, Neil D. Vokes, Lamar Waldron, Ron Walotsky, Bradley
Walton, Jon Walton, Michael Weaver, Wendy Webb, Scott Welch,
Margaret Weis, Larry Welz, Mike West, Michael Wieringo, John
Weyler, Jeff Whiting, Stewart Wieck, Skip Williamson, Ken
Wisman, Dave Wolverton, Robin Wood.
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Geoffrey R. Mason | j...@elm.circa.ufl.edu
Department of Psychology | 611 Northwest 34th Drive
University of Florida | Gainesville, Florida 32607-2429