Arisia

(Do you mean the Lensman Fanspeak or the early NYC club?)

Arisia is a volunteer run, non-profit convention that usually occurs in Boston in January on Martin Luther King, Jr., weekend.

In keeping with the phrase "New England's largest and most diverse science fiction and fantasy convention", Arisia has Anime, Art Show, Dealers Room, Dances, Filking, Gaming, LARPs, Masquerade, Panels, Teen Lounge, Video Room, workshops....

Arisia was founded in 1988 by five people from Western Massachusetts: Brian Cooper, Tom Fish, Mary Robison, Matthew Saroff, and Cris Shuldiner. It was named for an ancient race of people from the Lensman saga by E. E. Smith.

• History page.
• Website.

Convention	Date	Guests
Arisia '90	February 23-25, 1990	Richard Bowker, A. C. Farley, Spike MacPhee
Arisia '91	February 1-3, 1991	Jack L. Chalker, Bob Walters. Richard Hill, Laurel Cunningham, Larry Ross
Arisia '92	January 3-5, 1992	Craig Shaw Gardner, Robin Wood, T. J. Burnside-Clapp, Ginjer Buchanan, Shoshanna Green, Lynne Stephens, Alex Latzko
Arisia '93	January 15-17, 1993	Ellen Kushner, Charles Lang, Wendy Snow Lang, Monty Wells, Carl Zwanzig
Arisia '94	January 21-23, 1994	Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson, Michael Whelan, Dave Kyle
Arisia '95	January 13-15, 1995	C. J. Cherryh, Jael, Walter Kahn, Michael Longcor, Deryl Burr
Arisia '96	January 12-14, 1996	Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Lissanne Lake, Rob Bazemore, Boiled In Lead
Arisia '97	January 10-12, 1997	R. A. Salvatore, Bob Eggleton, The Gang of Five (Brian Cooper, Tom Fish, Mary Robison, Matthew Saroff, and Cris Shuldiner)
Arisia '98	January 16-18, 1998	James P. Hogan, Cortney Skinner, Marty Gear
Arisia '99	January 8-10, 1999	Roger MacBride Allen, Gary A. Lippincott, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, H. Paul Shuch
Arisia '00	January 14-16, 2000	Jane Yolen, Tom Kidd, Sharon Sbarsky, Echo's Children
Arisia '01	January 12-14, 2001	Lois McMaster Bujold, Wojtek Siudmak, Jan Howard Finder
Arisia '02	January 18-20, 2002	Katherine Kurtz, Tristan Alexander, Eugene Heller
Arisia '03	January 17-19, 2003	Harry Turtledove, Victoria Lisi, Julius Lisi, Anthony R. Lewis, Pierre Pettinger, Sandy Pettinger, Gwen Knighton
Arisia '04	January 16-18, 2004	Tim Powers, Arthur Ganson, Kim Van Auken, Eric S. & Catherine Raymond, Tom Smith
Arisia '05	January 21-23, 2005	Barbara Hambly, John Picacio, Victor J. Raymond, Harry Knowles, Mary Ellen Wessels, Ed Stauff
Arisia '06	January 13-15, 2006	Allen Steele, Frank Wu, Barb Schofield, Heather Dale
Arisia '07	January 12-14, 2007	Esther Friesner, Hilary Scott, Luke Ski
Arisia '08	January 18-21, 2008	Laura Anne Gilman, Marrus, Eric "in the Elevator" Zuckerman
Arisia '09	January 16-19, 2009	Walter H. Hunt, Dave Seeley, Ricky Dick and Karen Dick
Arisia '10	January 15-18, 2010	Gardner Dozois, Sarah Clemens, Kevin Roche, Andrew Trembley, S. J. Tucker
Arisia '11	January 14-17, 2011	Kelley Armstrong, Josh Simpson, René Walling, Shaenon Garrity, Seanan McGuire
Arisia '12	January 13-16, 2012	Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio, Gareth Hinds
Arisia '13	January 18-21, 2013	Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes , Roger Dean, Emerald Rose
Arisia '14	January 17-20, 2014	Tanya Huff, Lubov, James Nicoll
Arisia '15	January 16-19, 2015	N. K. Jemisin, Lee Moyer, Colette H. Fozard
Arisia '16	January 15-18, 2016	John Scalzi, Johnna Y. Klukas, Pablo Miguel Alberto Vazquez III
Arisia '17	January 13-16, 2017	Ursula Vernon, Stephanie Law, Greykell Dutton
Arisia '18	January 12-15, 2018	V. E. Schwab, Ashe Samuels, Shannon Watters, Mikki Kendall
Arisia '19	January 18-21, 2019	Elizabeth Leggett, Bjo Trimble, John Trimble
Arisia '20	January 17-20, 2020	Arthur Chu, Cadwell Turnbull, Kristina Carroll
Arisia '21	January 15-18, 2021 (virtual)	Suzanne Palmer, Hannibal King, Kat Tanaka Okopnik
Arisia 2022	January 14-16, 2022 (online)	Andrea Hairston, Reiko Murakami, Elsa Sjunneson
Arisia 2023	January 13-16, 2023	Andrea Hairston, Reiko Murakami, Elsa Sjunneson

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