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(Did you mean a [[Olympus (Speer)|Jack Speer fanzine]]?) | (Did you mean a [[Olympus (Speer)|Jack Speer fanzine]]?) | ||
| − | [[Eastercon]] 63, held April 6-8, 2012 at the Heathrow Radisson. [[GoH]]: [[George R. R. Martin]], [[Cory Doctorow]], [[Tricia Sullivan]]. [[FGoHs]]: [[Margaret Austin]] and [[Martin Easterbrook]]. In addition the [[TAFF]] ([[Jacq Monahan]]) and [[GUFF]] ([[Kylie Ding]]) winners attended. The committee were chair [[Rita Medany]] and [[Melanie Davis]], [[Kat Takenaka]], [[Steve Rogerson]], [[Eddie Cochrane]], [[John Medany]]. The newsletter IRIS, PRs and ReadMe are available here. | + | [[Eastercon]] 63, held April 6-8, 2012 (Easter) at the Heathrow Radisson in Heathrow, UK. [[GoH]]: [[George R. R. Martin]], [[Cory Doctorow]], [[Tricia Sullivan]]. [[FGoHs]]: [[Margaret Austin]] and [[Martin Easterbrook]]. |
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| + | In addition the [[TAFF]] ([[Jacq Monahan]]) and [[GUFF]] ([[Kylie Ding]]) winners attended. The committee were chair [[Rita Medany]] and [[Melanie Davis]], [[Kat Takenaka]], [[Steve Rogerson]], [[Eddie Cochrane]], [[John Medany]]. The newsletter IRIS, PRs and ReadMe are available here. | ||
This was a large Eastercon which hit the hotel's fire limit, so that advance membership sales were shut off at about 1400 and there was no [[at-the-door]] registration. | This was a large Eastercon which hit the hotel's fire limit, so that advance membership sales were shut off at about 1400 and there was no [[at-the-door]] registration. | ||
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Two future Eastercons were selected [[EightSquaredCon]] in Bradford in 2013 and [[Satellite 4]] in [[Glasgow]] in 2014. | Two future Eastercons were selected [[EightSquaredCon]] in Bradford in 2013 and [[Satellite 4]] in [[Glasgow]] in 2014. | ||
| − | {{link | website=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/apr/09/eastercon-sf-fantasy-conventionZ|text= | + | * {{conpubs|series=Eastercon|con={{PAGENAME}}}} |
| + | * {{link | website=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/apr/09/eastercon-sf-fantasy-conventionZ|text=Con report in Guardian newspaper}} | ||
| + | * [http://www.olympus2012.org Convention website] | ||
| − | {{convention | series=Eastercon | + | {{convention | series=Eastercon |year=2012 | before=Illustrious | after=EightSquaredCon }} |
[[Category:eastercon]] | [[Category:eastercon]] | ||
[[Category:UK]] | [[Category:UK]] | ||
Revision as of 17:20, 15 May 2021
(Did you mean a Jack Speer fanzine?)
Eastercon 63, held April 6-8, 2012 (Easter) at the Heathrow Radisson in Heathrow, UK. GoH: George R. R. Martin, Cory Doctorow, Tricia Sullivan. FGoHs: Margaret Austin and Martin Easterbrook.
In addition the TAFF (Jacq Monahan) and GUFF (Kylie Ding) winners attended. The committee were chair Rita Medany and Melanie Davis, Kat Takenaka, Steve Rogerson, Eddie Cochrane, John Medany. The newsletter IRIS, PRs and ReadMe are available here.
This was a large Eastercon which hit the hotel's fire limit, so that advance membership sales were shut off at about 1400 and there was no at-the-door registration.
Two future Eastercons were selected EightSquaredCon in Bradford in 2013 and Satellite 4 in Glasgow in 2014.
- Olympus 2012 publications and photos on fanac.org
- Con report in Guardian newspaper
- Convention website
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| 2012 |
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