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- From: jmpierce@whale.st.usm.edu (Jimmy Malcolm Pierce)
- Subject: UPDATE: CoastCon XVI, April 2-4, 1993.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.085929.29769@ra.msstate.edu>
- Keywords: small con, lots to do there
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- Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 08:59:29 GMT
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- { This will be our sixteenth year. }
-
- More guests have been added to the line up.
-
- George Alec Effinger; Steven Butler; Samantha Lovelace; Roland Mann;
- Thomas Florimonte; Mitch Byrd; Mike Shoemaker.
-
- The snail mail address is:
- { The ConCom doesn't have an Internet address. }
-
- CoastCon XVI
- P.O. Box 1423
- Biloxi, Mississippi 39533-1423
-
- We are a con of about 1,500 people. The cost is now $20.00 until
- March 1, and $25.00 at the door. The con lasts from Noon Friday
- until 6 PM Sunday. There is an airport in Gulfport, about 10 miles
- from the con site. CoastCon is held at a hotel and the Mississippi
- Gulf Coast Coliseum about 1/16 mile from the hotel. The hospitality
- suite is at the hotel and is open about 19 hours a day.
-
- Our previously mentioned guests are:
-
- SFGoH: Timothy Zahn { Hugo Award Winner; 'Heir to the Empire,'
- 'Dark Force Rising,' 'Cobra,' 'Cobra II.' }
-
- FGoH: Lawrence Watt-Stevens { Award Winning Fantasy Author of
- 'Blood of a Dragon,' 'The Nightmare People.' }
-
- GGoH: Michael Stackpole { Game Designer and Author of
- 'Battletech' Novels. }
-
- AGoH: Keith Parkinson { Award Winning Fantasy Artist }
-
- Toastmaster: Andrew J. Offutt { Author of 'Shadowspawn' and
- contributor to 'Thieve's World.' }
-
- Things to do at CoastCon: Art Show { mail-ins welcomed }, Awards
- Banquet { Sunday Lunch, at the hotel }, Movie Room at the Coliseum,
- sci-fi club run Video Rooms at the hotel, Saturday Night Dance
- { hits from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, with 'The Time Warp' at Midnight },
- Costume Contest { held Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum }, 24-hour
- gaming at the hotel, Tournament Gaming at the Coliseum { We can
- provide some prizes for any referee wanting to give them }, the
- Jackson Mississippi Wargaming Society is usually there running
- microarmour and Napoleonic miniatures games. Also various panels
- of readings by the authors, discussions of comics, discussions
- of gaming, etc.
-
- For snail mail information { sent to the above address}: enclose
- a SASE for an info request about; The Costume Contest, Miniature
- Painting Contest, Writing Contest & Draw-off; Volunteer; Gamemaster;
- Art Show*; and Dealer Room.*
- { * means double first class postage required. }
-
- In past years we have had a KidCon at the hotel on Saturday, while
- the parents are at the coliseum enjoying themselves. Openings are
- limited. Lunch is included. The fee in past years has been $5-$7
- for the several hour KidCon. { About 9 AM to 2 PM }.
-
- Volunteers can get in for $10.00, and are required to work 12
- hours over the Con weekend. Volunteer early by snail mail as we
- have run out of volunteer positions in past years.
-
- No filking event yet, but we are hoping that Filkers will be willing
- to run one. The Coliseum has us shut down at 2 AM, so this might
- cause some problems as I have been told that filkers like to sing
- all night.
-
- Hotel cost is $51.00 per night per room until March 17, 1993.
-
- I am a volunteer and might be able to answer some questions. The
- committee doesn't have Internet access.
-
- Jim.
-
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