Just a few weeks now until my favorite convention, Hypericon, which will be held in Nashville June 4th through 6th. Fortunately, the hotel suffered minimal damage in the recent flooding. Looking forward to meeting Ramsey Campbell this year, as well as seeing Bryan Smith, Steve Shrewsbury, and a number of other friends. If you are interested in attending, check out the Hypericon website for details. If you make it, be sure to tell me hello. Unless you are angry about what I said about your book or movie and are looking to beat me up, in which case you can keep your distance.
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Showing posts with label Hypericon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hypericon. Show all posts
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Ramsey Campbell at Hypericon 2010
According to a recent announcement, the Guest of Honor for Hypericon in 2010 will be author Ramsey Campbell. This is great news for me, as I have been a Ramsey Campbell fan for many, many years, and wouldn't have thought he would ever come to a convention here in the Southeastern United States. Hypericon '09 is just a little more than a month in the past, and I'm already looking forward to the next one.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Hypericon V Is History
Trying to get back into the swing of the posting thing.
Hypericon 5 was a blast. Although attendance seemed to be down a bit, the horror side of the con seemed well represented. Hypericon is technically a science fiction con, but horror has seemed to dominate, judging from visual surveys. (Science fiction fans tend to dress up in costume or carry props, while horror fans wear black t-shirts and sullen expressions.) Only one pirate this year, and he didn’t seem that much into it.
It was a treat to hang out with some of my favorite authors, some for the first time. People like Steve Shrewsbury, Ron Kelly, Brian Keene, Scott Nicholson, Wrath James White, Bryan Smith (and his lovely wife Rachel), Maurice Broaddus, John Hornor Jacobs and others whose names I have inadvertently omitted. It was fun and uneventful, with only one author telling me to go fuck myself, and I am 65% sure he was kidding. (ask one question about how the civil war novel is going and see what you get…)
There were also a number of people I know through the message boards. It was great to talk face to face with Todd Clark, Hunter Goatley, and Mark Hickerson, and to meet Mark Sylva in the flesh for the first time. Again, if I left out your name it is because of my sorry memory, not on purpose.
Hypericon is an amazing event, and is one of the most affordable of the cons. I urge everyone interested to make plans to attend Hypericon 2010.
Hypericon 5 was a blast. Although attendance seemed to be down a bit, the horror side of the con seemed well represented. Hypericon is technically a science fiction con, but horror has seemed to dominate, judging from visual surveys. (Science fiction fans tend to dress up in costume or carry props, while horror fans wear black t-shirts and sullen expressions.) Only one pirate this year, and he didn’t seem that much into it.
It was a treat to hang out with some of my favorite authors, some for the first time. People like Steve Shrewsbury, Ron Kelly, Brian Keene, Scott Nicholson, Wrath James White, Bryan Smith (and his lovely wife Rachel), Maurice Broaddus, John Hornor Jacobs and others whose names I have inadvertently omitted. It was fun and uneventful, with only one author telling me to go fuck myself, and I am 65% sure he was kidding. (ask one question about how the civil war novel is going and see what you get…)
There were also a number of people I know through the message boards. It was great to talk face to face with Todd Clark, Hunter Goatley, and Mark Hickerson, and to meet Mark Sylva in the flesh for the first time. Again, if I left out your name it is because of my sorry memory, not on purpose.
Hypericon is an amazing event, and is one of the most affordable of the cons. I urge everyone interested to make plans to attend Hypericon 2010.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Hypericon 09
The guest list for Hypericon ’09 is up here. Once again, this is looking like one of the best horror cons (although it is still referred to as sci-fi) in the country. Highlights that jump out of the list are Bryan Smith, Ron Kelly, Deborah LeBlanc, Wrath James White, and of course the Guest of Honor, Brian Keene. There are usually more names added later on, but this is already a stellar group. And having Keene there probably triples our chances of being arrested. I hear the Nashville jails are nice.
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