Tuckercon
{{Infobox Convention
| name = Tuckercon/Archon31
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| genre = Science fiction/Fantasy
| venue = Gateway Center and Collinsville Holiday Inn
| location = Collinsville, Illinois
| country = United States
| first = August 2–5, 2007
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| organizer = St. Louis Science Fiction Ltd.
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| attendance = ~1,700
| website = http://www.archonstl.org/31/index2.html
}}
Tuckercon, also known as Archon31, was the ninth North American Science Fiction Convention, held in Collinsville, Illinois, on August 2–5, 2007, at the Gateway Center and Collinsville Holiday Inn.{{cite web |publisher=WSFS Long List Committee |title=The Long List of NASFiCs |url=http://www.smofinfo.com/LL/TheLongListNasfic.html |accessdate=August 12, 2010}} Collinsville is just across the Mississippi River from St Louis, Missouri. This NASFiC was held because Yokohama, Japan, was selected as the location for the 2007 Worldcon.{{cite news |first=Roger |last=Schlueter |work=Belleville News-Democrat |title=Archon 31 promises a science fiction bonanza |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32526692_ITM |date=August 2, 2007 |accessdate=August 14, 2009 |quote=This year's Archon simply has to be bigger and better, say the organizers, St. Louis Science Fiction Ltd. Not only is it serving as St. Louis' annual sci-fi-fantasy confab, but it is doubling as the 2007 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC), because the world convention was awarded to a non-North American site (Yokohama, Japan).}}{{cite web |publisher=The World Science Fiction Society |title=Minutes of the Business Meeting 2004 |url=http://www.wsfs.org/bm/minutes-2004.pdf |date=September 2004 |accessdate=September 27, 2009 |format=PDF}}
Tuckercon was dedicated to the memory of Wilson "Bob" Tucker. The convention is also 31st in the series of St. Louis-area conventions known as Archon.
Guests of honor
- Barry & Sally Childs-Helton, Filk
- Bill Corbett, Media
- Elizabeth Covey, Costuming
- James Ernest of Cheapass Games, Gaming
- Barbara Hambly, Featured
- Richard Hatch, Last-Minute Special
- Nancy "Cleo" Hathaway, Fan
- Vic Milan, Masquerade MC
- Kevin Murphy, Media
- Darrell K. Sweet, Artist
- Roger Tener, Toastmaster
- Lani Tupu, Media/Workshop
Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett replaced Media guest Mira Furlan who was unable to attend.
Information
=Site selection=
After "Nippon in 2007" was selected over the Columbus, Ohio bid as the World Science Fiction Convention to be held in 2007 (as "Nippon 2007" in The Hague), the WSFS Business Meeting directed that a written ballot election be held at Cascadia Con, the then-upcoming 2005 NASFiC in Seattle, Washington, to select a NASFiC site for 2007. The St. Louis bid, originally unopposed, defeated a write-in campaign by a San Jose, California bid with 111 of the 161 votes cast.{{cite news |publisher=Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America |title=St. Louis to host 2007 NASFiC |url=http://www.sfwa.org/archive/news/07nasfic.htm |date=September 4, 2005 |accessdate=September 27, 2009}}
=Committee=
- Co-Chair: Steve Norris
- Co-Chair: Michelle Zellich
- Art Show: Susan Bolhafner
- Charity & Other Auctions: Mike Hatley
- Children's Programming: Steve Bolhafner
- Dealers Room: Jill Lybarger
- Filking: Gary Hanak
- Gaming: Jon Bancroft
- Hospitality Room: Dennis Kleine
- Logistics: Sean Sendlein
- Masquerade: Sheila Lenkman, Scott Corwin
- Program Book & Progress Reports: John Sies
- Programming: Michelle Zellich
- Registration: Maureen Davis
- Special Events: John Mitchell
- Treasurer: Lucinda Gille-Rowley
- Video Rooms: David Schuey
- Volunteers: Jason Halbert
- Webmaster: Rich Zellich
=Events=
The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were presented to Gardner Dozois for his story "Counterfactual" and to Charles Stross for the first three novels in his The Merchant Princes series.
=Notable program participants=
Robin Wayne Bailey, Peter S. Beagle, Peter Bradley, Rachel Caine, Eric Flint, Laurell K. Hamilton, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Lee Martindale, Jack McDevitt, Elizabeth Moon, Jody Lynn Nye, Hank Reinhardt, Selina Rosen, Steven H Silver, The Great Luke Ski, Tom Smith, Toni Weisskopf, Gene Wolfe
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091010035200/http://www.archonstl.org/31/index2.html Tuckercon/Archon31 website]
- [http://www.nasfic.org NASFiC Official Site]
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{{succession box |
before=8th North American Science Fiction Convention
Cascadia Con in Seattle, United States (2005) |
title=List of NASFiCs |
years=9th North American Science Fiction Convention
Tuckercon in Collinsville, IL, United States (2007) |
after=10th North American Science Fiction Convention
ReConStruction in Raleigh, NC, United States (2010)|
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Category:North American Science Fiction Convention
Category:Festivals in Illinois