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AggieCon

January 01, 1970

AggieCon is the oldest student-run multigenre convention in the United States. Held annually since 1969 by Cepheid Variable at Texas A&M University's Memorial Student Center, it has grown to become one of the larger conventions in Texas. AggieCon was the first science fiction convention ever sponsored by a college or a college affiliate student organization.[1]

AggieCon
StatusActive
GenreScience fiction
VenueTexas A&M University
Location(s)College Station, Texas
CountryUnited States
Inaugurated1969
Organized byCepheid Variable
Filing statusStudent organization
Websitehttp://cepheid.org/aggiecon

The convention is known for its relaxed atmosphere, where guests and attendees can sit and chat on the couches outside the dealers' room and art show. The scope of AggieCon ranges from science fiction to fantasy to horror, and encompasses literature, graphic arts, and general media. Activities and events include panel discussions, costume contest, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, dealer's room, art show, and much gaming, including LARPing.

Some former Cepheid Variable members have gone on to become science fiction/fantasy writers, including Martha Wells,[2] Jayme Blaschke,[3] and Steven Gould.[4]

Cepheid Variable was named the 2006 Registered Student Organization of the Year at Texas A&M. Among the cited reasons for the award were the $1,500 they donate each year to Scotty's House Child Advocacy Center and the creation of "S.O.S.," a tutoring program for Cepheids that aims to increase the club's academic status on campus. Cepheid advisor James "Spanky" Smith won an award for being the advisor of the year during the same ceremony.[5]

Current data edit

AggieCon 53 will be held in February of 2024 at the Memorial Student Center on the Texas A&M University Campus. AggieCon 52 was held on March 3-5, 2023 at the Memorial Student Center located on the Texas A&M University campus.

Past conventions edit

(GoH: Guest of Honor)

  1. Science Fiction Week (retroactively AggieCon I) – April 21–24, 1969; GoH: Harlan Ellison
  2. Cepheid Comics and Trade Convention (retroactively AggieCon II) – Spring 1970; no GoH
  3. AggieCon III – April 7–9, 1972; The first convention to officially use the name AggieCon,[6] no GoH
  4. AggieCon IV – March 2–4, 1973; GoH: Jack Williamson, Chad Oliver, Robert E. Vardeman, Joe Pumilia
  5. AggieCon V – April 12–14, 1974; GoH: Harlan Ellison, Keith Laumer, Howard Waldrop
  6. AggieCon VI – March 28–30, 1975; Larry Niven, Fan GoH: "Fuzzy Pink" Niven
  7. AggieCon VII – March 26–28, 1976; Anne McCaffrey
  8. AggieCon VIII – March 24–27, 1977; Fred Pohl
  9. AggieCon IX – March 30 – April 2, 1978; GoH: Damon Knight, Wilson "Bob" Tucker, Alan Dean Foster, Geo. W. Proctor, Bob Vardeman
  10. AggieCon X – March 29 – April 1, 1979; GoH: Theodore Sturgeon, Boris Vallejo, Wilson "Bob" Tucker
  11. AggieCon XI – March 27–30, 1980; GoH: Poul Anderson, Jack Williamson, Katherine Kurtz, Frank Kelly Freas
  12. AggieCon XII – March 26–29, 1981; GoH: Joe Haldeman, Alicia Austin, C. J. Cherryh
  13. AggieCon XIII – March 25–28, 1982; GoH: Roger Zelazny, Artist GoH: Vincent Di Fate, Special GoH: Fred Saberhagen
  14. AggieCon XIV – March 24–27, 1983; GoH: Harry Harrison, Michael Whelan, Stephen R. Donaldson, Chad Oliver
  15. AggieCon XV – March 29 – April 1, 1984; GoH: L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp, Don Maitz, Wilson "Bob" Tucker, James P. Hogan
  16. AggieCon XVI – March 21–24, 1985; GoH: John Varley, James Christensen, Ed Bryant, Patricia McKillip
  17. AggieCon XVII – April 3–6, 1986; GoH: George R. R. Martin, Frank Kelly Freas, Orson Scott Card, Howard Waldrop, Kerry O'Quinn. Convention Chairman was Martha Wells
  18. AggieCon XVIII – April 2–5, 1987; GoH: Ben Bova, Christopher Stasheff, Rowena Morrill, Steve Gould, Kerry O'Quinn
  19. AggieCon XIX – March 24–27, 1988; Joe Haldeman, Katherine Kurtz, Bob Eggleton, Kerry O'Quinn
  20. AggieCon XX – March 30 - April 2, 1989; GoH: George R.R. Martin, Octavia Butler
  21. AggieCon XXI – March 29 – April 1, 1990; GoH: Walter Koenig, Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson, Richard Pini
  22. AggieCon XXII – March 21–24, 1991; GoH: Fred Saberhagen, Keith Parkinson, Larry Elmore, Marv Wolfman, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  23. AggieCon XXIII – March 26–29, 1992; GoH: David Drake, Barbara Hambly, Julius Schwartz, Real Musgrave, Kerry O'Quinn[7]
  24. AggieCon XXIV – March 25–28, 1993; GoH: Peter David, Michael Moorcock, Wendy Pini, Charles N. Brown
  25. AggieCon XXV – March 24–27, 1994; GoH: Greg Bear, Lois McMaster Bujold, Charles de Lint, Julius Schwartz, Frank Kelly Freas, Laura Brodian Kelly-Freas
  26. AggieCon XXVI – March 23–26, 1995; GoH: Jim Baen, John Byrne
  27. AggieCon XXVII – March 21–24, 1996; GoH: Bernie Wrightson, Nancy Collins, Joe Christ, Dave Wolverton, Kerry O'Quinn, Richard Biggs, Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, Gwar
  28. AggieCon XXVIII – March 20–23, 1997; GoH: Brian Stelfreeze
  29. AggieCon XXIX – March 26–29, 1998; GoH: Robert Asprin, Joe R. Lansdale, Tad Williams, Phil & Kaja Foglio, Garth Ennis, John McCrea
  30. AggieCon XXX – March 25–28, 1999; GoH: Bruce Sterling, Larry Elmore, Nigel Bennett, Ted Raimi
  31. AggieCon XXXI – March 23–26, 2000; GoH: Harlan Ellison, Terry Pratchett, Tim Bradstreet
  32. AggieCon XXXII – March 22–25, 2001; GoH: Charles de Lint, Melanie Rawn, Martha Wells, Julie Caitlin Brown. Convention director was Yaru Liu.
  33. AggieCon XXXIII – March 21–24, 2002; GoH was Neil Gaiman, Artist GoH was Charles Keegan, and other notable guests included Joe R. Lansdale, John Lucas, Brian Stelfreeze, and Karen Lansdale.[8] Convention director was Yaru Liu.[9]
  34. AggieCon XXXIV – March 20–23, 2003; GoH: Virginia Hey, Lani Tupu, Ruth Thompson, Peter David[10]
  35. AggieCon XXXV – March 25–28, 2004; GoH: Jacqueline Carey, Todd McCaffrey[11]
  36. AggieCon XXXVI – April 21–24, 2005; GoH: Michael Moorcock, Elizabeth Moon, Red vs. Blue
  37. AggieCon XXXVII – March 23–26, 2006; GoH: Steven Brust, James Charles Leary, Peter Mayhew, Brian Stelfreeze[12]
  38. AggieCon XXXVIII – March 22–25, 2007; GoH: Gene Wolfe (Wolfe cancelled at the last minute and did not attend), James O'Barr, Richard Hatch, Ruth Thompson[13]
  39. AggieCon XXXIX – March 27–30, 2008; GoH: Ellen Muth
  40. AggieCon XL – March 26–29, 2009; GoH: Todd McCaffrey,　Kristen Perry, Jennifer Rhodes
  41. AggieCon XLI (held at the College Station Hilton Hotel) – February 5–7, 2010; GoH: Steven Gould,　AGoH: David Lee Anderson, SG: Martha Wells, Editor GoH: Ellen Datlow, Toastmaster: Selina Rosen, Media GoH: Marv Wolfman, SG: Noel Wolfman
  42. AggieCon XLII (held at the College Station Hilton Hotel) – 2011
  43. AggieCon XLIII (held at the College Station Hilton Hotel) – March 23–25, 2012
  44. AggieCon XLIV (held at the College Station Hilton Hotel) – March 22–24, 2013; GOH: George R. R. Martin,[14] Ernest Cline, Sam De La Rosa, Dante Shepherd, Barbara Ann Wright, Erin Ewer, Holden Shearer, David Liss, Keri Bean, and Area of Defect
  45. AggieCon XLV (Held at the College Station Hilton Hotel) - April 4–6, 2014 GOH: Jeffrey Cranor, Aaron Dismuke, Airship Nikolai, Ed Wetterman, and Marc Gunn.
  46. AggieCon XLVI (Held at the College Station Hilton Hotel) - March 27–29, 2015 GOH: Mark Stefanowicz, Ed Wetterman, Lewis "Linkara" Lovhaug, Kathryn Friesen, Kimberley Hix Trant.
  47. AggieCon XLVII (Held at the Brazos Valley Expo Center) - April 1-3, 2016
  48. AggieCon XLVIII (Held at the Brazos Valley Expo Center) - March 24-26, 2017
  49. AggieCon LI (Held at Rudder Tower on the Texas A&M campus) - March 25-27, 2022 Guests: Aaron Dismuke, John Swasey

References edit

  1. ^ Richard Lynch's Fan History Book of the 1960s, Chapter 7
  2. ^ AggieCon 17 Program Book Excerpt
  3. ^ Cepheidopedia – Jayme Lynn Blaschke 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Cepheidopedia – Steven Gould 2007-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Baugh, Josh (May 20, 2006). "Cepheid Variable builds on unique friendships". The Eagle. Bryan-College Station, TX. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2007.
  6. ^ Inventory of the Cepheid Variable-AggieCon Collection, 1969– , Cushing Memorial Library, Texas A&M University
  7. ^ Reicher, Anton (March 19, 1992). "Aggiecon XXIII Blasting Off". The Eagle. Bryan-College Station, TX.
  8. ^ Hudson, Marianne (March 21, 2002). . The Battalion. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2007.
  9. ^ Krach, Josh (March 14, 2002). "Mr. Sandman; Bestselling author Neil Gaiman is guest of honor at AggieCon 33". The Eagle. Bryan-College Station, TX. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2007.
  10. ^ "Performing Arts Schedules for Spring 2003". The Eagle. Bryan-College Station, TX. January 16, 2003. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2007.
  11. ^ Saucedo, Robert (March 23, 2004). . The Battalion. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2007.
  12. ^ Saucedo, Robert (March 24, 2006). . The Battalion. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2007.
  13. ^ Bates, Daniel (March 20, 2007). . The Battalion. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2007.
  14. ^ Dansby, Andrew (December 13, 2012). "'Game of Thrones' writer headed to Aggieland". Houston Chronicle. Houston, TX. Retrieved December 14, 2012.

External links edit

  • AggieCon official website
  • – Wiki of the group that puts on AggieCon. Here you can find information about old AggieCons and the program book covers.
  • Texas A&M University Cushing Memorial Library and Archives AggieCon-related recordings and other items stored in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collection.

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AggieCon is the oldest student run multigenre convention in the United States Held annually since 1969 by Cepheid Variable at Texas A amp M University s Memorial Student Center it has grown to become one of the larger conventions in Texas AggieCon was the first science fiction convention ever sponsored by a college or a college affiliate student organization 1 AggieConStatusActiveGenreScience fictionVenueTexas A amp M UniversityLocation s College Station TexasCountryUnited StatesInaugurated1969Organized byCepheid VariableFiling statusStudent organizationWebsitehttp cepheid org aggiecon The convention is known for its relaxed atmosphere where guests and attendees can sit and chat on the couches outside the dealers room and art show The scope of AggieCon ranges from science fiction to fantasy to horror and encompasses literature graphic arts and general media Activities and events include panel discussions costume contest the Rocky Horror Picture Show dealer s room art show and much gaming including LARPing Some former Cepheid Variable members have gone on to become science fiction fantasy writers including Martha Wells 2 Jayme Blaschke 3 and Steven Gould 4 Cepheid Variable was named the 2006 Registered Student Organization of the Year at Texas A amp M Among the cited reasons for the award were the 1 500 they donate each year to Scotty s House Child Advocacy Center and the creation of S O S a tutoring program for Cepheids that aims to increase the club s academic status on campus Cepheid advisor James Spanky Smith won an award for being the advisor of the year during the same ceremony 5 Contents 1 Current data 2 Past conventions 3 References 4 External linksCurrent data editAggieCon 53 will be held in February of 2024 at the Memorial Student Center on the Texas A amp M University Campus AggieCon 52 was held on March 3 5 2023 at the Memorial Student Center located on the Texas A amp M University campus Past conventions edit GoH Guest of Honor Science Fiction Week retroactively AggieCon I April 21 24 1969 GoH Harlan Ellison Cepheid Comics and Trade Convention retroactively AggieCon II Spring 1970 no GoH AggieCon III April 7 9 1972 The first convention to officially use the name AggieCon 6 no GoH AggieCon IV March 2 4 1973 GoH Jack Williamson Chad Oliver Robert E Vardeman Joe Pumilia AggieCon V April 12 14 1974 GoH Harlan Ellison Keith Laumer Howard Waldrop AggieCon VI March 28 30 1975 Larry Niven Fan GoH Fuzzy Pink Niven AggieCon VII March 26 28 1976 Anne McCaffrey AggieCon VIII March 24 27 1977 Fred Pohl AggieCon IX March 30 April 2 1978 GoH Damon Knight Wilson Bob Tucker Alan Dean Foster Geo W Proctor Bob Vardeman AggieCon X March 29 April 1 1979 GoH Theodore Sturgeon Boris Vallejo Wilson Bob Tucker AggieCon XI March 27 30 1980 GoH Poul Anderson Jack Williamson Katherine Kurtz Frank Kelly Freas AggieCon XII March 26 29 1981 GoH Joe Haldeman Alicia Austin C J Cherryh AggieCon XIII March 25 28 1982 GoH Roger Zelazny Artist GoH Vincent Di Fate Special GoH Fred Saberhagen AggieCon XIV March 24 27 1983 GoH Harry Harrison Michael Whelan Stephen R Donaldson Chad Oliver AggieCon XV March 29 April 1 1984 GoH L Sprague de Camp Catherine Crook de Camp Don Maitz Wilson Bob Tucker James P Hogan AggieCon XVI March 21 24 1985 GoH John Varley James Christensen Ed Bryant Patricia McKillip AggieCon XVII April 3 6 1986 GoH George R R Martin Frank Kelly Freas Orson Scott Card Howard Waldrop Kerry O Quinn Convention Chairman was Martha Wells AggieCon XVIII April 2 5 1987 GoH Ben Bova Christopher Stasheff Rowena Morrill Steve Gould Kerry O Quinn AggieCon XIX March 24 27 1988 Joe Haldeman Katherine Kurtz Bob Eggleton Kerry O Quinn AggieCon XX March 30 April 2 1989 GoH George R R Martin Octavia Butler AggieCon XXI March 29 April 1 1990 GoH Walter Koenig Spider Robinson Jeanne Robinson Richard Pini AggieCon XXII March 21 24 1991 GoH Fred Saberhagen Keith Parkinson Larry Elmore Marv Wolfman Elizabeth Ann Scarborough AggieCon XXIII March 26 29 1992 GoH David Drake Barbara Hambly Julius Schwartz Real Musgrave Kerry O Quinn 7 AggieCon XXIV March 25 28 1993 GoH Peter David Michael Moorcock Wendy Pini Charles N Brown AggieCon XXV March 24 27 1994 GoH Greg Bear Lois McMaster Bujold Charles de Lint Julius Schwartz Frank Kelly Freas Laura Brodian Kelly Freas AggieCon XXVI March 23 26 1995 GoH Jim Baen John Byrne AggieCon XXVII March 21 24 1996 GoH Bernie Wrightson Nancy Collins Joe Christ Dave Wolverton Kerry O Quinn Richard Biggs Kevin J Anderson Rebecca Moesta Gwar AggieCon XXVIII March 20 23 1997 GoH Brian Stelfreeze AggieCon XXIX March 26 29 1998 GoH Robert Asprin Joe R Lansdale Tad Williams Phil amp Kaja Foglio Garth Ennis John McCrea AggieCon XXX March 25 28 1999 GoH Bruce Sterling Larry Elmore Nigel Bennett Ted Raimi AggieCon XXXI March 23 26 2000 GoH Harlan Ellison Terry Pratchett Tim Bradstreet AggieCon XXXII March 22 25 2001 GoH Charles de Lint Melanie Rawn Martha Wells Julie Caitlin Brown Convention director was Yaru Liu AggieCon XXXIII March 21 24 2002 GoH was Neil Gaiman Artist GoH was Charles Keegan and other notable guests included Joe R Lansdale John Lucas Brian Stelfreeze and Karen Lansdale 8 Convention director was Yaru Liu 9 AggieCon XXXIV March 20 23 2003 GoH Virginia Hey Lani Tupu Ruth Thompson Peter David 10 AggieCon XXXV March 25 28 2004 GoH Jacqueline Carey Todd McCaffrey 11 AggieCon XXXVI April 21 24 2005 GoH Michael Moorcock Elizabeth Moon Red vs Blue AggieCon XXXVII March 23 26 2006 GoH Steven Brust James Charles Leary Peter Mayhew Brian Stelfreeze 12 AggieCon XXXVIII March 22 25 2007 GoH Gene Wolfe Wolfe cancelled at the last minute and did not attend James O Barr Richard Hatch Ruth Thompson 13 AggieCon XXXIX March 27 30 2008 GoH Ellen Muth AggieCon XL March 26 29 2009 GoH Todd McCaffrey Kristen Perry Jennifer Rhodes AggieCon XLI held at the College Station Hilton Hotel February 5 7 2010 GoH Steven Gould AGoH David Lee Anderson SG Martha Wells Editor GoH Ellen Datlow Toastmaster Selina Rosen Media GoH Marv Wolfman SG Noel Wolfman AggieCon XLII held at the College Station Hilton Hotel 2011 AggieCon XLIII held at the College Station Hilton Hotel March 23 25 2012 AggieCon XLIV held at the College Station Hilton Hotel March 22 24 2013 GOH George R R Martin 14 Ernest Cline Sam De La Rosa Dante Shepherd Barbara Ann Wright Erin Ewer Holden Shearer David Liss Keri Bean and Area of Defect AggieCon XLV Held at the College Station Hilton Hotel April 4 6 2014 GOH Jeffrey Cranor Aaron Dismuke Airship Nikolai Ed Wetterman and Marc Gunn AggieCon XLVI Held at the College Station Hilton Hotel March 27 29 2015 GOH Mark Stefanowicz Ed Wetterman Lewis Linkara Lovhaug Kathryn Friesen Kimberley Hix Trant AggieCon XLVII Held at the Brazos Valley Expo Center April 1 3 2016 AggieCon XLVIII Held at the Brazos Valley Expo Center March 24 26 2017 AggieCon LI Held at Rudder Tower on the Texas A amp M campus March 25 27 2022 Guests Aaron Dismuke John SwaseyReferences edit Richard Lynch s Fan History Book of the 1960s Chapter 7 AggieCon 17 Program Book Excerpt Cepheidopedia Jayme Lynn Blaschke Archived 2008 07 20 at the Wayback Machine Cepheidopedia Steven GouldArchived 2007 08 13 at the Wayback Machine Baugh Josh May 20 2006 Cepheid Variable builds on unique friendships The Eagle Bryan College Station TX Archived from the original on September 27 2007 Retrieved July 27 2007 Inventory of the Cepheid Variable AggieCon Collection 1969 Cushing Memorial Library Texas A amp M University Reicher Anton March 19 1992 Aggiecon XXIII Blasting Off The Eagle Bryan College Station TX Hudson Marianne March 21 2002 Sci Fi descends on A amp M with AggieCon The Battalion Archived from the original on September 29 2007 Retrieved July 27 2007 Krach Josh March 14 2002 Mr Sandman Bestselling author Neil Gaiman is guest of honor at AggieCon 33 The Eagle Bryan College Station TX Archived from the original on September 30 2007 Retrieved July 27 2007 Performing Arts Schedules for Spring 2003 The Eagle Bryan College Station TX January 16 2003 Archived from the original on September 30 2007 Retrieved July 27 2007 Saucedo Robert March 23 2004 Boldly Going AggieCon attracts Klingons sex robots to campus for science fiction convention The Battalion Archived from the original on September 26 2007 Retrieved July 27 2007 Saucedo Robert March 24 2006 Anime Maniacs The Battalion Archived from the original on September 29 2007 Retrieved July 27 2007 Bates Daniel March 20 2007 Gnome Masterpiece The Battalion Archived from the original on September 26 2007 Retrieved July 27 2007 Dansby Andrew December 13 2012 Game of Thrones writer headed to Aggieland Houston Chronicle Houston TX Retrieved December 14 2012 External links editAggieCon official website Cepheid Variable Wiki Cepheidopedia Wiki of the group that puts on AggieCon Here you can find information about old AggieCons and the program book covers Texas A amp M University Cushing Memorial Library and Archives AggieCon related recordings and other items stored in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collection Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title AggieCon amp oldid 1194397915, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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