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HyperiCon

Nashville's Speculative Fiction Convention

About Me

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www.hypericon.info
June 27-29, 2008
Hypericon is the Speculative Fiction Convention held yearly in June in Nashville, Tennessee. Hypericon is presented by Frontiers-Nashville, a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of the fannish community and all their myriad interests. Some of the activities during the convention include role-playing games, live action roleplaying, other gaming, filmmaking panels, a film festival, a room party competition, informational panels, live music, entertainment, late night dances, art show and dealers' room, the masquerade, and a hospitality suite.
HOTEL INFO:
Days Inn Stadium
211 North First Street
Nashville, TN, 37213
615-254-1551
Room rate is $79/night and the room code is cghype. Please ask for the room party floor (Floor 8) if you are planning on throwing a shindig.
Guest of Honor:
Joe R. Lansdale
Artist Guest of Honor:
Alex McVey
Special Guests:
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Glen Cook
Guests:
George Demick
Mark Wright
Mike Young
Van Plexico
Teri A. Jacobs
Dan Gambler
C. J. Cantrell
Shane Moore
Stephen Zimmer
Mark Kinney
P.S. Gifford
Laura Anne Gilman
Ronald Kelly
Steven Lloyd
Philip Nutman
Ann Stringer
Mike Lee
Rob Knop
Geoffrey Girard
Stephen and Suzie Lackey
Alethea Kontis
Bryan Smith
Sara Harvey
Julianne Lee
Deborah LeBlanc
Elizabeth Donald
Melissa Gay
Todd Lyles
Hunter Cressall
Always HyperiCon Favorites:
Apex Digest
Aradani Studios
Entertainers:
Big Daddy Cool
The Known World Players
Labyrinthe
Zombie Bazooka Patrol
Music City Burlesque
Sideshow Bennie
Art:
Melissa Gay
Photographers:
Ray + Wendy
The 2nd Annual Spam Slam, Art Show, Tabletop Gaming, Dealers' Room, Role-Playing Games, Masquerade, Filmmaking Panels, Film Festival, Late Night Dance, and our famous Hospitality Suite.

My Interests

Costumes, cosplay, gaming, roleplaying, science fiction, fantasy, horror, steam punk, goth, body modification, sideshows, burlesque, bellydance, swordfighting, renaissance, science, history...

I'd like to meet:

Fans of science fiction, fantasy, horror, steam punk, alternate universes, alternate histories, goth folks, avid readers, costumers, gamers, role players, fans of independent film, fans of bellydance and burlesque, sideshow fans, comic book fans...

Music:

Goth, Industrial, EBM, Filk, New Wave, 80s, Disco, Weird Al...

Movies:

Serenity, Star Wars, Star Trek, The Last Unicorn, 28 Days Later, Land of the Dead, Fans and Freaks, Too Many to List!

Television:

Firefly, Star Trek, Babylon 5, Battlestar Gallactica, the Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama...

Books:

Anything by any of our GUESTS!

My Blog

LAST OPPORTUNITY.

We have had a fall-through with the back-ad on the program book.This means that there is one space left for ads and it is the FULL COLOR BACK COVER of the program book. I need to print these THIS WEE...
Posted by HyperiCon on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:52:00 PST

HyperiKHAN!

Yes, that's right. HyperiCon folks are going to be out at the Belcourt Theater's midnight showing of the Wrath of Khan tonight and tomorrow!Not only will we be there, we will be providing some pretty...
Posted by HyperiCon on Fri, 09 May 2008 08:09:00 PST

The deadline approacheth...

The deadline for advertising in the program is almost upon us. You can pretty much advertise anything (within reason - we get to make the judgment on that...sorry) and at these rates, you should!Got ...
Posted by HyperiCon on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:48:00 PST

The Second Annual Spam Slam!

Have you ever noticed that e-mail spam has gotten classed up? Improved spam filters have caused spammers to create messages that have actual content in order to slip through. Spam is no longer some ...
Posted by HyperiCon on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:14:00 PST

Wanna see a guy hammer nails into his face?

Sideshow Bennie is joining the entertainment lineup at HyperiCon 4!Come marvel as he abuses his body live on stage (no, not like that you pervy hobbits!).Pre-reg is still open. You can enjoy the enti...
Posted by HyperiCon on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:09:00 PST

Burlesque at HyperiCon!

Another entertainment act has joined the lineup at HyperiCon 4!The lovely and gracious ladies of Music City Burlesque will be performing Saturday, June 28 in Main Programming!Stay tuned for more info!...
Posted by HyperiCon on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:41:00 PST

A moment of silence...

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) -- Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.He...
Posted by HyperiCon on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:53:00 PST

Issues with The Hotel *sigh*

OK - so the hotel rooms really are $79.99 per night, NOT $109 per night as some of the lovely hotel clerks have been telling people. If you are told this, please ask to speak to Vera or, if you are c...
Posted by HyperiCon on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:17:00 PST

~HOTEL INFO~

Alrighty folks...it took long enough, but we finally have the info for the room rates and the booking code! Yay!Without further ado, here is the info you need:Days Inn Stadium211 North First StreetNa...
Posted by HyperiCon on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:26:00 PST

HyperiCon...it’s magic.

We have just confirmed John Pyka, aka Big Daddy Cool to perform at HyperiCon 4!WOW!! It just keeps getting better and better!
Posted by HyperiCon on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:08:00 PST