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BayCon
Status	Active
Genre	Science Fiction
Location	San Jose, California
Country	USA
Parent Entity	John McLaughlin & Randall Cooper, Co-Founders
Official Website

BayCon is the San Francisco Bay Area's main Science Fiction Convention. It is held over Memorial Day weekend in San Jose, California. Nickname: Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... USGS satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Science fiction conventions are gatherings of the community of fans (called science fiction fandom) of various forms of speculative fiction including science fiction and fantasy. ... Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (observed this year on 2007-05-28). ... Nickname: Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Cosplayer at BayCon 2003

BayCon is a large convention topping two thousand attendees over the last several years. The convention draws many attendees from throughout California and also as far away as Oregon, Washington, and Nevada. Some of the better known regular attendees include Howard Hendrix, Diana Paxson, Lee Martindale, and Irene Radford. Past Guests of Honor include Frank Kelly Freas, Harry Turtledove, David Brin, Spider Robinson, Baron Engle, Forrest J. Ackerman, jay howard finder, Kent Brewster and Esther Friesner. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (951x1992, 190 KB)Girl dessed as Hajime Sorayamas Sexy Robot at BayCon 2003. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (951x1992, 190 KB)Girl dessed as Hajime Sorayamas Sexy Robot at BayCon 2003. ... Cosplayers Cosplay ), a portmanteau of the English words costume and play, is a Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from manga, anime, tokusatsu, and video games, and, less commonly, Japanese live action television shows, fantasy movies, or Japanese pop music bands. ... Diana L. Paxson (born 1943) is a writer, primarily of fantasy and historical fiction novels and short stories. ... Kelly Freas Frank Kelly Freas (27 August 1922 – 2 January 2005), called the Dean of Science Fiction Artists, was a prolific and popular science fiction and fantasy artist with a career spanning more than 50 years. ... Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American historian and prolific novelist who has written historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction works. ... Glen David Brin, Ph. ... Spider Robinson (born November 24, 1948 in New York City) is a Canadian science fiction writer. ... Forrest J Ackerman (born November 24, 1916 in Los Angeles, California) is a legendary science fiction fan and collector of science fiction-related memorabilia. ... Kent Brewster (born 1961) is a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated writer, editor, and publisher. ... Esther Friesner is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for her humorous pieces. ...

BayCon first took place in 1982. For most of its history, it has been held at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose (formerly the Red Lion). In 2007, it was held at the San Mateo Marriott Hotel. DoubleTree Logo // About DoubleTree Doubletree is an upscale hotel chain operated by Hilton Hotels Corporation. ...

Guests of Honor

2005:

• Jay Lake
• Frank Wu
• Kevin Roche
• Andy Trembley
• Chase Masterson
• Christopher J. Garcia.

2006: Jay Lake is a science fiction and fantasy writer. ... Frank Wu was the winner of the 2004 Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist. ... Chase Mastersons recent jazz album, Thrill of the Chase. ...

• Larry Niven
• Jerry Pournelle
• Craig Miller
• James Stanley Daugherty
• Stephen Furst

2007: Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938 Los Angeles, California) is a US science fiction author. ... Jerry Pournelle at the 2006 Stanford Singularity Summit Jerry Pournelle, (born August 7, 1933) is an American essayist, journalist and science fiction author who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte. ... Craig Miller is a reporter and news presenter for North Tonight on stv north. ... Stephen Furst as Vir Cotto in Babylon 5 Stephen Furst (born Stephen Fuerstein on 8 May 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Flounder in the feature film Animal House (1978), as Gonzer in the feature film Up the Creek (1984), as Dr...

• Science Fiction Writer: Alan Dean Foster
• Fantasy Writer: Diana L. Paxson
• Artist: Richard Hescox
• Fan: Linda "Kitty" VonBraskat-Crowe
• Special Guest: Ctein
• Toastmaster: Seanan McGuire

Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is a prolific American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels and movie novelizations. ... Diana L. Paxson (born 1943) is a writer, primarily of fantasy and historical fiction novels and short stories. ...

External links

• Official BayCon Website
• Flickr.com photos tagged with "baycon"