CONvergence (convention)
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CONvergence is a speculative fiction convention held annually on the first weekend in July in Minnesota, United States. Sponsored by the local fan organization MISFITS, the convention began in 1999 at the Bloomington Radisson South Hotel and continues to be held every year at the same location, now known as the Sheraton Bloomington. This location has been used by local fandom for a variety of conventions, including Minicon and MarsCon. 2007's theme is to be "Creature Feature" (horror and monsters).
Attractions
CONvergence is known for several annual, fan-run attractions including Cinema Rex (a couch and recliner-filled movie room), Theater Nippon (featuring Anime), Connie's Space Lounge (a music and entertainment / club venue), COF2E2 (a coffee bar), and the Dorian Gray Memorial Literary Lounge (a reading/writing setting).
Mascots
The con's mascots are the gynoid "Connie" and her creator, "Professor Misfittle." They are occasionally opposed by Connie's scheming younger sister, Connie Mk. II.Annual themes and guests of honor
1999 - "After All, it's Just a Party"
- Forrest J. Ackerman - SF historian and collector
- Pam Keesey - Author of Vamps! and other fiction
- Harry Knowles - of Ain't It Cool News
- Jay Knowles - of Ain't It Cool News
- Gordon Purcell - Comic book artist
- Gary Russell - Producer of the Doctor Who audio series
- Neil Gaiman - Author of books, comics and film
- Peg Kerr - Award-winning author
- Regina Pancake - Hollywood prop creator
- Ruth Thompson - Fantasy artist
- Keith Topping - Author of Doctor Who novels and more
- Cast and crew of Go To Hell!
- Harry Knowles - Movie critic and web entrepreneur
- Peter Mayhew - Chewbacca in Star Wars
- Michael Sheard - British SF movie and television actor
- Eleanor Arnason - Award-winning author
- Crist Ballas - Movie makeup artist
- Jay Knowles - Web entrepreneur
- C.H. Morgan - Science fiction and fantasy artist
- Diane Duane - Popular author of books and television
- Peter Morwood - Science fiction and fantasy author
- Mark Altman - Co-creator of Free Enterprise and "Trekspert"
- Robert Meyer Burnett - Co-creator of Free Enterprise and director
- Nene Thomas - Popular award-winning fantasy artist
- Daren Dochterman - Designer and illustrator for over 35 feature films
- Adam 'Mojo' Lebowitz - author and former lead animation supervisor for Foundation Imaging
- Michael Sheard - Actor in Star Wars, Last Crusade, and many other projects
- Andrew Probert - Production designer for Star Trek
- Eric Flint - Author and editor of many great books
- John Kovalic - Dork Tower and Dork Storm Press
- Katherine Kurtz - Author of the Deryni trilogies and stories
- Denise Garner - Romantic fantasy artist
- David Gerrold - Science fiction/fantasy author of many books
- Larry Niven - Author of many science fiction books, including the Ringworld series
- Vincent Truitner - Animation and CGI artist
- Christian Colquhoun - Physical effects artist
- Crist Ballas - Physical effects artist
- Len Wein - Writer for comics and animation, creator of Swamp Thing, Nightcrawler, and Wolverine
- Dr. Jim Kakalios - University of Minnesota physics professor, author of The Science of Superheros
- Mercedes Lackey - Author of many popular novels, including the Valdemar and Bardic Voices series and folk music lyricist
- Larry Dixon - Co-author of Mage Wars and Dariens Tale series, author of many short stories and game material and fantasy artist
- Marv Wolfman - Writer for comics and animation, creator of Blade, Bullseye, and The New Teen Titans
- Harry and Jay Knowles - Ain't It Cool News
- Eric Flint (returning guest of honor from 2003)
- J.G. Hertzler (actor on Star Trek as General Martok)
- Ken Hite (role-playing game author and designer)
- Bridget Landry (astronomer and engineer on the Cassini probe mission)
- Robert O'Reilly (Actor in many well-known science fiction TV series including Star Trek as Chancellor Gowron)
- Miles Teves (set designer)
- David Weber (author of military science-fiction)
- Greg Weisman (TV and comic book writer)
2007 - "Creature Feature" (horror and monsters)
- Emily Hagins (Writer and director of the zombie movie "Pathogen")
- Brian Keene (Author)
- Bernie Wrightson (Comic book artist, co-creator of Swamp Thing)
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