(This was originally posted on my other blog in May 2008, but I’ve deleted it from there and moved it here, as a more appropriate location, grouped with other Balticon posts.)
The 42nd annual Balticon science fiction convention was held from May 23 to 26 at the Hunt Valley Inn in Maryland. Highlights included guests of honor Connie Willis, author of Doomsday Book and several other novels, and Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series; a panel retrospective on the life and works of Arthur C. Clarke; the Weird Tales magazine anniversary celebration; discovering the work of artist Steven Archer, whose series, 365 Days of Blasphemous Horror, has just begun on the Weird Tales website; the annual update on dinosaur discoveries by Dr. Thomas Holtz Jr., in which was emphasized “birds are dinosaurs”; the Dover and Trafalgar Victory Ball; books and more books; and retro carpeting.
Security at Balticon is always extremely tight.
Dealers Room
Dealers Room (Pirate Section)
NASA astronaut plays Vulcan lyre
The "Bad Advice" panel, with James Patrick Kelly, Walter Jon Williams, Lee C. Hillman, Connie Willis, and David Moldawer (not pictured)
The "Megastructures in SF" panel, with Cthulhu hat
Please, have a seat ....
Sun Disk
Best retro carpeting in the world
Photos © ACF