2010 Guest of Honor

CJ Cherryh
We are pleased to announce that CJ Cherryh as agreed to be ConDor's 2010 Guest of Honor. Her numerous awards include:

• John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1977

• Hugo Award, short story, for "Cassandra" in 1979

• Hugo Award, novel, Downbelow Station in 1982

• Locus Award, Best SF Novel, Cyteen in 1988

• Hugo Award, novel, Cyteen in 1989

Among her other novels are Rusalka, Pride of Chanur, Exile's Gate, Chanur's Legacy, Flood Tide, Regenesis, and Fortress of Dragons.

Condor XVII : Programming Theme

ConDor returns on February 26-28, 2010 with the programming theme of: Tripping the Past Fantastic: Steampunk, Retro Future and Early Fantastic Fiction.

Knight Classes

The classes will continue with more subjects and continuing education. We have openings for new students and instructors. Contact our programming department for details and to request an application.

ConDor Table at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2009

Once again ConDor and Don8 StuffToys will have a Fan Table, MZ 11, at Comic-Con International on the Mezzanine Level. (That’s in the back of the Convention Center between the Dealers Room and Programming upstairs.) So mark your calendars for July 23-26th and stop by the table to say hi. Or better yet, volunteer to man the table for a few hours so Pearl and Colleen can take a break. See you in July.

ConDor Potential Panel Ideas

• Cheating the Reaper: Immortality
• Steampunk Costuming: More than Gears and Goggles
  Here are several series of pictures of the recent Victorian/Edwardian/Steampunk tea held in San Diego's Heritage Park.
• The Ultimate Minority Group: Civil Rights for Monsters
• Can There Be Good Without Evil?
  Saint Augustine apparently answered this question, "Yes".
• The Good, The Bad And JarJar Binks: What has worked in Star Wars and what hasn’t
• Retro Future
• Classic And Not So Classic Heroic Archetypes
  Stories about heroes are deep and eternal. Joseph Campbell, in "The Hero with a Thousand Faces", identified both the archetype of the Hero and the quest that the hero follows, in many of the folk tales and myths of the world. This archetype, and it's journey was surprisingly invariant through many of the tales. Carol Pearson, in "Awakening The Heroes" Within expands the idea of the Hero into twelve distinct archetypes, each of which can follow the Hero Quest.

16-Year ConDor Veterans

It’s hard to believe that ConDor has sixteen conventions under its feathers.  Over 3000 people have attended ConDor at least once but only 23 have been to all 16 conventions. To all those loyal and crazy enough to attend, participate or work every ConDor, we want to acknowledge your continued support.  Thank you!

Pete Amend ~ Attendee
Colleen Kelly Burks ~ Attendee / Staff
Jamie Gardner ~ Attendee
Jean Graham ~ Guest
James Hay ~ Staff
Dianna Hildreth ~ Staff
Kevin Hovanec ~ Attendee
Richard L. James ~ Attendee
James Jira ~ Staff
Cary Meriwether ~ Attendee
Scott Norton ~ Attendee
Kathie Oliver ~ Attendee / Staff
THomas Oliver ~ Attendee / Staff
Ron Ontell ~ Staff
Val Ontell ~ Staff
Karyn O'Rear ~ Attendee / Staff
Stephen Potts ~ Guest
Richard Rowell ~ Staff
Atanielle Annyn Rowland ~ Guest
Pearl Stickler ~ Staff
Bill Stoddard ~ Staff / Guest
Keith Thompson ~ Attendee
Glen Wooten ~ Staff