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The Fall 2011 E-Edition of Goat Droppings is here!
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The Fall 2011 E-Edition of Goat Droppings is here!
Chock full of news about Capricon 32: Amazing Adventures! (only two months to go!), plus all the other cool stuff we here at Phandemonium are up to these days.
The issue includes:
Capricon 32 Progress Report:
*Pre-registration ($50) rate extended until December 31!
*Hotel block is open!
*Info on programming and art show and dealers and parties and exhibits and fan tables and volunteering!
Detailed information on some special events at Capricon:
*Settlers of Catan – World Wide Catan Championship Pre-Qualifier on Friday and Saturday!
*Our Food Drive and Book Drive!
Upcoming Phandemonium events :
*The Ides of Phandemonium – our monthly gatherings!
*The Capricon Bookclub!
*The Capricon Euchre Club!
There’s even more stuff in this issue – so much we can’t list it all here! Download the full color PDF in all its glory!
Phandemonium Book Club – “Little Brother”
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We’ll be discussing “Little Brother” by our Author Guest of Honor, Cory Doctorow, at Capricon 32. The exact date, time and location will be listed in the final schedule.
The book is available for free in a variety of e-formats here.
And remember, we’ll be meeting on January 8, 2012 to discuss “A Time of Changes” by Robert Silverberg. The discussion starts at 6:30pm at our normal meeting place, the Evanston Barnes & Noble.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
1630 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, IL
Interested in being a Capricon 32 panelist?
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Would like to be a part of Capricon 32 programming? It’s not too late to volunteer for a panel adventure! We’re still looking for panelists interested in books, science, movies, television, art, comics, writing, publishing, politics, sex, and religion.
Please fill out the online programming questionnaire by Friday, December 16 at 11:59pm CST, and we’ll try to find an appropriate path for your adventure.
Join now and save!
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Hey, everyone! Just a reminder that the membership rate for Capricon 32 increases on December 1st. Register now and save!
Go to http://www.capricon.org for details.
Capricon at Duckon
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by Peter Heltzer
in Capricon 32
Capricon 32: Amazing Adventures! is throwing a party tonight at Duckon. Visit us in room 4101 from 9:30 PM until the goats come home and we’ll help you choose your next adventure!
Visit our fan table on Saturday and Sunday to learn more about Capricon 32: Amazing Adventures! Find out where it will take you…
Capricon 31 – Post Con Goat Droppings
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Well here it is folks. The last issue of Goat Droppings related to Capricon 31 Escape! This issue has the wrap up of Sunday’s events along with the winners of the various awards, and an expanded section of the ever popular Out of CON-text notes.
Capricon 31 – Post-Con Goat Droppings
Thanks again to everyone who came out to Capricon this year and had a great time, we hope we’ll see you again next year, or during the course of the year at one of Phandemonium’s other events, like the Book Club, Euchre Club, FEAST and Ides events. And for those of you who couldn’t make it to Cap this year… well there’s always next year. Start planning now…. we are.
Tuesday Funk #32 meets Capricon 32
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by Peter Heltzer
in Capricon 32
In an odd sort of cosmic fate kind of thing, one of Capricon 32’s upcoming Guests of Honor will be doing a reading at Tuesday Funk #32. What is Tuesday Funk you ask? Well let me borrow some content from their website, since really I’m not going to be able to explain it better than they can.
Tuesday Funk is an eclectic Chicago reading series, hosted by Sara Ross and William Shunn, bringing you a variety of fiction, poetry, and essays the first Tuesday of every month. Join us next on March 1st, 7:30 pm, upstairs at Hopleaf, 5148 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL. Tuesday Funk is the official reading series of the Gothic Funk Nation.
So that’s what Tuesday Funk is, and on March 1st, Steven Silver, Capricon 32’s Fan Guest of Honor will be giving a reading. So come on out and see him, have some beer and have a good time. Maybe when you see him at Capricon next year you’ll be able to say “I saw him way back when… before he became famous.”
More Goat Droppings
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As promised the little slave goats have finished turning all those dead trees into an electronic format so now you can read the Sunday edition of Goat Droppings online. You lucky people you…
An Amazing Adventure (Capricon 32!)
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by Peter Heltzer
in Capricon 32
I know Capricon 31 is just barely over. We haven’t even posted up Sunday and the Post-Con editions of Goat Droppings, but let’s talk about Capricon 32 for a moment shall we. The website hasn’t been updated yet, probably won’t be for at least a month. But… we want to share the news for those poor unfortunate souls who couldn’t make it to Closing Ceremonies, and haven’t heard it from anyone else…. We’re going to have guests of honor. I know you’re shocked.
Capricon 32 will be held Feb 9th through Feb 12th 2012 right back at the same Westin Northshore in Wheeling, IL. And what about those Guests of Honor you say… well I’m glad you asked, here ya go:
Author Guest of Honor – Cory Doctorow
Artist Guest of Honor – Les McClaine
Fan Guest of Honor – Steven Silver
There… that ought to hold you for a little while.
Bryan Palaszewski’s Closing Remarks to Cap 31
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by Peter Heltzer
in Capricon 31
It appears that Bryan posted comments to Facebook that by my reading he wanted to share with everyone at closing ceremonies. Since that didn’t happen because we had the tired, I hope he doesn’t mind me repeating them here.
Proposed for the closing ceremonies, Capricon 31.
by Bryan Palaszewski
All Hail Capricon 31!!
Greetings from Bryan Palaszewski and the NASA Glenn Research Center.
I am so sad that I could not attend Cap 31. 🙁 Of course, I wish I could have been there. The responsibilities of my job required me to be in Florida to assist the Government in searching out for some alleged bad guys. I believe they have been identified and will be brought to justice.
I know that a great set of activities, films, songs, discussions, deliberations, imbibations, and competitions were greatly enjoyed at the Con. I could see a tiny sliver of that joy on Facebook and from your e-mails. I’m so glad that you had a great time. 🙂
Capricon represents some the finest in fandom and the tireless team of the ConCom continues to sustain a fabulous high-quality con for all of us.
BRAVO, CAPRICON! 🙂 🙂
Go and seek out the best of the best in all you do and hope to see all of you at the finest Chicago con next year. Go, and have a blast!