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WELCOME TO THE 23RD CEHTURY.
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THE EXORCIST
Friday
7 p.m.
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11 p.m.
ROLLERBALL
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Saturday
DAY the DOLPHIN
7 p.m.
[DAY OF THE DOLPHIN
9 p.m.
[FLESH GORDON
10:30 p.m.
STEPFORD WIVES
12:30 a.m.
THE POWER
Speakers
Guest of Honor
THEODORE STURGEON
Artist Guest of Honor
BORIS VALLEJO
Toastmaster
WILSON TUCKER
Kim Ball, Neal Barrett, Jr., Larry Lankford, Chad
Oliver, George Proctor, Joe Pumilia, Tim Sager,
Buddy Saunders, Lewis Shiner, Lisa Tuttle,
Howard Waldrop, Bob Wayne.
Dealer’s Room
Other Activities
Amateur Art Contest
Over 90 dealer tables where
Starship Design Contest
you can buy:
SCA Demonstrations
New and Used Books
NASA Exhibit
Daytime Films
Movie Posters
Masquerade Party
Comic Books
Banquet
Professional Art Display
Artwork
Star Trek Bloopers
and more
Auction
Writer’s Workshop
AGGIECON X
Thursday, March 29
Sunday, April 1
AggieCon is Cepheid Variable's annual science fiction
convention and features speakers, art displays, films,
panel discussions, a dealers' room, an author's recep
tion, and many other events. A one day admission
costs $2 and a pass for the full four days is $4 for
A&M students, faculty, and staff (slightly higher for
non-students). Tickets are on sale at the MSC Box
Office. One day tickets will be available only at the
door. This year’s AggieCon guests include writer
Theodore Sturgeon and artist Boris Vallejo.
March 29, Thursday
LOGAN’S RUN (1976) 118 min. Michael York, Peter
Ustinov, and Jenny Agutter. Winner of Academy
Award for best special effects. This film portrays life in
the 23rd century where no one is allowed to live past
30. Logan (Michael York) is a member of the death
squad who eliminate “runners” trying to escape
ceremonial execution. When Logan faces “Lastday’’
he seeks refuge. (PG) 7 p.m.
BARBARELLA (1968) 98 min. In the year 40,000, Bar-
barella (Jane Fonda) is assigned to locate a missing
scientist. She acts like a female James Bond, van
quishing evil. She also rewards, in an uninhibited
manner, the handsome men who assist her. A cult
favorite. (PG) 9:30 p.m.
March 30, Friday
COLLISIONS (1978) 90 min. Unrated. Starring Lily
Tomlin with Gilda Radner and Dan Ackroyd of NBC’s
Saturday Night Live. Earth is on a collision course with
the unseen planet, Zhymus, which sends a representa
tive to Earth, Tomlin, in the disguise of a TV newscas
ter. Her job is to determine whether or not Earth is
worth saving. Utilizing a combination of animation,
song, and dance; this film is a sensitive story of the
human condition from birth to death to op culture and
politics. (PG) 7 p.m.
EXORCIST (1975) 121 min. Linda Blair, Lee J. Cobb,
Jason Miller. The Exorcist is based on a 1949 case in
which a Jesuit priest expelled a demon from a 14 year
old girl irv Maryland. TtrtS'fHm'portfays the fear and
anguish surrounding demonic possession while ex
ploring the nature of evil. (R) 8:45 p.m.
ROLLERBALL (1975) 123 min. James Caan and John
Houseman. This provocative film pictures society in
the 21st century, a world entirely dominated by six
megacorporations. The only outlet for aggressive be
havior is “Rollerbair, a vicious game broadcast to
billions of viewers and designed to channel anti-social
feelings that might interfere with economic growth.
(R) 11 p.m.
COUNTDOWN 101 min. James Caan, Robert Duvall
and Joanna Moore. When NASA learns that the Rus
sians are close to landing the first man on the moon, a
crash program is instituted. American astronaut train
ing is halted when a Russian spaceship is reported
maneuvering for a lunar landing. U.S. experts decide
to send an astronaut (James Caan) on a moon mission
without delay. Ignoring orders, he lands and finds the
Russian craft destroyed and crew dead. Caan plants
the American Flag and waits to see if he will survive
until Apollo arrives. A story of the Space Race and
Lunar Survival. (G) 1 a.m.
March 31, Saturday
DAY OF THE DOLPHIN 104 min. George C. Scott,
Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino. Jake Terrell (George
C. Scott) is a marine biologist who is concerned with
investigating the behavior of dolphins and in develop
ing inter-species communication — working language
between man and animal. His success results in an
attempt by a conspiracy to use the dolphins to assas
sinate the President. (PG) 7 p.m.
FLESH GORDON (1974) 75 min. This film was origi
nally conceived as an X-rated spoof of science fiction
and pornography. The X version of the film was so
popular that it was re-edited and released as an R.
Anyone who has ever suffered through Flash Gordon
will appreciate Flesh’s heroic struggle to regain the
stolen power pasties and destroy the evil Emperor
Wang’s perfidious sex ray which is devastating the
Earth. (R) 9 p.m.
STEPFORD WIVES (1975) 114 min. Katharine Ross,
Paula Prentiss, Peter Viasterson. Two women (Ross
and Prentiss) try to raise the consciousness of married
women of a Connecticut suburb, and make chilling
discoveries as to how the Stepford husbands have
made their wives so docile. (PG) 10:30 p.m.
THE POWER (1968) 100 min. George Hamilton,
Suzanne Pleshette, Michael Rennie. In this George Pal
production, a team of space research scientists,
headed by George Hamilton, is plagued by a strange
psychokinetic force that can move objects, direct elec
tricity, and apparently control or kill humans. Hamilton
suspects that the Power belongs to someone with the
group; he must find out who before he and his assis
tant are telepathically murdered. (G) 12:30 a.m.
Tickets
Full Con
Student
Non-student
One Day
Student
Non-student
Banquet
Banquet tickets must be
bought by 4 p.m. Thursday
$4
$ 6
$2
$3
$7