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mSC Cepheid Variable GGIECON17 APRIL 3-6 Ti:30pm Thurs., Apr. 3 All on the big screen in Rudder Auditorium. 9:30pm A lONt WAJHHO* S£AJfCMING KX MIS DtSTINV A TWIBf Of IOSI CHIUMfU VWUTINGfOf AHK I IN A WOtUD BAmiNG IO SUfiVTVl THEY FACE A WOMAN WURMlWp roWU ' 7:30 pm Full-Con Passes Student - $8.50 Non-student - $ 13 One-Day Passes Student - $4.50 Non-student -$5.50 Last Show Passes -$2 THE WORD IS OUT! “ROAD WARRIOR" IS A HIT) “Apocalypse... ROW! Exhilarating entertainment." "A sinsatioml slim-bang end-ol io p the worlo picture." "A smashing good time at the movies.. A sizzler... George Miller and company have pulled off a winner." "A final pursuit sequence as breathtaking as the big chase in 'Raiders ol the Lost Ark'" FrL, Apr. 4 Ol)Acc<ti)T&*£p TK Tl'KI.S * 7:30pm V71w It’s til Writers Rof’er Beaumont Edward Bryant Lillian Stewart Carl loseph Delaney Steven Could Rory Harper Al Jackson George Alec Effinger | Joe Lansdale Ardath Mayhar Henry Melton Warren Norwood Lewis Shiner 11:30pm 9:30 Artists Brad Foster I Fanny Gillies I Fell I larris Re.il Musgr.ive I Fi mg l’iliter A RALPH BAKSHI FILM \ WIZARDS Call 845-1234 or 845-1515 for more info. TO)ter re Bie poll Eon day ■f the ■ty coin I The i B 7 p.n ■gistral Bid ind aie Join Also • Ringc • Make • Issue: • Place Fantastic Animation festival THE GREATEST COLLECTION OF ANIMATED FILMS IN THE WORF NOFMOF © [pc Sat., Apr. 5 9:45pm 12 mid An affectionate masterpiece. This is Spielberg's finest, most satisfying movie yet. Funny, touching, exhilarating, irresistible. A movie for all ages.” SKvmax 7=30 pm Guest of Honor: George R.R. Martin Artist Guest of Honor: Frank Kelly Freas Special Guest: Orson Scott Card Media Guest: Kerry O’Quinn Toastmaster: Howard Waldrop There will be a special showing of COCOON Sun., Apr.6 at 2 pm. Cost is $2. The profit will be donated to Twin Cities Mission. aptist Friday, April 4 AggieCon 17 Schedule Highlights: j§ Thursday, April 3 4:00 pm: Opening Ceremonies — MSC Opening Walkway 6:00 pm: Panel: “Advice for Beginning Au thors” (Gould, Beaumont, Carl) — 212 MSC 7:00 pm: Panel: “Zen, Fen and Quantum Mechanics’’ (Melton, Shiner, Gould, Norwood, Smith,?) — 212 MSC 8:00 pm: Film: Godzilla vs. Megalon — 206 MSC 9:00 pm: Panel: “Sex in Science Friction” (Carl, Martin, Card, Harper, Freas) — 212 MSC 10:00 am: Panel: “Writers of the Pulpy Page (Bryant, Card, Gould, Norwood, Beaumont) — 212 MSC Hoon: Orson Scott Card Address — 212 MSC 1:00 pm: Panel: “How to Get An Agent” (De laney, Carl, Shiner, Bryant, Neigh bors) — 212 MSC 8:30 pm: Frank Kelly Freas Address — 212 MSC 4:00 pm: Autograph Session — Serpentine Lounge (Phred) 6:00 pm: Becky Matthews’ “Let’s Make a Deal” — 201 MSC 7:00 pm: Masquerade & Play “The Four Dwarves” by Cat Boxe Theatre — MSC Main Lounge 9:00 pm: The Quest (Lovecraftian; $3 reg. fee, pay in Headquarters— TAMU campus The Steve & Rory Show — 212 MSC Slide Show: Real Musgrave — 231 MSC Party. Cartoon Fantasy Organiza tion — 145 MSC 10:30 pm: Sockhop — 230 <Sf 231 MSC 11:00 pm: Steve Gould’s “Name That Sound Effect” — 212 MSC & Art Show _ Dealers' Room Parties & Gaming Halley's Comet Watch Hall Costume Contest Saturday, April 5 0 10:00 am: Panel: “Magic: Ritual, Ceremonial or Spur of the Moment" (Mayhar, Card, Melton) — 212 MSC Artist Workshop: “How to Market Your Work or Where do I go from here?” (Musgrave, Freas, Foster, Potter, Gillies, Harris) — 229 & 230 MSC 11:00 am: Cat Boxe Theatre — Rudder Foun tain 11:30 am: Panel: “Tragedy in Science Fiction” (Gould, Delaney, Card, Waldrop, Carl, Shiner, Bryant) — 212 MSC Noon: SCA Fighting Demo — Rudder Fountain 1:00 pm: George R.R. Martin Address — 212 MSC 8:30 pm: Star Trek III Seminar “How to Run a Fan Club” & Slides from Star Trek IV— 401 Rudder Saturday 8:00 pm: Banquet (Renaissance style, ticl ets in Box Office for $11)—201 MSC 6:00 pm: “Beat the Klingons: Star Trek Tri via Game” — 206 MSC 7:00 pm: Secular Humanism MeeUivg—401 Rudder ( J Party: Star Trek III — 145 MSC 8:00 pm: Auction — 212 MSC 9:00 pm: Party: League of Lectroids forj Lizardo — 145 MSC 10:30 pm: Steve Gould’s Dancerama —230S Rhus: WA5 231 MSC Sunday, April 6 Demo: Melea Fisher ■ ias 10:00 am: Costume 231 MSC 11:00 am: Panel Card, Foster, Fisher) — 212 MSC Costume Demo — 231 MSC SCA Dance Demo ^perie COlllini: IN an ®ace s Bun ro r^> Fanzines” (Musgrave, Freas, Wagner, ^ lr >ry ■com SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND FUNi f* 10 sai Cat Boxe Theatre [One co Main Lounge F on t] SCA Training Demo — RudderL ^ le D Bur-m Fountain * e Panel: “The Gallery Artist vs. the pot ( n( Illustrator” (Musgrave, Foster, Bboos Gillies, Freas, Potter) — 230S’231 ■cr w] MSC l^d< i he /