Convention Schedule 2007

Another one of those "everyone else is doing it" moments. I am such a lemming.

Philcon (Philadelphia, PA)
November 17-19, 2006
This isn't technically 2007, but it hasn't happened yet.

Boskone (Boston, MA)
February 16-18
My first Boskone -- I used to go to Arisia (the other Boston convention), but I stopped for various reasons. (Arisia was a nice convention with great people, but it's not all that literary -- and it's also Boston in mid-January. Maybe mid-February will be slightly better.)

Lunacon (Rye Town, NY)
March 16-18
My hometown con; I've been going to Lunacon for a good ten years now. And it's back in the good hotel (the immortal Escher Hilton) for #50, so I hope things will finally work out for them this year.

Nebula Awards Weekend (New York City)
May 11-13
No one knows what will be nominated at this point, but, hey!, it's just downtown, so I'm sure I'll be there.

Readercon (Burlington, MA)
July 6-8
Another first-time con; I'd throttled back a lot when my boys were very little, and I'm adding more conventions back in now. I only hear good things about this.

NASFiC/Archon (St. Louis, MO)
August 2-5
This one is a bit tentative; the news so far isn't great. But it's extremely unlikely I could go to Yokohama (like so many other people), so this is the best substitute.

World Fantasy (Saratoga Springs, NY)
November 1-4
I'm already looking forward to it, and not just because I can drive to it. It should be full of pros, being so close to NYC, and WFC is when I can catch up with other editors.

Philcon (Philadelphia, PA)
sometime in November
I expect to go, since I've been going to Philcon almost as long as I've been going to Lunacon. But I'll have to see if the right-after-WFC timing knocks me out this year, or if the con ends up moving to Valley Forge or someplace like that.