The Planet Loscon Station Æry
Vol. 29, Issue 6 ---- Sunday, December 1, 2002
Not creating a disturbance, merely improving one!
Warm Body Count: 1308 as of Sunday afternoon; metabolically challenged: 1.

   

A Mystery Solved!

  Carmen Miranda's Ghost
  is haunting Space Station Loscon,
  Half the staff has seen her,
  even Tadao the "boss-mon,"
  And if you think we've had too much
  of Cookie's homemade rum,
  Just tell me where those basket hats
  of fruit keep coming from.
. . . . . . . .
  Carmen Miranda's ghost
  is haunting Planet Loscon's station,
  But the fresh fruit that she leaves us,
  earn her all our admiration,
  But we wonder what it has to mean
  for fandom far and near,
  That ghosts of those we thought mundane
  have come to party here.
   

 

AND NOW, OUR SPONSOR

    Loscon 29, just like so many other Loscons, has been a production of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS), this world's oldest continuously-active science fiction club.   Visitors are always welcome at our weekly meetings, held Thurdsay nights at 8:00 PM, at our clubhouse at 11513 Burbank Blvd, North Hollywood, CA.

Look for more information on the web at www.lasfs.org.

ISSUE # 7 DEADLINE

    The news zine editors for Loscon 30 are Ed Green and Liz Mortensen. Anyone with news that needs to appear in the news zine during the convention are encouraged to e-mail them with these items.

GREAT SCOTT!

    Heather Stern wishes to thank Scott Beckstead for his help with technical support in the filk lounge.

  
 

THANKS!

    Eylat Poliner would like to thank Tom Safer for his generosity and help, and Anna Safer, Chandis Williamson, Mark Poliner, Fred Lazelle, Chris Marble, Allison Haft, Pearl Newton, Mike (unknown last name) and Rosie McKellep for all of their help and kindness for making things happen.

    Eylat also wants to thank Bill Ellern and Anne Morrell for their gifts.   Thanks also to the kind people who donated supplies.

    The producers of the Con Suite wish to thank the following people for their fabulous help: Sundance Bekinnie, Rosie McKellep, Cindi Cabal, Regina Reynate, Alison and Jim, Andy Prescot, Tony Young, Todd Allis, Chaos and Barbara for her perseverance to make sure that there was always fresh coffee!
    -- Foodmaster Lynx

    The editor of the Planet Loscon Station Æry wishes to thank Dr. Arizona of the many hall costumes for her able assistance with the news zine, Jonathan Holt for help in distribution, Chaos for distributing the news zine and providing party reviews, and all who worked and attended Loscon #29, without whom there would have been no news to report!

AWARDS GIVEN

Evans-Freehafer:     Mike Donahue
Forry:     Forrest J Ackerman
Rotsler:     Kurt Erichson
Pillar of the LASFS:     Bruce Pelz

Kudos, and thanks for all your support to the fannish community!

  
 

ART SHOW AWARDS

Body of WorkNene Thomas
Best Non-Traditional Medium 
"A Night Out on the Reef"M.J. Jewell
Best in Show 
"The Jungle"William Hodgson
Most Fun 
"Outta Here"Selina Phanara
Most Unique 
"Green"San Le
Most Beautiful 
"Dancing Dragon"Theresa Mather

ART CONTEST

    Congratulations to Therri Moore for winning the art contest, with her bookmark in space! (see it on the back here and on future LASFS bookmarks)

NEWS FLASH

    The Planet Loscon Chronopathy Defense Force (CDF) reports that the space-time continuum breach responsible for the appearance of the "issue #6 deadline" item in V29#3 is now completely erased, thanks to the application of space-time continuum bleach.
      -- Bill Laubenhermer (Badge #1630)

NICHELLE NICHOLS

    The Planet Loscon Station Æry hears that Nichelle Nichols thoroughly enjoyed her experience with the convention, and found it full of people who are both fun and interesting.
    Maybe she'll think about having some more interesting fun next year?

  
 

MASQUERADE WINNERS

Novice Class

Dori Sahgion -- "Little Goth Riding Hood"
- Honorable Mention, Attitude Not Needing Adjustment
Thomas Benson -- "Bubble Stunt Double"
- Honorable Mention, Humor
Rocky Mountain & Liza Neville-Olson -- "Beast"
- Honorable Mention, Best Dressed Beast
Brandy Brooks -- "Lady Lara Croft"
- Best Recreation Novice
("Happy Birthday, Brandy!")
Kim Bergdahl, Colleen Crosby, Steffnee Peterman, Maria Rodriguez -- "Can-Can Girls"
- Best Novice

Junior Class

Samantha Briant -- "Samantha"
- Best Junior Extra-terrestrial
Samantha Dane -- "Fall Fairy"
- Most Beautiful Junior
Sauren Sevigny -- "Senator Amidala"
- Best Junior Recreation
Jennifer Sevigny -- "Sailor Mini-Moon Rini"
- Best Junior

Master Class

Adam Dienhart, Kim Leigh, Greg Dienhart, Amy Dienhart, Jay Smith -- "Jedi Fashion Show"
- Most Spontaneous
Queldars Pickett -- "Maxine"
- Mr. Blackwell's Worst Nightmare
Kate Morgenstern -- "The Hostess"
- Most Gracious, with Recognition for Technical Detail
Zelda Gilbert -- "Splendor of Autumn"
- Most Beautiful
Calvin Cotton -- "D'rizzt Tarik - Drow Warrior"
- Best in Show

  Congratulations to Calvin Cotton, winner of the membership at Costume College!
  Congratulations to all the other winners and honorable mentions!
  Thanks to all who entered the Masquerade, to all who sat as judges, and to John Hertz, Master of Ceremonies, in spite of his interminable story.   (And thanks to Jess, who dropped off the list of winners.)

  
 
 
 

HALL COSTUMES

On the last day of the Loscon 29 the following costume awards were given out:
Raven O'Neil"Sexy Robot"
John Arruda"A Dark & Brooding Spiderman"
Kristine Cherry"Plum"
Mark Antony"Wizard - Almost Incognito"
Britann Anthony"Cape 1"
Sterling Morris"Cape 2"
Grant Anthony"Cape 3"
Sherice Hamlin"Lestat"
Qeldas Pickett"Patchwork Girl"
Christine Rogers"Angel of Death"
Rebecca Turtledove"Mad Maudline"
Jonnal Lyhn Hall"Corsair (Shanghi-er of Men)"
Greg Bilan"Slytherin Wizard"
Rebecca Foss"Fairy"
Shannah Linker"Shadowcat"
Peggy Little"Basic Black"
Zed Null"Drug Pusher (Prozak)"
Chain"Chain"
and
Tadao Tomomatsu
"Best Imitation of a Harrassed Con Chairman"

Approximately 130 Hall Costume Awards were given out this year.   This is up from 35 last year.   Some of them were truly incredible!   Our program to get fans into costume is becoming successful!   Next year we hope to have a two level system in place: "Hall Costume Awards" and a new, as yet un-named category of Fan-Tan-Tastic Hall Costume Award.   Would you like to name the category?   Send your suggestions to:


Loscon29.hallcostumes@loscon.org

(Oh my, there for a minute I thought we didn't have an address.   It is certainly well hidden.)   We'll think of something to give to the best suggestion.   Maybe next year we can get to 20% participants in costume...
See you (in a Hall Costume) next year!

-- A Hogwarts Professor

OVERHEARD

"With costumes that small, she can pack a lot of them into her carry-on!"

  

The Planet Loscon Station Æry is the daily news zine for Loscon 29. The News zine office is in room 366. Editor-in-Chief: Karl Lembke. He can be contacted by room phone, or leaving a message in Con Ops or in any of the news drop points. Chief Editor and Expurgator: Dr. Susan Gleason. Distribution Crew and News Gophers: Jonathan Holt. Chief Kibbitzer, Tom Galloway. The Station Æry is published twice daily Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday morning. There will be a post-mortem wrap-up issue published Sunday evening. Drop off a SASE with Karl to receive a copy. Entire newsletter ©2002 by the news staff. Individual articles and clippings © by their authors.


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