Tuckercon, also known as Archon31, was the ninth North American Science Fiction Convention, held in Collinsville, Illinois, on August 2–5, 2007, at the Gateway Center and Collinsville Holiday Inn. Collinsville is just across the Mississippi River from St Louis, Missouri. This NASFiC was held because Yokohama, Japan, was selected as the location for the 2007 Worldcon.
Tuckercon was dedicated to the memory of Wilson "Bob" Tucker. The convention is also 31st in the series of St. Louis-area conventions known as Archon.
Guests of honor Barry & Sally Childs-Helton, Filk Bill Corbett, Media Elizabeth Covey, Costuming James Ernest of Cheapass Games, Gaming Barbara Hambly, Featured Richard Hatch, Last-Minute Special Nancy "Cleo" Hathaway, Fan Vic Milan, Masquerade MC Kevin Murphy, Media Darrell K. Sweet, Artist Roger Tener, Toastmaster Lani Tupu, Media/Workshop
Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett replaced Media guest Mira Furlan who was unable to attend.
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Site selection After "Nippon in 2007" was selected over the Columbus, Ohio bid as the World Science Fiction Convention to be held in 2007 (as "Nippon 2007" in The Hague), the WSFS Business Meeting directed that a written ballot election be held at Cascadia Con, the then-upcoming 2005 NASFiC in Seattle, Washington, to select a NASFiC site for 2007. The St. Louis bid, originally unopposed, defeated a write-in campaign by a San Jose, California bid with 111 of the 161 votes cast.
Committee Co-Chair: Steve Norris Co-Chair: Michelle Zellich Art Show: Susan Bolhafner Charity & Other Auctions: Mike Hatley Children's Programming: Steve Bolhafner Dealers Room: Jill Lybarger Filking: Gary Hanak Gaming: Jon Bancroft Hospitality Room: Dennis Kleine Logistics: Sean Sendlein Masquerade: Sheila Lenkman, Scott Corwin Program Book & Progress Reports: John Sies Programming: Michelle Zellich Registration: Maureen Davis Special Events: John Mitchell Treasurer: Lucinda Gille-Rowley Video Rooms: David Schuey Volunteers: Jason Halbert Webmaster: Rich Zellich
Events The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were presented to Gardner Dozois for his story "Counterfactual" and to Charles Stross for the first three novels in his The Merchant Princes series.
Notable program participants Robin Wayne Bailey, Peter S. Beagle, Peter Bradley, Rachel Caine, Eric Flint, Laurell K. Hamilton, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Lee Martindale, Jack McDevitt, Elizabeth Moon, Jody Lynn Nye, Hank Reinhardt, Selina Rosen, Steven H Silver, The Great Luke Ski, Tom Smith, Toni Weisskopf, Gene Wolfe
See also World Science Fiction Society
References
External links Tuckercon/Archon31 website NASFiC Official Site