Greetings from theReadercon Committee

Welcome to another extraordinary Readercon!Our committee has worked hard to put togetheranother fine weekend that celebrates imaginativeliterature of all kinds. This year we honor anunprecedented three guests - Hal Clement, RudyRucker, and Howard Waldrop; plus our memorialGuest of Honor, R. A. Lafferty. We are taking arest in 2004, so this is the last Readercon fixavailable in legal form until 2005!

Julianne Chatelaine & Amy West, Co-Chairs.

Readercon 15Readercon 15Readercon 15Readercon 15Readercon 15July 11 - 13, 2003July 11 - 13, 2003July 11 - 13, 2003July 11 - 13, 2003July 11 - 13, 2003

Boston Marriott BurlingtonBurlington, Massachusetts

PROGRESS REPORT 2

It's easy to take Hal Clement for granted. We seehim at so many conventions, where he's alwaysso approachable. His earliest books have beenaround for a while now. Hehas that greatest-generationhabit of understatementabout his accomplishments.Perhaps we tag him "great,hard-SF writer" and moveon. Well, Hal certainly is ter-rific at hard SF, among thebest of those who havetaken up that part of thewriter's trade. How many fic-tion writers need to considerthe possibility of being

proven wrong, with mathematical precision? That'snot a challenge to be taken for granted, and Halmeets it with rigorous scientific extrapolation,closely tied to current laboratory science. Seeinghis unique skill at that is quite enough for many ofus. But even if he were writing epic fantasy, hewould be a fine writer, fluent in the use of under-statement, asking his readers to think for them-selves. See his recent Half Life, and think howother writers would have presented those charac-ters. At an age when most writers are retired, Halis still writing, and always improving his craft.There's much more to say about Hal than just "hardSF," and this year Readercon will not take any of itfor granted.

Michael Matthew

Hal ClementGuest of Honor Rudy Rucker

Guest of Honor

As a writer Rudy Rucker has many dimensions.There is no simple three-dimensional genre boxto place him neatly into. His writing is witty, weird,brilliant and mind-dazzling all at once. You mayhave been introduced to Rudy’s work at the verybeginning with his first science fiction novel,Spacetime Donuts. Or perhaps it was not until hiscyberpunk (e. g. Wetware, Software - both of whichwon the Philip K.Dick Award) or his “transreal” nov-els (e. g. White Light, The Sex Sphere) of the 1980’sthat you walked home from a convention or a book-store with your first Rudy Rucker novel tuckedneatly under your arm. Maybe you’re not quite asold (or as quick) as some of us and only stumbledupon the author’s imaginative literature in the

Howard WaldropGuest of Honor

R. A. LaffertyMemorial Guest of Honor

1990’s (e. g. Hacker and theAnts, Freeware) or the 21stcentury (e. g. Spaceland,Realware). As Rudy is alsoa mathematician, computerscientist, and professor, it isentirely possible that youmay have met him throughsome of his nonfiction work;such as: The Fourth Dimen-sion, Seek!, Infinity and theMind or Software Engineer-ing and Computer Games. Whether you are alreadyfamiliar with Rudy Rucker’s extraordinary literatureor are in need of an introduction, Readercon thisJuly is the place to be.

Did I mention you may have run across his newhistorical fiction novel about the Flemish artist Pe-ter Bruegel if you were wandering other parts ofthe bookstore?

Lois Powers

Modern science fiction seems dominated by nov-els, and ever-longer ones at that. Readercon re-

members that the progressof the field was once nearlysynonymous with fiction atshorter lengths, and thatmany writers built their ca-reers on short stories. Somebrave writers still do, and weare delighted to have onewith us this summer. HowardWaldrop is known for takingyears to craft his exquisitestories. They are original to adegree rare in his peers, and

formidably researched, with background detailworthy of a novel. Whether tracing the alternatehistory of airpower in the Civil and Indian Wars, orthe possible survival of the dodo, or the fate of onewho loves the cinema too well, Waldrop brings usstories no one could improve upon. We're eagerlyanticipating this chance to consider the vital roleshort fiction - and Howard Waldrop - play in SFtoday.

Michael Matthew

Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (1914-2002) livedmost of his life in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He didn't startwriting until he was in his 40s, producing much ofhis work after he retired from his career as "a cor-respondence school electrical engineer." His firstpublished SF story was "Day of the Glacier" (1960),and he went on to write more than 200 short sto-ries and more than 20 novels, including Past Mas-ter (1968), Space Chantey(1968), and Okla Hannali(1972), a non-genre novel about the Trail of Tears.His short story "Eurema's Dam" tied for the 1973Hugo Award. He also received the World FantasyLifetime Achievement Award in 1990, and theCordwainer Smith Foundation "Rediscovery"Award in 2002.

Lafferty's legendary eccentricity extendedto his personal life. He never learned to drive. Healways wrote on a manual typewriter, which wasn'tquite as unusual as it seems today since he unfor-tunately retired from writing in the 1980s due to hisfirst stroke.

All good writers have distinct voices, butLafferty was unique. In an obituary for the Wash-ington Post, Neil Gaiman said that Lafferty "wasundoubtedly the finest writer of whatever it was thathe did that ever there was." And he was probablythe best at what he did that ever will be.

Ellen Brody

Tentative Schedule

Friday Saturday Sunday

Registration 2 pm - 9 pm 9 am - 6 pm 9 am - 1 pm

Program 3 pm to mid 10 am - mid 10 am - 4 pm

Bookshop 4 pm -7 pm 10 am - 6 pm 10 am - 2 pm

Con Suite 3 pm - 9 pm 9 am - mid 9 am - 2 pm

Special Events

Schmooze with your favorite authors, editors,critics and other pros AND create recombinantliterature at our Meet the Pros(e) Party onFriday night.

On Saturday night experience the latest editionof the wild, witty and renowned Kirk PolandMemorial Bad Prose Competition. Who canforget such past gems as “Bambi pranced...”This year be part of the audience that will beatthe pros!

About the Program

The heart of Readercon is the program. Watchour Web site, http://www.readercon.org/ forupdates to our “Who’s Coming” list and descrip-tions of program items. A complete schedulewill be posted in the week before the conven-tion.

The program consists of 2 main tracks ofpanels, a couple of mini-tracks, readings,kaffeeklatsches, Chautauquas, and interviewswith the Guests of Honor. We plan to startprogramming around 4pm on Friday, and endat midnight. Our annual Meet the Pros(e) partywill start around 9pm.

On Saturday, we'll start around 10am and runtwo main tracks, two discussion tracks, and twotracks of readings until mid-afternoon. Then wewill hold our Guest of Honor interviews andhave a break for dinner. We’ll finish Saturdaywith the Kirk Poland Memorial Bad ProseCompetition.

Sunday will start at around 10am, and have twotracks of programming, two tracks of discus-sions, and two tracks of readings until we shutthings down at 3pm. Come to the gripe sessionat 4pm and let us know what you thought ofReadercon.

Tiptree Bake Sale

Much of the money funding the Tiptree award israised at bake sales at conventions around thecountry, and for the past few years we have hadone of the most productive. Come prepared withbaked goods and/or healthy appetites! This yearlook for the bake sale in the Bookshop.

Writers' Workshop

David Alexander Smith will once again lead awriters' workshop for amateurs and new pros onSunday morning. To enroll, submit up to 7,500words of fiction (a self-contained short story,chapters from a novel, or an outline) by June 27directly to David at: 112 Avon Hill St., Cambridge,MA 02140 (USA). For more information, callDavid at 617-338-9484 x215, e-mail him at<dsmith@recapadvisors.com>, or write to him atthe above address.

Bookshop

The Bookshop is our dealers' room. Expect aintoxicating selection of literature - new andused books and magazines from small and largepublishers. Help jumpstart the economy; buy atthe Readercon bookshop! The autographingsessions will be held here and we'll also have aReadercon Café set up in the Bookshop for theTiptree Bake Sale.

Policies

* No smoking in programming areas or theBookshop.* Only service animals in convention areas.* No weapons in convention areas.* Young children who are always with an adultare admitted free; young adults attending pro-gramming on their own need a membership.

Books pictured on pages 1 & 2 are: Noise by HalClement (Tor, forthcoming Fall 2003); Spaceland byRudy Rucker (Tor, 2002) and Custer’s Last Jumpand Other Collaborations by Howard Waldrop(Golden Gryphon, 2003).

Readerkids!Children at Readercon

Welcome to returning and first time ReaderKids!We will be offering our children's program againthis year! Thank you for all your suggestions andfeedback.

ReaderKids will offer boring-panel-free, super-vised playtime for kids ages 4 to 10 during whichtheir parents can enjoy their panels. The childrenwill entertain themselves with various activitiesincluding games, construction toys, drawing andcoloring, making crafts, and socializing.

The program will run two sessions on Saturdayonly. Each session will last about two hours, onefrom 9:45am until 12:00pm, the other from1:45pm until 4:00pm. (Yes, we know you wouldlike more coverage, but we were unable toextend the hours this year. Rest assured, it ishigh on our priority list!) Cost is $10 per sessionper child.

Bathroom-independent children ages 4 through12 years may participate. Parents of children onthe borders of age, or bathroom independence,or with other special circumstances, who areinterested in our program may contact LouiseWaugh at <Louise@readercon.org>, or at the

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convention prior to the first ReaderKids program.

Supervising the children will be two adults, bothexperienced childcare providers, who have caredfor children, preschool through 6th grade, forover ten years.

To participate:* Go to Registration to buy a one-session coupon($10) for each session that each child will attend.You will also receive a colorful wristband.* Write your name (and/or the name of whoeverwill be responsible for this child during the con)on the wristband.* Bring the registered, wristband-wearing child tothe room number listed on the coupon.* Check in with the adults in the room and leaveyour contact information (pager, cell phone, etc.)* Say good-bye, enjoy your panels, and return ontime to pick up your ReaderKid.

For reasons of safety, children participating inReaderKids:* Must be delivered by a parent or other adult(age 18 and up)* May not leave ReaderKids unless accompaniedby an authorized adult

Who Else is ComingLisa A. Barnett, Jeanne Beckwith, Judith Berman, Mark Bernstein, Richard Bowes, Michael A.

Burstein, James L. Cambias, Jeffrey A. Carver, Jeanne M. Cavelos, Michael Cisco, JohnClute,Glen Cook, John Costello, F. Brett Cox, Don D'Ammassa, Ellen Datlow, Paul Di Filippo,

Debra Doyle,Thomas A. Easton,Scott Edelman, Kurt Engfehr, Gregory Feeley, Heinz Insu Fenkl,Carl Frederick,Jim Freund, Craig Shaw Gardner, James Alan Gardner, Greer Gilman, Adam

Golaski, Glenn Grant, Geary Gravel, Leigh Grossman, Andrea Hairston, Elizabeth Hand, NancyC. Hanger, David G. Hartwell, Daniel Hatch, Jeff Hecht, Connie Hirsch, James J. Hughes, AlineBoucher Kaplan, Diane A. Kelly, John Kessel, Rosemary Kirstein, John Klima, Lissanne Lake,

John Langan, Fred Lerner, Paul Levinson, Ernest Lilley, Barry B. Longyear, James D.Macdonald, Barry N. Malzberg, Laurie J. Marks, Terry McGarry, Farah Mendlesohn, Ed Yves

Meynard, Thomas Monteleone, James Morrow, Resa Nelson, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, TeresaNielsen Hayden, Patrick O'Leary, Gene O'Neill, Jeff Paris, Daniel Pearlman, Lawrence Person,Ursula Pflug, Andrew I. Porter, Elspeth Potter, Kit Reed, Katya Reimann, Faye Ringel, Steven

Sawicki, Darrell Schweitzer, Delia Sherman,William Shunn, Diana Reed Slattery, DavidAlexander Smith, Sarah Smith, Wen Spencer, Allen Steele, Ian Randal Strock, Cecilia Tan,Shane Tourtellotte, Gordon Van Gelder, Peter Watts, Andrew Weiner, Robert Wexler, Gene

Wolfe, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Joey Zone...and more!

Hotel

The Boston Marriott Burlington will be hosting us for thefourth time this year. Guest rooms are $97 per night (plustax) for single to quad. Call 781-229-6565 by June 19 toreserve your room. Be sure to mention Readercon so thatyou get the discounted rate. Act soon - June 19 is thecutoff date!

How to Get There

The Burlington Marriott is northwest of Boston, at the in-tersection of Route 3A and Burlington Mall Road, right offof I-95/128 at exit 33B (Route 3A North). With over 15restaurants of all kinds and the Burlington Mall within amile, you don't need a car in order to get decent food ormeet random personal needs. The Marriott has plenty offree parking.

By Car, from the South or West:Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) east towards Bos-ton. Take exit 14 and follow the signs for I-95/128 North.Continue with the "Northbound on I-95/128" directions be-low.

By Car, from the North:Take Route 3 South towards Boston. At the junction ofRoute 3 and I-95/128, take I-95/128 North. Follow the"Northbound on I-95/128" directions below.OR take I-93 South to the I-95/128 South exit (Exit 37A).Follow the "Southbound on I-95/128" directions below.

By Car, from Boston:Take I-90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike) West towardsNewton/Waltham to exit 15. Take I-95/128 North. Continuewith the "Northbound on I-95/128" directions below.OR for the scenic route, take either Route 2 or 2A to Route3 North to Burlington. After passing under I-95, turn left atthe traffic light. The hotel will be on your left.

Northbound on I-95/128:Take exit 33B (for Route 3A North), which is the secondexit past the compound exit for the Lowell Connector andMiddlesex Turnpike, where the traffic from Rte. 3 Southmerges in.

At the end of the ramp, merge quickly across to the farleft, and make a left onto Burlington Mall Road at the firsttraffic light. Turn left at the first traffic light to enter theMarriott's parking lot.

Southbound on I-95/128:Take exit 33B (for Route 3A North). Go straight throughthe light at the end of the exit ramp, onto Burlington MallRoad. Turn left at the first traffic light to enter the Marriott'sparking lot.

By Air, via Logan Airport:Shared van services from Logan are available fromAirporter (877-899-6161, $28 for 1 passenger, $8 eachadditional) and Flightline (800-245-2525, $32 for 1 pas-senger, $44 for 2 or 3, $58 for 4). It is a good idea tocontact them in advance and make a reservation.

Taxi fare from Logan to the hotel is $50 to $60. You'llfind the taxi stands on the Baggage Claim level.

You can take mass transit from the airport all the wayto the Marriott, but you'll have to take a combination ofbuses and subway trains. This will cost you less than$7, but may take as long as 2 hours. Take the #22 or#33 free Massport shuttle bus to the T station. For thefastest connections, take the subway Blue Line inboundto Government Center and change to the Green Line.Go one stop on the Green Line to Park Street and thenchange to the Red Line outbound to Alewife station.Continue with the "By Mass Transit" directions below.

If you decide to rent a car, ask for directions to the Mas-sachusetts Turnpike from your rental pickup spot. (Thiswill probably involve a tunnel of some sort, but whichone may vary based on location, time of day, and statusof the Big Dig.) Then follow the "By car, from Boston"directions above.

Directions to and from Logan and information aboutshuttles, taxis, and rental cars can be found at Logan'sWeb site or by phone at 800-23-LOGAN.

By Air, via Hanscom Field:Shuttle America and US Airways have commercial flightsto and from Bedford's Hanscom, a small regional airportnot far from the hotel. We recommend using a taxi to getbetween Hanscom and the hotel. You will most likelyhave to call for a taxi upon arrival. More info is found atHanscom's Web site:http://www.massport.com/airports/hansc.html.

By Train and Bus, via South Station:Amtrak trains and Peter Pan and Greyhound buses comeinto South Station in Boston, which is also a T station onthe Red Line. Take the T outbound to Alewife. Continuewith the mass transit directions below.

By Mass Transit:Take the Red Line to the end at Alewife station. Changeto the #350 bus, which runs hourly (or a little better) ev-ery day during the con, from about 7am to about 10pm.Tell the driver that you want to get off at the Marriott,since the hotel may not be visible from the bus. Mostruns will drop you off in front of the hotel. You can pickup a bus schedule and route map at Alewife or on theMBTA's Web site. The pick-up spot is on Route 3A, onthe far side of Burlington Mall Road from the Marriott.Useful Web Sites: http://www.massport.com/logan/http://www.mbta.com/

How to Contact Us

You can e-mail us at <info@readercon.org> or write tous at PO Box 38-1246, Cambridge, MA 02238-1246.For updates and more details, such as past programs,check our Web site: http://www.readercon.org.

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Check or money order in US dollars only, payable to "Readercon". Readercon memberships are non-refundablebut fully transferable. CANADIANS please note: a Canada Post money order in US$ is optimal: we can cash thosefor no fee, so your membership rate is the same as in the USA. If you instead send a check or money order drawnon a Canadian bank, add US$5 to the rate above. Our bank charges us that to collect such items even thoughthey're denominated in US$.

Please don't send cash through the mail. Unfortunately we are not able to accept credit cards or to process pay-ments by e-mail at this time. Mail this to: READERCON PO BOX 38-1246 CAMBRIDGE, MA 02238-1246 USA

In Memoriam

Robert J. P. Ingria1952 - 2003

You will be missed.

The Readercon Committee

Parties

If you are planning to host a party at Readercon,first reserve your room with the hotel, and then youmust contact us at <amy@readercon.org> so thatwe can release a room on the party floor to you.Please ask about Parlor Suites and ExecutiveKings, which are larger than the other guestrooms.Parties held in non-party-floor rooms will be shutdown by the hotel. Open parties (parties with anopen invitation to all attendees and with an opendoor) may not serve alcohol. Closed parties (par-ties by invitation only and with a closed door) mustmake corkage arrangements with the hotel.

Volunteers

Readercon is run entirely by volunteers. We alwaysneed lots of help to keep things running smoothly.If you're new to conventions, volunteering is a greatway to meet people and have fun.

Besides the warm fuzzy feeling that comes frombeing useful, volunteers who work between one andsix hours are rewarded with special Readerconsouvenirs not available to the general public! Any-

one who works over 8 hours gets a free member-ship to next year's con.Let us know you're interested by sending email to<volunteer@readercon.org>, or check the relevantline on the membership reply form. There will bean informational meeting for all interested volun-teers at the con Friday evening.