2015 Oct. 2-4, 2015 – Archon, St . Louis Oct. 23, 2015 – MCC-Longview Literary Festival 2016 May 27-29, 2016 – ConQuesT, Kansas City June 24-26, 2016 – SoonerCon, Oklahoma City August 17–21, 2016 – MidAmeriCon II, The 74th World Con, Kansas City September 30-October 2, 2016 – Archon, St. Louis
Archon is one of my favorite science fiction conventions. This year, they brought one of my long-time favorite authors as special guest: Harlan Ellison. I discovered Ellison’s short stories in the late 1970s, when I was in high school. My first real-life encounter with the author was when the university booked him as a speaker. I convinced my mother to take me to see him. I was probably 15 at the time, and my little…
