Updated 18 February 1998
We are pleased to announce Gahan Wilson as the Guest of Honor for WFC98. Known largely for his cartoons and illustrations, Gahan Wilson is also a multi-talented writer, producing horror, mysteries and children's books.
Our Special Guest, writer and publisher Frank M. Robinson, is a collector of pulps, the inexpensive magazines of the mid-20th century that provided a venue for writers as diverse as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Dashiell Hammett, H.P. Lovecraft, C.L. Moore and Tennessee Williams. Frank will be sharing gems from his collection with us.
Toastmaster Richard A. Lupoff has also published a wide range of works: science fiction, fantasy, mystery, horror. As Ova Hamlet, he wrote a number of pastiches of genre fiction.
Doubletree 408-649-4511, $125 S/D, $135 T/Q; Marriott, $127 S/D/T/Q, 408-649-4234. The Marriot is the party hotel. Both hotels are adjacent to the downtown Monterey Convention Center; the hotels are connected by an indoor passage, and guests in one hotel can charge food and drinks in either hotel's restaurants and bars.
Another convention is booked into the Marriott starting Sunday night! Make reservations directly with the hotels - ask for the World Fantasy Convention rates.
Marriott: 1-408-646-4234. Reservations: 1-800-228-9290 or http://www.marriott.com/reservations.
Doubletree: 1-408-649-4511. Reservations: 1-8800-222-8733 or http://www.DoubleTreehotels.com/DoubleT/Home.htm.Suites: contact Hotel Liaison Bryan Barrett.
We are keeping the $100 membership rate until March 15, 1998. After that day, membership rates go up to $125. If you have already sent in the higher rate, you can either apply it to the banquet, or receive a refund at the convention. Contact the committee if you have questions.
Credit cards can be accepted only with prior arrangement. Again, contact the committee if you have questions.
The banquet and awards ceremony will be held on Sunday. We are finalizing the menus and trying to keep costs reasonable. Tentative banquet price is $35 (subject to change).
Send general questions, comments, problems, etc. to lindam@best.com.
WFC98 555 Bryant St. #552 Palo Alto, CA 94301
Published by World Fantasy Convention 98, a Committee of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc., a California Non-Profit Corporation recognized as tax-emept under IRS 501 (c)(3). Copyright 1998 by SFSFC, Inc., with all applicable rights reverting upon publication.