Cascadia Con was the eighth

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, held in

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, on September 1–5, 2005, at the Seattle Airport Hilton and Conference Center. This NASFiC was held because

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, was selected as the location for the 2005 Worldcon.

Guests of honor

Fred Saberhagen Fred Thomas Saberhagen (May 18, 1930 – June 29, 2007) was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his ''Berserker'' series of science fiction short stories and novels. Saberhagen also wrote a series of vampire novels in ...

, writer (unable to attend due to illness) *

Liz Danforth Elizabeth T. Danforth is an illustrator, editor, writer, and scenario designer for role-playing games and video games. She has worked in the game industry continuously since the mid 1970s. Early life and education She received her BA in Anthrop ...

, artist * Kevin Standlee, fan * Marc Abrahams, science * Toni Weisskopf, editor * Uffington Horse, special filk guest * Hiroaki Inoue, anime * Harry Harrison, special author guest (unable to attend due to illness)

Information

Events

* The first American showing of ''

Charlie Jade ''Charlie Jade'' is a science fiction television series filmed mainly in Cape Town, South Africa. It stars Jeffrey Pierce in the title role, as a detective from a parallel universe who finds himself trapped in our universe. This is a Canadian and ...

'' was presented at Cascadia Con by Jeffrey Pierce and Robert Wertheimer. * Trailers of '' Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles'' were first shown at Cascadia Con, presented by

Chase Masterson Chase Masterson (born Christianne Carafano on February 26, 1963) is an American actress, singer and producer best known for her role as Leeta on ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. She has appeared in the TV shows ''General Hospital'', ''Sliders'', ...

. * John and

Bjo Trimble Betty JoAnne Trimble (née Conway; born August 15, 1933), known as Bjo (, ), is an American science fiction fan and writer, initially entering fandom in the early 1950s. Introduction to fandom Trimble's introduction to science fiction fandom ...

, with Marah Searle-Kovacevic, hosted a wake for

James Doohan James Montgomery Doohan (; March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series ''Star Trek''. Doohan's characterization of the Scottish chief engineer of t ...

Heinlein Award

The Heinlein Award was presented by the Heinlein Society to

Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel ''Ringworld'' won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus, Ditmar Award, Ditmar, and Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula award ...

and

Jerry Pournelle Jerry Eugene Pournelle (; August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American scientist in the area of operations research and ergonomics, human factors research, a science fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the first bloggers. ...

Site selection

After the "UK in 2005" bid was selected, essentially unopposed, as the

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to be held in 2005 (as " Interaction" in Glasgow, Scotland, the WSFS Business Meeting directed that a written ballot election be held at , the 2003 Worldcon in

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, Canada, to select a NASFiC site for 2005. The Seattle bid won by "5 or 6" votes out of the roughly 400 cast. At Cascadia Con,

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won the vote for the 9th

in 2007. This is only the second time which a NASFiC site selection vote has been held at a NASFiC.

Notable program participants

* Marc Abrahams * Heather Alexander *

C. J. Cherryh Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award–winning novels '' Downbe ...

* Julie Czerneda * William C. Dietz *

Jane Fancher Jane Suzanne Fancher (born 1952) is a science fiction and fantasy author and artist. Work In the early 1980s, she worked for Warp Graphics as an art assistant on ''Elfquest'', providing inking assistance on the black and white comics and colorin ...

Sheila Finch Sheila Finch (born 29 October 1935) is an author of science fiction and fantasy. She is best known for her sequence of stories about the Guild of Xenolinguists. Biography Sheila Finch was born on 29 October 1935 in London, England. She attended ...

* Michael F. Flynn *

Robin Hobb Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (; born March 5, 1952), known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction. As Hobb, she is best known for her fantasy novels set in the ''Realm of the Elderlings'', ...

* Diana L. Paxson * John Pelan *

Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 4, 1960) is an American writer and editor. She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and mainstream. Rusch won the Hugo Award for Best Nove ...

* Stalking Cat *

Dan Woren Dan Woren is an American voice actor who is known for providing voice work for anime, television, and video games. His role was voicing Roy Fokker in the ''Robotech'' series in the 1980s. Other major voice roles include Jagi in ''Fist of the No ...

Tommy Yune Tommy Yune is a South Korean-born American comic book author who became known for his manga-style work on ''Speed Racer'', which was followed by a comic industry revival of classic anime shows such as ''Battle of the Planets'' and ''Robotech'' ...

Anthology

The anthology ''Northwest Passages'' was sponsored by Cascadia Con and released at the convention. It was published by Windstorm Creative and edited by Cris DiMarco. Over 950 authors submitted stories for this anthology, of which 25 were selected for publication.

Committee

Cascadia Con was held under the auspices of SWOC, the Seattle Westercon Organizing Committee. * Chair: Bobbie DuFault

Division heads

* Finance Vice-Chair: Susan Robinson * Administration Vice-Chair: Pat Porter * Facilities: Glenn Glazer * Operations: Marah Searle-Kovacevic, Cheryl Ferguson * Information Technology Systems: Jerry Gieseke * Membership Services: Dave Schaber * Hospitality: Jackie Sherry * Publications: Allyn Llyr * Programming: Alex von Thorn * Special Events: Michael Kemnir * Video/Film: Bruce E. Durocher II

Bid

* Bid Chair: Bobbie DuFault * Bid Vice-Chair: Alex von Thorn

References

External links

Official Site
(mirror?)
NASFiC Official Site

City of SeaTac, WA Official Site
{{NASFiC North American Science Fiction Convention Festivals in the Puget Sound region 2005 in the United States 2005 in Washington (state) Cascadia movement