Making Tracks to San Diego

Volume 1, Issue 0	Conzilla ~ Westercon 59	Marriott Mission Valley
Summer 2004	www.conzilla.info	July 1-4, 2006

Four great reasons to come to San Diego!

We worked hard to bring you four outstanding talents as our Guests of Honor. Each is special in their field and they all are looking forward to making Conzilla a well-rounded convention.

Guest of Honor – Walter Jon Williams is a "science fiction and fantasy writer, scuba fiend, kenpo maven, and fantasy iron chef." He lives with his wife Kathleen Hedges on an old Spanish land grant in the high desert of New Mexico, and is the author of nineteen novels and two collections of shorter works. After an early career as a historical novelist, he switched to science fiction. His first novel to attract serious public attention was Hardwired (1986), described by Roger Zelazny as "a tough, sleek juggernaut of a story, punctuated by strobe–light movements, coursing to the wail of jets and the twang of steel guitars." In 2001 he won a Nebula Award for his novelette, "Daddy's World."
http://www.thuntek.net/~walter/

Artist Guest – Bob Eggleton is a successful science fiction, fantasy and landscape artist. Winner of 7 Hugo Awards and 11 Chesley Awards, his art can be seen on covers of magazines and books. He has also worked as a conceptual illustrator for movies and thrill rides. Of late, Bob has worked doing more private commissions and self commissioned work. He has been elected as a Fellow of The International Association of Astronomical Artists (FIAAA), and is a Fellow of The New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA). His work has appeared on professional publications and books in the world of SF, Fantasy & Horror across the world.
http://www.bobeggleton.com/

Fan Guest – Bobbi Armbruster is a Conventioneer usually found negotiating with hotels and facilities for Worldcons. She is a Founding director and former chair of the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests (SCIFI). As a professional event planner who has worked with most recent Worldcons, Bobbi is often behind the scenes, to secure excellent venues. Bobbi's an avid sports fan, with an affinity for Port.

Toastmaster – Kevin J. Anderson has written 30 national or international bestsellers in 29 languages, holds the Guinness World Record for largest book signing, and just sold 14 books in the space of two months. He had the best paperback SF novel of 1995 by Locus magazine (CLIMBING OLYMPUS), one Nebula nomination (ASSEMBLERS OF INFINITY) and one Bram Stoker nomination (RESURRECTION, INC.).
http://www.wordfire.com/

Conzilla ~ Westercon 59 PO Box 845 Ramona, CA 92065-0845
San Diego Science Fiction Conventions, Inc., a California non-profit public benefit corporation.
'Westercon' is a registered service mark of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, Inc.

Membership and Conversions Rates

So, you want to know how much it will cost you to become a member of Conzilla?
We've worked hard at simplifying the process.

Presupported (any level)	Voted	Membership Type	Cost	Presupported (any level)	Voted	Membership Type	Cost
No	Yes	Supporting	$0.00	Yes	Yes	Attending	$0.00
No	Yes	Attending	$20.00	Yes	No	Supporting	$20.00
No	No	Supporting	$30.00	Yes	No	Attending	$35.00
No	No	Attending	$45.00

Conversions expire on December 31, 2004

Where you will be staying

Sandra Childress
Facilities Division Head, Hotel Liaison

Our location is the beautiful San Diego Marriott Mission Valley located at 8757 Rio San Diego Drive San Diego, CA 92108 USA; Phone: 619-692-3800 www.marriott.com Room rate is $139 s/d/t/q.

Please call the hotel directly and use Westercon for your booking code. If you expect to host a party, please make sure that you ask for the Party Floor. We will be working closely with the hotel to make sure to accommodate all party hosts. If you are looking for a Suite to host a party, please contact us directly at: facilities@conzilla.info.

For those of you who may remember the previous Westercon at this hotel, we are please to let you know that all function space has been named in our contract. Additionally, what became known as The Tent is now a permanent structure with air conditioning and is sound proofed.

And for all attendees, parking (normally $10 a day) will be free!

Conzilla
Westercon 59
PO Box 845
Ramona, CA 92065-0845

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