Convergence (convention)

ATTRACTIONS

CONvergence is known for several annual, fan-run attractions including Cinema Rex (a couch and recliner-filled movie room), Theater Nippon (featuring Anime ), Connie's Space Lounge (a music and entertainment / club venue), COF2E2 (a coffee bar), and The Dorian Gray Memorial Literary Lounge (a reading/writing setting).

FORMER THEMES AND GUESTS OF HONOR

1999 - ''no theme - first year''

Forrest J. Ackerman - SF historian and collector

Pam Keesey - Author of Vamps! and other fiction

Harry Knowles - of Aint-It-Cool-News

Jay Knowles - of Aint-It-Cool-News

Gordon Purcell - Comic book artist

Gary Russell - Producer of the Doctor Who audio series

2000

Neil Gaiman - Author of books, comics and film

Peg Kerr - Award-winning Author

Regina Pancake - Hollywood prop creator

Ruth Thompson - Fantasy Artist

Keith Topping - Author of '' Doctor Who '' novels and more

Cast and Crew of ''Go To Hell!''

2001 - "''Curioser and Curioser''" ('' Alice In Wonderland '' and similar fiction)

Harry Knowles - Movie Critic and Web Entrepreneur

Peter Mayhew - Chewbacca in Star Wars

Michael Sheard - British SF movie and television actor

Eleanor Arnason - Award-winning Author

Crist Ballas - Movie Makeup Artist

Jay Knowles - Web Entrepreneur

C.H. Morgan - Science Fiction and Fantasy Artist

2002 - "''If Adventure Has A Name...''" (Adventure themes in speculative fiction)

Diane Duane - Popular author of books and television

Peter Morwood - Science Fiction and Fantasy author

Mark Altman - Co-creator of '' Free Enterprise '' and "Trekspert"

Robert Meyer Burnett - Co-creator of '' Free Enterprise '' and director

Nene Thomas - Popular award-winning fantasy artist

Daren Dochterman - Designer and illustrator for over 35 feature films

Adam 'Mojo' Lebowitz - author and former lead animation supervisor for Foundation Imaging

2003 - "''Time Flies''" (Time Travel)

Michael Sheard - Actor in Star Wars , Last Crusade, and many other projects

Andrew Probert - Production Designer for Star Trek

Eric Flint - Author and editor of many great books

John Kovalic - Dork Tower and Dork Storm Press, way cool stuff

Katherine Kurtz - Famous author of the Deryni trilogies and stories

2004 - "''Out of the Shadows''" (The dark side of speculative fiction)

Denise Garner - Romantic fantasy artist

David Gerrold - Science fiction/fantasy author of many books

Larry Niven - Author of the Ringworld book series

Vincent Truitner - Animation and CGI artist

Christian Colquhoun - Physical effects artist

Crist Ballas - Physical effects artist

2005 - "'' Snikt! Bamf! Thwip! ''" ( Super-heroes and Comic Books )

Len Wein - Writer for comics and animation, creator of Swamp Thing , Nightcrawler , and Wolverine

Dr. Jim Kakalios - U of M physics professor, author of an upcoming book on the science of superheroes

Mercedes Lackey - Author of many popular novels, including the Valdemar and Bardic Voices series and folk music lyricist

Larry Dixon - Co-author of Mage Wars and Dariens Tale series, author of many short stories and game material and fantasy artist

Marv Wolfman - Writer for comics and animation, creator of Blade , Bullseye, and The New Teen Titans

Harry and Jay Knowles - Ain't-It-Cool-News

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