The Dragon*Con volunteer staff work very hard and are often unappreciated, so when the Daily Dragon received this shout-out request, we found it refreshing and inspiring. We hope you will too:
Dragon*Con brings out the best in people, and the worst. I confess I am an example of the latter; regarding the best, I will explain:

The setting was Thursday afternoon of last year at Registration. After reading over a hundred comments about the lines, I don’t have …

J. F. (Jeremy) Lewis is the author of the Void City vampire novels Staked and ReVamped (Pocket Books, 2008 and 2009). A resident of Birmingham, Alabama, Lewis drew flack from the elders of his (former) church for the, ahem, adult aspects of his Void City characters and world-building. Undaunted by his ex-fellowship status, Lewis is working on his fourth novel in the series.

I met Lewis at Dragon*Con last …

Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants and the narrator of Cartoon Network’s The Powerpuff Girls, will join host Dr. Harry Kloor on Saturday, 8:30PM in the Atrium Ballroom (Marriott) for a screening of the upcoming animated film, Quantum Quest. The first 1000 people will receive a special collectible lithograph. Don’t miss it!

You might have heard that there are some renovations being done in the Hyatt. Don’t panic! (Don’t even fret!) Despite the renovations, the Hyatt will be open for Dragon*Con, and the new pedestrian bridge to the Marriott is up, open, and running.

Steampunk, combining the elegance of the Victorian age with futuristic vision, has exploded as a subculture in recent years, generating a host of novels, comics, and movies that explore the “what if” world of a scientifically advanced nineteenth century. Drawing on modern vision and elegance of the era, Steampunk inventors and artists combine anachronistic elements with antique components and inventive engineering to build beautifully bizarre objects, gadgets, and gear to function in an alternate Victorian history.

A recent Steampunk exhibition …

Service will be held at the Days Inn Downtown Atlanta on Spring Street. Costumes are welcome and encouraged. Message theme is: “Never Give Up! Never Surrender!” Refreshments served afterward. Come by our fan table for directions or info. Sun, 10AM, Meeting Room on L1 at the Days Inn

If you are cosplaying a character from A Song of Ice and Fire or simply a fan of the series, join us at the “Fire and Ice“ panel, hosted by the Sci-Fi & Fantasy Lit Track, Sun 11:30AM, Fairlie (Hyatt).

Robert J. Sawyer is the Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell Award-winning author of 19 science fiction novels and is the only author ever to win the top SF awards in the U.S., China, Japan, France, and Spain. The ABC television series Flashforward is based on his novel of the same name.

Check out the new goodies we’ve got lined up for you to bid on at this year’s Charity Auction, benefiting the Georgia Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America!

• Gil Gerald (Buck Rogers) will be our celebrity auctioneer from 10AM to 11AM.
• At 11:30AM, we will auction off a Friends of Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites Family membership. This $250 in value package includes:
• Two Annual Park passes to at all 63 Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites.
• Free admission to …
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Join the (unofficial**) Dragon*Con 2010 Photo Scavenger Hunt! Snap pictures of the Dragon*Con icons on our list, and you could win a $20 online gift card to ThinkGeek.com.

Around Dragon*Con:
1. Picture of yourself receiving your Badge
2. Four people waiting in line doing the YMCA
3. Two people wearing the same t-shirt
4. Steampunk version of a non-Steampunk character*
5. Someone dressed up as a character from I Dream of Jeannie
6. A costume made completely out of duct tape
7. A Double Rainbow …