The panelists for this program were Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, writers; Stephen Youll, illustrator; Patrick Loberto, an editor at Bantam Books; and Jamie Warner, Art Director of Bantam Books.

Brian began the presentation by emphasizing that here at Dragon*Con we are paying tribute to Frank Herbert, his father. Brian said that on his father’s eighth birthday, he stood on his mother’s dining room table and announced he wanted to be an author. On his ninth birthday he was …

Mira Furlan had just left her home in Yugoslavia and moved to the United States when she filmed the pilot episode of Babylon 5. Shortly after that episode was aired, she attended her first Con in New York. Having been a successful actress in her homeland, she was unsure how the American fans would react to her. Mira was in for a pleasant shock – during the convention a fan said, “Welcome to the family.” This simple statement …

Throughout her presentation, Mira Furlan was friendly, open, and engaging.

She spoke eloquently about leaving her home in the former Yugoslavia and moving to the United States seven years ago, when she did the Babylon 5 pilot. She had lost her audience, her country, and her language. When she began going to cons, one of the fans said to her, “Welcome to the family,” and she has since felt that she was “reborn in some way.” She enjoys the ongoing feedback she receives at the cons regarding her work.

Flying from Boston to Atlanta can be a pretty boring experience, unless your seatmate is Cloei. Fuscia-haired (this week,) pert and practical, Cloei is a Web Cam girl. She has web cams in her home. People on the web can watch her and her activities 24/7. She began her appearances as an adult site, but felt that the programming was becoming too “raunchy,” so she added her own twist. (It is still an adult site.) Is it exhibitionism? …