2018 Body Art Challenge Winners
Third Place: Jason Freeman Second Place: Janice Hastings First Place: Magdalena O’Connor
The Build: Making Your Own Droid
If you roam around the Marriott at any time during Dragon Con, you’ll invariably run into at least one R2-D2, BB-8, and/or mouse droid. They are amazing feats of construction, virtually indistinguishable from what we’ve seen on the screen. The men and women who build them assembled Sunday evening in Marriott to discuss the process. Christina Cato, David Ferreira, Matt… Read more →
It’s Cool to be a Dragon Awards Nominee
The Hyatt International North on Sunday at 5:30PM was the place to be if you wanted to meet several of the authors who were Dragon Awards nominees and winners. Various genres were represented, and Bill Fawcett moderated. The authors on the panel were Marina Fontaine, Larry Correia, Jonathan P. Brazee, Declan Finn, Mark H. Wandrey, Vera Nazarian, Aleron Kong, and R…. Read more →
2018 Dragon Awards Winners
Best Science Fiction Novel: Artemis by Andy Weir Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal): Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson Best Young Adult/Middle Grade Novel: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel: A Call to Vengeance by David Weber, Timothy Zahn, and Thomas Pope Best Alternate History Novel: Uncharted by Kevin J. Anderson and Sarah A. Hoyt Best Media Tie-In… Read more →
Killjoys: Johnny and Lucy, Live and in Person
Any Killjoys fan knows two things: The Warrant is All, and keep your hands off John Jaqobis or Lucy will electrocute you. That didn’t keep the crowd from showing Aaron Ashmore (Jaqobis) and Tamsen McDonough (Lucy) all the love at the “Killjoys Cast: Upgrades of Awesome” panel Sunday afternoon in the Hilton Grand West ballroom. It was clear that Ashmore… Read more →
Babylon 5: 25 Years Since our Last, Best Hope for Peace
Twenty-five years ago Babylon 5 debuted as our “last, best hope for peace.” For an entire generation, Delenn, Garibaldi, Bester, G’Kar, Lando, and many more came into our homes weekly. They taught us how to get along, how to look past differences and find common ground, how to find peace, and how to kick butt. Sadly, we have lost too… Read more →
2018 Eugie Award Winner
The winner of the 2018 Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction is “Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand” by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, September 2017). The award is for original speculative short fiction stories no longer than 20,000 words published for the first time in the English language in the previous year. It is named in memory of… Read more →
The Villains are Alive with the Georgia Philharmonic
This is the fourth year the Georgia Philharmonic, conducted by John Morrison, performed at Dragon Con. Each year, there has always been a level of barely-contained excitement to the anticipation of the arrangement that will be performed. Each year, we think that it can’t get any better. Each year we are wrong. It’s always better. This year was no exception. The Hyatt Centennial was filled… Read more →
