Ads found in Progress Report 1, July 1998. Incomplete. Please send typos to webmaster@chicon.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inside Front Cover B U C C O N E E R The 58th World Science Fiction Convention Baltimore, Maryland USA WANTED Life-Challenged or Frozen in Carbonite [illo of two lady pirates] The Queen of Fenzance (a.k.a. Shirley Avery) and the Pirate Captain (a.k.a. Peggy Rae Pavlat) are wanted for shanghaiing fans for Worldcon duty. Beware if you should ever encounter these dreaded pirates and they say, "Oh, I think I might have a little job for you." Guests of Honor Guests of Honor August 5-9, 1998 C.J. Cherryh Post Office Box 314 Milton A. Rothman Annapolis Junction, MD 20701 Stanley Schmidt bucconeer@bucconeer.worldcon.org Michael Whelan http://www.buconneer.worldcon.org J. Michael Straczynski, Special Guest +1-410-534-8136 Charles Sheffield, Toastmaster Fax: +1-301-464-8237 Membership Rates 10/1/97 - 6/15/98 At the Door Supporting: $30 (L 22) $30 Attending: $130 (L 94) $165 Children's: $65 (L 47) $85 (4 to 12 years old on August 5, 1998) Payable as check, money order, traveler's check, American Expres, MasterCard, Discover, or Visa. Please don't send cash. "World Science Fiction Society," "WSFS," "World Science Fiction Convention," "Worldcon," "NASFiC," and "Hugo Award" are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. "Bucconeer" is a service mark of Baltimore Worldcon 1998, Inc. Artwork used with permission from Michael Whelan, 1998. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page 4 [illo: platypus with laptop, thinking about The Canadian Beaver, The Japanese Fugu, The Yorkshire (Smoked) Kipper, The North American Bison, The New Zealand Kiwi, and The Texan Armadillo.] Will it be stranger than your imagination? Guests of Honour: Gregory Benford Bruce Gillespie and in Honour of George Turner Melbourne Convention Centre http://www.aussiecon3.wsfs.org PO Box 266, Prospect Heights, IL 60070-0266, USA GPO Box 1212K, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, AUSTRALIA Aussiecon T-H-R-E-E 57th World Science Fiction Convention 2nd - 6th September 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page 9 Flamingo with long hair, sunglasses and tank top, standing by the side of a road, holding a sign: "In the Year 2001," ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page 10 In 1961, Robert A. 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