Helmuth, Speaking for Boskone #2

Friday Evening Edition, 2/14/97

Program Changes

Daniel Dern's Discussion Group (7:30 p.m. Friday) and Reading (10 p.m. Friday) are both cancelled.

Jane Yolen's Reading has been moved from 8:30 to 10 p.m. Friday. Also, "Jane Yolen Tells Stories" (Dragonslair program) has been moved from noon to 11 a.m. Saturday.

Nancy Hanger has been ill and can't make her Discussion Group (10:30 p.m. Friday). (However, she hopes to be here Saturday.)

Jane Jewell will not be on "The Craft of Reading" (noon Sunday).

Katya Reimann's Reading (2 p.m. Sunday) has been cancelled.

Con Suite

Stop in the Con Suite! Tonight at 9 p.m. will be a party sponsored by Odyssey, the fantasy, SF, and horror writing workshop. Come and find out more.

The back of the Con Suite is a Teen Lounge with special activities for those chronologically under 18. Evenings in the front room, we will have a cash bar with varied beers.

We will again have some special themes:

Tonight:
Sweets for the Suite.
Odyssey party
Saturday:
The Con Suite at the End of the Universe.

Friday Night Parties

Con Suite               (see above)
Philadelphia in 2001    9-2,Rm. 259
San Francisco in 2002   9, Rm. 229
Typecon '97             9, Rm. 307

Magic, the Addiction

There will be a Midnight Magic Tournament, starting at 10 p.m. Saturday in the Game Room (Camelot South). Enrollment is limited to sixteen players, and some places are still available. Participation is free to members of Boskone. Prizes will be awarded to the winners of each round. For more info, ask for the handout at Information.

There will be a Magic deck design clinic for young Magic players in Dragonslair (Tipperary Pub) at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Join our Magic mavens and find out how to create a devastating deck with only commons.

Hotel Restaurants

From 7 to 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, there will be only a Hot & Cold Breakfast Buffet in J Witherspoons and Molly Malone's ($8.95 & $6.95). The regular breakfast menu will be available in J Witherspoons from 9 to 11:30.

Saturday there will be a Hot Lunch Buffet in J Witherspoons (11:30-1:30, $8.95), and The Shamrock Deli Buffet in Molly Malone's (11:30-2, $7.95).

Miscellaneous

If you're interested in the history of fandom, visit the FanHistoricon suite in Room 242. (You can take the secret stairway across from Molly Malone's.) There are exhibits and fanzines for sale.

The banquet is sold out. (There's a waiting list, but no guarantees.)

Jane Yolen's 58th birthday was Tuesday. Tell her how young she looks!