FantaSci
(Did you mean a Virginia library "mini-con"?)
FantaSci is a convention held in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, since 2019, as a celebration of military sf, gaming and STEM education. Writer H. P. Holo described it as "one of the sister cons that sprang up from The Royal Manticoran Navy’s now-defunct HonorCon, in the form of a multi-fandom con with emphasis on the works of David Weber and the ever-growing Four Horsem[e]n Universe helmed by Mark Wandrey and Chris Kennedy."
FantaSci declared Lifetime Guests of Honor at the start — all three above authors, together with their spouses, Sharon Weber, Joy Wandrey and Sheellah Kennedy. (Not all of them could attend every time; in 2023, it was just the Wandreys.) It has just one annual Guest of Honor, but supplements with Special Guests, even more “Guests” and a separate music GoH.
| Con | Dates | Guest of Honor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FantaSci 2019 | March 22–24, 2019 | (all Lifetime ones?) | First of the series. “FantaSci 2019 Con Update!” con report by H. P. Holo |
| FantaSci 2020 | |||
| FantaSci 2021 | Timothy Zahn[1] | date changed on February 6 due to Covid-19[2] | |
| FantaSci 2022 | March 25–27, 2022 | Eric Flint, "In Absentia" | Flint had to cancel early March |
| FantaSci 2023 | March 24–26, 2023 | Richard A. Knaak | |
| FantaSci 2024 | April 19–21, 2024 | Kevin J. Anderson |
| Convention | |
| 2019— |
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