BabelCon 2008 July 17, 2008

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With 7 new rooms to fill, we've greatly expanded our lineup with three new programming tracks. Our Sci-Fi track media guests will include Richard Hatch, known as Apollo on the original Battlestar Galactica & Zarek on the new one; Suzie Plakson, the only actress to portray four different characters in three different Star Trek series; actor John Herztler, who played General Martok on Deep Space Nine, as well as several other popular characters; Vaudeville performer Bob May, the original Lost in Space Robot; and several scientists, including speakers from NASA and professors from LSU for the Science track.

Our Paranormal track includes the ghost hunters “S.O.U.L.” (Seekers of Unexplained Louisiana), paranormal investigators “La Spirits”, and horror authors Whitney Lakin, M.F. Korn, and voodoo anthropologist Martha Ward. Our Anime track will have ‘round the clock anime panels and movies, the new Kids track entertains kids 18 and under all day long, and Horror track will thrill and chill, and this year we are bringing the Ren Fair indoors, into The Atrium.

In the Fantasy & Horror tracks guest lineups are T.A. Chafin and Polly Luttrull, authors of “The Nitpickers Guide to the SW Saga”; local horror author Deborah LeBlanc; fantasy author M.B. Weston; Dungeons & Dragons fantasy author, Randy Richards; former editor for Marvel & DC Comics, (and Star Trek book author) Bob Greenberger; plus award-winning Sci-Fi poet Robin Mayhall.

In the Gary Gygax Memorial Game Room, attendees can participate in our Gaming track, with a Warhammer 40k Tournament, RPGA Network scenarios, Dungeons & Dragons miniatures, and historic wargame recreations. We also have “open gaming” for anyone that wants to play their own games, and several card & board games are available for free play.

We also have many shows planned, including model rocketry panels, Orion Slave Girl belly dancing, SCA demos, a costume contest, Pirates of the Caribbean interactive show, a medieval Knighting Ceremony, and LARP games in the Ren Fair track. At the end of the evening there is the Costume Ball featuring music by the Star Wars Cantina Band, and the Transylvanian Electric Company shows the followup movie to the The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In addition, we invited back a number of Fan Groups attending, including several associated with Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, Star Wars, Doctor Who, and the Vampire Lestat Fan Club.

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