The 2006 World Fantasy Convention was held November 2nd through 5th in Austin, Texas at the Renaissance Hotel at the Arboretum.
The focus this year was on Robert E. Howard, since it was the centennial of his birth.
Karen E. Taylor, Lena Sawyer, and Suzy McKee Charnas are the ladies who lunch |
Daniel Abraham reads "Cambist," soon to appear in Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories |
Mary Turzillo reads "Pride," due out next year in the anthology Fast Forward |
Bill Shunn escorts marathon woman Laura Chavoen |
A reunion for Clarion classmates Bill Shunn and Mary Turzillo (He does get around!) |
F. Brett Cox props up a pillar in the lobby to keep the Renaissance Hotel standing |
Tuxedo-clad Jeffrey Ford takes his reading seriously |
Michael Moorcock was swamped at the mass authographing session |
John Douglas wants you to wiki |
Don Webb shows off his latest collection |
Patrick O'Leary is back in black |
Paul Witcover, Laura Chavoen and Bill shunn have a message for Scott Edelman |
F. Brett Cox reads "Mary of the New Dispensation," forthcoming in PostScripts |
Charlie and Karen Newton at the pre-banquet cocktail party |
Andrew Wheeler, Science Fiction Book Club Senior Editor |
Alan Rodger leans on Amy Sterling Casil |
Sheila Williams and Eileen Gunn |
Laura Chavoen and Mary Turzillo |
The banquet over, Scott Edelman and Irene Vartanoff get ready to party |
Sheila Williams with Irene Vartanoff |
Nina Kirki Hoffman with Gra Linnaea |
New Austin transplants Tim and Maureen McHugh with Mary Turzillo |
Ellen Klages reads from her novel The Green Glass Sea |