Context is a friendly convention focused on speculative fiction literature and related games, comics and films.
If you enjoy manga, anime, science fiction, fantasy, or horror, you'll find plenty to entertain you at this convention.
Tanya Huff and Brian Keene are our author GoHs; there will be many other guests.
Context will be held September 26-28, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio, at The Ramada Plaza Hotel & Conference Center.
Context has been growing by leaps and bounds the last few years, and we plan to make Context an even bigger success in 2008.
If you'd like to see what attendees have said about Context, please visit the Con Reports section of our blog.
Guest of Honor: Tanya Huff
Editor Guest of Honor: Paula Guran
Horror Guest of Honor: Brian Keene
Science Guest of Honor: Jeannine Davis-Kimball
Music Guest: Wild Mercy
Special Anime Friend: Tristan MacAvery
Guest Storyteller: Samuel T. Clemmons
Party Sponsors:
Attending/Participating Authors and Editors:
Michael A. Arnzen, Gary A. Braunbeck, Maurice Broaddus, Diana Dru Botsford, Tobias Buckell, Timons Esaias, Gary Frank, Fran Friel, Erin Hoffman, Tracy Jones, Michael Knost, Alethea Kontis, Debbie Kuhn, Diane Merlin, Mike Resnick, Patrick Rothfuss, Jason Sizemore, Lucy A. Snyder, Elizabeth Vaughn, Tim Waggoner, and more to come.
Participating Panelists:
Robin Nakkula, Tracy Chowdhury, and more to come.
Here's what some of our author guests have had to say about Context:
"It was a fabulous convention. Mike Resnick characterized it as the Readercon of the Midwest, and that's bang on target. I've been to SF conventions with five times as many people there with fewer actual readers. There was a great group of other writers present."
– Robert J. Sawyer on Context 12"Context was one of my favorite cons in recent years. The programming was interesting, the people on the panels (and in the audiences) were fascinating, the attendance at programming was great, and everything went off without a hitch. I'm going to recommend Context to everybody I know."
– Connie Willis on Context 17
