X-Message-Number: 2954 Subject: CRYONICS at WorldCon (ConAdian) From: (Ben Best) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 02:17:00 -0400 From Thursday, September 1 to Monday, September 5, 1994 the annual World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon, ConAdian) will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Cryonics should have a presence at this WorldCon exceeding that in earlier years. Last year, in San Francisco, we had a Cryonics Room Party for one evening and there was a panel on cryonics consisting of Ralph Merkle and 3 non-cryonicists. This year, in Winnipeg, there will be a Cryonics Room Party on 4 evenings, 2 panels are scheduled, and I will have a table in the Dealer's Room for selling and distributing cryonics literature. One of the scheduled panels is entitled "Cryonics: Time Capsule to the Future?". On this panel should be me (Ben Best), Steve Bridge, Brian Wowk, and Paul Wakfer. Brenda Peters may also be on the panel, but she has not yet decided if she will attend ConAdian. Steve Bridge has requested that if Brenda appears on the panel that she wear a bag on her head so that she doesn't draw attention away from him. I have suggested that a much larger bag may be necessary for that purpose. Another panel deals with the subject of Cryonics and Death. I have no idea who scheduled this panel or who is expected to be on it. Another panel deals with life extension and its consequences. As of the beginning of July, 4,250 people had registered for WorldCon. This means that attendance will likely exceed 5,000 and could even reach 6,000. I am very enthusiastic about the WorldCons I have attended in the past. Many very technically competent, educated and creative people attend these events to speculate, to feast their imaginations -- and to play! WorldCons are not simply large science fiction conventions, there is a qualitative difference to them as well as a quantitative one. Even if only 5 or 10% of those who attend are rational enough to consider cryonics, that still amounts to hundreds of people! For WorldCon registration information, send E-mail to: Or phone: (204) 942-9494 Or write: ConAdian; P.O.Box 2430; Winnipeg, Manitoba; R3C 4A7 Canada For hotel information contact: Tourism Winnipeg (204) 665-0040 Anyone willing to share the large Cryonics Party Room with Paul Wakfer and Ben Best is requested to contact me at: BEN.BEST% Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=2954