http://www.octocon.com/ Octocon PHP Script Copyright 2003-2006 Octocon info2006@octocon.com en-ie Octocon - The National Irish Science Fiction Convention http://www.octocon.com/2006/news.php?item=9Watch this space for more details on Octocon 2007 (or sign up to our newsletter to stay informed) We can announce, however, that we are delighted to have Alastair Reynolds (author of Revelation Space, Pushing Ice and much more) as our Guest of Honor for this year! Watch...Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.octocon.com/2006/news.php?item=8Octocon is thrilled to announce that Anne McCaffrey has joined our guest line-up and will be appearing at the convention this year. One of only 23 recipients of the Damon Knight Memorial Grandmaster of Science Fiction award Ms. McCaffrey will be attending both days of the convention. Michael Carroll’s...Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.octocon.com/2006/news.php?item=7...with somewhere to go. Your Mistress of Masquerades Ali will once again be awarding prizes and surprises to those wearing outfits beyond the ordinary. Octocon will once again be encouraging the wearing of hall costumes over the weekend. Especially on Saturday night. Ali (and her secret panel of judges) will...Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.octocon.com/2006/news.php?item=6Well, we have even more news for you (you lucky people). Since Sci-fi comes in many forms we're branching out a lot this year, and so we're delighted to announce that the guys from http://pressstarttoplay.net are coming as guests to octocon. They are the artist and writer for the very...Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.octocon.com/2006/news.php?item=5We here at Octocon are delighted to announce the Guest of Honour for Octocon 2006...Mr. JG Jones. JG Jones is a comic book artist of the highest caliber, and has worked on titles such as "Shi", "Black Widow", "Marvel Boy", " Wonder Woman: The Hikketeia", "Wanted" (with Mark Millar)...Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.octocon.com/2006/news.php?item=4And then a step to the right. For all your Octocon information needs. Over the next two and a half months leading up to the con you will see regular additions to our menu on the left hand side of this page. New additions will cover programming for...Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.octocon.com/2006/news.php?item=3My apologies for the delay in updates about Octocon 2006. These have been due to both a technical problem on the website as well as a personal tradgedy of mine own that I have been away dealing with. Other parts of the committee have been hard at work planning...Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.octocon.com/2006/news.php?item=2There are just less than 6 months until Octocon this year. We hope you will join us here each week as we unveil plans for the convention, announce guests and hopefully entertain you if you are already a member or seduce you into joining if you are not. That's right...Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.octocon.com/2006/news.php?item=1Octocon has announced the 2006 convention will take place in the Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth, on the 14th and 15th October. Guests will be announced shortly....Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT