6:00-8:00pm, Friday, April 5th, 1996:
Fantasy author and dispenser of Rat Oil J. V. Jones read and signed her new novel, A Man Betrayed. In honor of her first novel, the best-selling The Baker’s Boy, there was a special OCH Bake-Off judged by Ms. Jones herself!
Category Archives: Events
Suzy McKee Charnas reading
2:00pm, Saturday, January 20th, 1996:
Suzy McKee Charnas read her story “Beauty and the Opera, or the Phantom Beast”.
Octavia Butler autograph party
3:30-5:30pm, Friday, January 19th, 1996:
Octavia E. Butler spoke on being a recipient of a 1995 MacArthur “genius” grant, and how she grew as a writer.
The Immortal Unicorn party
Saturday, October 14th, 1995:
a party for The Immortal Unicorn authors featured readings, signings and a special musical performance by co-editor Peter S. Beagle. Guests included:
- Peter S. Beagle and Janet Berliner, editors/writers
- Tad Williams, New York Times bestselling author of To Green Angel Tower
- S.P.Somtow, film director, composer, and author of Vampire Junction, Valentine and Vanitas
- Karen Joy Fowler, National Book Award nominee and winner of The Commonwealth Award for Sarah Canary
- Lisa Mason, author of The Summer of Love and The Golden 90’s
- Dave Smeds, Henry Miller Award winning author of The Sorcery Within
- Michael Marano, horror writer and nationally syndicated Public Radio commentator
- Marina Fitch, acclaimed fantasist and short fiction writer
Clive Barker autograph party
playwright, author and director Clive Barker read and promoted his new film, Lord of Illusions
Fantasy Worlds Festival Dead Dog Party
We hosted the Dead Dog Party for the 1995 Fantasy Worlds Festival: C.J. Cherryh, Deborah Wheeler, Jane Fancher, Marion Zimmer Bradley and many other special guests hob-nobbed after the convention.
17th Anniversary – Sherry Gottlieb
May 27, 1994 [or thereabouts]:
Our 17th Anniversary party combined with book signing for Sherry Gottlieb‘s Love Bites, a month after moving into OCH 2.0 at 2020 Shattuck Ave