{"id":563,"date":"2024-03-17T16:10:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T21:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/?page_id=563"},"modified":"2026-03-14T10:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:16:36","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read About ArmadilloCon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to learn more? Check out the ArmadilloCon History display at the convention!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#history-books\">Books, Newspapers &amp; Magazines<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#history-blogs\">Blogs, YouTube, etc.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#history-honor-roll\">Honor Roll: Past ArmadilloCon Guests<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"history-books\">Books, Newspapers &amp; Magazines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HazJULF4cPY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Howard Waldrop Remembrance Event<\/a>: Video of June 29, 2024, event celebrating Howard&#8217;s life. Produced by Austin Indie Media. Speakers Robert Taylor, Barbara Denton, George R.R. Martin, Don Webb, Eileen Gunn, Janie Swatzell, Howard Spector, Ellen Brody, Lawrence Person, Nikki Buss, Dave Myers and George R.R. Martin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/daily\/arts\/2024-01-22\/sci-fi-writer-and-austin-literary-institution-howard-waldrop-dead-at-77\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sci-fi Writer and Austin Literary Institution Howard Waldrop Dead at 77<\/a>, Austin Chronicle, Jan 22, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/daily\/arts\/2022-01-07\/rip-willie-siros-1952-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RIP Willie Siros: Local literary lion and SF convention pioneer dead at 69<\/a>, Austin Chronicle, Jan 7, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austin360.com\/entertainmentlife\/20190730\/armadillocon-41-reminds-austin-sci-fi-fans-field-is-in-great-shape\" target=\"_blank\">ArmadilloCon 41 reminds Austin sci-fi fans the field is in great shape<\/a>, Austin 360 by Austin American Statesman, July 30, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/arts\/2017-07-14\/writing-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-in-austin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Writing Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in Austin<\/a>, Austin Chronicle, July 24, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/celebrateaustin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CA_2016_Spring-PocketGuide_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Celebrate Austin<\/a>, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wacotrib.com\/blogs\/entertainment_in_waco\/waco-artists-win-state-attention\/article_4bc014c9-263f-5635-b9a6-78f56d540570.html\" target=\"_blank\">Waco artists win state attention<\/a>, Waco Tribune-Herald, Jul 22, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The breakfast bunch: Austin creatives continue weekly breakfast tradition,&#8221; Austin American Statesman, August 9, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keeping Lone Star Literature weird,&#8221; Austin American Statesman, September 1, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/daily\/books\/2011-08-26\/steam-versus-cyber-at-armadillocon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam Versus Cyber at ArmadilloCon: Bruce Sterling joins this weekend\u2019s sci-fi\/fantasy literary event<\/a>, Austin Chronicle, August 26, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/daily\/books\/2010-09-01\/armadillocon-to-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\">ArmadilloCon to the Future<\/a>! Austin Chronicle, Sept. 1, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/books\/2010-08-27\/1073698\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dark Forces Gathering<\/a>, Austin Chronicle, August 27, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/22111815\/austin-american-statesman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keeping Lone Star Literature weird<\/a>&nbsp;(and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/22111758\/austin-american-statesman\/\" target=\"_blank\">part 2<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/22111850\/austin-american-statesman\/\" target=\"_blank\">part 3<\/a>), Austin American Statesman, August 22, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/best-of-austin\/year:2009\/poll:critics\/category:media\/armadillocon-best-future-dreamers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best of Austin 2009: Best Future Dreamers<\/a>, (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/best-of-austin\/year:2009\/poll:critics\/category:media\/\" target=\"_blank\">Critics\u2019 Picks<\/a>), Austin Chronicle, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/books\/2008-08-15\/661025\/\" target=\"_blank\">Going Home to the Armadillo: After 30 years, the song remains the same at ArmadilloCon, Texas\u2019 favorite sci-fi convention<\/a>, Austin Chronicle, August 15, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;ArmadilloCon still has read on sci-fi, 30 years in,&#8221; Austin American Statesman, August 17, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/22112177\/austin-american-statesman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Traveling man Shepard plans Austin stop<\/a>&nbsp;(and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/22112260\/austin-american-statesman\/\" target=\"_blank\">part 2<\/a>), Austin American Statesman, July 6, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you dig aliens and alternate realities, then ArmadilloCon is your event, Austin American Statesman, July 6, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cLiterary invasion: ArmadilloCon brings sci-fi readers to Austin,\u201d Austin American Statesman, November 16, 2001<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sci-fi fans gear up for convention, Austin American Statesman, August 15, 1999<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Austin\u2019s Premiere Literary Science Fiction Convention, Austin American Statesman, August 30, 1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/books\/1998-07-31\/523670\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Waiting Is the Hardest Part: How Mr. Denton Spent His Summer Vacation<\/a>, Austin Chronicle, July 31, 1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WILD STUFF: Plan now to attend&nbsp;ArmadilloCon, the annual science fiction conference\u2026, Austin American Statesman, September 25, 1994<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Out-of-this-world award goes to Johnston grad, Austin American Statesman, October 7, 1993<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/pl.cgi?337172\" target=\"_blank\">Squashed ArmadilloCon<\/a>:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/pl.cgi?337172\" target=\"_blank\">Or Fear and Loathing in Austin: A Savage Journey Into the Heart of the Fanboy Dream<\/a>, Paul T. Riddell (an essayist Ellen Datlow has, according to a cover blurb, called \u201cunfailingly incendiary\u201d), 1993<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/18395914\/austin-american-statesman\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Reality Studio\u2019 examines cyberpunk genre<\/a>, Austin American Statesman, September 27, 1992<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/22112078\/austin-american-statesman\/\" target=\"_blank\">ArmadilloCon 11<\/a>, Austin American Statesman, October 12, 1989<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/22144996\/austin-american-statesman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Space is the place<\/a>, Austin American Statesman, October 11, 1991<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/18395657\/austin-american-statesman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fans of science fiction, music fare well this weekend<\/a>, Austin American Statesman, October 8, 1988<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isfdb.org\/cgi-bin\/title.cgi?193548\" target=\"_blank\">ArmadilloCon 9 \u2013 A Con for Any Season<\/a>, Glen Engel-Cox,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nova_Express_(fanzine)\" target=\"_blank\">Nova Express<\/a>, Fall\/Winter 1987<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gathering beams in on science fiction, Austin American Statesman, October 9, 1987<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018Cyberpunks\u2019 dominate talk, Austin American Statesman, October 21, 1986<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/18395729\/austin-american-statesman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Success surprises science fiction author<\/a>, Austin American Statesman, October 10, 1986<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/22144860\/austin-american-statesman\/\" target=\"_blank\">ArmadilloCon<\/a>, Austin American Statesman, August 12, 1986<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cArmadilloCon Brings Science Fiction to Austin,\u201d by Gary L. Warren, in: Daily Texan. Images (Weekly Arts and Entertainment Magazine) p. 21. October 5, 1981. (cited in&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/oaktrust.library.tamu.edu\/bitstream\/handle\/1969.1\/92194\/ChadOliverBIB-2008-index-Feb-21.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Oliver: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide<\/a>, compiled by Hal W. Hall, Revised Edition, February 20, 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cConvention to Honor Professor\/Sci-Fi Writer,\u201d by Douglas McLeod, in: Daily Texan (October 2, 1981): An ArmadilloCon announcement and interview. (cited in&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/oaktrust.library.tamu.edu\/bitstream\/handle\/1969.1\/92194\/ChadOliverBIB-2008-index-Feb-21.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Oliver: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide<\/a>, compiled by Hal W. Hall, Revised Edition, February 20, 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cScience Fiction Convention to Feature Renowned Authors, `Real Bad\u2019 Cinema,\u201d by Douglas McLeod, Daily Texan, October 1, 1981 (cited in&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/oaktrust.library.tamu.edu\/bitstream\/handle\/1969.1\/92194\/ChadOliverBIB-2008-index-Feb-21.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Oliver: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide<\/a>, compiled by Hal W. Hall, Revised Edition, February 20, 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From another galaxy: Sci-fi fans end three-day Austin convention, Austin American-Statesman, by Lee Kelly, May 14, 1979<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"history-blogs\">Blogs, YouTube, etc.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfordallen.com\/2017\/08\/forgotten-book-river-of-teeth-by-sarah-gailey-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forgotten Book: River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey<\/a>, Scott A. Cupp, August 24, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/christopherbrown.com\/2017\/08\/wall-street-journal-on-tropic-of-kansas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal on TROPIC OF KANSAS<\/a>, Christopher Brown, August 7, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfordallen.com\/2017\/07\/forgotten-book-sherlock-holmes-zombies-london-stephen-mertz-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Forgotten Book: Sherlock Holmes: Zombies Over London by Stephen Mertz<\/a>, Scott A. Cupp, July 25, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/martyhalpern.blogspot.com\/2016\/01\/armadillocon-25-in-2003.html\" target=\"_blank\">ArmadilloCon 25 in 2003<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/martyhalpern.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">More Red Ink<\/a>, January 29, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfordallen.com\/2015\/11\/forgotten-book-gestapo-mars-by-victor-gischler-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Forgotten Book: Gestapo Mars by Victor Gischler<\/a>, Scott A. Cupp, November 5, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfordallen.com\/2015\/07\/armadillocon-wrap-up-whered-all-these-durned-san-antonians-come-from\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArmadilloCon wrap-up: Where\u2019d all these durned San Antonians come from?<\/a>, Scott A. Cupp, July 27, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/atcampbell.livejournal.com\/20702.html\" target=\"_blank\">ArmadilloCon 36: Novels of the Year panel<\/a>, A.T. Campbell III, July 25, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2012\/08\/books-you-should-have-read-in-2011-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">Books You Should Have Read in 2011-2012<\/a>, SF Signal, August 4, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/atcampbell.livejournal.com\/20401.html\" target=\"_blank\">ArmadilloCon: What You Should Have Read in 2011-2012<\/a>, A.T. Campbell III, July 30, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sfragments.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/armadillocon-2011-what-you-should-have.html\" target=\"_blank\">ArmadilloCon 2011: What You Should Have Read<\/a>, A dimly lit cloud of a shadow of doubt, Elze, September 12, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/atcampbell.livejournal.com\/20106.html\" target=\"_blank\">ArmadilloCon 33: What You Should Have Read in 2010-2011<\/a>, A.T. Campbell III, August 22, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ArmadilloCon 33 Toastmaster Speech&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7EelAfc0oEw\" target=\"_blank\">Part 1<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/j4TgLUYbynQ\" target=\"_blank\">Part 2<\/a>, Mark Finn, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfordallen.com\/2011\/08\/zombies-and-reading-lists-a-weekend-at-armadillocon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zombies and reading lists: A weekend at Armadillocon<\/a>, Scott A. Cupp, August 25, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adventures in Sci Fi Publishing,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adventuresinscifipublishing.com\/2010\/11\/aisfp-105-kress-sigler\/\" target=\"_blank\">AISFP 105 Nancy Kress &amp; Scott Sigler<\/a>, November 24, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100902193929\/http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2010\/08\/event-report-armadillocon-32\/\" target=\"_blank\">EVENT REPORT: ArmadilloCon 32<\/a>, SF Signal 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/unless-spring.livejournal.com\/215140.html\" target=\"_blank\">ArmadilloCon 2010: What You Should Have Read This Year<\/a>, Elze, September 5, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100824060618\/http:\/\/missionsunknown.com\/2010\/08\/more-guests-than-you-can-swing-an-armadillo-at\/\" target=\"_blank\">More Guests Than You Can Swing an Armadillo At<\/a>, Scott A. Cupp, August 18, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfordallen.com\/2010\/08\/armadillocon-here-i-come\/\" target=\"_blank\">Armadillocon, here I come<\/a>, Scott Cupp, August 23, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sanfordallen.com\/2009\/08\/still-recovering-from-armadillocon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Still recovering from Armadillocon<\/a>, Scott Cupp, August 20, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090502024703\/http:\/\/www.guidelive.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/ent\/books\/stories\/DN-scifi_0424gl.ART.State.Edition1.46cfb13.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nebula Awards puts Austin and Texas writers at center of science fiction world<\/a>, GuideLive, April 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/columns\/graphica278.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Nexus Graphica<\/a>, Rick Klaw, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sfragments.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/what-i-should-have-read-this-year.html\" target=\"_blank\">What I Should Have Read This Year: an ArmadilloCon 2007 panel<\/a>, Elze, August 14, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kathryncramer.com\/kathryn_cramer\/2003\/08\/armadillocon.html\" target=\"_blank\">ArmadilloCon<\/a>, Kathryn Cramer, August 4, 2003<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read About ArmadilloCon Want to learn more? 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