Special Exhibits

Standing Exhibits

History of the Worldcon.

Bidding for Worldcons.

History of L.A. Conventions.

The Road to L.A.con IV: How the West was Won, or How to bake a Worldcon in several easy steps...

Special Exhibits

Confirmed:

The Photography of Kim Gottlieb-Walker (two exhibits): "Behind the Scenes with John Carpenter" and "Photos of Science Fiction and Fantasy Creators" (including snapshots from previous Worldcons)

Locks of Love.

Space Academy Table Setting Contest.

Connie Willis exhibit.

Howard DeVore exhibit.

Book exhibit and raffle to benefit Reading is Fundamental (RIF) and the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL).

Book Arts - Create-a-book - Exhibit and Auction

Justin Pinchot. Ray guns.

Fred Barton Productions, Inc.

The Art of the Prop-Maker.

Chaos Machine.

Rare SF and Fantasy Paperback Books.

Lego in Science Fiction.

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Vehicles.

Ariel Ambulance from Serenity.

Real Rockets from Real Rocket Scientists

made in California.

Aerospace Legacy Foundation

The Art and Artistry of Hollywood's Illustrators and Matte Artists

Planetary Science Institute exhibit.
"The Planetary Science Institute is a nonprofit science research institute focusing on the exploration of the solar system. Our scientists are distributed in 12 states, the United Kingdom, Italy, Russia and Japan. We are headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, where PSI was founded in 1972. We are involved in numerous NASA missions, the study of Mars, asteroids, comets, interplanetary dust, the origin of the solar system, planet formation about other stars, dynamics, impact physics, and the rise of life. PSI scientists conduct field work in North America, Australia and Africa. They are also actively involved in science education and public outreach through school programs, childrens books, popular science books and art."

Original Star Trek crew.

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Star Trek, the crew of the original Starship Enterprise have come back! You'll even have an opportunity to have your photograph taken with them! The wax figures of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, & Chekov that stood for 32 years in the Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park, California will be on display in Cadet Central throughout the convention. Stop by and see these remarkable likenesses.

San Diego Mars Society.

Raku Ray Guns.

Tana Libolt and West Magoon of Muddy Mountain Pottery will be displaying several examples of the Raku art of fired ceramics in the form of one of our favorite SF subjects, Ray Guns! The artists may be contacted at P.O. Box 177, Centennial, Wyoming 82055 - tel: 307-742-5756 if you have any questions on the process used to make the Raku Ray Guns or if you wish to purchase one after the show..

Granada Hills Charter High School / Robodox 599
For a limited engagement Saturday the 26th only.
Meet the RoboDox! This enthusiastic high school team of robot builders was the winner of a F.I.R.S.T. (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competition in April this year. The F.I.R.S.T. competitions are billed as the 'Superbowl of Smarts'. The team built it's robot from a kit of hundreds of parts. This year's game, called 'Aim High,' tested the student's and robot's ability to fire foam balls through hoops, plow them into floor goals, and program a vision system allowing the robot to navigate. The students will be on hand with their robot on Saturday and will demonstrate their winning design.

Fellowship of the Bags

The original bag puppets from The Fellowship of the Bags (a "Fandango" parody) will be appearing in "Cadet's Corner."

JPL - Will be displaying a Mars Explorer.

JPL/Grumman - Will be displaying a scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

The X-HUNTERS Aerospace Archeology Team

This team professionally researches and documents crashes of experimental 'X' planes from the "Golden Era" of flight testing.

Rocket Racing League

You've seen them on the cover of Popular Science. The future of the sport of high speed racing is here. The RRL will be on hand with a scale model of their proposed racing rocket.

Space Books for Kids

A collection of 22 space books, 14 magazines, and 10 entertainment/kids story books on Space and Space Science published published between 1963 and 2002. Will be in "Cadet's Corner."

Amateur Model Rocketry Association

Jack Hagarty of ARA Press will be displaying some custom built model rockets from the recent National Amateur Rocketry Association model rocket contest whose theme was "Science Fiction" inspired rocket designs.

Spaceblooms: Cosmic Xflora

EATON - The World's Largest Collection of SF. The Eaton Collection is part of the Special Collections Library at the University of California Riverside. It contains more than 500,000 items related to SF, fantasy, horror & utopian literature. We have the archives of a number of prominent writers and illustrators as well as films, video and scripts of TV and movies. Please come by booth E-52.

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