Stephen Euin
Cobb
…was
a Guest Author at
StellarCon 2004
(Click to go to the
StellarCon website)
A Star Wars triumvirate
This Matrix gal has got all the moves.
Trinity had better watch her back.
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Despite having invented the game of
“Death Stacks”
Stephen is not actually very skilled at
it.
Here, he assumes his usual perplexed
posture for the game.
Ron McClung (his opponent) is an avid gamer
and chairman
of the con com that puts on
ConCarolinas
—Charlotte’s own SF&F convention.
(June 4-6 2004)
This year ConCarolinas will host
the 1st annual Death Stacks
Tournament.
Trophies and a $250 first prize will be
awarded.
(Stephen is not eligible,
which should save him a great deal of
embarrassment)
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Stephen and his sister Peggy had lunch
with Joan and Fred Saberhagen.
(The waitress was kind enough to shoot
this picture.)
All four had grown up in the
and so had plenty of anecdotes to
exchange.
Stephen was surprised to learn from
Joan that
although Fred’s entry in the
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
has his first name listed as “
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Panel:
“The Transcendent Vampire”
(How and why did vampires change
from being evil monsters to playing the
heroes.)
Stephen had the honor of
participating on this panel with Fred
Saberhagen.
The audience kept them both on their
toes.
Fred Saberhagen has written many novels
concerning vampires (his Dracula series).
Stephen Euin Cobb only writes Hard SF,
but he’s pretty sure he saw
the old black and white movie “Dracula”
when he was a kid.
(Just kidding. He’s certain of it.)
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The Godzilla Panel
Glenda C. Finkelstein
Stephen Euin Cobb
Stephen Mark Rainey
Stephen Mark Rainey proved himself to
be a vast storehouse of information on all things Godzilla.
He has seen all the movies several
times—in both English and Japanese (I’m not kidding).
He knows actor names, director names
and the order in which the movies were released.
Stephen Euin Cobb had seen some of them
when he was a teenager.
Sensing he was out-gunned, our hero
concentrated on providing brilliantly probing questions for
his fellow panelist, while hoping that Glenda
would mimic his clever (if desperate) plan.
She did. So they all came out looking good.
(Glenda writes SF with a
spiritual-inspirational slant)
Glenda
C. Finkelsein’s Website
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Stephen had a chance to talk with the
world-renowned artist Rowena.
Stephen relaxing in the con suite with
Tera Fulbright (redhead).
Tera was in charge of the con’s guests and
did an excellent job.
But the unsung heroes of StellarCon are
the staff of the con suite.
The food was plentiful and excellent.
When Stephen mentioned to Bill Mann
that
the food was as good as that at
Dragon*Con,
Bill laughed and said,
“Regina Kirby, our Con
Suite Director, IS
the Director is charge of the VIP Suite at Dragon*Con.“
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Stephen also had a chance to talk with
Marilynn Byerly.
Marilynn writes SF&F romance
novels.
She shared with Stephen
some choice bits of news
from inside a few of the
major
Stephen signing books in the dealer
room
alongside James Maxey
(author of “Nobody Gets the Girl”)
Glenda C. Finkelstein stopped by to
chat.
Stephen hanging out with
Fred Saberhagen between panels.
Stephen with the cast and crew of
the web radio show
“Requiem of the Outcast”
(Ron, Janine and Rich Sigfrit)
These people are crazy-funny.
They can’t even say ‘hello’ without it
turning into a three-ring standup routine.
When they asked to interview
Stephen on their show
he told them he would only do
the show, “If you promise not to make
fun of me.”
When all their faces fell, he added
“…much,”
and they brightened again.
Website for “Requiem of the
Outcast”
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The Panel
“The Nature of Evil”
(James Maxey, Paula S. Jordan, Stephen
Euin Cobb,
Fred Saberhagen, Stephen Mark Rainey,
Allen Wold)
Paula is a NASA orbital technician.
Allen Wold has written novels as well
as non-fiction.
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The Panel
“I am Fred Saberhagen”
Michael Stackpole did an excellent job
moderating this panel.
He interviewed Fred as well as any talk
show host could have.
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The Costume Contest
(All the contestants on stage together)
Bill Mann (head of StellarCon’s con
com)
discovers he has something in common
with Dr. Evil
…his own Mini-Me.
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Stephen analyzes the handwriting of
Michael Stackpole.
Michael was skeptical.
He suggested an experiment:
“Next time, tell the person exactly the
opposite
of what you see in their handwriting
and see if they accept it or reject
it.”
Stephen agreed to the experiment
but has not yet set a time or place.
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Another book signing in the dealer’s
room.
(Allen Wold, Glenda C. Finkelstein,
Elizabeth Massie)
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All these photos were taken by
Stephen’s loyal assistant
and sister:
Peggy Sue Cobb-Gregory.
(Except of course this one, which
Stephen took.)
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Websites mentioned on
this page:
Glenda
C. Finkelstein’s Website
Website for “Requiem of the
Outcast”
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