FantaSci
(Did you mean a Virginia library "mini-con"?)
FantaSci is a convention held in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina since 2019 as a celebration of military sf, gaming and STEM education. It was described as "one of the sister cons that sprang up from The Royal Manticoran Navy’s now-defunct HonorCon, in the form of a multi-fandom con with emphasis on the works of David Weber and the ever-growing Four Horsem[e]n Universe helmed by Mark Wandrey and Chris Kennedy."[1] This would explain the pre-2023 logo with tagline "The Tradition Lives!" The chair is Joel Lyons.
FantaSci has an interesting practice of declaring Lifetime Guests of Honor at the start – all three above writers together with their spouses Sharon Weber, Joy Wandrey and Sheellah Kennedy. (Apparently not all of them could attend every time, in 2023 it's just the Wandreys.) It has just one annual Guest of Honor, but supplemented with three Special Guests, even more Guests and a separate Musical Guest Of Honor.
| Con | Dates | Guest of Honor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FantaSci 2019 | March 22–24, 2019 | (all Lifetime ones?) | |
| FantaSci 2021 | Timothy Zahn[2] | moved back on February 6[3] | |
| FantaSci 2022 | March 25–27, 2022 | Eric Flint, "In Absentia" | Flint had to cancel early March |
| FantaSci 2023 | March 24–26, 2023 | Richard A. Knaak |
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| Website | 2019— |
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