1989 - SoonerCon 5 Program Book, Pages 35-44

The rest of the SoonerCon 5 Program Book, November 17-19, 1989.

The Reverend Oral Love was a persona adopted by David Means, who now rejoices in a role on the Board of Directors of the Kansas City Science Fiction & Fantasy Society.

The top image by Kevin Hopkins ... the others?

The bottom-right image is by Keith Berdak ... what of the others?

 Let's assume that the WorldCon bid on the bottom half of the page above was a jest ....

This post wraps up the Program Book from 1989.  All hail to Bill Hodgson, the Program Book chair!

1989 - SoonerCon 5 Program Book, Pages 24-34

These pages continue the guest bios.

 The cartoon at the top of the page by Teddy Harvia; art in middle of page is by Kevin Hopkins; bottom image by Bill Hodgson.

 Filler art on this page by Kevin Hopkins.

 Top image by Larry Dyson, bottom by Rick Lowry.

 Aaah, the joys of Planet Comics (top ad) ....

 Whose enchanting art at the bottom of this page (above)?

Well, that's all for this installment.

PS ... you may request a PDF of the Program Book by emailing me, or leave a comment with your email info.

1989 - SoonerCon 5 - Program Book Pages 12-23

Happy New Year!

SoonerCon 5 was held November 17-19, 1989, at the Central Plaza Hotel.  Here are the next dozen or so pages from the Program Book.

 Roger Allen was our Fan GOH.

You can tell what role Randy Farran played (get it, played?).

Writer David Brin, booked as a "Special Guest," was a no-show for some reason I don't remember.  Walter Jon Williams was our Writer Guest at the Con.

 Richard Arnold, our "Media" guest, is a friend/acquaintance of ThunderChief Larry Nemecek, who wrote the above bio.

 SoonerKin were previous SoonerCon Big-name-Guests.

And with the above centerfold, this installment of the SoonerCon PB closes.  See you around, kiddies!
 

1989 - SoonerCon 5 - Progam Book Pages 1-11

SoonerCon 5 was held November 17-19, 1989, at the Central Plaza Hotel.  Here are the first 11 pages from the Program Book.

Other OKC fandom notes: NOSFA, the Norman Oklahoma Science Fiction Association, held its first PsurrealCon convention.  Previously, the NOSFA con had been named PseudoCon.  Amazingly enough, yours truly was the one to suggest the new "PsurrealCon" when the chair wanted to change the name, but keep a "P" at the beginning of its name.

1989 was the same year that SoonerCon founders Mike and Tamara Hodge upped anchor.  First stop: New York City.

Also in 1989, STAR member Larry Nemecek took a trip to California and Paramount, including “seven hours with TNG profession­als.” This doubtless planted in his mind the treacherous possibility of abandoning his Club for some Paramount job, as he will indeed did in the 1990s.  We still love ya, Larry!

Someday you may learn all about The Okie Horror Picture Show, originally the halftime entertainment for the SoonerCon 5 Costume Contest.

Stay tuned!

  

The January, 1988 Galactic Gazette

As printed by the Commodore 64's mps-801 printer ...

My favorite of these inventions is the Soapbox on Wheels:  "This Porta-Pulpit makes it simple for you to tell everyone what to do and how to do it before you disappear over the horizon forever."

Ain't it the truth?

The first report from new 1988 Prez Casey Means

From VP Mark Alfred

A song from Claire Stephens (now McMurray)

Minutes from December 1987 meeting by Larry (future ThunderChief) Nemecek.

See you later, my friends.

1988: SoonerCon 4: Review and Warthog Gazette

As you will recall, SoonerCon 4 took place October 21-22-23, 1988, at the Central Plaza Hotel in OKC.

A lot of fun was had by most (if not all), as attested by soon-to-be ThunderChief Larry Nemecek in this review, which appeared in STAR OKC's December Galactic Gazette.

Another bit of detritus from SoonerCon is this tattered bit of oral history.

From my understanding, the Warthog Gazette was produced by one or two people who listed at parties, or other places at the con, for silly statements, outrageous questions, or (even better) lines that could be taken out-of-context to raise some eyebrows.

SIDE ONE:

I don't know if the WG appeared anywhere else in fandom or at other cons (I was going to ask if it appeared in con-dom!)  But you would find copies set out in the public spaces on Sunday morning ... so evidently it was worked over, in the wee hours of Saturday night, to be presented as a fait accompli, a bit of devilish fun.

SIDE TWO:

Please, can anyone else shed some light on the true story of the Warthog Gazette?

See you another time, friends!