Begin forwarded message: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:13:05 -0800 > From: Craig Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: SMOFS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SMOFS] Worldcon To Offer "Taster Memberships" > > L.A.con IV > The 64th World Science Fiction Convention > P.O. Box 8442 > Van Nuys, CA 91409 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.laconiv.org/ > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE… > > > Worldcon To Offer "Taster Memberships" > > Go Walkabout Worldcon and See If You Like It > > > Heard about World Science Fiction Conventions (Worldcons) and think > they > sound cool but not sure they're worth the money? > > This year's Worldcon is in the Anaheim Convention Center between > Wednesday, > August 23rd and Sunday, August 27th. Come on down and you can get a > special "taste" of what a Worldcon is really like for a fraction of > the price. > > Instead of paying the $200 at-the-door price for a Full Membership in > Worldcon, giving you five full days access to all of the exhibits, > dealers, > speakers, program items, films, dances, parties, Hugo Awards ceremony, > Masquerade competition, etc., you can buy a "One-Day" Membership for > $50-$75 (depending on which day of the convention). > > Still too rich to see if you'll like it? Buy a "Taster Membership". > You'll receive a copy of the convention's program schedule and event > guide > and entrance for up to three hours for only $20. > > Here's how it works. Whenever you show up, you to the convention's > Registration Desk. There you'll pay for a One-Day Membership. Your > membership badge will be time-stamped. Then go wander about the > convention > freely. See the Exhibits and the Art Show and the Dealers Room, all > 145,000 > square feet of them. Go see a program item or two. (There will be > hundreds over the course of the convention). Hear a speaker. Get > autographs. Watch a film. Join a filk sing. Hang out at our Space > Port > Lounge. Do whatever you like. > > If Worldcon really isn't for you, then just go back to Registration > within > three hours of your time-stamp and you'll receive all but $20 of your > money > back. But if you like what you find and want to hang around the rest > of > the day and evening, all you have to do is hang around. Your badge > will > let you stay and attend all open events until the next morning. And > if you > want to attend more days, just come back and buy another One-Day or > convert > your One-Day to a Full Membership. > > It's easy and safe. And you'll find out for yourself what all the > fuss is > about. (We've been going for years and there's so much great stuff to > do > we can't imagine anyone wouldn't want to stay but some people need to > try > it for themselves to be sure.) > > The 2006 World Science Fiction Convention, L.A.con IV, will take place > at > the Anaheim Convention Center and Anaheim Hilton between Wednesday, > August > 23rd and Sunday, August 27th. > > For more details on all of the convention's activities, try checking > out > our website at http://www.laconiv.org/taster > > Note: Taster Memberships paid by cash, traveler's check, or credit > card > will be refunded immediately. Memberships paid by check will be > refunded > by mail. No refunds after 7:00 PM each day. One Taster Membership per > person. > > ------ > > Worldcon, World Science Fiction Convention, Hugos, and Hugo Awards are > service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated > literary association.
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