From: "Ernest Lilley" <elilley at mindspring.com>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Shocking News! Sci-fi conventions are luring fewer fans
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:51:18 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Ok, like we knew this already, ant this article is talking about media
cons mostly...but we still have to talk about it as it regards CapClave.

Ern

Sci-fi conventions are luring fewer fans
Thursday, November 04, 2004
By RAY KELLY
rkelly at repub.com

The technological advances once dreamt of by fantasy lovers are now
killing science-fiction fan conventions.

In today's wired world, sci-fi fans e-mail each other and discuss their
favorite shows on message boards, chat on-line with actors and authors,
and buy autographed mementos on eBay.

As a result, conventions, a sci-fi staple of the 1970s, have dwindled in
number and attendance, said Paul Aldred, organizer of this weekend's
United Fan Con at the Springfield Marriott.

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http://www.masslive.com/living/republican/index.ssf?/base/living-2/10994
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