PAST ROVACON AND RISING STAR GUESTS

ROVACON

1976 RoVaCon 1
Nelson Bond, Keith Laumer, Richard Preston*

1977 RoVaCon 2
Leigh Brackett*, Kelly Freas, Richard Preston*

1978 RoVaCon 3
Kelly Freas, Elizabeth Taylor*, Richard Preston*

1979 RoVaCon 4
Manly Wade Wellman, Elizabeth Taylor*, Kelly Freas, Richard Preston*, Mike Foster, Allen Wold

1980 RoVaCon 5
Fred Pohl, Richard Preston*, Kelly Freas, Mike Foster, Lisa Cantreel

1981 RoVaCon 6
Algis Budrys, William Tenn, Kay Aldridge*,Richard Preston*, Kelly Freas, Mike Foster, Lisa Cantrell, Allen Wold

1982 RoVaCon 7
William Tenn, Laura Banks*,Richard Preston*, Kelly Freas, Mike Foster, Lisa Cantrell, Allen Wold

1983 RoVaCon 8
C. J. Cherryh, George Takei*, Kelly Freas, Richard Preston*, Richard Pini, Mike Foster, Lisa Cantrell, Richard Preston*, Allen Wold

1984 RoVaCon 9
Jo Clayton, Mike Foster, Richard Pini, George Takei*, Angelique Pettyjohn*, Lisa Cantrell, Hal Clement, Kelly Freas, Richard Preston*, Allen Wold

1985 RoVaCon 10
Richard Pini, Kelly Freas, Hal Clement, Grace Lee Whitney*, George Effinger, Allen Wold, Mike Foster, Allen Wold

1986 RoVaCon 11
Alan Dean Foster, Walter Koenig*, Richard Pini, Lisa Cantrell, Hal Clement*, Allen Wold

1987 RoVaCon 12
Ben Bova, Bibi Besch*, Majel Barrett Roddenberry*, Richard Pini, Lisa Cantrell, Hal Clement, Richard Preston*

1988 RoVaCon 13
Susan Swartz, Judith Tarr, Mark Lenard*, Deanna Lund*, Kelly Freas, Richard Pini, Hal Clement, Kelly Freas, Lisa Cantrell, Richard Pini, Richard Preston*, Allen Wold

1989 RoVaCon 14
Vonda McIntyre, Ann Crispin, George Effinger, Deanna Lund*, Angelique Pettyjohn*, Hal Clement, Richard Preston*, Richard Pini, Brinke Stevens*, Lisa Cantrell, Allen Wold

1990 RoVaCon 15
Forry Ackerman*, John Gardner, Spice Williams*, Deanna Lund*, Mike Jittlov*, Richard Preston*, Hal Clement, Richard Pini, Allen Wold, Lisa Cantrell, Danny Boyd*

1991 RoVaCon 16
Roger Zelazny, Forry Ackerman*, Brinke Stevens*, Spice Williams*, Deanna Lund*, Don Matheson*, Hal Clement, Allen Wold, Lisa Cantrell, Richard Pini, Danny Boyd*

RISING STAR

1992 Rising Star 1
Deanna Lund*, Brinke Stevens*, Spice Williams*, Beverly McDermott*, Hal Clement, Danny Boyd, Lisa Cantrell

1993 Rising Star 2
Deanna Lund*,Beverly McDermott*,Michele Matheson*,Felicia Bell*, Patty Tallman*, Hal Clement, Brinke Stevens*

1994 Rising Star 3
Deanna Lund*,Beverly McDermott*, Richard Biggs, Arlene Golonka*, Jane Greer*, Hal Clement

1995 Rising Star 4
Deanna Lund*, Beverly McDermott*, Joyce Meadows*, Grace Lee Whitney*, Terry Moore*, Forrest J. Ackerman*, Patti Yasutake*, Spice Williams*, Brinke Stevens*, Richard Biggs*, Fred Pohl, Hal Clement (20th anniversary celebration for conventions run in this area.)

1996 Rising Star 5
Deanna Lund*, Beverly McDermott*, Don Marshall*, Joyce Meadows*, Yvonne Craig*, Richard Biggs*, Hal Clement

1997 Rising Star 6
Deanna Lund* (10th Anniversary at the Va conventions), Beverly McDermott, BarBara Luna*, Richard Biggs*, Richard Hatch*, Michele Matheson*, Marjorie Monaghan*, Hal Clement

1998 Rising Star 7
Deanna Lund*, Hal Clement, Beverly McDermott*, Patricia York*, Don Marshall*, Erin Gray*, Gil Gerard*, Richard Biggs*, Joyce Meadows*, France Nuyen*

1999 Rising Star 8
Richard Biggs* (Babylon 5, Any Day Now), Gerard Christopher* (Superboy, Silk Stalkings, Melrose Place), Hal Clement (Science Fiction Hall of Fame Author), Frank Gorshin * (Batman, Star Trek), Julie Caitlin Brown * (Babylon 5, Star Trek), Erin Gray* (Buck Rogers, Silver Spoons), Linda Harrison* (Planet of the Apes, Coccoon), Tommy Kirk* (The Shaggy Dog, Mickey Mouse Show), Herbert Jefferson, Jr.* (Battlestar Galactica), Anne Lockhart * (Battlestar Galactica), Deanna Lund* (Land of the Giants, Batman), Beverly McDermott* (Casting Director), Michele Matheson* (Tin Cup, The Dance), Joyce Meadows* (Brain From Planet Arous)

(Note: * for media guests - List courtesy of Dr. Fred Eichelman)