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Brave New Con
| Science Fiction Convention | |
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| Name: | Brave New Con |
| Dates: | January 13-14, 1984 |
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| Location: | Washington D.C./Maryland area |
| Type: | fan-run, celebrity guests |
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| Organization: | Washington Area Convention Organization |
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Brave New Con was a 1984 science fiction convention.
The guests of honor were Fred Pohl and Kelly Freas.
Focus
From a flyer:
The theme is Orwell's "1984". About a third of the panels will grow out of the theme, including looks at the Political Novel as SF, Utopias and Dystopias, and panels based on the slogans of Orwell's "Oceania": War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength. Also on the program, a look at the future of space exploration from the congressional and industry points of view as well as NASA's, the problems with the last few Worldcons, presentations on upcoming feature films, SF cartooning, the schism between written and media SF fen, and presentations by the 86 Worldcon bid committees. Not to mention stellar speeches by our guests of honor.
Planned Films
"Some on 16mm film, some on professional wide-screen video": Star Wars, Time Bandits, Animal Farm, Star Trek II, 2001: Space Odyssey, Young Frankenstein, The Great Dictator, Duck Soup, 1985, Forbidden Planet, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Dark Star, and "many more."