Con-Troll

Science Fiction Convention
Name:	Con-Troll
Dates:	1993, 1994, 1995 (perhaps others)
Frequency:	annually
Location:	Houston, Texas
Type:	not-for-profit, fan-run
Focus:	science fiction, fantasy, gaming
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Con-Troll was a series of Houston, Texas science fiction, fantasy, gaming conventions.

The 1994 one was "Sponsored by CatBoxe Theatre; Gaming Sponsor: ARGH! Association of Role-Playing Gamers of Houston RPGA; Con-Troll Is a production of Con-Troll Conventions, Inc."

1994

• April 15-17, 1994
• guests of honor were Michael Jittlov, Robert Neagle, and The Duras Sisters -- see flyer for more

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  first page of a 1994 flyer

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  second page of a 1994 flyer

1995

There is a con report for this con in Tarriel Cell.

1996

Houston's sf convention Con-Troll 96 is over for another year. I especially loved this year's as the guests C.J. Cherryh, Jane Fancher & Harry Harrison are some of my favorite sf writers. The panel they were on "Getting Started as a Professional Writer" was a marvelous showcase for the variety of backgrounds from which writers arise. Jane Fancher summed the panel when she said "Ah aspiring writers! Most of you I can't help. Some of you I can't stop." And the one thing they all agreed on - with some awful stories - was that there is a special place in hell for publishers - right next to the agents.