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DragonCon 2008 Welcomes Voltaire to Convention Guest List
Voltaire to Join the Ranks of Storm Troopers, Wizards and Trekkies at DragonCon 2008
Cuban native and New York Resident, Voltaire will be attending this year’s DragonCon in
Voltaire hoped to release his next album by Halloween. However, due to an unfortunate end Dancing Ferret, the CD release date is unclear. Voltaire signed with Dancing Ferret after the release of his last album, Ooky Spooky. He now plans to release the album independently and is expected to take pre-orders within a few weeks. Previous Voltaire albums include The Devils Bris (1998), Almost Human (2000), Banned on Vulcan (2001), Boo Hoo (2002), Then and Again (2004), Deady Sings! (2004), Zombie Prostitute (2006), Live! (2006) and Ooky Spooky (2007). All albums, with the exception of Live! were released through Projekt Records.
DragonCon, a multi-genre pop culture convention with a strong focus on science fiction, fantasy, comics, literature, art, gaming, music and film, is held annual in
First launched in 1987, DragonCon was born from a science fiction and gaming group called the Dragon Alliance of Gamers and Role-Players (DAGR). The first flyers for the convention were presented in 1986 at the Atlanta Worldcon, ConFederation.
The first guests of honor for the event were Michael Moorcock, Lynn Abbey, Robert Asprin, Robert Adams, Ultima (the creator of Richard “Lord British” Garriott), Gary Gygax (co-creator of the popular RPG game Dungeons & Dragons), and Toastmaster Brad Strickland. Musical guests included John Serrie, who performed in a NASA flight suit, and Michael Moorcock with the Eric Bloom of the Blue Oyster Cult. The Atlanta Radio Theater Company also attended the convention and is expected to attend this year as well.
Dragon*Con will be hosted by the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta Hilton and the Sheraton Atlanta hotel. The Hyatt is connected to the Marriot across the street by a climate controlled tube. The hotels are located in downtown
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