FF:WA Anthony Daniels at Melbourne convention in June

?3: JUNE 8-11 2001 -
MULTIVERSE 4 FULL WEEKEND SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION
Multiverse 4 is now less than 7 weeks away. Have you ordered your convention tickets, banquet tickets, trivia night tickets etc yet? If not, do it soon. do it NOW!

The program is now locked in and we can now give you a run down of the major events being run at the weekend.
?The main guests - Anthony Daniels (Star Wars saga), Virginia Hey (Farscape/Mad Max), Brian Thompson (X-Files/Buffy/Star Trek/others) will each be doing talks or panels and autographing each day of the convention. The guests will also be taking part in other activities throughout the weekend (where they can) including attending the banquet, attending the trivia night/pizza banquet, attending the chocolate panel, and taking part in costume and art display judging amongst other things.
?There will be a full Anime program running all 3 days of the convention arranged by the Melbourne Anime society - 9 hours a day.
?Friday night is a meet and greet night. Convention attendees can mingle in the bar area and talk to each other (a novel concept I must say). There will be nibbles supplied and drinks will be at bar prices. for those not interested in talking, the video programs will be operating as well. And of course, should you wish to help (yes please), we can always do with a hand stuffing con bags and setting up tables etc.
?Saturday sees a full stream of costuming talks and a costume display as well as art talks and an art display
?Saturday night is a banquet with the theme of Raiders of The Lost Ark 20th anniversary. This is your chance to have a good meal and spend the night celebrating this first in a great series of films. come in costume and prepare to have a good night.
?Saturday night will also have a special presentation in the theatrette of all 3 of the Mad Max films introduced by Virginia Hey who will give a talk to those present about mad Max and her time on the second film.
?Sunday sees a stream of fan films and talks on making fan films.
?Sunday night will be the Pizza Banquet / Trivia Night - the latest in a series of trivia nights from multiverse events. This one will be great, especially following the eating of pizza!
?Monday sees something new for Multiverse - a full writers stream with panels and discussions with a number of Melbourne based authors. There will be a literary luncheon with authors on each table and at the end of the day a meet and greet period. Literary guests for the day include out headline author Jack Dann as well as Sue Bursztynski, Kerry Greenwood, George Ivanoff, Kate Jacoby, Sean McMullen, Mark Shirrefs, Lucy Sussex, Janeen Webb and Carole Wilkinson. There will be a book launch during the day and your chance to talk to the authors and get an autograph on one or more of their books.
?Over the course of the weekend there will be a CCG tournament held with prizes such as sealed decks and gift vouchers to win with the assistance of Decipher, the makers of the CCG games.
?John Cook will be previewing his Sev Trek cartoon episode and taking us behind the scenes into the making of the episode as well as running a cartooning workshop and running an instant create a new cartoon panel
?Each of the days will also have numerous panel discussions for you to watch and take part in with themes such as soundtracks to classic 50's SF and from Stereotypical costuming to SF collectibles. There will also be a mix of games and game shows for you to watch and take part in as well.

The convention will have something for everyone. Check out our web page at www.multiverse.org.au for all details including admission prices, registration hours and more or you can send an email to info@multiverse.org.au

Details are as follows:
?DATE: Friday night June 8 - Monday night June 11 2001
?VENUE: Edmund Barton Centre, South Road Moorabbin
?GUESTS: Anthony Daniels (Star Wars saga), Virginia Hey (Farscape), Brian Thompson (Buffy/X-Files/Star Trek), John Cook (Sev Trek, Sev Wars etc) and authors Jack Dann, Sue Bursztynski, Kerry Greenwood, George Ivanof