Shore Leave 31 will have a Meet-the-Pros party, Ten-Forward, Charity Auctions, and any number of other special events. Please check back for more information.
As always on Friday night at 10pm we will have a gathering of our writer, artist, and science guests in the rear of the long hallway in front of the ballroom. Please come to meet these guests, chat, and get a few books signed.
We have 6 authors and the editor of the March 2009 anthology Star Trek: Mere Anarchy: Margaret Clark, Mike Barr, Christopher L. Bennett, Dave Galanter, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, and Howard Weinstein.
We have 9 authors and editors of the January 2009 anthology Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows: Marco Palmieri, Margaret Clark, Peter David, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Michael Jan Friedman, Jim Johnson, David Mack, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore.
We have 3 authors of the October 2008 anthology SCE: Wounds: Ilsa J. Bick, Keith R.A. DeCandido, and Terri Osborne.
We will have 2 book premieres at Shore Leave this year: Losing the Peace (William Leisner), and The Calling (David Mack).
Further author guests are: Rigel Ailur, Lorraine Anderson, T.A. Chafin, John Coffren, Greg Cox, Ann C. Crispin, Kathleen David, John S. Drew, Michael Jan Friedman, Dave Galanter, Allyn Gibson, Robert Greenberger, Glenn Hauman, Eric Kotani, Kevin Lauderdale, Polly Luttrull, Steve Mollmann, Scott Pearson, Roberta Rogow, Aaron Rosenberg, Lawrence Schoen, Amy Sisson, Kevin Summers, and Geoff Trowbridge.
All of our authors are of course featured in Voyages of the Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion (11/2006).
As a special treat two of our science guests will be signing books at the Meet-the-Pros Party on Friday night (10pm - midnight): Yoji Kondo and Ray Villard. They will give talks during Friday evening's science programming.
(Preliminary floorplan)Borders Books will at Shore Leave again this year on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. If you can't make it to the Meet-the-Pros on Friday night, you have the chance to obtain the books on Saturday and Sunday, though of course it'll be a bit harder to find all the authors.
Do you miss all the fun times at Vic's Place? (Sure, it was just a holosuite, but there was always something going on.) Now you can be part of it all. Sing and dance the night away at Vic's Place in Frankie & Vinnie's on Saturday evening immediately after the Masquerade.
During this year's Vic's Place, be sure to catch Robert Picardo performing a selection of songs from his CD.
Join us in the Valley ballroom on Sunday for Mystery Trekkie Theater as Peter David and company skewer another classic Trek episode. Peter has said there will be "definitely something new and unusual" for this fan favorite. It should be intriguing, to say the least...
Ten Forward is our Saturday evening dance, taking place immediately after the Masquerade. Join us as we dance the night away.
Featuring Robert Picardo and Ethan Phillips
The Doctor and Neelix reunite, rehashing their old adventures and taking aim at their old shipmates! They break the fourth wall with comic barbs, engaging the audience in an evening of fun and humor!
"May be the funniest show I've ever seen!"
- Glaxon Frudox, Bolian
"With easy jocularity, they assimilated me into their zany world."
- 37 of 428, Borg
"Loved half the cast!"
- Robert Picardo
The Shore Leave Game Room offers role playing games, Collector Card Games , miniature war games, and "Clicky Base" Games. The game room opens Friday at noon, Saturday and Sunday at 9 AM, and closes when the staff is too tired to stay awake. Come spend some time with us! If you would like further information, please email the Gaming Room Chair, Joe Dorffner.
Join in the Chaos Filk with Crystal Paul late-night Friday and Saturday for filk in a more informal atmosphere. Check the Pocket Program for time and place.
Do you have a song you want to share about your favorite show or character? Do you just want to sing along or maybe just listen? Then join the performers at the Filk Concert. Some performance slots are still available. Please contact Filk Chair Melissa James if you would like to participate.
Join us for our first-ever Comedy Roast as hapless vict... honoree Keith RA DeCandido is roasted by a panel of his peers: Peter David, Marco Palmieri, David Mack, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, Michael Jan Friedman, Kirsten Beyer, and Glenn Hauman. You must be 18+ to attend and 21+ to drink. All proceeds benefit the Aemrican Red Cross.
We plan to create the finest video programming possible for Shore Leave 31 by balancing classics with the latest wave of the most popular genre entertainment. Rather than simply guess though, we want your input! What guest-related videos would you like to see in the video room this year? Would you prefer recent films and TV episodes featuring our guests? Their classic films? A mixture of the old and the new? We leave it up to you. . UPDATE: As of May 31,2009 we are no longer accepting Video Room programing requests for Shore Leave 31. If you'd like to submit a suggestion for next year, please contact the Video Room coordinator Chris Schildt.