OUR GUESTS OF HONOR
We are
pleased to announce our Media Guest of Honor for MarsCon 2000:
MARK ALLEN SHEPHERD, otherwise
known as MORN, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's FAVORITE BARFLY!
Mark Allen Shepherd plays Morn, a humanoid alien of mysterious origin
who frequents the space station Deep Space Nine and is quite the
regular at Quark's bar. Morn is a ladies' man. Even Dax has
commented that she finds the few hairs on the top of his head to
be attractive. Quark knows that when Morn leaves the bar he
might as well close up for the night. He went so far as to
suggest a new Ferengi "rule of aquisition" to describe
the phenomenon. Quark on occasion lets Morn run the
bar. Morn will be around for a long time, as Jake Sisko
finds Morn running the bar some time in the future. There
are enough pieces of the puzzle to make the audience wonder and
keep them on the edge of their seats when Morn is about to say
something. Morn might just be the most famous non speaking
role in Star Trek history.
An accomplished artist, Mark Allen Shepherd has had numerous works of
his abstract impressionist paintings, mixed media and
photomosaics used on the sets of Deep Space Nine as well as other
television shows, films and commercials.
Mark also performs with Plural Dolt, an absurd music theater
group now in its twelfth year. Plural Dolt has just finished
its latest recording "American Custard." It sounds like
Frank Zappa meets Spike Jones on Forbidden Planet... Cartoony,
Wild and Zainey. Plural Dolt plays in and around the Los
Angeles area and plans to go on tour soon.
Mark has a diverse background in science as well as the fine
arts. His bachelor of science degree is from Roger Williams
College, and he studied Music, Film, Theater, Performance and
Interdisciplinary Arts for four years at the California Institute
of the Arts. Much of Mark's work explores such abstract
concepts as energy, consciousness, perception,
multi-dimentionality, transformation and mythologization of the
environment through a variety of media.
We are really looking forward to welcoming the real Morn to
Minnesota. If you would like to read more about our planned
Media Guest of Honor, please try this link to the Official Morn
& Mark Allen Shepherd Website:
garrisonent.com/morn/
Another media guest coming to MarsCon 2000 is Lisa
M. Getto, who's worked on Deep Space 9, Babylon 5, Crusade,
X-Files, Profiler, and many, many other Films and TV shows.
She's from Wisconsin, and glad to be coming back to the midwest to
be at MarsCon! Check out her website at
www.geocities.com/Hollywood/8104/index.html
AUTHOR / GAMING GOHs:
Margaret Weis and Don Perrin
MarsCon is pleased to announce that
Margaret Weis and Don Perrin have agreed to be Guests of Honor for
MarsCon 2000. Margaret Weis's published works include the
Dragonlance series, the Rose of the Prophet series of Arabian
fantasy novels (with Tracy Hickman) and her own series, a galactic
fantasy entitled Star of the Guardian. Don Perrin's novels
include Knights of the Black Earth and Robot Blues, co-authored
with Margaret Weis, and short story "First Dragon Army Bridge
Building Company." For more information about Margaret
Weis and Don Perrin, we suggest these links:
mag7.com/
www.mag7.com/don.htm
www.mag7.com/Margaret.htm
Fan
GOH: Jack Borkowski, Head of the Klingon Assault Group
As our Fan Guest of Honor for MarsCon 2000, we plan to welcome JACK BORKOWSKI to Minnesota! Jack is a master costumer and head of the KLINGON ASSAULT GROUP (KAG), the largest Klingon club on Earth, with members on five continents. Our sources say the Klingons are planning to respond by launching a full-scale invasion of MarsCon! Last time, the Martians invaded Minnesota. This time, we will be invaded. Brace yourself, and stay tuned for more information as this story develops...
SCIENCE GOH: UFOlogist Donald R. Schmitt
Mr. Schmitt has been a guest speaker at many great science and SF conventions, most notably the Battelle Institute, ASA Science Conference, International Microwave Technology Convention, the 1992 CSICOP Convention, Mad Media and DragonCon. He is a former co-director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies where he served as Director of Special Investigations for ten years, investigating more than 300 separate UFO reports throughout the United States. He has served as a technical consultant on several documentaries including "The UFO Enigma, A Report on UFOs"; "The History of UFOs"; "UFO Secret: The Roswell Crash"; "UFOs: Uncredited Field of Science," and the ShowTime movie "Roswell." Mr. Schmitt is the author of dozens of published articles about UFOs, as well as the co-author of two best-selling books: UFO Crash on Roswell and The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell. Join us in welcoming Donald R. Schmitt to Minnesota and learning more about this intriguing field of science.
Posthumous GOH: Chesley Bonestell
MarsCon will also be honoring the late Chesley Bonestell as our Posthumous Guest of Honor. His life's work as an artist/illustrator of space flight and astronomical subjects has had a profound impact on art, science, and science fiction. For more information about Chesley Bonestell, we suggest this link: www.bonestell.org
