We continue to spotlight donations from dealers, members, and staff.

Today were spotlighting a beautiful green bound volume, The Fantasy Illustrated Library Volume One: Lands and Legends , published by Michael Publishing, LLC. Over Hardcover with gold embossing and a matching slipcase create a lovely package that will brighten any bookshelf.

100 artists from around the world were given the theme and asked to pick a subject that tit the theme, any creature, being or place from myth or legend from anywhere around the world. Mediums used varied; oil, acrylic, watercolor, digital and mixed media and colored pencils. 

Signed and numbered, owning a numbered edition of Vol. 1 gives you the right to reserve that same number for future volumes. 

From the web site:

The Fantasy Illustration Library Volume One entitled "Lands and Legends" is a prestige format 9" X 12" hardcover book in simulated leather (with slipcase).  The book contains 148 original fantasy paintings from 127 artists and illustrators from all over the world.  This is a terrific reference book for any fantasy or comic book artist with 304 pages; including subject write ups, artists' discussions and web site links to the participating artists.  There is no other book like it in existence.  Many of the participating artists and other artists who have reviewed it state that it is one of the finest fantasy fine art books to be printed in the last twenty-five years!!!

Escape from reality with fantasy fine art books by Michael Publishing of Naperville, Illinois, a high end publishing company.  These books will have a large appeal among fans of comics, fantasy, and science fiction, tattoo artists and the gaming community as both collectibles and reference works. 

Donated by Malcolm Phifer, President MichaelPublishing LLC. www.michaelpublishing.net

Again, I hope you'll come out and support the Worldcon76 in San Jose Charity Auction, the beneficiary of which is the Alzheimer's Association. If you're a fan of fantastic art, unique collectables and just really cool stuff, there's sure to be quite a few items that you'll need to add to your collection.

Learn more about the Charity Auction and the Alzheimer's Association here.

Ric Bretschneider
Worldcon 76 Charity Auction

We continue to spotlight donations from dealers, members, and staff.

At an convention auction for fans, you kind of expect to see some cool toys...

Donated by "The Bretschneider Family" this still in the package statue is just waiting to go home with the winning bidder (we do hope it behaves once it gets there!)

Inspired by an iconic Frank Frazetta painting, this can be left in the unique packaging or removed to sit directly on your shelf or desk.  

And if you like this one, there's another "prettier" Frazetta statue that I'll be posting a few days.

Again, I hope you'll come out and support the Worldcon76 in San Jose Charity Auction, the beneficiary of which is the Alzheimer's Association. If you're a fan of fantastic art, unique collectables and just really cool stuff, there's sure to be quite a few items that you'll need to add to your collection.

Learn more about the Charity Auction and the Alzheimer's Association here.

Ric Bretschneider
Worldcon 76 Charity Auction

 Register now before the price goes up to the at-the-door rate!

The new prices will be: 

Attending Adult Membership: $250

Active Duty/First Responder/Young Adult: $125

Child: $75

Also, please note: all installment plan balances should be paid in full at this time. Discounts for pre-supporting members also expire on July 1, 2018.

There will be single-day memberships available; prices and advance sales information will be posted later in July. 

Worldcon 76 has issued the 1943 Retrospective Hugo Awards Voter Packet, a collection of finalists for the 1943 Retro-Hugo Awards made available to members of Worldcon 76 to assist them in making informed decisions when voting on this year's Hugo Awards.

Members of Worldcon 76 can sign in using their Hugo Award voting credentials that were sent to them when the final Hugo Award ballot was issued. In some cases, the Retro-Hugo packet includes only a pointer to a location where the work can be found online. Not all works shortlisted for the 1943 Retrospective Hugo Awards appear in the Retro-Hugo Voter Packet due to challenges with obtaining rights to distribute them.

CALL FOR PAPERS: The 2018 World Science Fiction Convention (worldcon76.org) is looking for undergraduate students, graduate students or post-doctoral scholars to participate in a poster competition on Saturday, Aug. 18. Here is an opportunity to share your research with an audience that is very interested in science, engineering and technology.

The convention will be at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center on August 16-20, 2018.

There will be a $100 prize for the poster that best communicates science to the general public. More info on the website at: http://www.worldcon76.org/program/student-papers