Bubonicon 56
Schedule
Fri, 22 Aug, 2025 at 03:00 pm to Sun, 24 Aug, 2025 at 05:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Marriott Albuquerque (Albuquerque, NM) | Albuquerque, NM
Bubonicon is New Mexico’s best and longest-running Sci-Fi & Fantasy literary and arts convention. Join us in Albuquerque for a great weekend of fun! We have panels and presentations (featuring top authors, artists, and scientists), a costume contest, art show, dealer’s room, Green Slime Awards, charity auctions, fan programming, and much more!Joe Haldeman - Co-Guest of Honor
Sci-Fi Author – SFWA Grand Master, The Forever War, The Hemingway Hoax, Mindbridge, Camouflage, The Accidental Time Machine, Robot Jox, Star Trek: World Without End. www.joehaldeman.com
Delilah S. Dawson - Co-Guest of Honor
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Author – It Will Only Hurt for a Moment, Midnight at the Houdini, Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd, Bloom, Star Wars: Phasma, Wicked as They Come, No Country for Old Gnomes, Firefly: The Sting, Camp Scare. www.whimsydark.com
Jeffe Kennedy - Toastmaster
Fantasy Author – Reluctant Wizard, Rogue’s Pawn, Bright Familiar, The Orchid Throne, Sorcerous Moons, The Pages of the Mind, The Golden Gryphon and the Bear Prince, The Promised Queen, Familiar Winter Magic. www.jeffekennedy.com
John Sumrow - Guest Artist
Artist & Illustrator – Cover art for rock band albums, tabletop role playing games, and horror novels. Analog and Asimov’s Sci Fi Magazines, Call of Cthulhu game & book, space rock band Monster Magnet albums. www.johnsumrow.com
Dr. J.L. Doty - Science Speaker
PhD in Electrical Engineering – Specializing in laser physics. Interested in orbital mechanics, space travel, laser weapons and the future. He lives in Tucson, AZ. www.jldoty.com
2025 Con Theme: Mages and Mad Scientists
The appeal of magicians & mixed-up doctors from Frankenstein to Waldo Farthingwaite-Jones. What is the appeal of lab coats and wild hair anyway? Are robes and pointy hats any better?
Here are examples:
BOOKS: The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders, Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind, Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination edited by John Joseph Adams, Dr. Dimension by John DeChancie & David Bischoff, Abhorsen series by Garth Nix, The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, Lightbringer by Brent Weeks, Uprooted by Naomi Novik, The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke, The Hollows by Kim Harrison, Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, The Magicians by Lev Grossman, The Mad Scientists’ Club by Bertrand R. Brinley, Song of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce, Vicious by V.E. Schwab, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, Final Girls by Mira Grant, Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch, The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire, Witch World series by Andre Norton, Black Magician trilogy by Trudi Canavan, Wizard in Rhyme series by Christopher Stasheff, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and more…
MOVIES/TV SHOWS: The Hobbit, Young Frankenstein, Sssssss, The Raven, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, Excalibur, Back to the Future, Re-Animator, Wizards, The Mad Monster, Onward, Bride of the Monster, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Wicked, Attack of the Puppet People, The Magic Sword, Hocus Pocus, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, The Prestige, Creature with the Atom Brain, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dr. Cyclops, Big Trouble in Little China, Konga, Willow, Doctor Strange, Fiend Without a Face, Return of the Fly, Teenage Zombies, The Sword and the Sorcerer, Fire and Ice, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Wizards and Warriors, and probably several more…
COMIC BOOKS: Zatanna, Doctor Octopus, Lex Luthor, Doctor Doom, Scarecrow, Mr. Freeze, Doctor Strange, Green Goblin, Agatha Harkness, M.O.D.O.K., Dr. Curt Connors, Scarlet Witch, Brainchild, Doctor Fate, Raven, Witchblade, and many, many more…
MUSIC: “Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive” by Men at Work, “Black Magic Woman” by Santana, “Frankenstein” by The Edgar Winter Group, “Witch Doctor” by Ross Bagdasarian (aka David Seville), “Weird Science” by Oingo Boingo, “You Can Do Magic” by America, “Do You Believe In Magic” by the Lovin’ Spoonful, “She Blinded Me With Science” by Thomas Dolby, “I Put A Spell On You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, “Witchy Woman” by The Beagles, “Feed My Frankenstein” by Alice Cooper, “The Wizard” by Uriah Heep, “Particle Man” by They Might Be Giants, “Cloudbusting” by Kate Bush, “Season of the Witch” by Donovan, “Pinball Wizard” by The Who, “The Wizard” by Black Sabbath, “The Mad Scientist” by Large Professor, “Abracadabra” by the Steve Miller Band, “The Witch Queen of New Orleans” by Redbone, “Genetic Engineering” by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, “Science Fiction Double Feature” in Rocky Horror Picture Show, “Shock the Monkey” by Peter Gabriel, and most likely even more…
