PRESS RELEASE #21 - Interaction Mails Progress Report #2

GLASGOW, Thursday 12 August 2004

Interaction, the 2005 Worldcon, released its second full Progress Report on 2 August 2004. This is the second of four Progress Reports that Interaction will produce in the run-up to the Convention.

Progress Report 2 (PR2) includes a wide range of articles and other information. Most importantly, PR2 includes full information on the accommodation service that Interaction is offering to members, including details of all 24 of the accommodation locations on offer - ranging from Eurohostel and University self-catering accommodation through to the best hotels in the City. The service itself will accept bookings from 2 September 2004.

Other articles in PR2 include a retrospective on the 1987 Brighton Worldcon, Conspiracy'87, by its Co-Ordinator Paul Oldroyd; details of international travel options for getting to Glasgow; updates and Divisional reports on topics including Childcare, Disabled Access, Programme, Exhibits, and Publications; and the first in a series of articles aimed at people attending their first major convention. PR2 also includes "Intermission", the second in a series of fanzines by the Plokta Cabal who will be running the Interaction fan lounge and fan programming.

The cover of PR2 is the second in a series of four to be designed by Hugo award winning artist Jim Burns, and inspired by the convention's riverside location and Glasgow's maritime history.

US members' copies have been mailed by standard (bulk) mail. Most non-US members' copies have been mailed by International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) mail. A small number of copies, mostly to countries that do not participate in the ISAL program, have been sent by ordinary air mail. Copies of PR2 are expected to arrive with members during the second half of August 2004.

ENDS

Contacts

General: info@interaction.worldcon.org.uk
Press/Media: Paul Treadaway - press@interaction.worldcon.org.uk

The 2005 World Science Fiction Convention, known as Interaction, will take place in Glasgow, UK from 4-8 August 2005. More information about Interaction, including current membership rates, is available from its web site (http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/) or by writing to info@interaction.worldcon.org.uk.

Specific press contacts, or requests to be removed from the Interaction press release mailing list should be directed to press@interaction.worldcon.org.uk.

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Release Date 12^th August 2004