Dave McDonnell
David McDonnell is Editor of Starlog, a 26-year-old monthly magazine devoted to science fiction & fantasy film/television/literature and their creators. He has also served as Editor of Fangoria (a sister magazine chronicling horror), Comics Scene and SCI-FI TV. Dave edited the official Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager magazines. A movie magazine specialist, McDonnell has produced editions showcasing some 30 films including Aliens, Terminator 2, Starship Troopers, Willow and several Star Trek and James Bond adventures. He graduated in 1978 from West Virginia’s Bethany College and has an M.A. in Advertising from Syracuse University. His career began in 1972 with work in fanzines. He moved to Starlog in October 1982, becoming Editor in April 1985. A frequent Starland convention guest, Dave has attended some 40 Starland events since 1986, in Denver, Oklahoma and Australia (with and little side trip to Fiji too).

It really wouldn't be a convention without Dave and his incredible encyclopedic knowledge of science fiction. He will be speaking with our cousin Jeff in the Main Events room on Saturday and Sunday. Picky guy that he is, Dave did not select a perky female sidekick at the last convention and will be looking forward to accepting gifts from qualified applicants.

She contributed to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer book Tales of the Slayer and has written four Star Trek: Voyager novels, The Murdered Sun, Marooned, Seven of Nine, The Dark Matters Trilogy and collaborated with Michael Jan Friedman on Double Helix: The First Virtue... Golden has also ventured into e-territory with Hard Crash. Her latest "treks" include a special addendum to the novelization of the Voyager finale, in which she takes the characters in new directions.

Golden also wrote the novelization of Steven Spielberg's Invasion America and an original "prequel," On the Run. Her latest projects are Lord of the Clans, a tie-in novel to the Warcraft series, and another Voyager novel, No Man's Land.

New this convention to readers are the following: Tales of the Slayer, No Man's Land, "Have Tech, Will Travel" and Lord of the Clans, a tie-in novel to the highly successful video game Warcraft. Keep an eye out for her first hardcover, a story about one James T. Kirk, called The Last Roundup in July! You can visit Christie online at www.christiegolden.com.