Fuzzy’s Travelogue is the newsletter of LAcon V: The 84th World Science Fiction Convention. This is Volume Four of the series, August 2025 edition. A downloadable PDF version of the newsletter can be found here.
Issues of Fuzzy’s Travelogue will be distributed on a regular basis, to our members and on our website & social media, throughout the lead-up to our August 2026 convention. Previous issues can be found here: Volume 1 (May 2025), Volume 2 (June 2025), Volume 3 (July 2025).
You can read all about Fuzzy, LAcon V’s mascot, here.
Our Adventures in Seattle
August was a month of preparations for attending the Seattle 2025, the 83rd Worldcon held from August 13th through 17th. We planned many activities, from fan tables, to creating your own adventure, to parties, and games. To those of you who attended, we hope you had a great time. We did! But for those who couldn’t make it, let me tell you all about what occurred.
Let’s start with creating your own adventure. Seattle’s souvenir book contained a number of ads from LAcon V, starting with this ad on page 4.
Our ad in the Seattle Worldcon souvenir book
Once you read it, you decide which of two locations you would find me. Whichever one you picked would lead you to another ad, where you would find me or would again give you two options. You would continue to follow me through the convention, visiting various locations that would be important and ensuring that you found other attendees, including some of our Guests of Honor. If you were careful, you could find me very quickly, but you needed to keep track of where you had already been. Still, you would be following me through the convention center until you caught up with me, at opening ceremonies, of course!
Once you knew where I was, when you came to our fan table in the Exhibit Hall of the Seattle convention center, you could collect your prize, a special “I Found Fuzzy” ribbon for your badge. People unfamiliar with me and LAcon V saw the ribbon on others and came to the table to obtain it and stayed to get more information about our Worldcon.
The “I found Fuzzy” ribbons, the tails of which were hand-sewn by members of the LAcon V team back in Los Angeles
It wasn’t hard to locate our three fan tables in the Exhibit Hall. There was a three foot high image of yours truly proudly beckoning all con attendees to see what we have to offer at LAcon V. If you hadn’t looked at your souvenir book before, we had a copy open to our first ad and encouraged people to create their adventure right there. Then they could obtain the ribbon as soon as they identified me. (Okay, some just spotted me right off and got their ribbons right away. But they still had fun.)
At the first fan table, we told you more about what we were planning for Anaheim in 2026. There was a map of Anaheim, displaying the various locations of many of the attractions that it has to offer and showing their relative distance to our hotel and convention center sites. You could also pick up a map of the bus transit system, designed to help you get around Anaheim on public transportation. We provided information about certain areas, such as the Packing District, as well as gave approximate distances and travel times to the locations. We also were showing a short slide show describing our guests of honor and special guests, some of the activities planned at the convention, and other areas that might be of interest to our con goers.
Our other fan tables allowed you to confirm your status with LAcon V in case you weren’t sure if you had a membership or wanted us to check on the status of friends and family members. For any of the Seattle attendees who wanted to purchase a membership for our Worldcon, there were stations at these tables which made it easy for them to register and manned by staff who were there to help and answer any questions they might have. I’m so proud of these volunteers who made it possible for over 200 new members to be added to our rolls.
Kevin Roche at the LAcon V Milliways party
In addition to all that, we talked about the parties we would be throwing at Seattle. Everyone was invited to partake in these in our suite in the Sheraton Grand. They were held on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday with the theme of Milliways, the restaurant at the end of the Universe (from Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy). In keeping with this theme, we served the infamous Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster (non-alcoholic, of course) as well as the Dish of the Day, served via the Ameglian Major Cow. They sampled the Sees chocolates (we carted over 40 pounds of it to Seattle, which wasn’t easy), lemon whippersnappers, chips, and pretzels, and could even try some edible aliens.
There were also two games played at the party. The first, “Give us the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything”, (referencing Adams’ Hitchhiker, where the Earth was destroyed before the computer could tell us what it was), asked partygoers to submit their questions. These would be reviewed by judges and the most appropriate ones would be selected. These winners of this game were announced at 11:30 PM and could choose their prize from those displayed.
Eagle-eyed Fuzzy spotters received this fox badge charm
The second game was a version of Find Fuzzy, where a small plush fox (representing me, of course) was hidden in the suite, observing the partygoers. For those who spotted Fuzzy and reported her location to our serving staff, they received my fox badge charm shown here.
But we were also busy with our official duties for this convention. As is traditional, the next Worldcon organizes the party for the Hugo nominees and guests after the Hugo award ceremony. On Saturday night, we hosted the Post Hugo Reception for all Hugo winners and nominees, their guests, and other invitees at the convention. We were determined to make this a memorable occasion for all our guests, so we planned some elaborate decorations for the event. Our theme here was Robots in Space and the decor included robot centerpieces with swirling galaxies and cogs, small rocket ships, and shooting stars all of which were lighted by green LEDs. But first, we had to assemble these centerpieces and get them to the appropriate ballroom intact. The LAcon group gathered early in our Sheraton suite to construct the robots. It was both fun and challenging, but well worth our efforts.
Robots… robots everywhere!
Our guests at the reception were overwhelmingly delighted with the centerpieces and lighting designed specifically for this event. The atmosphere was enthusiastic as the partygoers indulged in local fruits and cheeses, with a vast number of different finger-licking desserts. To add to the festive mood, sparkling wine and lemonade were served along with a variety of teas and coffee. As this occurred after the Hugos, several of the winners displayed their Hugos, and, in keeping with the party decorations, turned on the lighted base, displaying the exquisite glass sculpture. After the reception was over, several of our guests asked if they could take the centerpieces with them. We readily agreed and before we knew it, all the centerpieces had been claimed by guests who were thrilled to be able to have a souvenir of their experience.
The post-Hugo Awards reception at Seattle Worldcon 2025, sponsored by LAcon V
A robot charm, given to all Hugo nominees present
As is also customary, we presented our guests with a gift to commemorate their Hugo nomination. We kept to our theme and gave them this. The robot can be used as a necklace by placing it on the chain as shown here or placed on the clear base also included in the package to be put on a desk. Our invitees were enchanted by the robot clock and amused by how it reflected the party’s theme.
I would like to thank all of the volunteers who helped us both at the fan tables and the parties and events we had during Seattle 2025. Without you, we cannot function efficiently or provide a rewarding experience for our participants. We need your help desperately to put on the best Worldcon in 2026. So please consider volunteering for LAcon V. Here’s how.
We’re Asking for More Volunteers for LAcon V
After seeing how many people it took for Seattle to run its Worldcon, we know we are going to need even more help. We really want all our attendees to have a wonderful time. But that doesn’t just mean going to events and programming. You can be part of it all, helping behind the scenes and experiencing the convention in a totally new and creative way. It takes an enormous number of people to run this show and we really need your help to do it. Your skills are vital to the convention, even if you don’t realize it. Sometimes, just having a person to guide attendees to the right location makes all the difference in the world to those who are confused. And we intend to reward our staff and volunteers for their efforts. Please check out the listing of jobs that are available; the openings that are listed on our website. More openings become available frequently, so please keep checking, even if you’ve looked at this before. You might find a new one that is just right for you.
If you would like to work in a specific area, you can just apply directly or just volunteer for general work and indicate what you think you would like to do. You can list any work, either in fandom or the mundane world, that you think may be pertinent, but don’t let your lack of experience stop you. We can share what expertise we have and let you obtain your own as you work with us. We enjoy sharing experiences and hope you would like to do so as well. Remember, we appreciate any time you can give. Join us, because … adventure awaits!
Fuzzy’s Travelogue: Volume Four
The Newsletter of LAcon V: The 84th World Science Fiction Convention, August 2025 Edition
Edited by Genny Dazzo, with Sandy Cohen, Shaun Lyon and Karin May
Fuzzy illustrations by Teddy Harvia, used with permission
Photo credits: Genny Dazzo, Craig Miller, Kevin Roche, Lea Farr, Bert Boden
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