Not everyone can make it out to Origins this weekend (one of the biggest gaming conventions in the United States). If you’d still like to get your game on at a convention this weekend, check out Three Rivers Con, a one day gaming con in Knoxville, Tennessee. It is being held June 26, 2010 at Fountainhead College.

Last time I wrote about Star Wars Celebration V, Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) was the only person on the guest list and not a whole lot more was known. Boy have things changed in the past few months. There is seemingly little doubt that Star Wars Celebration V is going to be a fandom convention of downright galactic proportions. And oh yeah, this guy named George Lucas will be there, and he’s being interviewed by this other guy named John Stewart.

Librari-Con is an annual anime mini convention that features anime viewing, panels, forums, an artist alley, a “Chibi Corner”, a manga lounge, cosplay runway, gaming, and more. Librari-Con 2010 is being held at the Headquarters Library in Fayetteville, North Carolina on September 4.

Last year one of my favorite conventions was Shore Leave. It was a nice mid-sized con that offered a great mix of science fiction and actual science programming, along with interesting celebrity Q&As, and vendors. Shore Leave is a fan-run convention held in Baltimore, Maryland (USA). It is happening July 9-11, 2010 at the Marriott’s Hunt Valley Inn.

Bubonicon 42 is a science fiction and fantasy convention taking place at The Albuquerque Grand (Sheraton) Airport Hotel in New Mexico, from August 27-29, 2010. Douglas Adams’ “Life, the Universe and Everything” is the inspiration and theme for 2010′s Bubonicon 42. So bring a towel!