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• Lloyd Arthur Eshbach's Denvention Two Reminiscence
  ...to say, things happened at [[Denvention II]]. There were [[GoH]] speeches; special events including the [[Hugo Award]] presentations and the [[Masquerade]]; a
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• Tropicon VII
  The convention also featured [[Frank Hayes]] as the special [[filk]] guest. Other guests included [[F. M. Busby]] (also known as Buz), ...s enough to entice Walt and Madeleine to agree. Walt later agreed to be [[GoH]] for [[MagiCon]] based on his experience with [[Joe Siclari]] and Edie Ste
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• Robert Silverberg
  ...the [[prozines]] in the late 1940s and found [[fandom]] in 1949. He was [[GoH]] at [[Heicon '70]], the 1970 [[Worldcon]] in [[Heidelberg]], [[Germany]]. The April, 1974 issue of ''[[F&SF]]'' was a special Robert Silverberg issue. His autobiography, ''Other Space, Other Times: A L
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• Dave Kyle's ConFederation Reminiscence
  ...his warm personal manner, as a fan and as well as a pro. His optimistic [[GoH speech]] was also inspiring. All in all, "Georgia Peachy," as someone said. ...row seat for me at [[Baltimore]] 1983 ([[ConStellation]]) when I was [[Fan GoH]], so he owes me... In the evening [[Bob Tucker]] takes me to supper -- and
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• Dave Kyle's Discon I Reminiscence
  ...never received -- and unexpectedly ended the evening by getting "an extra special one" himself. In the evening there was a "Special Awards Session" squeezed into the scheduled program. This allowed enough ti
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• C. J. Cherryh
  ...than sixty [[novel]]s since her first for [[DAW Books]] in 1975. She was [[GoH]] at [[BucConeer]], the 1998 [[World Science Fiction Convention]] in [[Balt * 2020 -- [[World Fantasy Convention 2020]] ([[Special Guest]])
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• Jack Speer
  ...om'' as well as the [[first Fancyclopedia]] in 1944. In 2004, he was [[Fan GoH]] at [[Noreascon 4]] in [[Boston]]. ...that [[FAPA]] had a [https://fanac.org/fanzines/FAPA-Misc/FAPA-Misc50.pdf special election in 1944] to try to keep him from writing about his offensive opini
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• Tricon
  ...in Ohio]], was held September 1–5, 1966, at the Sheraton-[[Cleveland]]. [[GoH]]: [[L. Sprague de Camp]]. [[Isaac Asimov]] was [[Toastmaster]]. [[Co-Chair ||Introduction of [[GoH]] [[L. Sprague de Camp]]
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• CAN*CON
  ...o people as "guests". "[[Special Guest]]" here is almost certainly not a [[GoH]].
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• Hugo Gernsback
  ...who gave his name to the field's most prestigious award and who was the [[GoH]] at the [[1952 Worldcon]] was pretty much a crook (and a contemptuous croo ...fiction]] and [[fanac]] is named in his honor, and in 1960, he received a special [[Hugo Award]] as "'''The Father of Magazine Science Fiction'''"
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• Dave Kyle's NyCon II Reminiscence
  ...est pleasures were having [[Arthur C. Clarke]] as the first non-American [[GoH]] and seeing the next [[Worldcon]] voted to [[London]] as the first outside There was a special banquet guest, Al "L'il Abner" Capp, who, of course, made a witty speech. H
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• ConStellation
  ...Baltimore Convention Centre in [[Baltimore, MD]], and numerous hotels. [[GoH]]: [[John Brunner]], [[FGoH]]: [[David A. Kyle]]. [[Jack L. Chalker]] was Special memories from Connie include the steam-bath temperatures and humidity in th
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• Chengdu Worldcon
  The [[GoH]]s were writers [[Liu Cixin]] and [[Robert J. Sawyer]]. [[Sergey Lukianenko ...fans. For Chengdu fans, this is a once in a decade opportunity. This is a special moment for us all. It is a new adventure for all of us. It will be a differ
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• Walt Willis
  ...1953) for his fanzine ''[[Slant]]'' (with [[James White]]). He was [[Fan GoH]] at [[MagiCon]], the 1992 Worldcon. He received nominations for the [[1956 ...Mate to the Gate in '58]] fund and was brought back to the US by a second special fund, the [[Tenth Anniversary Willis Fund]] in 1962.) (1952 was also when h
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• Discon
  ...only on Saturday), at the Statler-Hilton Hotel, [[Washington, DC]]. The [[GoH]] was [[Murray Leinster]], with [[Isaac Asimov]] as [[Toastmaster]]. ''[[S At the Sunday [[banquet]], the five [[1963 Hugos]] and two [[Special Committee Awards]] were given (the last to Asimov, who moaned throughout th
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• Swancon
  ...awarded also. The rarer [[Silver Swan Award]] has only been presented upon special occasions. ...on 2000]]. [[Swancon 25]] had Dead GoH Stanley Kubrick. [[Swancon 42]] had GoH [[Douglas Adams]] (in memoriam).
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• David Kyle's Conspiracy '87 Reminiscence
  ...e was a "Film GoH," the English-based American [[Ray Harryhausen]]. And a "special fan," [[David Langford]]. At the head of the honored list was [[Doris Lessi ...y minted doubloons to the audience. (I regret one final melancholy note: [[GoH]] [[Alfred Bester]], in poor health, didn't get to [[England]]. Not long af
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• Nudity
  ...was frequent at [[conventions]], especially in the [[Midwest]], often with special arrangements made with hoteliers by savvy [[concoms]] who knew that, absent ..."The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." Then she tossed her brassiere at [[goh]] [[Robert A. Heinlein]]. The masquerade judges hadn't finished deliberatin
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• International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
  ...ennial [[Special Guest]]" until his death in 2017. (Note that they have a "GoH" and then several Guests of various flavors which their website indicates a
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• P. Schuyler Miller
  ...uary, 1975, issue of ''[[Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact]]''. He was [[GoH]] at [[Confluence 2008]]. ...nated for the [[1956 Best Book Reviewer Hugo]] and in 1963 he received a [[Special Committee Award]] from [[Discon I]] for his book reviews.
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