ConFusion

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ConFusion, a regional convention, was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1975, preceded by A² Relax Icon the previous year. It is sponsored by the Stilyagi Air Corps.

Rather than having consecutive numbers, as most cons do, the name "ConFusion" has a different descriptor each year. It started, deliberately with number 13. (The "Fusion" in ConFusion refers to KMS Fusion, a firm in Ann Arbor that at the time was one of the world leaders in fusion research.)

During the 1970s and '80s, the con was nicknamed Fondlecon, for members' public displays of mass affection; for a few years, it also featured a blanket-bearing Cuddle Squad to warm up chilly congoers in unheated hallways; and the concom facilitated skinny-dipping in its hotel pool. ConFusion was one of the cons where a fan-filled bed collapsed. ConFusion goers (and a disapproving hotel) also learned what happens to a Jacuzzi used by fans smeared with chocolate mousse.

Date	Convention	Guests of Honor
January 24-26, 1975	ConFusion 13	Frederik Pohl, Mike Glicksohn
January 23-25, 1976	ConFusion 12	Lloyd Biggle, Jr., Bill Bowers
January 28-30, 1977	ConFusion 14	Poul Anderson, Ro Lutz-Nagey
January 13-15, 1978	ConFusion Pi	Kate Wilhelm, Jackie Causgrove
January 20-21, 1979	E/c2 ConFusion / Mass ConFusion	Spider & Jeanne Robinson, Scott Imes
January 18-20, 1980	ConFusion 6 and/or 7	Stanley Schmidt, Elliot Shorter
January 23-25, 1981	Nine Billion Names of ConFusion	Barry B. Longyear, Dave Innes
January 29-31, 1982	ConFusion 11	Phyllis Eisenstein, Neil Rest
January 28-30, 1983	ConFusion 101	C. J. Cherryh, Bill Cavin
1984	Genuine ConFusion	Mike Resnick, Martha Beck
January 25-27, 1985	Decadent ConFusion	Alan Dean Foster, Julia Ecklar
January 24-26, 1986	Perpetual ConFusion	Somtow Sucharitkul, Bill Roper, Frank Kelly Freas
January 23-25, 1987	Stark Raving ConFusion	Katherine Kurtz, Liz Pearce, Erin McKee
January 15-17, 1988	Ambulatory ConFusion	Joe Haldeman, Larry Tucker, David Cherry
1989	ConFusion 102	Barbara Hambly, Ted Reynolds, Linda Michaels
1990	State of ConFusion	Hal Clement, Michelle Smith-Moore, Garth Barbour, Kevin Davies
1991	Immaculate ConFusion	Esther Friesner, S. P. Somtow, Robin Wood
January 24-26, 1992	Hardwired ConFusion	Walter Jon Williams, Rusty Hevelin, Rick Lieder
January 22-24, 1993	Transcendental ConFusion	Fred Saberhagen, Pat Sims & Roger Sims, Randy Asplund-Faith
January 21-23, 1994	ConFusion XX	Joan D. Vinge, Leah Zeldes Smith, Erin McKee
January 27-29, 1995	ConFusion 10101	Pamela Sargent, Wilson "Bob" Tucker, Laura Butler, Geoffrey A. Landis
January 12-14, 1996	Deviant ConFusion	Tim Powers, Melody Asplund-Faith, Bob Eggleton, Geoffrey A. Landis
January 24-26, 1997	ConFusion-17	Samuel Delany, Joey Shoji, Susan VanCamp, Mark Shappirio
January 23-25, 1998	ConFusion of the Winnebagos	Connie Willis, Mary Ellen Wessels, Jane Irwin, Marvin Minsky
January 22-24, 1999	Vintage ConFusion	Lois McMaster Bujold, Nancy Tucker Shaw, Doug Chaffee, Carl Djerassi
January 21-23, 2000	ConFusion 19100	Maureen F. McHugh, Dennis Tabaczewski, Frank Hayes, Eric Raymond
January 19-21, 2001	Mystery God ConFusion	Sarah Zettel, Tom Barber, Carla Speed McNeil, Bruce Schneier
January 18-20, 2002	Astronomical ConFusion	George R. R. Martin, Heather Alexander, Pete Abrams, Br. Guy Consolmagno
January 24-26, 2003	ConFusion and Her Friends	Melissa Scott, Roberta Kennedy, Alan Clark, Jack Cohen
January 23-25, 2004	ConFusion XXX	Bruce Sterling, Geri Sullivan, Julie Bell, Ron Westrum
January 21-23, 2005	31 Flavors of ConFusion	Emma Bull & Will Shetterly, David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Derek Grime, Christian Ready
January 20-22, 2006	Synthetic ConFusion	Vernor Vinge, Chuck Firment, Steven Stiles, Mitchell Burnside-Clapp
January 19-21, 2007	MoonBase ConFusion	Elizabeth Moon, Bill Higgins, Steve MacDonald, Paul "PZ" Myers
January 18-20, 2008	High-Voltage ConFusion	Justine Larbalestier & Scott Westerfeld, The Roving Pirate Party, Carl Lundgren, Kevin M. Dunn, Throwing Toasters
January 23-25, 2009	Cryptic ConFusion	Cat Rambo, Freon (Michael Andaluz), Diana Harlan Stein, Elizabeth Turtle & Ralph D. Lorenz, Cory Doctorow
January 22-24 2010	I See By My ConFusion	Peter S. Beagle, Catherynne Valente, David Gibbs, Matt Busch, Steve Collins, S. J. Tucker
January 21-23, 2011	This ConFusion Is Not Yet Rated	Cherie Priest, Lisa Garrison-Ragsdale, Aubrey de Grey, Paolo Bacigalupi
January 20-22, 2012	Epic ConFusion	Patrick Rothfuss, Tom Smith, Harley Thronson, Roxanne Meida King (Special GoH), Jim C. Hines, Brian Decker
January 18-20, 2013	Immortal ConFusion	Charles Stross, James Davis Nicoll, Scott Edelman, Jennifer Ouellette, Mary Robinette Kowal, Lucy Kennedy
January 17-19, 2014	Legendary ConFusion	Mike Carey, Mark Bernstien, Rich Morris, Ian Tregillis S2 Games (Adam Matianazzi), Ryan Carey
January 16-18, 2015	Back to the ConFusion	Karen Lord, Aaron Thul, Heather Dale, Cynthia Chestek, Monte Cook, Shanna Germain, Dave Klecha, Special Guest: Steven Erikson
January 21-24, 2016	Life, the Universe, and ConFusion	Alaya Dawn Johnson, Kentaro Toyama, Gordon Smith, Jessica Zerwas
January 19-22, 2017	Friendship is ConFusion	Gail Carriger, Mark Oshiro, Jeffrey Alan Love, Karen Burnham, Mallory O'Meara
January 18-21, 2018	ConFusion Through the Looking Glass	Kate Elliott, Luke Ski, Nisi Shawl, Annalee Newitz, James Breakwell
January 17-20, 2019	Storming the ConFusion	Ada Palmer, Steve Macdonald, David Stein, Jennifer Piatek

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