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* [[Joni Stopa]] -- Agent
 
* [[Joni Stopa]] -- Agent
  
It very carefully never [[filed]] and when the USSR faded away and [[the Sinclairs had a son, the [[bid]] also faded away.
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It very carefully never [[filed]] and when the USSR faded away and the Sinclairs had a son, the [[bid]] also faded away.
  
 
{{bid | series=Worldcon | year=1980s}}
 
{{bid | series=Worldcon | year=1980s}}

Revision as of 10:23, 29 August 2020

A hoax Worldcon bid run by Mike and Christa Sinclair which ran in the late ’80s allegedly to bring the Worldcon to the USSR. The bid was Communist Party/USSR themed, gave out "passports," poured a lot of vodka, and was generally pretty funny.

It started at a Midwestcon when they noticed that the upcoming Worldcon bid parties seemed dull and Christa Sinclair made a joke about the current summit meeting in Reykjavik that it was a GorbyCon. One thing led to another and soon a flyer for Say Da to Moscow appeared on the freebie table.

Bid committee members included:

It very carefully never filed and when the USSR faded away and the Sinclairs had a son, the bid also faded away.


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This is a page about a convention bid. Please extend it by adding information about who was bidding, officers, committee list, what they were bidding for, who their opponents were, and who won.