Picocon

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A convention in London, UK sponsored by the Imperial College Science Fiction and Fantasy Society, and running since 1983.

The tradition of a Varsity fish fight, started in 1988, between OUSFG and CUSFS, continues to this day as as a inter-university challenge match. The fish must be defrosted, and the best technique involves gripping it by the gills.

Destruction of dodgy merchandise, with liquid nitrogen and blunt objects, is all too common.

Convention Dates GoHs, Notes
Picocon 1 1983
Picocon 2 February 2, 1984 Dave Langford, Jonathan Cowie
Picocon Pi March 9, 1985 Dave Langford, Gerry Webb
Picocon 4 February 15, 1986 Brian Stableford, Dave Langford
Picocon 5 February 21, 1987 John Brunner, David Hardy
Picocon 6 February 6, 1988 Terry Pratchett, Michael Scott Rohan, Dave Langford
Picocon 7 February 4, 1989 Dave Langford, Terry Pratchett, Gerry Webb (or, perhaps, Bob Shaw), Dave Lally
Picocon 8 March 3, 1990 Bob Shaw
Picocon 9 March 2, 1991 No GoHs
Picocon 10 March 7, 1992 Brian Stableford, Dave Langford
Picocon 11 March 6, 1993 Colin Greenland
There was no Picocon in 1994
Picocon 12 March 12, 1995 Iain Banks, Dr. Arley Anderson
Picocon 13 February 4, 1996 Rob Holdstock, Chris Priest, Stephen Baxter
Picocon 14 March 2, 1997 Simon Ings, Nicholas Royle
Picocon 15 February 28, 1998 No GoHs
Picocon 16 February 6, 1999 Stephen Lawhead, M. John Harrison, Jane Johnson
Picocon 17 February 19, 2000 Brian Stableford, Gary Kilworth, Ian Watson, Juliet McKenna
Picocon 18 February 10, 2001 Christopher Priest, Geoff Ryman, Juliet E. McKenna, Jane Killick
Picocon 19 February 9, 2002 Anne Gay, China Miéville, Stan Nicholls, Geoff Ryman
Picocon 20 February 22, 2003 Jack Cohen, Gwyneth Jones
Picocon 21 February 7, 2004 Peter F. Hamilton, Paul McAuley, Adam Roberts
Picocon 22 February 19, 2005 Gwyneth Jones, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Brian Stableford
Picocon 23 February 18, 2006 Ian Watson, Natasha Mostert, Mark Roberts
Picocon 24 February 17, 2007 Charles Stross, Ken MacLeod, Farah Mendlesohn
Picocon 25 February 23, 2008 Paul Cornell, Cory Doctorow, Liz Williams
Picocon 26 February 28, 2009 Pat Cadigan, Robert Rankin, Michael Marshall Smith
Picocon 27 February 27, 2010 Alastair Reynolds, Amanda Hemingway, Jaine Fenn
Picocon 28 February 19, 2011 Juliet McKenna, Kari Sperring, Paul McAuley
Picocon 29 February 18, 2012 Adrian Tchaikovsky, Justina Robson, Tricia Sullivan
Picocon 30 February 16-17, 2013 Peter F. Hamilton, Steph Swainston, Richard Morgan, Kate Griffin
Picocon 31 February 22, 2014 Sarah Pinborough, Charles Stross, David Southwood
Picocon 32 February 14-15, 2015 Cory Doctorow, Frances Hardinge, Ian McDonald, Kari Sperring, Stuart Ashen
Picocon 33 February 20, 2016 Michelle Paver, Paul Cornell, Carrie Hope Fletcher
Picocon 34 February 18, 2017 Paul McAuley, Jaine Fenn, Al Robertson, Justina Robson
Picocon 35 February 17, 2018 Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, Ben Aaronovitch, Emma Newman
Picocon 36 February 16, 2019 Andrew Bannister, Lottie Bevan, Alexis Kennedy, Simon Morden, Gavin Smith
Picocon 37 February 22, 2020 Juliet Kemp, Roz Kaveney, Tamsyn Muir
Picocon 38 February 20, 2021 (virtual) Jeff Somers, Dan Moren, S. J. Kincaid, Brian David Johnson. Held online due to Covid-19.
Picocon 39 March 5, 2022 (virtual) Bryony Pearce, Louise Mumford, A. J. Flowers, Brendan DuBois, Gareth L. Powell, Matthew Wraith. Held online due to Covid-19.
Picocon 40 March 11, 2023 Alma Alexander, Gav Thorpe, Mark Lawrence, Jonathan Sims, Tim Klotz, Allan Henry
Picocon 41 March 23, 2024 ??



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