Loncon II

Loncon II was the 23rd Worldcon and second in the U.K., held August 27–30, 1965, at the Mount Royal Hotel in London. GoH: Brian W. Aldiss. Tom Boardman was toastmaster. It was chaired by Ella Parker.

It ran the 1966 Worldcon Site Selection and hosted the 1965 Hugos.

At the banquet, toastmaster Tom Boardman began proceedings by announcing successful splashdown of Gemini 5, to great applause. A St. Fantony ceremony was held and Harry Nadler, Tom Schlueck, Ted Carnell, Ken Bulmer, Ethel Lindsay, Tony Walsh, Ken Cheslin, Dick Eney, and Phil Rogers were inducted.

The bid London in '65 was selected at Pacificon in 1964 (opposition was the Virgincon in '65 hoax bid and Syracuse in '65). See 1965 Worldcon Site Selection

• Fred Pohl's Loncon II Reminiscence.
• Rob Hansen's web page of Loncon II materials.
• Convention report in the September 1965 issue of Science Fiction Times.
• Audio of GoH and Banquet speeches.
• Audio Recordings of Loncon II from the SF Club Deutschland.

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Pacificon II	Worldcon - Bidding - Hugos	Tricon
Loncon	British Worldcons	Seacon '79
	1965

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