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[[Boskone 51|51]] || February 14-16, 2014 ||[[Westin Waterfront, Boston]] ||[[Seanan McGuire]], [[David Palumbo]], [[Ginjer Buchanan]] || | [[Boskone 51|51]] || February 14-16, 2014 ||[[Westin Waterfront, Boston]] ||[[Seanan McGuire]], [[David Palumbo]], [[Ginjer Buchanan]] || | ||
[[Boskone 52|52]] || February 13-15, 2015 ||[[Westin Waterfront, Boston]] ||[[Steven Brust]], [[Charles Lang]], [[Wendy Snow Lang]], [[Robert K. Wiener]] || | [[Boskone 52|52]] || February 13-15, 2015 ||[[Westin Waterfront, Boston]] ||[[Steven Brust]], [[Charles Lang]], [[Wendy Snow Lang]], [[Robert K. Wiener]] || | ||
− | [[Boskone 53|53]] ||19-21, | + | [[Boskone 53|53]] ||February 19-21, 2016 ||[[Westin Waterfront, Boston]] ||[[Garth Nix]], [[Richard Anderson]], [[Arnie Fenner]], [[Cathy Fenner]] || |
[[Boskone 54|54]] || February 17-19, 2017 ||[[Westin Waterfront, Boston]] ||[[Brandon Sanderson]], [[Maryelizabeth Yturralde]], [[Dave Seeley]] || | [[Boskone 54|54]] || February 17-19, 2017 ||[[Westin Waterfront, Boston]] ||[[Brandon Sanderson]], [[Maryelizabeth Yturralde]], [[Dave Seeley]] || | ||
− | [[Boskone 55|55]] ||16-18 | + | [[Boskone 55|55]] ||February 16-18, 2018 ||[[Westin Waterfront, Boston]] ||[[Mary Robinette Kowal]], [[Craig Miller]] || |
− | [[Boskone 56|56]] ||15-17 | + | [[Boskone 56|56]] || February 15-17, 2019 ||[[Westin Waterfront, Boston]] ||[[Elizabeth Hand]], [[Christopher Golden]], [[Cindy Pon]], [[Vandana Singh]], [[Gardner Dozois]], [[Jim Burns]] |
− | [[Boskone 57|57]] || 14-16 | + | [[Boskone 57|57]] || February 2020, 14-16 ||[[Westin Waterfront, Boston]] || [[Kim Stanley Robinson]], [[Holly Black]], [[Eric Wilkerson]], [[Cheshire Moon]] || |
+ | [[Boskone 58|58]] || February 12-14, 2021|| [[Westin Waterfront, Boston]] || [[Joe Abercrombie]], [[Julie Dillon]], [[Tamsyn Muir]], [[Marc Gunn]] || | ||
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Revision as of 14:00, 27 March 2020
A regional convention usually held in Boston Massachusetts. Has also been held in Springfield, Framingham, and other locations within the state. Run by NESFA, it grew so much in the 1980s it came to be called the "Winter Worldcon", then it imploded. (See Rise and Fall of the Giant Boskones.)
There were actually two Boston conventions named "Boskone". The first, run by The Stranger Club ran 1941-1945. The current series of Boskones was started in 1965 by the Boston Science Fiction Society (BoSFS) as part of its bidding strategy for Boston in '67. BoSFS ran Boskone 1, Boskone 2, and Boskone 4. Boskone 3 was actually run by Erwin S. Strauss but, because of its venue, it was officially sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Science Fiction Club (MITSFS). The New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) has run all Boskones starting with Boskone 5.
Journey Planet special issue on Boskones
From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944 |
(Smith) - Originally, the anti-Civilization culture of the Lensman stories, which the Michelists insisted was superior to Smith's future capitalistic society -- hence the expression "Wollheim, speaking for Boskone". The word now means Boston Conference, the anniversary meetings of the Stranger Club, Boskone I being in 1941. |
- = Died before the convention.
Convention | |
Website | 1941— |
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