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| − | Eurocon is an annual SF convention held in Europe. It is a rotating [[Europe|European]] convention which run by the [[European Science Fiction Society]] and is selected at the previous event by national delegations in a sort-of Cold War hangover. | + | '''Eurocon''' is an annual SF convention held in Europe. It is a rotating [[Europe|European]] convention which run by the [[European Science Fiction Society]] and is selected at the previous event by national delegations in a sort-of Cold War hangover. |
The first Eurocon was held in Trieste, [[Italy]], in 1972. If the convention did not have another name, its often not clear whether it was called Eurocon X or Eurocon YEAR. | The first Eurocon was held in Trieste, [[Italy]], in 1972. If the convention did not have another name, its often not clear whether it was called Eurocon X or Eurocon YEAR. | ||
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41 ||August 22-25 2019 ||Belfast, UK ||[[TitanCon 2019]] || [[George R. R. Martin]], [[James Roberts]], [[Pat Cadigan]], [[Peadar Ó Guilín]] | 41 ||August 22-25 2019 ||Belfast, UK ||[[TitanCon 2019]] || [[George R. R. Martin]], [[James Roberts]], [[Pat Cadigan]], [[Peadar Ó Guilín]] | ||
42 ||October 2-4, 2020 ||Rijeka, Croatia ||[[Futuricon]] || [[Adrian Tchaikovsky]], [[Ivica Puljak]], [[Robert Whitehead]] | 42 ||October 2-4, 2020 ||Rijeka, Croatia ||[[Futuricon]] || [[Adrian Tchaikovsky]], [[Ivica Puljak]], [[Robert Whitehead]] | ||
| − | 43 || March 18-21, 2021 ||Fiuggi, Italy ||[[Eurocon 2021]] || | + | 43 || <s>March 18-21, 2021</s> July 15–18, 2021||Fiuggi, Italy ||[[Eurocon 2021]] || |
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| − | There was a "Eurocon 7" advertised for August 10-15, 1982 at La Chaux-De-Fronds, Switzerland with [[GoH]] [[Ian Watson]] (which he said was news to him). | + | There was a "Eurocon 7" advertised for August 10-15, 1982 at La Chaux-De-Fronds, [[Switzerland]], with [[GoH]] [[Ian Watson]] (which he said was news to him). |
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Revision as of 09:11, 1 December 2020
Eurocon is an annual SF convention held in Europe. It is a rotating European convention which run by the European Science Fiction Society and is selected at the previous event by national delegations in a sort-of Cold War hangover.
The first Eurocon was held in Trieste, Italy, in 1972. If the convention did not have another name, its often not clear whether it was called Eurocon X or Eurocon YEAR.
A Decade of Eurocons 1995 - 2005
| # | Date | Location | Convention | GoHs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 12-16, 1972 | Trieste, Italy | Eurocon 1 | John Brunner, Kurt Steiner (André Ruellan), Roberto Vacca |
| 2 | July 8-13, 1974 | Grenoble, France | Eurocon 2 | |
| 3 | August 19-22, 1976 | Voivody Pozman, Poland | Eurocon 3 | Brian W. Aldiss |
| 4 | November 1-5, 1978 | Brussels, Belgium | Eurocon 4 | Frank Kelly Freas |
| 5 | May 1-4, 1980 | Stresa, Italy | Eurocon 5 | |
| 6 | August 20-22, 1982 | Mönchengladbach, West Germany | Eurocon 6 | |
| 7 | September 16-18, 1983 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Eurocon 7 | |
| 8 | April 20-23, 1984 | Brighton, UK | Seacon '84 | Pierre Barbet, Waldemar Kumming, Josef Nesvadba, Christopher Priest, Roger Zelazny |
| 9 | July 10-13, 1986 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Ballcon | Sam Lundwall |
| 10 | October 29 - November 1, 1987 | Monpelier, France | Eurocon 1987 | |
| 11 | July 7-10, 1988 | Budapest, Hungary | Eurocon 1988 | |
| 12 | May 18-21, 1989 | San Marino | Eurocon 1989 | Frederik Pohl, Norman Spinrad |
| 13 | November 1-4, 1990 | France | Eurocon 1990 | |
| 14 | May 9-12, 1991 | Krakow, Poland | Cracon | Poul Anderson, Gianfranco Viviani, Boris Zavgorodny, Roelof Goudriaan |
| 15 | April 24-26, 1992 | Freudenstadt, Germany | FreuCon XII | John Brunner, Iain Banks, Norman Spinrad, Daniel Walther |
| 16 | April 9-11, 1993 | Jersey | Helicon | John Brunner, George R. R. Martin, Karel Thole, Larry van der Putte |
| 17 | May 26-29, 1994 | Timisoara, Romania | Eurocon 1994 | John Brunner, Herbert W. Franke, Joe Haldeman, Jean Giraud (Moebius) , Norman Spinrad |
| 18 | August 24-28, 1995 | Glasgow, UK | Intersection | Samuel R. Delany, Gerry Anderson, Les Edwards, Vincent Clarke |
| 19 | April 25-28, 1996 | Vilnius, Lithuania | Lithuanicon | (no GoH due to miscommumication) |
| 20 | October 25-27, 1997 | Dublin, Ireland | Octocon 8 | Harry Harrison, Chris Reed |
| 21 | May 21-24, 1999 | Dortmund, Germany | Trinity | Brian Aldiss, Diane Duane, Harry Harrison, Sam Lundwall, Roger MacBride Allen, Peter Morwood, Terry Pratchett, Ian Watson |
| 22 | August 2-6, 2000 | Gydinia, Poland | Tricity 2000 | Walter Jon Williams, Kir Bulychev |
| 23 | August 16-19, 2001 | Romania | Atlantykron | Norman Spinrad, Joe Haldeman, Ion Hobana, David Lewis Anderson |
| 24 | July 1-7, 2002 | Chotěboř, Czech Republic | Parcon 2002 | George R. R. Martin, Robert Holdstock, Jim Burns, Myra Cakan, Kir Bulychev, Andrzej Sapkowski, Rafał Ziemkiewicz, Ernst Uleck, Isobel Carmody, William King, Jaroslav Velinský, Phillipe Coriat, Ondřej Neff, Klaus N. Frick, Martina Pilcerova |
| 25 | August 1-3, 2003 | Turku, Finland | Finncon 2003 | Michael Swanwick, Steve Sansweet, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Boris Hurtta, Jonathan Clements, Björn Tore Sund |
| 26 | May 26-29, 2004 | Bulgaria | Bulgacon | Robert Sheckley, Ian Watson, Sergei Lukyanenko, Andrzej Sapkowski, Roberto Quaglia, Patrick Gyger |
| 27 | August 4-8, 2005 | Glasgow, UK | Interaction | Christopher Priest, Robert Sheckley, Jane Yolen, Greg Pickersgill, Lars-Olov Strandberg |
| 28 | April 13-16, 2006 | Kiev, Ukraine | Portal 28 | Harry Harrison and Andrzej Sapkowski |
| 29 | September 21-13, 2007 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Eurocon 2007 | Anne McCaffrey, Stephen Baxter, Zoran Živković, David A. Hardy, and Niels Dalgaard |
| 30 | May 15-18, 2008 | Moscow, Russia | Eurocon 2008 | Harry Harrison and Sergei Lukyanenko |
| 31 | March 26-29, 2009 | Fiuggi, Italy | Deepcon 10 | Giuseppe Lippi, Lolita Fatjo, Marina Sirtis, Anthony Simcoe, Max Grodénchik, Larry Nemecek, Janet Nemecek, Ian Watson, Sergey Lukyanenko, Bruce Sterling, Geoffrey Landis, Mary Turzillo |
| 32 | August 26-29, 2010 | Poland and Czech Republic | Polcon 2010/Parcon 2010 | Juraj Cervenak, Andrzej Sapkowski, Miroslav Zamboch, Orson Scott Card |
| 33 | June 17-19, 2011 | Stockholm, Sweden | Eurocon 2011 | Elizabeth Bear, Ian McDonald, John-Henri Holmberg and Jukka Halme |
| 34 | April 26-29, 2012 | Zagreb, Croatia | SFeraKon | Tim Powers, Charles Stross, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Darko Macan, Cheryl Morgan, Joanna Russ, Andre Norton |
| 35 | April 11-14 2013 | Kiev, Ukraine | Eurocon 2013 | Chris Priest, Andriy Valentynov, Olga Gromyko, Andriy Dmytruk, Maryna Dyachenko, Serhiy Dyachenko, Henry Lion Oldie, Vadim Panov |
| 36 | August 22-24, 2014 | Dublin, Ireland | Shamrokon | Jim Fitzpatrick, Seanan McGuire, Andrzej Sapkowski, Ylva Spangberg |
| 37 | April 23-26, 2015 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Eurocon 2015 | Joe Abercrombie, Michael Stackpole, Jukka Halme, Pavel Vinogradov |
| 38 | November 4-6, 2016 | Barcelona, Spain | Bcon | Aliette de Bodard, Richard Morgan, Péter Michaleczky Enrique Corominas, Andrzej Sapkowski, Johanna Sinisalo, Rosa Montero, Rhianna Pratchett |
| 39 | June 16-18, 2017 | Dortmund, Germany | U.Con | Aleksandar Ziljak, Andreas Eschbach, Autun Purser, Dave Hutchinson |
| 40 | July 19-22, 2018 | Amiens, France | Nemo 2018 | Vladimir Arenev, “African Science Fiction” |
| 41 | August 22-25 2019 | Belfast, UK | TitanCon 2019 | George R. R. Martin, James Roberts, Pat Cadigan, Peadar Ó Guilín |
| 42 | October 2-4, 2020 | Rijeka, Croatia | Futuricon | Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ivica Puljak, Robert Whitehead |
| 43 | Fiuggi, Italy | Eurocon 2021 |
There was a "Eurocon 7" advertised for August 10-15, 1982 at La Chaux-De-Fronds, Switzerland, with GoH Ian Watson (which he said was news to him).
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