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[[Capricon 1]] || February 20-22, 1981 || Holiday Inn || [[Evanston, IL]] || [[Wilson Tucker]], [[Terry Carr]], [[J. R. Holmes]], [[Mary Jane Holmes]] | [[Capricon 1]] || February 20-22, 1981 || Holiday Inn || [[Evanston, IL]] || [[Wilson Tucker]], [[Terry Carr]], [[J. R. Holmes]], [[Mary Jane Holmes]] | ||
[[Capricon 2]] || February 26-28, 1982 || ) | Radisson Hotel || [[Chicago]] || [[Gene Wolfe]], [[Mike Stein]] | [[Capricon 2]] || February 26-28, 1982 || ) | Radisson Hotel || [[Chicago]] || [[Gene Wolfe]], [[Mike Stein]] | ||
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[[Capricon 13]] || February 18-21, 1993 || Pheasant Run || St. Charles, IL || [[Terry Pratchett]], [[Darlene P. Coltrain]], [[George Laskowski]] | [[Capricon 13]] || February 18-21, 1993 || Pheasant Run || St. Charles, IL || [[Terry Pratchett]], [[Darlene P. Coltrain]], [[George Laskowski]] | ||
[[Capricon 14]] || February 1994 || [[Wyndham Hamilton]] || Itasca, IL || [[Connie Willis]], [[Mary Lynn Skirvin]], [[David Dyer-Bennet]] | [[Capricon 14]] || February 1994 || [[Wyndham Hamilton]] || Itasca, IL || [[Connie Willis]], [[Mary Lynn Skirvin]], [[David Dyer-Bennet]] | ||
| − | [[Capricon 15]] || February 16-19, 1995 || [[Wyndham Hamilton]] || Itasca, IL || [[Nancy Kress]], [[Sue Blom]] | + | [[Capricon 15]] || February 16-19, 1995 || [[Wyndham Hamilton]] || Itasca, IL || [[Nancy Kress]], [[Sue Blom]], [[Lucy Synk]] |
[[Capricon 16]] || February 8-11, 1996 || [[Wyndham Hamilton]] || Itasca, IL || [[Sean Stewart]], [[Scott Gustafson]], [[Michael Stein]] | [[Capricon 16]] || February 8-11, 1996 || [[Wyndham Hamilton]] || Itasca, IL || [[Sean Stewart]], [[Scott Gustafson]], [[Michael Stein]] | ||
[[Capricon 17]] || February 20-23, 1997 || Hyatt Oak Brook || [[Oak Brook, IL]] || [[Robert J. Sawyer]]. Chair: [[Doug Winkler]] | [[Capricon 17]] || February 20-23, 1997 || Hyatt Oak Brook || [[Oak Brook, IL]] || [[Robert J. Sawyer]]. Chair: [[Doug Winkler]] | ||
Revision as of 15:36, 11 November 2021
(Did you mean the Japanese Natcon?)
A Chicago area regional convention founded in 1980 and held annually since then. It is traditionally a four-day convention, running from Thursday through Sunday in February. Membership is consistently just below 1,000. Phandemonium is the corporate parent.
One standard feature of Capricons is the "Phineas T. Track," more recently called the "Lake Wobegon Track." This is an entire hoax track of programming, usually indicated by taking place in a fictional room of the hotel with a dead panelist, a fictional panelist, and a living panelist. It caused much consternation when this practice was adopted for one of the Chicago Worldcons and took unaccustomed fans by surprise.
Capricon's mascot is Capricious the Goat, who appears on most of its advertising and program books and gave the name to the at-con newsletter, Goat Droppings. At the con, one concom member is tasked to wear a Capricious the Goat costume during various events.
Capricon was founded with the explicit aim of feuding with Windycon, but hostility between the two conventions gradually subsided. A number of fans now work on both, and hardly anyone remembers that they were originally supposed to be inimical.
See also: List of Chicago Conventions.
- Goat Droppings (Capricon blog).
- Website.
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