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(fix link, name. add details while at it... Oh I see - you had it all wrong, it was the third CONVENTION ever (in US), not the World in Denver!!!)
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Revision as of 14:35, 27 July 2022

A 12-page program booklet for the "Third Science Fiction Convention" (in modern parlance Third Eastern Science Fiction Convention) on 30 October 1937. It was edited by "John V. Baltadonis, Oswald Train and Milton Rothman, published through the courtesy of Comet Publications, 1700 Frankfort Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Free to persons attending convention". Contents as given on p.2 include:

  • Program of Convention ……… Page 3 [centered on Speech by John B. Michel; only item names, no times]
  • Convention Notes By John V. Baltadonis ……… Page 4
  • Science Fiction Internationale by Donald A. Wollheim ……… Page 6 [page also includes ad "The fifteenth issue of the Science Fiction Collector is now on sale. Purchase your copy while you can."]
  • Autographs ……… Page 9 [i. e. three pages left empty]
  • [back cover has undecipherable hand-written advert, ending by the address above and "Subscribe now"]

Third Eastern publications and photos on fanac.org


Publication 1937
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