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| − | [[Lunacon]] 19 was held April 9-11, 1976 at the [[Statler-Hilton Hotel in Manhattan]]. The [[GoH]] in a very unusual departure from normal practice was ''[[Amazing]]'' & ''[[Fantastic]]'' Magazines and the conventions' theme was a tribute to fifty years of the [[prozines]]. Attendance: around 700, which was low compared with previous years. The [[Chairman]] was [[Don Lundry]]. | + | [[Lunacon]] 19 was held April 9-11, 1976 at the [[Statler-Hilton Hotel (Manhattan)]] in [[Manhattan, NY]]. The [[GoH]], in a very unusual departure from normal practice, was ''[[Amazing]]'' & ''[[Fantastic]]'' Magazines and the conventions' theme was a tribute to fifty years of the [[prozines]]. Attendance: around 700, which was low compared with previous years. The [[Chairman]] was [[Don Lundry]]. |
| − | The convention was marred by many incidents: [[Ted White]] was hit in the face by a pie twice (on Friday and again on Sunday). ([[Charles Platt]] was blamed for the pieing, but much later asserted that he was merely the agent for the pie thrower, collecting donations, but not taking a commission.) Additionally, some sort of gas was released in a program room on Saturday, making some people sick, firecrackers were let off in a bathroom, graffiti on walls, stinkbombs, etc. | + | The convention was marred by many incidents: [[Ted White]] was hit in the face by a pie twice (on Friday and again on Sunday). [[John Boardman]] ran the pie-er down. ([[Charles Platt]] was blamed for the pieing, but much later asserted that he was merely the agent for the pie thrower, collecting donations, but not taking a commission.) Additionally, some sort of gas was released in a program room on Saturday, making some people sick, firecrackers were let off in a bathroom, graffiti on walls, stinkbombs, etc. |
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Latest revision as of 15:17, 11 February 2023
Lunacon 19 was held April 9-11, 1976 at the New York Statler Hilton Hotel in Manhattan, NY. The GoH, in a very unusual departure from normal practice, was Amazing & Fantastic Magazines and the conventions' theme was a tribute to fifty years of the prozines. Attendance: around 700, which was low compared with previous years. The Chairman was Don Lundry.
The convention was marred by many incidents: Ted White was hit in the face by a pie twice (on Friday and again on Sunday). John Boardman ran the pie-er down. (Charles Platt was blamed for the pieing, but much later asserted that he was merely the agent for the pie thrower, collecting donations, but not taking a commission.) Additionally, some sort of gas was released in a program room on Saturday, making some people sick, firecrackers were let off in a bathroom, graffiti on walls, stinkbombs, etc.
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