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| − | + | '''Cytricon''' was the name given to five [[conventions]] in [[Kettering]], [[UK]]. The first four were [[Eastercon]]s in the 1950s. The traditional fan view has been that the name was derived from an earlier Roman settlement – see, for instance, the [[Fancyclopedia 2]] text below – and that may be what fans believed at at the time. However, it now seems more likely that it comes from a later Anglo-Saxon settlement variously spelled Cytringan, Kyteringas and Keteiringan. This in turn implies that the name should more properly be pronounced with a hard C, ''Kitricon'', rather than the soft C, ''Sitricon'', that's invariably used. | |
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| + | Any of the [[conventions]] at [[Kettering]], [[England]]: 1955, '56, '58. From Cytri, the Roman name for the place. | ||
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| + | [[Cytricon I]] ||April 9–10, 1955 || No [[gohs]]. Also [[Eastercon]] 6. | ||
| + | [[Cytricon II]]||March 31–April 1, 1956 ||No [[gohs]]. Also [[Eastercon]] 7. | ||
| + | [[Cytricon III]]|| April 19-21, 1957||No gohs. Also Eastercon 8. | ||
| + | [[Cytricon IV]]|| April 4–7, 1958 ||No gohs. Also Eastercon 9. | ||
| + | [[Cytricon V]] || October 3–5, 2008 || [[Ina Shorrock]] and [[Peter Mabey]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:13, 11 March 2024
Cytricon was the name given to five conventions in Kettering, UK. The first four were Eastercons in the 1950s. The traditional fan view has been that the name was derived from an earlier Roman settlement – see, for instance, the Fancyclopedia 2 text below – and that may be what fans believed at at the time. However, it now seems more likely that it comes from a later Anglo-Saxon settlement variously spelled Cytringan, Kyteringas and Keteiringan. This in turn implies that the name should more properly be pronounced with a hard C, Kitricon, rather than the soft C, Sitricon, that's invariably used.
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| Any of the conventions at Kettering, England: 1955, '56, '58. From Cytri, the Roman name for the place. |
| Con | Dates | Gohs, Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cytricon I | April 9–10, 1955 | No gohs. Also Eastercon 6. |
| Cytricon II | March 31–April 1, 1956 | No gohs. Also Eastercon 7. |
| Cytricon III | April 19-21, 1957 | No gohs. Also Eastercon 8. |
| Cytricon IV | April 4–7, 1958 | No gohs. Also Eastercon 9. |
| Cytricon V | October 3–5, 2008 | Ina Shorrock and Peter Mabey |
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| 1955—2008 |
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