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[[Mancon 1|Mancon]] || October 5, 1952 || [[John Russell Fearn]] || about 100 people, but none from London
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[[Mancon 1|Mancon]] || October 5, 1952 || none || about 80 people, but only one from London
 
[[Supermancon]] || June 4-6, 1954 || [[John Russell Fearn]]  
 
[[Supermancon]] || June 4-6, 1954 || [[John Russell Fearn]]  
 
[[Thirdmancon]] || April 12-14, 1968 || [[Ken Bulmer]]  
 
[[Thirdmancon]] || April 12-14, 1968 || [[Ken Bulmer]]  

Revision as of 03:46, 21 October 2024

Mancon was (a part of) the name of a (very loose) series of conventions held in Manchester, UK between 1952 and 1976. Except the first, all other four were Eastercons.

The original Mancon, run by the Nor'west Science Fantasy Club, is sometimes retroactively numbered "Mancon", but no numeral was used at the time, as it was simply the first one-off there. Supermancon was launched as an Eastercon bid for the immediately following 1953, but had been "heavily defeated" by the London Coroncon at the London Eastercon 1952, even before the trial Mancon could take place.

Convention Dates GoHs notes
Mancon October 5, 1952 none about 80 people, but only one from London
Supermancon June 4-6, 1954 John Russell Fearn
Thirdmancon April 12-14, 1968 Ken Bulmer
Chessmancon March 31 - April 2, 1972 Larry Niven
Mancon 5 April 16-19, 1976 Robert Silverberg, Peter Roberts
Mancon 6 July 12-15, 1991 Cancelled


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