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[[Eastercon]] 21, '''SCI-CON 70''', was held in [[London]] over Easter, 1970.  The [[GoH]] was [[James Blish]].  The [[committee]] was [[George Hay]], [[Derek Stokes]] and [[Bill Burns]].
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[[Eastercon]] 21, '''SCI-CON 70''', was held at the Royal Hotel in [[London]] over Easter, 1970.  The [[GoH]] was [[James Blish]].  The [[committee]] was [[George Hay]], [[Derek Stokes]] and [[Bill Burns]].
  
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Some have said that this was the worst Eastercon ever. [[Bob Shaw]] wrote in a column that "Some people are putting it about that SciCon ’70 was about as enjoyable as a game of blow football against a halitosis sufferer. But it’s wrong to go around making statements like that, quite apart from the fact that it could embarrass any halitosis people who were listening."
  
{{link | website=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbj_ClgiQ4c | text=James Blish GoH Speech Video}}
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Latest revision as of 17:28, 28 December 2022

(For others, see Scicon (Disambiguation).)

Eastercon 21, SCI-CON 70, was held at the Royal Hotel in London over Easter, 1970. The GoH was James Blish. The committee was George Hay, Derek Stokes and Bill Burns.

Some have said that this was the worst Eastercon ever. Bob Shaw wrote in a column that "Some people are putting it about that SciCon ’70 was about as enjoyable as a game of blow football against a halitosis sufferer. But it’s wrong to go around making statements like that, quite apart from the fact that it could embarrass any halitosis people who were listening."


Galactic Fair 1969 Eastercon Eastercon 22
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