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− | The 1946 [[Worldcon]] and [[LA Worldcons|first in LA]], Pacificon I was held August 30–September 1 at the Park View Manor in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. [[GoHs]]: [[A. E. van Vogt]] and [[E. Mayne Hull]], [[Chaired]] by [[Walter J. Daugherty]]
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− | Pacificon had been planned for 1942, but [[World War II]] forced its postponement.
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− | See [[1942 Worldcon Site Selection]]
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− | The [[1947 Worldcon Site Selection]] was held there.
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− | [[Pacificon I Reminiscence (Ackerman)]].
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− | {{link | website=http://fanac.org/fanzines/Pacificon/Pacificon1pb-00.html|text=Program Book scan}}
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− | from '''[[Convention]]''' Pacificon (no pun intended) happened under [[LASFS]] auspices; attendance was disappointing on account of bungled publicity. The announcement of the formation of the [[Fantasy Foundation]] was made, [[Rothman]] [[Liebscher]] and [[Perdue]] improved the occasion with pianistics, and [[Ackerman]] had a nervous breakdown from overwork. A wire to [[Dunkelberger]] informed him that the [[N3F]] had been dissolved when a quorum of the members met at the con (probably the only time a quorum of N3F members has ever met face to face since the first year of the group's existence; Dunk hollered foul, hired a lawyer, and got ready to fight the battle of the century before [[EEEvans]] exposed the [[hoax]].
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− | ([[Ackerman]]) - The proposed 4th [[World Convention]] in [[LA]] in 1942. Tho it was postponed, the name '''Pacificon Jr.''' was given to an extra-large meeting of the [[LASFS]] late in 1942, when [[Rothman]] and many other immigrants and transients were there.
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− | {{convention | series=Worldcon | year=1946 | before=Denvention I | after=Philcon I | files={{fancy}} | series1=LA Worldcons | after1=Solacon}}
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