Windycon 40

Windycon 40 was a convention held November 8-10, 2013 at the Westin Lombard in Lombard, IL. Guests of Honor: Jim C. Hines, Michael Longcor, Bruce Schneier, Karen Cooper, Pete Abrams. Chair: Bill Roper.

The con had the theme "The Big Tent" and put this philosophy into practice: The convention featured approximately 50 hours of anime and films; 19 filk concerts; ongoing gaming of numerous types; a track of kids' programming; 11 program items about costuming, plus a masquerade; four program items about art, plus an art show and auction; 10 science programs; six panels about publishing or writing; two panels on political issues; six about TV or films plus four on pop-culture icons spanning print and media (Harry Potter, Superman, etc.); two survey panels discussing types of fandoms; a panel about a proposed Hugo Award; two about fan fiction; five or six miscellaneous items, such as yoga sessions; and, besides readings and autograph sessions, two panels that might have discussed sf books.

There was, it appeared, no room in the tent for programming on fanhistory or SF fanzines or discussing the fiction of sf authors, such as the GoH or Hugo Award-winning SFWA Grand Master Frederik Pohl, who had lived outside Chicago since 1984 and died just two months before the con at age 93.

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