Readercon

A very sercon regional convention held outside Boston, Massachusetts, in the summer. It was founded by Bob Colby and statistician Eric Van in 1987 with the goal of focusing almost exclusively on SF/fantasy/slipstream/speculative fiction in the written form.

It is known for its draconian Code of Conduct, which, among other things, orders that members “Moderate the volume of your voice and the expansiveness of your gestures,” and a zero-tolerance harrassment policy that results in lifetime bans for infractions.

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Convention	Dates	Guests of Honor	Memorial GoH
Readercon 1	June 26-28, 1987	Gene Wolfe, Mark Ziesing	Philip K. Dick
Readercon 2	November 18-20, 1988	Samuel Delany	Theodore Sturgeon
Readercon 3	March 30-April 1, 1990	John Crowley, Tom Disch	T. H. White
Readercon 4	July 12-14, 1991	Thomas M. Disch, Barry N. Malzberg, John Clute
Readercon 5	July 10-12, 1992	Michael Bishop, Richard Powers, Rick Lieder	James Tiptree, Jr.
Readercon 6	July 9-11, 1993	Brian Aldiss, Judith Merrill	H. G. Wells
Readercon 7	July 10-12, 1994	Ursula K. LeGuin, Terri Windling	Cordwainer Smith
Readercon 8	July 12-14, 1996	William Gibson, Larry McCaffery	Alfred Bester
Readercon 9	July 11-13, 1997	Kim Stanley Robinson, Algis Budrys	C. M. Kornbluth
Readercon 10	July 10-12, 1998	Bruce Sterling, Lisa Goldstein	Leigh Brackett
Readercon 11	July 9-11, 1999	Harlan Ellison, Ellen Datlow	Gerald Kersh
Readercon 12	July 21-23, 2000	Michael Moorcock, Suzy McKee Charnas	Mervyn Peake
Readercon 13	July 13-15, 2001	Michael Swanwick, David Hartwell	Clifford D. Simak
Readercon 14	July 12-14, 2002	Octavia E. Butler, Gwyneth Jones	John Brunner
Readercon 15	July 11-13, 2003	Hal Clement, Rudy Rucker, Howard Waldrop	R. A. Lafferty
Readercon 16	July 8-10, 2005	Joe Haldeman, Kate Wilhelm	Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore
Readercon 17	July 7-9, 2006	China Miéville, James Morrow	Jorge Luis Borges
Readercon 18	July 5-8, 2007	Lucius Shepard, Karen Joy Fowler	Angela Carter
Readercon 19	July 17-20, 2008	Jonathan Lethem, James Patrick Kelly	Stanislaw Lem
Readercon 20	July 9-12, 2009	Elizabeth Hand, Greer Gilman	Hope Mirrlees
Readercon 21	July 8-11, 2010	Nalo Hopkinson, Charles Stross	Olaf Stapledon
Readercon 22	July 14-17, 2011	Geoff Ryman, Gardner Dozois	Mark Twain
Readercon 23	July 12-15, 2012	Peter Straub, Caitlín R. Kiernan	Shirley Jackson
Readercon 24	July 11-14, 2013	Maureen F. McHugh, Patricia A. McKillip	Roger Zelazny
Readercon 25	July 10-13, 2014	Andrea Hairston, Kit Reed	Mary Shelley
Readercon 26	July 9-12, 2015	Nicola Griffith, Gary K. Wolfe	Joanna Russ
Readercon 27	July 10-13, 2016	Catherynne M. Valente, Tim Powers	Diana Wynne Jones
Readercon 28	July 13-16, 2017	Naomi Novik, Nnedi Okorafor	Tanith Lee
Readercon 29	July 12-15, 2018	Ken Liu, Nisi Shawl	E. Nesbit
Readercon 30	July 11-14, 2019	Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones	Edward Bryant
Readercon 31	July 9-12, 2020 July 9-11, 2021 August 13-15, 2021 (virtual)	Jeffrey Ford, Ursula Vernon	Vonda N. McIntyre
Readercon 32	July 13–16, 2023	Jeff VanderMeer, Justina Ireland	L. A. Banks
Readercon 33	July 11–14, 2024	Amal El-Mohtar, Rebecca Roanhorse	TBA

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