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* [[Cinvention Reminiscence (Eshbach)]]. | * [[Cinvention Reminiscence (Eshbach)]]. | ||
* [http://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/cinvention.htm Cinvention Account] by [[Fred Patten]] (from 1976) | * [http://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/cinvention.htm Cinvention Account] by [[Fred Patten]] (from 1976) | ||
| + | *{{link | website=http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Cinvention/Cinvention1mb-75.html | text=Wha' Happened}}, Stan Skirvin's memoir of the Cinvention, from ''{{link | website=http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Cinvention/Cinvention1mb-00.html | text=Cinvention Memory Book}}'' | ||
[http://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/membership.htm Membership list] | [http://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/membership.htm Membership list] | ||
Revision as of 22:09, 23 August 2020
Cinvention, the 1949 Worldcon, was held September 3–5 at the Hotel Metropole in Cincinnati, Ohio, with GoH Lloyd A. Eshbach and FGoH Ted Carnell. Attendance: about 190.
Don Ford carried out the duties of Chairman, but was officially Secretary-Treasurer; Charles R. Tanner had the honorary title of Chairman. Ted Carnell, the Fan GoH, was also toastmaster with the title "Entertainment Master of Ceremonies". He was brought to North America by the Big Pond Fund.
Other bidders: New York in '49. See 1949 Worldcon Site Selection.
See the Cinvention Program, Program Book, the Cinvention Committee, the Cinvention Daily, and The Cincy Report.
- Lloyd Eshbach's Cinvention Reminiscence.
- Cinvention Account by Fred Patten (from 1976)
- Wha' Happened, Stan Skirvin's memoir of the Cinvention, from Cinvention Memory Book
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