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| − | '''ConFusion''', a [[regional convention]], was founded in [[Ann Arbor]], [[Michigan]], in 1975, preceded by [[A2 Relax Icon]] the previous year. | + | '''ConFusion''', a [[regional convention]], was founded in [[Ann Arbor]], [[Michigan]], in 1975, preceded by [[A2 Relax Icon]] the previous year. It was founded by the [[Stilyagi Air Corps]] and is now run by [[AASFA]]. |
| − | Rather than having consecutive numbers, as most [[cons]] do, the name "ConFusion" has a different descriptor each year. It started, deliberately with number 13. | + | Rather than having consecutive numbers, as most [[cons]] do, the name "ConFusion" has a different descriptor each year. It started, deliberately with number 13. (The "Fusion" in ConFusion refers to KMS Fusion, a firm in [[Ann Arbor]] that at the time was one of the world leaders in fusion research.) |
During the 1970s and '80s, the con was nicknamed '''Fondlecon''', for members' public displays of mass affection; for a few years, it also featured a blanket-bearing [[Cuddle Squad]] to warm up chilly congoers in unheated hallways; and the [[concom]] facilitated skinny-dipping in its hotel pool. ConFusion was one of the cons where a fan-filled bed collapsed. ConFusion goers (and a disapproving hotel) also learned what happens to a Jacuzzi used by fans smeared with chocolate mousse. | During the 1970s and '80s, the con was nicknamed '''Fondlecon''', for members' public displays of mass affection; for a few years, it also featured a blanket-bearing [[Cuddle Squad]] to warm up chilly congoers in unheated hallways; and the [[concom]] facilitated skinny-dipping in its hotel pool. ConFusion was one of the cons where a fan-filled bed collapsed. ConFusion goers (and a disapproving hotel) also learned what happens to a Jacuzzi used by fans smeared with chocolate mousse. | ||
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| − | + | Order || Convention Name || Dates || Guests of Honor || Notes | |
| − | + | 0 || [[A2 Relax Icon]] || February 15‑17, 1974 || [[Lloyd Biggle, Jr.]], [[Howard DeVore]] || [[Chairman]]: [[Ro Lutz-Nagey]] | |
| − | + | 1 || [[Confusion 13]] || January 24-26, 1975 || [[Frederik Pohl]], [[Mike Glicksohn]] || [[Toastmaster]]: [[Jim Martin]], Chairman: [[Ro Lutz-Nagey]] | |
| − | + | 2 || [[Confusion 12]] || January 23-25, 1976 || [[Lloyd Biggle, Jr.]], [[Bill Bowers]] || [[Toastmaster]]: [[Jim Martin]], Chairman: [[Ro Lutz-Nagey]] | |
| − | + | 3 || [[Confusion 14]] || January 28-30, 1977 || [[Poul Anderson]], [[Ro Lutz-Nagey]] || Toastmaster: [[Jim Martin]], Chairmen: [[Zita Kutkus]], [[Lary Ward]] | |
| − | + | 4 || [[Confusion Pi]] || January 13-15, 1978 || [[Kate Wilhelm]], [[Jackie Causgrove]] || Toastmaster: [[Jim Martin]], Chairman: [[Larry Tucker]] | |
| − | + | 5 || [[E/c2 Confusion]] || January 20-21, 1979 || [[Spider Robinson|Spider]] & [[Jeanne Robinson]], [[Scott Imes]] || Toastmaster: [[Ro Lutz-Nagey]], Chairmen: [[Larry Tucker]], [[Dave Innes]] | |
| − | + | 6 || [[Confusion 6 and/or 7]] || January 18-20, 1980 || [[Stanley Schmidt]], [[Elliot Shorter]] || Toastmaster:[[Rusty Hevelin]], Chairmen: [[Larry Tucker]], [[Dave Innes]] | |
| − | + | 7 || [[Nine Billion Names of Confusion]] || January 23-25, 1981 || [[Barry B. Longyear]], [[Dave Innes]] || Toastmaster: [[Gay Haldeman]], Chairman: [[Nancy Tucker]] | |
| − | + | 8 || [[Confusion 11]] || January 29-31, 1982 || [[Phyllis Eisenstein]], [[Neil Rest]] || Toastmaster: [[Larry Tucker]], Chairman: [[Nancy Tucker]] | |
| − | + | 9 || [[Confusion 101]] || January 28-30, 1983 || [[C. J. Cherryh]], [[Bill Cavin]] || [[AASFA|AASFA Wars]] | |
| − | + | 10 || [[Genuine Confusion]] || 1984 || [[Mike Resnick]], [[Martha Beck]] || Toastmaster: [[Dick Smith]], Chairman: [[Nancy Tucker]] | |
| − | + | 11 || [[Decadent Confusion]] || January 25-27, 1985 || [[Alan Dean Foster]], [[Julia Ecklar]] || Beginning of post-[[AASFA]] [[Legal Matters|lawsuit]] era | |
| − | January 24-26, 1986 ||[[ | + | 12 || [[Perpetual Confusion]] || January 24-26, 1986 || [[Somtow Sucharitkul]], [[Bill Roper]], [[Frank Kelly Freas]] || |
| − | + | 13 || [[Stark Raving Confusion]] || January 23-25, 1987 || [[Katherine Kurtz]], [[Liz Pearce]], [[Erin McKee]] || | |
| − | + | 14 || [[Ambulatory Confusion]] || January 15-17, 1988 || [[Joe Haldeman]], [[Larry Tucker]], [[David Cherry]] || | |
| − | + | 15 || [[Confusion 102]] || 1989 || [[Barbara Hambly]], [[Ted Reynolds]], [[Linda Michaels]] || | |
| − | + | 16 || [[State of Confusion]] || 1990 || [[Hal Clement]], [[Michelle Smith-Moore]], [[Garth Barbour]], [[Kevin Davies]] || | |
| − | + | 17 || [[Immaculate Confusion]] || 1991 || [[Esther Friesner]], [[S. P. Somtow]], [[Robin Wood]] || | |
| − | + | 18 || [[Hardwired Confusion]] || January 24-26, 1992 || [[Walter Jon Williams]], [[Rusty Hevelin]], [[Rick Lieder]] || | |
| − | + | 19 || [[Transcendental Confusion]] || January 22-24, 1993 || [[Fred Saberhagen]], [[Pat Sims]] & [[Roger Sims]], [[Randy Asplund-Faith]] || | |
| − | + | 20 || [[Confusion XX]] || January 21-23, 1994 || [[Joan D. Vinge]], [[Leah Zeldes Smith]], [[Erin McKee]] || | |
| − | + | 21 || [[Confusion 10101]] || January 27-29, 1995 || [[Pamela Sargent]], [[Wilson "Bob" Tucker]], [[Laura Butler]], [[Geoffrey A. Landis]] || | |
| − | January 12-14, 1996 | + | 22 || [[Deviant Confusion]] || January 12-14, 1996 || [[Tim Powers]], [[Melody Asplund-Faith]], [[Bob Eggleton]], [[Geoffrey A. Landis]] || |
| − | + | 23 || [[ConFusion-17]] || January 24-26, 1997 || [[Samuel Delany]], [[Joey Shoji]], [[Susan VanCamp]], [[Mark Shappirio]] || | |
| − | + | 24 || [[Confusion of the Winnebagos]] || January 23-25, 1998 || [[Connie Willis]], [[Mary Ellen Wessels]], [[Jane Irwin]], [[Marvin Minsky]] || Toastmaster: [[Larry Tucker]] | |
| − | + | 25 || [[Vintage Confusion]] || January 22-24, 1999 || [[Lois McMaster Bujold]], [[Nancy Tucker Shaw]], [[Doug Chaffee]], [[Carl Djerassi]] || Toastmaster: [[Howard DeVore]] | |
| − | January 21-23, 2000 | + | 26 || [[Confusion 19100]] || January 21-23, 2000 || [[Maureen F. McHugh]], [[Dennis Tabaczewski]], [[Frank Hayes]], [[Eric Raymond]] || |
| − | + | 27 || [[Mystery God Confusion]] || January 19-21, 2001 || [[Sarah Zettel]], [[Tom Barber]], [[Carla Speed McNeil]], [[Bruce Schneier]] || Chairman: [[Tammy Coxen]] | |
| − | + | 28 || [[Astronomical Confusion]] || January 18-20, 2002 || [[George R. R. Martin]], [[Heather Alexander]], [[Pete Abrams]], [[Br. Guy Consolmagno]] || Chairman: [[Tammy Coxen]] | |
| − | + | 29 || [[Confusion and Her Friends]] || January 24-26, 2003 || [[Melissa Scott]], [[Roberta Kennedy]], [[Alan Clark]], [[Jack Cohen]] || Chairman: [[Tammy Coxen]] | |
| − | + | 30 || [[Confusion XXX]] || January 23-25, 2004 || [[Bruce Sterling]], [[Geri Sullivan]], [[Julie Bell]], [[Ron Westrum]] || | |
| − | + | 31 || [[31 Flavors of Confusion]] || January 21-23, 2005 || [[Emma Bull]] & [[Will Shetterly]], [[David G. Hartwell]] & [[Kathryn Cramer]], [[Derek Grime]], [[Christian Ready]] || | |
| − | January 20-22, 2006 | + | 32 || [[Synthetic Confusion]] || January 20-22, 2006 || [[Vernor Vinge]], [[Chuck Firment]], [[Steven Stiles]], [[Mitchell Burnside-Clapp]] || |
| − | + | 33 || [[MoonBase Confusion]] || January 19-21, 2007 || [[Elizabeth Moon]], [[Bill Higgins]], [[Steve MacDonald]], [[Paul "PZ" Myers]] || | |
| − | + | 34 || [[High-Voltage Confusion]] || January 18-20, 2008 || [[Justine Larbalestier]] & [[Scott Westerfeld]], [[The Roving Pirate Party]], [[Carl Lundgren]], [[Kevin M. Dunn]], [[Throwing Toasters]] || | |
| − | + | 35 || [[Cryptic Confusion]] || January 23-25, 2009 || [[Cat Rambo]], Freon (Michael Andaluz), [[Diana Harlan Stein]], [[Elizabeth Turtle]] & [[Ralph D. Lorenz]], [[Cory Doctorow]] || | |
| − | + | 36 || [[I See By My Confusion]] || January 22-24 2010 || [[Peter S. Beagle]], [[Catherynne Valente]], [[David Gibbs]], [[Matt Busch]], [[Steve Collins]], [[S. J. Tucker]] || | |
| − | + | 37 || [[This ConFusion Is Not Yet Rated]] || January 21-23, 2011 || [[Cherie Priest]], [[Lisa Garrison-Ragsdale]], Aubrey de Grey, [[Paolo Bacigalupi]] || | |
| − | January 20-22, 2012 ||[[ | + | 38 || [[Epic Confusion]] || January 20-22, 2012 || [[Patrick Rothfuss]], [[Tom Smith]], Harley Thronson, [[Roxanne Meida King]] ([[Special GoH]]), [[Jim C. Hines]], [[Brian Decker]] || |
| − | + | 39 || [[Immortal Confusion]] || January 18-20, 2013 || [[Charles Stross]], [[James Davis Nicoll]], [[Scott Edelman]], Jennifer Ouellette, [[Mary Robinette Kowal]], [[Lucy Kennedy]] || | |
| − | + | 40 || [[Legendary Confusion]] || January 17-19, 2014 || [[Mike Carey]], [[Mark Bernstein]], [[Rich Morris]], [[Ian Tregillis]], S2 Games (Adam Matianazzi) || | |
| − | + | 41 || [[Back to the Confusion]] || January 16-18, 2015 || [[Karen Lord]], [[Aaron Thul]], [[Heather Dale]], Cynthia Chestek, Monte Cook, Shanna Germain. Special Guest: [[Steven Erikson]] || | |
| − | + | 42 || [[Life, the Universe, and Confusion]] || January 21-24, 2016 || [[Alaya Dawn Johnson]], Kentaro Toyama, Gordon Smith, [[Jessica Zerwas]] || | |
| − | + | 43 || [[Friendship is Confusion]] || January 19-22, 2017 || [[Gail Carriger]], [[Mark Oshiro]], [[Jeffrey Alan Love]], Karen Burnham, Mallory O'Meara || | |
| − | + | 44 || [[Confusion Through the Looking Glass]] || January 18-21, 2018 || [[Kate Elliott]], [[Luke Ski]], [[Nisi Shawl]], [[Annalee Newitz]], James Breakwell || | |
| − | + | 45 || [[Storming the Confusion]] || January 17-20, 2019 || [[Ada Palmer]], [[Steve Macdonald]], [[David Stein]], Jennifer Piatek || | |
| − | + | 46 || [[How to Train Your Confusion]] || January 16-19, 2020 || [[Kameron Hurley]], Julie Lesnik, [[Brandon O'Brien]], [[Bogi Takács]] || | |
| − | + | || || January 15-17, 2021 || ''postponed to 2022 due to [[Covid-19]]'' | |
| + | 47 || [[47th Confusion]] || 2022 || [[Kameron Hurley]], Julie Lesnik, [[Brandon O'Brien]], [[Bogi Takács]]|| | ||
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Revision as of 21:21, 29 August 2020
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ConFusion, a regional convention, was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1975, preceded by A2 Relax Icon the previous year. It was founded by the Stilyagi Air Corps and is now run by AASFA.
Rather than having consecutive numbers, as most cons do, the name "ConFusion" has a different descriptor each year. It started, deliberately with number 13. (The "Fusion" in ConFusion refers to KMS Fusion, a firm in Ann Arbor that at the time was one of the world leaders in fusion research.)
During the 1970s and '80s, the con was nicknamed Fondlecon, for members' public displays of mass affection; for a few years, it also featured a blanket-bearing Cuddle Squad to warm up chilly congoers in unheated hallways; and the concom facilitated skinny-dipping in its hotel pool. ConFusion was one of the cons where a fan-filled bed collapsed. ConFusion goers (and a disapproving hotel) also learned what happens to a Jacuzzi used by fans smeared with chocolate mousse.
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