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See [[1964 Worldcon Site Selection]].
 
See [[1964 Worldcon Site Selection]].
  
[[Chairman]] [[George Scithers]] wrote an [[Discon 1 Report|extensive report]] on the convention, telling the whole story. It's a wonderful example of what running a [[Worldcon]] was like in simpler days.
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[[Chairman]] [[George Scithers]] wrote an [[Discon 1 Report|extensive report]] on the convention, telling the whole story. It's a wonderful example of what running a [[Worldcon]] was like in simpler days — when the entire program fit on two pages of the [[program book]].  
  
 
[[DC in 1963]] was unopposed.
 
[[DC in 1963]] was unopposed.
  
* [[Discon I Reminiscence (Kyle)]]
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*[http://fanac.org/conpubs/Worldcon/Discon%20I/index.html Publications and photos at FANAC].
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* [[Discon I Reminiscence (Kyle)]].
  
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{{convention | series1=Discon | series=Worldcon | year=1963 | before=Chicon III | after=Pacificon II | after1=Discon II}}
 
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Revision as of 00:49, 15 September 2020

The 1963 Worldcon and first in the Baltimore/Washington area, Discon was held August 31 - September 2 at the Statler-Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC. GoH: Murray Leinster. Isaac Asimov was Toastmaster. Chaired by George Scithers.

The Hugo rules were changed at Discon so that series became ineligible for Hugos: only individual works were henceforth eligible.

See 1964 Worldcon Site Selection.

Chairman George Scithers wrote an extensive report on the convention, telling the whole story. It's a wonderful example of what running a Worldcon was like in simpler days — when the entire program fit on two pages of the program book.

DC in 1963 was unopposed.



Chicon III Worldcon - Bidding - Hugos Pacificon II
first Discon Discon II
1963
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