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[[Minicon 9]] ||October 11-13, 1974 ||Minneapolis Public Library and Dyckman Hotel ||[[Judy-Lynn del Rey]], [[Lester del Rey]] | [[Minicon 9]] ||October 11-13, 1974 ||Minneapolis Public Library and Dyckman Hotel ||[[Judy-Lynn del Rey]], [[Lester del Rey]] | ||
[[Minicon 10]] ||April 18-20, 1975 ||Holiday Inn in [[Minneapolis]] ||[[Poul Anderson]], [[Gordon Dickson]], [[Redd Boggs]] | [[Minicon 10]] ||April 18-20, 1975 ||Holiday Inn in [[Minneapolis]] ||[[Poul Anderson]], [[Gordon Dickson]], [[Redd Boggs]] | ||
− | [[Minicon 11]] ||April 16-18, 1976 || | + | [[Minicon 11]] ||April 16-18, 1976 ||Leamington Hotel in [[Minneapolis]] ||[[Edmond Hamilton]], [[Leigh Brackett]], [[Leigh Couch]], [[Norb Couch]] |
− | [[Minicon 12]] ||April 8-10, 1977 || | + | [[Minicon 12]] ||April 8-10, 1977 ||Leamington Hotel in [[Minneapolis]] ||[[Ben Bova]], [[Buck Coulson]], [[Juanita Coulson]] |
− | [[Minicon 13]] ||March 24-26, 1978 || | + | [[Minicon 13]] ||March 24-26, 1978 ||Leamington Hotel in [[Minneapolis]] ||[[Samuel R. Delany]], [[Spider Robinson]], [[Bob Tucker]] |
[[Minicon 15]] ||April 13-15, 1979 ||[[Minneapolis Radisson]] ||[[Theodore Sturgeon]], [[Tom Digby]], [[Rick Sternbach]] | [[Minicon 15]] ||April 13-15, 1979 ||[[Minneapolis Radisson]] ||[[Theodore Sturgeon]], [[Tom Digby]], [[Rick Sternbach]] | ||
[[Minicon 16]] ||April 4-6, 1980 ||[[Minneapolis Radisson]] ||[[C. J. Cherryh]], [[Jon Singer]], [[Ken Fletcher]], [[Nate Bucklin]], [[Wilson "Bob" Tucker]] | [[Minicon 16]] ||April 4-6, 1980 ||[[Minneapolis Radisson]] ||[[C. J. Cherryh]], [[Jon Singer]], [[Ken Fletcher]], [[Nate Bucklin]], [[Wilson "Bob" Tucker]] | ||
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[[Minicon 14]] ||April 9–11, 1982 ||[[Minneapolis Radisson]] ||[[John Varley]], [[Clifford Simak]], [[Spider Robinson]] | [[Minicon 14]] ||April 9–11, 1982 ||[[Minneapolis Radisson]] ||[[John Varley]], [[Clifford Simak]], [[Spider Robinson]] | ||
[[Minicon 19]] ||April 1-3, 1983 ||St. Paul Radisson ||[[Larry Niven]], [[Pamela Dean]], [[David Dyer-Bennet]], Dave Sim, Spider John Koerner, [[Steven K. Zoltan Brust]], Nostradamus | [[Minicon 19]] ||April 1-3, 1983 ||St. Paul Radisson ||[[Larry Niven]], [[Pamela Dean]], [[David Dyer-Bennet]], Dave Sim, Spider John Koerner, [[Steven K. Zoltan Brust]], Nostradamus | ||
− | [[Minicon 18]] ||April 20-23, 1984 || | + | [[Minicon 18]] ||April 20-23, 1984 ||Leamington Hotel in [[Minneapolis]] ||[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]], [[Dave Wixon]], [[Steve Hickman]], [[Somtow Sucharitkul]], [[Rusty Hevelin]], [[Bob Tucker]] |
[[Minicon 20]] ||April 5-7, 1985 ||[[Radisson South]] in Bloomington, MN ||[[James P. Hogan]], [[Permanent Floating Riot Club]], [[The White Women]], [[Stu Shiffman]] | [[Minicon 20]] ||April 5-7, 1985 ||[[Radisson South]] in Bloomington, MN ||[[James P. Hogan]], [[Permanent Floating Riot Club]], [[The White Women]], [[Stu Shiffman]] | ||
[[Minicon 21]] ||March 28-30, 1986 ||[[Radisson South]] in Bloomington, MN ||[[Damon Knight]], [[Kate Wilhelm]], [[Denny Lien]], [[Ken Fletcher]], [[Anne Passovoy]] | [[Minicon 21]] ||March 28-30, 1986 ||[[Radisson South]] in Bloomington, MN ||[[Damon Knight]], [[Kate Wilhelm]], [[Denny Lien]], [[Ken Fletcher]], [[Anne Passovoy]] |
Revision as of 17:49, 21 March 2021
(For other Minicons, see Minicon (Disambiguation)).)
An annual regional convention held since 1968 in or near Minneapolis, MN on Easter weekend by Minn-StF. (Both "annual" and "on Easter weekend" have been violated, but not since a long time ago.) It has taken several quite different forms over the years, but is currently a general-purpose, but fairly literary, convention of about 450 members.
The number of Minicons was just a bit deliberately haphazard (if that's not an oxymoron) so what is listed below is actually correct.
Yes, Minicon 14 was in 1982, following Minicon 17. This is because "Minicon 14" was originally reserved for the fallcon following Minicon 13, much as Minicons 4 and 9 were fallcons. But then the fallcon committee decided to call their con Anokon instead, and the following springcon committee had already latched onto the name Minicon 15 and didn't want to change, so 14 got skipped. After 15, 16, and 17, we decided to come back and use 14…
Minicon have appointed an official archivist, and their archives of old convention material are very comprehensive, both websites and files.
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Website | 1968— |
This is a convention page. Please extend it by adding information about the convention, including dates, GoHs, convention chairman, locale, sponsoring organization, external links to convention pages, awards given, the program, notable events, anecdotes, pictures, scans of publications, pictures of T-shirts, con reports, etc. |