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| − | [[Midwestcon]] 7 was a [[relaxacon]] held May | + | [[Midwestcon]] 7 was a [[relaxacon]] held May 24–27, 1956, at the North Plaza Motel in Sharonville, OH. Attendance seems to have been around 110 on a very rainy weekend with 3 inches overall. |
(The turnout was stellar, including [[P. Schuyler Miller]], [[Robert Bloch]], [[Larry Shaw]], [[Dave Kyle]], [[Harlan Ellison]], [[Bob Silverberg]], [[Randall Garrett]], [[E. E. Smith]], [[Edmond Hamilton]], [[Marty Greenberg]], [[Lloyd Eshbach]], [[Frank Robinson]], [[Don Ford]], [[Howard DeVore]], [[Steve Schultheis]], [[George Raybin]], [[Jim Harmon]], [[Tom Scortia]], [[Bob Madle]], [[Lynn Hickman]], [[Lou Tabakow]], and [[Doc Barrett]]. (They don't make relaxacons like they used to!) | (The turnout was stellar, including [[P. Schuyler Miller]], [[Robert Bloch]], [[Larry Shaw]], [[Dave Kyle]], [[Harlan Ellison]], [[Bob Silverberg]], [[Randall Garrett]], [[E. E. Smith]], [[Edmond Hamilton]], [[Marty Greenberg]], [[Lloyd Eshbach]], [[Frank Robinson]], [[Don Ford]], [[Howard DeVore]], [[Steve Schultheis]], [[George Raybin]], [[Jim Harmon]], [[Tom Scortia]], [[Bob Madle]], [[Lynn Hickman]], [[Lou Tabakow]], and [[Doc Barrett]]. (They don't make relaxacons like they used to!) | ||
Revision as of 02:33, 22 October 2021
Midwestcon 7 was a relaxacon held May 24–27, 1956, at the North Plaza Motel in Sharonville, OH. Attendance seems to have been around 110 on a very rainy weekend with 3 inches overall.
(The turnout was stellar, including P. Schuyler Miller, Robert Bloch, Larry Shaw, Dave Kyle, Harlan Ellison, Bob Silverberg, Randall Garrett, E. E. Smith, Edmond Hamilton, Marty Greenberg, Lloyd Eshbach, Frank Robinson, Don Ford, Howard DeVore, Steve Schultheis, George Raybin, Jim Harmon, Tom Scortia, Bob Madle, Lynn Hickman, Lou Tabakow, and Doc Barrett. (They don't make relaxacons like they used to!)
See Fantasy Times 249 (June 1956, p. 2) for a long con-report by Donald E. Ford.
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