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[[Minicon 16]] || April 4-6, 1980 || [[Minneapolis Radisson]] || [[Minneapolis]] || [[C. J. Cherryh]], [[Jon Singer]], [[Ken Fletcher]], [[Nate Bucklin]], [[Wilson "Bob" Tucker]] | [[Minicon 16]] || April 4-6, 1980 || [[Minneapolis Radisson]] || [[Minneapolis]] || [[C. J. Cherryh]], [[Jon Singer]], [[Ken Fletcher]], [[Nate Bucklin]], [[Wilson "Bob" Tucker]] | ||
[[Minicon 17]] || April 17-19, 1981 || [[Minneapolis Radisson]] || [[Minneapolis]] || [[Jack Vance]], [[Jerry Boyajian]], [[Reed Waller]], [[Kathy Marschall]] | [[Minicon 17]] || April 17-19, 1981 || [[Minneapolis Radisson]] || [[Minneapolis]] || [[Jack Vance]], [[Jerry Boyajian]], [[Reed Waller]], [[Kathy Marschall]] | ||
| − | [[Minicon 14]] || April 9–11, 1982 || | + | [[Minicon 14]] || April 9–11, 1982 || St. Paul Radisson || [[Minneapolis]] || [[John Varley]], [[Clifford Simak]], [[Spider Robinson]] |
[[Minicon 19]] || April 1-3, 1983 || St. Paul Radisson || [[Minneapolis]] || [[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 || [[Minneapolis]] || [[Larry Niven]], [[Pamela Dean]], [[David Dyer-Bennet]], Dave Sim, Spider John Koerner, [[Steven K. Zoltan Brust]], Nostradamus | ||
[[Minicon 18]] || April 20-23, 1984 || Leamington Hotel || [[Minneapolis]] || [[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]], [[Dave Wixon]], [[Steve Hickman]], [[Somtow Sucharitkul]], [[Rusty Hevelin]], [[Bob Tucker]] | [[Minicon 18]] || April 20-23, 1984 || Leamington Hotel || [[Minneapolis]] || [[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]], [[Dave Wixon]], [[Steve Hickman]], [[Somtow Sucharitkul]], [[Rusty Hevelin]], [[Bob Tucker]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:19, 28 November 2024
(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 rarely.) 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 numbering 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 has appointed an official archivist, and their archives of old convention material are very comprehensive, both websites and files.
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