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| − | The [[1988]] [[Worldcon]] held September 1-5 at the Marriott, Sheraton, International Hotels and [[New Orleans]] Municipal Auditorium. [[GoH]]: [[Donald A. Wollheim]], [[FGoH]]: [[Roger Sims]]. [[Mike Resnick]] was [[Toastmaster.]] [[Chairman]]: [[John H. Guidry]].
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| − | NOLAcon II was the last con selected using a two-year lead time. At the same Worldcon ([[ConFederation]]) when it was selected, the 1989 Worldcon ([[Noreascon 3]]) was also selected.
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| − | [[1988 Hugos]], [[1990 Worldcon Site Selection]].
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| − | Bidders: [[Bermuda Triangle Bid]], [[New Orleans in '88]], [[Cincinnati in 88]], [[St. Louis in '88]], [[Yugoslavia in '88]], and [[Sydney Cove in '88]] (which withdrew well before the vote). See [[1988 Worldcon Site Selection]].
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| − | Nolacon 2 was famously poorly organized, being saved by a big influx of [[fans]] at the last minute.
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| − | * [[kyle-nolacon-ii-reminiscence|Dave Kyle's Nolacon II reminiscence]]
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| − | * {{file770 | issue=63 | page=6}} -- Rumors denied!
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| − | {{link | website=http://fanac.org/worldcon/Nolacon/w88-rpt.html |text=Evelyn Leeper's conrep}}
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| − | See also [[Mike Sinclair]].
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| − | The Nolacon II Staff t-shirt:
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| − | {{FancyImage|NOLAcon 2/nolacon2-staff.jpg}}
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| − | {{Sequence|before=Nolacon}}
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| − | {{convention | series=Worldcon | year=1988 | before=Conspiracy '87 | after=Noreascon 3}}
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