Bubonicon

Bubonicon was first held in 1969 as a literary science fiction gathering in Albuquerque called NewMexiCon. Fans Roy Tackett and Robert E. Vardeman were two of the key figures in establishing and promoting Bubonicon in its early days.

From an Albuquerque SF Society dinner meeting of 20 fans in 1966, Bubonicon grew quickly with roughly fifty members in 1971 and over one hundred in 1973. The name Bubonicon, not officially adopted until 1971, is a nod to Albuquerque's long history of bubonic plague outbreaks, with its mascot, Perry Rhodent, part of this theme. In the 1990s, Bubonicon averaged three hundred members and in the 2000s grew to around 500 members.

In 1976, one of Bubonicon's longest running traditions, the Green Slime Awards, were started in order to honor the worst in Science Fiction from the previous year.

By then, the convention had grown from largely a literary gathering to one which now included science speakers, often from nearby Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico giving lectures on everything from physics to microbiology, and encompassed fiction and fantasy of all media.

History of Bubonicon

Convention	Dates	GoHs
Bubonicon 1 (originally called "NewMexiCon")	April 11, 1969	Caz Casadessus, Don Wollheim
Bubonicon 2	1970	Don Wollheim
Bubonicon 3	1971	Jack Williamson
Bubonicon 4	1972	Ted White
Bubonicon 5	1973	Robert Silverberg
Bubonicon 6	August 23-25, 1974	F. M. Busby
Bubonicon 7	August 22-24, 1975	Ed Bryant
Bubonicon 8	August 27-29, 1976	Bill Rotsler
Bubonicon 9	August 26-28, 1977	Gordon Eklund
Bubonicon 10	August 25-27, 1978	Gordon R. Dickson
Bubonicon 11	August 24-26, 1979	Orson Scott Card
Bubonicon 12	August 22-24, 1980	C. J. Cherryh
Bubonicon 13	August 28-30, 1981	Roger Zelazny
Bubonicon 14	August 27-29, 1982	Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Takumi Shibano
Bubonicon 15	August 26-28, 1983	Jack Williamson
Bubonicon 16	August 24-26, 1984	Spider & Jeanne Robinson
Bubonicon 17	August 23-25, 1985	Fred Saberhagen
Bubonicon 18	August 22-24, 1986	George R. R. Martin
Bubonicon 19	August 28-30, 1987	Parke Godwin, Joan Hanke-Woods
Bubonicon 20	August 26-28, 1988	John E. Stith, Geoffrey C. Everts
Bubonicon 21	August 25-27, 1989	Melinda Snodgrass, Marc Davis
Bubonicon 22	August 24-26, 1990	Jennifer Roberson, Harry O. Morris
Bubonicon 23	August 23-25, 1991	Simon Hawke, Alan Gutierrez
Bubonicon 24	August 14-16, 1992	Thorarinn Gunnarsson, Dell Harris
Bubonicon 25	August 20-22, 1993	Kevin J. Anderson, Robert C. Cornett, Ann Marie Eastburn.
Bubonicon 26	August 26-28, 1994	Michael Stackpole, Liz Danforth, Jennifer Roberson
Bubonicon 27	August 11-13, 1995	Harry Turtledove, Martin Cameron, Rick Sternbach
Bubonicon 28	August 23-25, 1996	Dennis McKiernan, Snail Scott
Bubonicon 29	August 22-24, 1997	John Barnes, Joy Marie Ledet
Bubonicon 30	August 28-30, 1998	Robert J. Sawyer, Jane Lindskold, David Martin.
Bubonicon 31	August 20-22, 1999	Jack McDevitt, Lubov
Bubonicon 32	August 25-27, 2000	Walter Jon Williams, Lela Dowling
Bubonicon 33	August 24-26, 2001	Sarah Zettel, Lee Seed
Bubonicon 34	August 23-25, 2002	Esther Friesner, Joe Tucciarone
Bubonicon 35	August 22-24, 2003	Charles de Lint, Charles Vess
Bubonicon 36	August 27-29, 2004	Connie Willis, David Mattingly
Bubonicon 37	August 26-28, 2005	Stephen R. Donaldson, Mark Ferrari
Bubonicon 38	August 18-20, 2006	Ben Bova, Kathleen Lowe
Bubonicon 39	August 24-26, 2007	Vernor Vinge. Artist Guest: William Stout
Bubonicon 40	August 22-24, 2008	David Weber, Bob Eggleton
Bubonicon 41	August 28-30, 2009	Michael Cassutt, Peri Charlifu
Bubonicon 42	August 27-29, 2010	Peter David, Sarah Clemens
Bubonicon 43	August 26-28, 2011	Stephen Leigh, John Picacio
Bubonicon 44	August 24-26, 2012	Brandon Sanderson, Ursula Vernon
Bubonicon 45	August 23-24, 2013	Tim Powers, Brent Weeks, Alan F. Beck
Bubonicon 46	August 1-3, 2014	John G. Hemry, Cherie Priest
Bubonicon 47	August 28‑30, 2015	Tamora Pierce, Catherynne M. Valente, Ruth Sanderson
Bubonicon 48	August 26-28, 2016	Rachel Caine, David Gerrold, Lee Moyer, Sid M. Gutierrez (Science Speaker)
Bubonicon 49	August 25-27, 2017	C. J. Cherryh, Sherwood Smith, Elizabeth Leggett, Dr. Kathleen Kitts (Science Speaker)
Bubonicon 50	August 24-26, 2018	John Scalzi, Mary Robinette Kowal, Eric Velhagen, Dr. Russell Morton (Science Speaker)
Bubonicon 51	August 23-25, 2019	Allen Steele, Ursula Vernon, Greg Spalenka
Buboni‑Virtual Con	August 29, 2020	held online as a virtual con due to the Covid-19 epidemic
Bubonicon 52	August 20-22, 2021	Keith R. A. DeCandido, Chaz Kemp

Official website

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