Torque

(Did you mean the Torcon fanzine?)

Torque was a convention held in Toronto, Canada and organized by Taral. It was a "word-oriented" convention with no films or video room. In mid-1985 he announced that the next planned and announced convention was cancelled due to the amount of his time it required and he planned no more.

Torque 1 attendance was 80-90. Attendees included Chandler Davis, John Robert Columbo, John Millard, David Awlard, Brad and Maureen Hawkins. Tucker showed film of 1950's SF conventions, talking about fans on the screen. Committee had a $400 deficit.

Torque-and-a-half in part was a Torque benefit. Attendance was 25-30. John Robert Columbo spoke about his anthology OTHER CANADAS.

Convention	Dates	GoHs	Hotel
Torque 1		Wilson "Bob" Tucker	Roehampton Place Hotel
Torque-1\2
Torque 2	July 10-12, 1981	Thomas M. Disch, Ross Pavlac
Torque 3	May 21-23, 1982	Samuel R. Delany, Don D'Ammassa

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Convention
	1980—1982

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