https://fancyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Bangcon&feed=atom&action=historyBangcon - Revision history2024-03-28T07:55:18ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.1https://fancyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Bangcon&diff=156213&oldid=prevMlo at 15:12, 20 June 20212021-06-20T15:12:46Z<p></p>
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</table>Mlohttps://fancyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Bangcon&diff=156192&oldid=prevLeah Zeldes Smith: Created page with " The first Bangkok SF Convention, henceforth to be known as the '''BANGCON''' was attended by one fan -- namely, me. The meeting was called to order in the bar of..."2021-06-20T09:58:45Z<p>Created page with " The first <a href="/index.php?title=Bangkok&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bangkok (page does not exist)">Bangkok</a> <a href="/SF" class="mw-redirect" title="SF">SF</a> <a href="/Convention" title="Convention">Convention</a>, henceforth to be known as the '''BANGCON''' was attended by one fan -- namely, me. The meeting was called to order in the bar of..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div> The first [[Bangkok]] [[SF]] [[Convention]], henceforth to be known as the '''BANGCON''' was attended by one fan -- namely, me. The meeting was called to order in the bar of the New Plaza Hotel. (The Erawan was full of tourists, so that Samuel Butler can rest quietly in his grave.) Refreshments were served to each [[actifan]]. After a thoughtful discussion of geo-politics and the relative merits of [[Thailand|Thai]], [[Chinese]] and [[American]] culture, BANGCON Hq were moved to the bar of the Princess Hotel. More refreshments were served and a brief but heated [[panel]] debate about the rate of exchange between Yankee dollars and Siamese baht was won by the bartender. The BANGCON moved along to the Chez Eve night club. Here, as sometimes happens to the best of SF conventions, events became a bit confused and a young Siamese lady joined the BANGCON. Further activities would probably be of negligible interest to [[Fandom]].<br />
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Reported by [[Art Wilson]] of [[Hong Kong]] in ''[[KiwiFan]]'' 9, [https://fanac.org/fanzines/KiwiFan/Kiwifan09.pdf October 1958, p. 28.]<br />
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