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[[Capricon 27]] ||February 8-11, 2007 ||[[Arlington Park Hilton | Sheraton Chicago Northwest]] in Arlington Heights, IL ||[[Lois McMaster Bujold]], [[Erin McKee]], [[Cat Faber]], [[Peter S. Beagle]], [[Bryan Palaszewski]]. Chair: [[Gretchen Roper]] | [[Capricon 27]] ||February 8-11, 2007 ||[[Arlington Park Hilton | Sheraton Chicago Northwest]] in Arlington Heights, IL ||[[Lois McMaster Bujold]], [[Erin McKee]], [[Cat Faber]], [[Peter S. Beagle]], [[Bryan Palaszewski]]. Chair: [[Gretchen Roper]] | ||
[[Capricon 28]] ||February 14-17, 2008 ||[[Arlington Park Hilton | Sheraton Chicago Northwest]] in Arlington Heights, IL ||[[Mike Resnick]], [[John Baur]], [[Mark Summers]], [[Don Maitz]], [[Michael Longcor]], [[Janny Wurts]], [[Tori Baur]], [[Tom Smith]], [[Bill Sutton]], [[Brenda Sutton]], [[Bryan Palaszewski]] | [[Capricon 28]] ||February 14-17, 2008 ||[[Arlington Park Hilton | Sheraton Chicago Northwest]] in Arlington Heights, IL ||[[Mike Resnick]], [[John Baur]], [[Mark Summers]], [[Don Maitz]], [[Michael Longcor]], [[Janny Wurts]], [[Tori Baur]], [[Tom Smith]], [[Bill Sutton]], [[Brenda Sutton]], [[Bryan Palaszewski]] | ||
− | [[Capricon 29]] ||February 19-22, 2009 || | + | [[Capricon 29]] ||February 19-22, 2009 ||Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, ||[[Sharon Shinn]], [[Gary Lippincott]], [[Christian McGuire]], [[Barry Childs-Helton]], [[Sally Childs-Helton]], [[Bryan Palaszewski]] |
− | [[Capricon 30]] ||February 11-14, 2010 || | + | [[Capricon 30]] ||February 11-14, 2010 ||Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, ||[[Frederik Pohl]], [[Spider Robinson]], [[Jeanne Robinson]], [[Robert J. Sawyer]], [[Lucy Synk]], [[Alice Bentley]] |
− | [[Capricon 31]] ||February 10-13,2011 || | + | [[Capricon 31]] ||February 10-13,2011 ||Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, IL ||[[John Scalzi]], [[John Picacio]], [[Janice Gelb]], [[Stephen Boucher]] |
− | [[Capricon 32]] ||February 9-12, 2012 || | + | [[Capricon 32]] ||February 9-12, 2012 ||Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, IL ||[[Cory Doctorow]], Les McClaine, [[Steven H Silver]], Javier Grillo-Marxuach |
− | [[Capricon 33]] ||February 7-10, 2013 || | + | [[Capricon 33]] ||February 7-10, 2013 ||Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, IL ||[[Daniel H. Wilson]], [[Karen Ann Hollingsworth]], [[Helen Montgomery]] |
− | [[Capricon 34]] ||February 6-9, 2014 || | + | [[Capricon 34]] ||February 6-9, 2014 ||Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, IL ||[[S. M. Stirling]], [[Tom Peters]], [[Tadao Tomomatsu]], [[Jan Stirling]], Silent Nightmare, [[Sherrilyn Kenyon]] |
− | [[Capricon 35]] ||February 12-15, 2015 || | + | [[Capricon 35]] ||February 12-15, 2015 ||Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, IL ||Matt Forbeck, [[Alexander James Adams]], John Bivens, John Anealio, Patrick Hester, [[Elizabeth Huffman]], and [[Margaret Weis]] |
− | [[Capricon 36]] ||February 11-14, 2016 || | + | [[Capricon 36]] ||February 11-14, 2016 ||Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, IL ||[[Scott Lynch]], [[Eric Wilkerson]], [[Mark Oshiro]], [[Stacey Gordon]], [[Wendy Zdrodowski]], and "Mae the Bellydancer" |
− | [[Capricon 37]] ||February 16-19, 2017 || | + | [[Capricon 37]] ||February 16-19, 2017 ||Westin Chicago North Shore in [[Wheeling, IL]] ||[[Beth Revis]], Nilah Macgruder, and [[Meg Frank]] |
− | [[Capricon 38]] ||February 15-18, 2018 || | + | [[Capricon 38]] ||February 15-18, 2018 ||Westin Chicago North Shore in [[Wheeling, IL]] ||[[Timothy Zahn]], [[Sarah Wilkinson]], [[Dave McCarty]], Monica Valentinelli, and [[Matt M. McElroy]] |
− | [[Capricon 39]] ||February 14-17, 2019 || | + | [[Capricon 39]] ||February 14-17, 2019 ||Westin Chicago North Shore in [[Wheeling, IL]] ||[[Seanan McGuire]], [[Phil Foglio]], [[Doug Rice]], Carrie Dahlby, [[Matt M. McElroy]] |
− | [[Capricon 40]] || February 13–16, 2020|| | + | [[Capricon 40]] || February 13–16, 2020|| Westin Chicago North Shore in [[Wheeling, IL]] || [[Tobias Buckell]], [[Trungles]], [[Lil Sams]] |
[[Capricon 41]]|| February 4–7, 2021|| <s>Westin Chicago North Shore, [[Wheeling, IL]]</s> Online|| [[Aliette de Bodard]], [[Brandon O’Brien]], [[John Jennings]], [[Michi Trota]], Dr. [[Cacophonie Tamayo]] | [[Capricon 41]]|| February 4–7, 2021|| <s>Westin Chicago North Shore, [[Wheeling, IL]]</s> Online|| [[Aliette de Bodard]], [[Brandon O’Brien]], [[John Jennings]], [[Michi Trota]], Dr. [[Cacophonie Tamayo]] | ||
[[Capricon 42]] || February 3-7, 2022||Sheraton Grand Chicago|| [[Catherynne M. Valente]], [[Gene Ha]] | [[Capricon 42]] || February 3-7, 2022||Sheraton Grand Chicago|| [[Catherynne M. Valente]], [[Gene Ha]] |
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A Chicago area regional convention founded in 1980 and held annually since then. It is traditionally a four-day convention, running from Thursday through Sunday in February. Membership is consistently just below 1,000. Phandemonium is the corporate parent.
One standard feature of Capricons is the "Phineas T. Track," more recently called the "Lake Wobegon Track." This is an entire hoax track of programming, usually indicated by taking place in a fictional room of the hotel with a dead panelist, a fictional panelist, and a living panelist.
Capricon's mascot is Capricious the Goat, who appears on most of its advertising and program books and gave the name to the at-con newsletter, Goat Droppings. At the con, one concom member is tasked to wear a Capricious the Goat costume during various events.
Capricon was founded with the explicit aim of feuding with Windycon, but hostility between the two conventions gradually subsided. A number of fans now work on both, and hardly anyone remembers that they were originally supposed to be inimical.
Goat Droppings -- Capricon blog page
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