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During the 1970s and '80s, the con was nicknamed '''Fondlecon''', for members' public displays of mass affection; for a few years, it also featured a blanket-bearing [[Cuddle Squad]] to warm up chilly congoers in unheated hallways; and the [[concom]] facilitated [[skinny-dipping]] in its hotel pool. ConFusion was one of the cons where a fan-filled bed collapsed. ConFusion goers (and a disapproving hotel) also learned what happens to a Jacuzzi used by fans smeared with chocolate mousse. | During the 1970s and '80s, the con was nicknamed '''Fondlecon''', for members' public displays of mass affection; for a few years, it also featured a blanket-bearing [[Cuddle Squad]] to warm up chilly congoers in unheated hallways; and the [[concom]] facilitated [[skinny-dipping]] in its hotel pool. ConFusion was one of the cons where a fan-filled bed collapsed. ConFusion goers (and a disapproving hotel) also learned what happens to a Jacuzzi used by fans smeared with chocolate mousse. | ||
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Dates || Convention || Order || Guests of Honor || Notes | Dates || Convention || Order || Guests of Honor || Notes | ||
− | February 15 | + | February 15−17, 1974 || [[A2 Relax Icon]] || 0 || [[Lloyd Biggle, Jr.]], [[Howard DeVore]] || [[Chairman]]: [[Ro Lutz-Nagey]] |
− | January | + | January 24–26, 1975 || [[ConFusion 13]] || 1 || [[Frederik Pohl]], [[Mike Glicksohn]] || [[Toastmaster]]: [[Jim Martin]], Chairman: [[Ro Lutz-Nagey]] |
− | January | + | January 23–25, 1976 || [[ConFusion 12]] || 2 || [[Lloyd Biggle, Jr.]], [[Bill Bowers]] || [[Toastmaster]]: [[Jim Martin]], Chairman: [[Ro Lutz-Nagey]] |
− | January | + | January 28–30, 1977 || [[ConFusion 14]] || 3 || [[Poul Anderson]], [[Ro Lutz-Nagey]] || Toastmaster: [[Jim Martin]], Chairmen: [[Zita Kutkus]], [[Lary Ward]] |
− | January | + | January 13–15, 1978 || [[ConFusion Pi]] || 4 || [[Kate Wilhelm]], [[Jackie Causgrove]] || Toastmaster: [[Jim Martin]], Chairman: [[Larry Tucker]] |
− | January | + | January 20–21, 1979 || [[E/c2 ConFusion]] || 5 || [[Spider Robinson|Spider]] & [[Jeanne Robinson]], [[Scott Imes]] || Toastmaster: [[Ro Lutz-Nagey]], Chairmen: [[Larry Tucker]], [[Dave Innes]] |
− | January | + | January 18–20, 1980 || [[ConFusion 6 and/or 7|ConFusion 6 and/or 7]] || 6 || [[Stanley Schmidt]], [[Elliot Shorter]] || Toastmaster:[[Rusty Hevelin]], Chairmen: [[Larry Tucker]], [[Dave Innes]] |
− | January | + | January 23–25, 1981 || [[Nine Billion Names of ConFusion|Nine Billion Names of ConFusion]] || 7 || [[Barry B. Longyear]], [[Dave Innes]] || Toastmaster: [[Gay Haldeman]], Chairman: [[Nancy Tucker]] |
− | January | + | January 29–31, 1982 || [[ConFusion 11]] || 8 || [[Phyllis Eisenstein]], [[Neil Rest]] || Toastmaster: [[Larry Tucker]], Chairman: [[Nancy Tucker]] |
− | January | + | January 28–30, 1983 || [[ConFusion 101]] || 9 || [[C. J. Cherryh]], [[Bill Cavin]] || [[AASFA|AASFA Wars]] |
January 27–29, 1984 || [[Genuine ConFusion]] || 10 || [[Mike Resnick]], [[Martha Beck]] || Toastmaster: [[Dick Smith]], Chairman: [[Nancy Tucker]] | January 27–29, 1984 || [[Genuine ConFusion]] || 10 || [[Mike Resnick]], [[Martha Beck]] || Toastmaster: [[Dick Smith]], Chairman: [[Nancy Tucker]] | ||
− | January | + | January 25–27, 1985 || [[Decadent ConFusion]] || 11 || [[Alan Dean Foster]], [[Julia Ecklar]] || Beginning of post-[[AASFA]] [[Legal Matters|lawsuit]] era |
− | January | + | January 24–26, 1986 || [[Perpetual ConFusion]] || 12 || [[Somtow Sucharitkul]], [[Bill Roper]], [[Frank Kelly Freas]] || |
− | January | + | January 23–25, 1987 || [[Stark Raving ConFusion]] || 13 || [[Katherine Kurtz]], [[Liz Pearce]], [[Erin McKee]] || |
− | January | + | January 15–17, 1988 || [[Ambulatory ConFusion]] || 14 || [[Joe Haldeman]], [[Larry Tucker]], [[David Cherry]] || |
1989 || [[ConFusion 102]] || 15 || [[Barbara Hambly]], [[Ted Reynolds]], [[Linda Michaels]] || | 1989 || [[ConFusion 102]] || 15 || [[Barbara Hambly]], [[Ted Reynolds]], [[Linda Michaels]] || | ||
1990 || [[State of ConFusion]] || 16 || [[Hal Clement]], [[Michelle Smith-Moore]], [[Garth Barbour]], [[Kevin Davies]] || | 1990 || [[State of ConFusion]] || 16 || [[Hal Clement]], [[Michelle Smith-Moore]], [[Garth Barbour]], [[Kevin Davies]] || | ||
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January 18-20, 2008 || [[High-Voltage ConFusion]] || 34 || [[Justine Larbalestier]] & [[Scott Westerfeld]], [[The Roving Pirate Party]], [[Carl Lundgren]], [[Kevin M. Dunn]], [[Throwing Toasters]] || | January 18-20, 2008 || [[High-Voltage ConFusion]] || 34 || [[Justine Larbalestier]] & [[Scott Westerfeld]], [[The Roving Pirate Party]], [[Carl Lundgren]], [[Kevin M. Dunn]], [[Throwing Toasters]] || | ||
January 23-25, 2009 || [[Cryptic ConFusion]] || 35 || [[Cat Rambo]], Freon (Michael Andaluz), [[Diana Harlan Stein]], [[Elizabeth Turtle]] & [[Ralph D. Lorenz]], [[Cory Doctorow]] || | January 23-25, 2009 || [[Cryptic ConFusion]] || 35 || [[Cat Rambo]], Freon (Michael Andaluz), [[Diana Harlan Stein]], [[Elizabeth Turtle]] & [[Ralph D. Lorenz]], [[Cory Doctorow]] || | ||
− | January | + | January 22–24, 2010 || [[I See By My ConFusion]] || 36 || [[Peter S. Beagle]], [[Catherynne Valente]], [[David Gibbs]], [[Matt Busch]], [[Steve Collins]], [[S. J. Tucker]] || |
January 21-23, 2011 || [[This ConFusion Is Not Yet Rated]] || 37 || [[Cherie Priest]], [[Lisa Garrison-Ragsdale]], Aubrey de Grey, [[Paolo Bacigalupi]] || | January 21-23, 2011 || [[This ConFusion Is Not Yet Rated]] || 37 || [[Cherie Priest]], [[Lisa Garrison-Ragsdale]], Aubrey de Grey, [[Paolo Bacigalupi]] || | ||
January 20-22, 2012 || [[Epic ConFusion]] || 38 || [[Patrick Rothfuss]], [[Tom Smith]], Harley Thronson, [[Roxanne Meida King]] ([[Special GoH]]), [[Jim C. Hines]], [[Brian Decker]] || | January 20-22, 2012 || [[Epic ConFusion]] || 38 || [[Patrick Rothfuss]], [[Tom Smith]], Harley Thronson, [[Roxanne Meida King]] ([[Special GoH]]), [[Jim C. Hines]], [[Brian Decker]] || | ||
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January 16–19, 2020 || [[How to Train Your ConFusion]] || 46 || [[Kameron Hurley]], Julie Lesnik, [[Brandon O'Brien]], [[Bogi Takács]] || | January 16–19, 2020 || [[How to Train Your ConFusion]] || 46 || [[Kameron Hurley]], Julie Lesnik, [[Brandon O'Brien]], [[Bogi Takács]] || | ||
<s>January 15–17, 2021</s><br>January 21–23, 2022 || [[Rising ConFusion]] || 47 || [[Jim C. Hines]], [[Rachel Quinlan]], [[Anna Carey]] || Postponed to 2022 due to [[Covid-19]] | <s>January 15–17, 2021</s><br>January 21–23, 2022 || [[Rising ConFusion]] || 47 || [[Jim C. Hines]], [[Rachel Quinlan]], [[Anna Carey]] || Postponed to 2022 due to [[Covid-19]] | ||
+ | January 20–23, 2023 ||[[Avatar: The Legend of ConFusion]]||48|| [[Kathe Koja]], [[Chris Barkley]]|| | ||
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Revision as of 11:14, 24 September 2022
(Did you mean a different Confusion?)
ConFusion, a regional convention, was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1975, preceded by A2 Relax Icon the previous year. It was founded by the Stilyagi Air Corps and is now run by AASFA.
Rather than having consecutive numbers, as most cons do, the name "ConFusion" has a different descriptor each year. It started, deliberately with number 13. (The "Fusion" in ConFusion refers to KMS Fusion, a firm in Ann Arbor that at the time was one of the world leaders in fusion research.)
Some years, a Snow Creature sculpture contest was held outside the hotel.
During the 1970s and '80s, the con was nicknamed Fondlecon, for members' public displays of mass affection; for a few years, it also featured a blanket-bearing Cuddle Squad to warm up chilly congoers in unheated hallways; and the concom facilitated skinny-dipping in its hotel pool. ConFusion was one of the cons where a fan-filled bed collapsed. ConFusion goers (and a disapproving hotel) also learned what happens to a Jacuzzi used by fans smeared with chocolate mousse.
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