https://fancyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Con_Report&feed=atom&action=historyCon Report - Revision history2024-03-28T11:38:16ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.1https://fancyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Con_Report&diff=175522&oldid=prevBee Ostrowsky: fixed link2022-09-09T18:44:30Z<p>fixed link</p>
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</table>Bee Ostrowskyhttps://fancyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Con_Report&diff=132657&oldid=prevLeah Zeldes Smith at 00:22, 9 September 20202020-09-09T00:22:58Z<p></p>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A '''con report''' is a first-hand recounting, typically first-person, of what happened at a [[convention]]. They were once printed in [[fanzines]] but now often posted to the internet or e-mailed. <br />
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Most often, '''conreps''' are anecdotal, their intent to entertain rather than provide information, so they rarely aim to tell you about every item on the program, just the ones the writer attended, if any, and what the writer and others said and did. A well-known trope is the report that spends more time on the writer's trip to the [[con]], than on describing the event. <br />
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Sometimes the stories told are apocryphal, and one [[fanwriter]]'s account of an incident may vary from the next, so they should not necessarily be taken as gospel. After all, during the event itself, [[fans]] tend to consume intoxicating substances and get [[all-night fandom|too little sleep]], so their memories may not be accurate.<br />
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Then, too, the best [[fanwriters]] are apt not to let the truth get in the way of a good story, and some con reports may be considered a form of [[faan fiction]]. The "...and then I did" diary-style report can be deadly dull. It's considered good form to write more about other people and events than about yourself.<br />
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Controversial events may be reported from only one side. [[Harry Warner, Jr.]]'s [[fanhistories]] were criticized by contemporaries because he took literally what was recorded in [[fanzine]] accounts and rarely checked them against other [[fans]]' memories.<br />
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A con report is typically the centerpiece of a [[fan fund]] winner's [[trip report]]. Con reports proliferated with the explosion of cons in the 1970s, and there was some minor controversy amid [[fanzine]] fans about zines filled mainly with conreps. [[Jackie Causgrove]]'s ''[[Dilemma]]'' was one of the best of these.<br />
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On the internet, [[Evelyn C. Leeper]] (who has been [[Hugo nominees|nominated]] for multiple [[Best Fan Writer Hugo]]s) is one of the better examples of those who emphasize the "report" in that she generally provides detailed notes on panel discussions, telling without interpolation who said what and reporting the back-and-forth discussions that generally ensue. During the days when she was reporting for [[Uncle Dick's]], [[Leah Zeldes]], a journalist by trade, took extensive notes at conventions, particularly [[WSFS]] [[business meetings]], but this is rare.<br />
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