Second British Convention

Did you mean a different Necronomicon?)

The Second British convention was held April 10, 1938, at AOD Memorial Hall in London. It was retroactively named Necronomicon in an ad in the Nycon II program book for Loncon, the 1957 Worldcon.

Attendees included: Ken Chapman, Master of Ceremonies: Ted Carnell, H. E. Turner, Professor A. M. Low, Leslie J. Johnson, I. O. Evans, Walter H. Gillings, John Russell Fearn. It was sponsored by the Science Fiction Association.

The program:

• Prof. A. M. Low -- The value of SF for society
• Leslie J. Johnson -- Man's quest for something better
• I. O. Evans -- On the evolution of SF
• Walter H. Gillings -- About the difficulties in starting a British prozine
• Douglas W. F. Mayer -- SF as a socialological benefactor
• Benson Herbert -- Blather about "Zukunftsstreben"
• John Russell Fearn -- Something like a GoH speech
• William F. Temple -- "The Diary of a Supper"
• Messages from Overseas -- Messages in support of the convention

See Early Conventions.

Full convention report at fiawol.

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