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• List of Chicago Conventions
  [[Conventions]] in [[Chicago]]. ==Annual conventions==
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• List of Chicago Conventions
  [[Conventions]] in [[Chicago]]. ==Annual conventions==
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• List-of-chicago-conventions
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• Little Chicon
  A [[fan gathering]] that ran from October 7–9, 1944, in [[Chicago]]. Attendees included [[Walt Dunkelberger]], [[Frank Robinson]], [[E. E. E See [[Early Conventions]].
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• Arlington Park Hilton
  ...]s. It is one of two hotels to have hosted the three major fan-run Chicago conventions. From 2002 until its close in 2008, it was branded the '''Sheraton Chicago Northwest'''. Shortly after Capricon announced it would be changing hotels
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• Jerry DeMuth
  ...n]] who was a member of the [[University of Chicago SF Society]], attended conventions in the 50s, wrote for the [[fanzines]], and published ''[[Sigbo]]'' and ''[
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• Chicago Conventions
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• Helen Montgomery
  ...29]], [[Capricon 30]], and [[Smofcon 34]]. She was a [[co-chair]] of the [[Chicago in 2022]] [[Worldcon]] bid and chaired [[Chicon 8]]. She has been a part of ...in hopes of introducing people to the genre and promoting science fiction conventions.
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• Third Chicago Conference
  The Third '''Chicago Conference''' was a [[convention]] held during April 1940 in [[Bloomington, ...nces are they were of similar size. There was no local [[club]] and the [[Chicago]] [[fans]] who were organizing the [[Chicon]] made [[feuding]] endemic. [[
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• Michael Jencevice
  ...m]] in 1978, and who worked on numerous [[conventions]], particularly in [[Chicago|Chicagoland]], such as [[Windycon]], where he ran the [[Dealers' Room]] for
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• MuseCon
  (Did you mean the [[MuseCon|series of Chicago-area maker conventions]]?)
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• Columbus Cavalry
  ...ered around [[Columbus]] and [[Chicago]] who specialized in saving failing conventions. Members included [[Ross Pavlac]] (who initially named it the '''Columbus They were a competent lot who did much good for conventions (including [[MidAmeriCon]] and [[SunCon]]), but came under considerable cri
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• Mobies
  ...creasingly employed by an aging [[fan]] population, especially at larger [[conventions]]. During [[Chicon 8]] in 2022, the entire [[Chicago]] area sold out of rental scooters (only partly the fault of [[Covid-19]] p
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• Phandemonium
  ...of the [[Capricon]] [[SF conventions]] held annually in February in the [[Chicago]] area. Besides Capricon, Phandemonium runs a monthly [[book]] club, dining
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• Centracon
  A convocation of [[fans]] that took place in [[Chicago]] October 12–13, 1946, at the Fort Dearborn Hotel and [[Erle Korshak]]'s See also: [[Early Conventions]].
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• MFCI
  ...also called '''Midfan''') was founded to run [[Con Fandom|conrunner]]s' [[conventions]] in the [[Midwest Fandom|Midwest]] (notably [[Midwest Construction]]) and Four [[Midwest Construction]]s were held ([[Chicago]], [[Ann Arbor]], [[Kansas City]], and [[Columbus]]) between 2002 and 2005
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• Chris Krolczyk
  ...[SF]] [[fan]] from [[Chicago]] who began attending SF and [[comic book]] [[conventions]] as a teenager in the early 1980s and who first attended a fan-run convent Chris has attended so many conventions in that 40-plus year stretch that he's lost count of them, but in the mid-9
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• Erik Olson
  .... For many years, he was recognizable by a trademark red fedora he wore at conventions.
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• Roxanne King
  ...fan]]. She is a mainstay of [[General Technics]]. She has worked on many [[conventions]], including [[Worldcons]], and [[chaired]] [[MoonBase ConFusion]] in 2007. Roxanne also lived in [[Chicago]], and now resides in the U.P. with her husband, [[Steve King]]. She’s an
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• Big Tent
  ...[[fringe fandom]]s, even though those groups run their own tightly focused conventions, which exclude other interests. Proponents of the Big Tent also tend to obj ...mple of this philosophy in practice, consider [[Windycon 40]], held near [[Chicago]] in 2013, which used "The Big Tent" as its theme. The [[convention]] featu
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• FilkCon
  ...ed around [[filking]] was called '''FilkCon''' and was held in 1979 near [[Chicago]], probably at the Arlington Park Hilton. It was the first filk convention ...eral of the FilkCons became the first convention of a major series of filk conventions. Today, a '''filk con''' could be one of any number of cons.
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• Purple Hotel
  ...wo hotels to have hosted each of the three major [[fan]]-run [[Chicago]] [[conventions]]: [[Windycon]], [[Capricon]], and [[DucKon]]. ...rking lot was the site of the gangland slaying of mobster Allan Dorfman. [[Chicago]] [[fan]] [[Dick Smith]] happened to be on the premises at the time.
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• Blinkies
  ...einer]], and others built blinkies and showed them off at [[Midwestern]] [[conventions]]. [[Jim Fuerstenberg]] popularized them outside [[techie]] circles, wearin ...elped run Build-a-Blinky sessions at [[DucKon]] and other [[Chicago]]-area conventions.
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• Alex Eisenstein
  ...n]]. He is a noted [[sf]] art collector and has organized displays at many conventions including an especially well-regarded one at [[Chicon 2000]]. He was a reg
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• 2BeContinued
  A northern [[Indiana]]/[[Chicago]]-area [[convention]] founded in 1998, which ran five times between its fou ...ut together by a group which had focused on running [[parties]] at various conventions with the desire to create a con which offered a larger exposure to [[media
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• Gretchen Roper
  ...en Roper''' (formerly '''Van Dorn''', née '''Duntemann''') is a longtime [[Chicago]] [[fan]], [[filker]], [[conrunner]] and [[huckster]]. She co-founded [[Dod ...artner and since then used used it for their [[huckstering]] business at [[conventions]], specializing in [[filk]].
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• Bid
  ==Bidded Conventions== ...them the right to run a future convention. The [[members]] of these moving conventions vote on where the future con will be held one or two years in advance.
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• Armchair Speculators of DePaul University
  A [[club]] at DePaul University in [[Chicago]] which published the [[clubzine]] ''[[Effen Essef]]''. Also known as the ...sed of three issues, with contributions from DePaul club members and other Chicago-area fans. Issues can now be found in DePaul Library's special collections
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• First Post-Radar-Contact-with-the-Moon Con
  ...–7, 1946, this event was attended by sixteen [[fans]], including four from Chicago and most of the rest from [[Milwaukee]] and [[Battle Creek]]. ...tin Miles]]; from [[Battle Creek]]: [[Ed Counts]] and [[Earl Perry]]; from Chicago: [[Sandy Kadet]], [[Elsie Janda]], [[Ollie Saari]], and [[Dick Wilson]]; fr
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• Drobe
  ...hets|derogatory term]] for a certain type of attendee at [[science-fiction conventions]], particularly one in [[hall costume|costume]] who drifts around the venue A [[scientificombination]] of ''drone'' and ''wardrobe'' — [[Chicago]]'s [[Dick Smith]] thinks he coined it in the early 1980s. In his parlance,
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• Barfleet
  ...lt attendees at [[science fiction]], [[gaming]], and other genre-related [[conventions]]. [[Chicago]] ||U.B.S. Abandon ||[[Terrence Miltner|Captain Ron Añejo]]
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• Chicago, IL
  '''Chicago''' [[fandom]] has remained as disorganized and nearly as quiet as it was wh ...hey are all small, decentralized and often short-lived. Most Chicagoland [[conventions]] and 'tween-convention gatherings are held in the suburbs.
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• Moshe Yudkowsky
  ...[[fan]]. He was a member of [[Thursday]] and belongs to [[GT]]. At area [[conventions]], [[Worldcons]] and a few others, he can generally be found at 1 a.m. and He is married to [https://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/departments/academic-departments/medical-education/dme-fac
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• Beverly Friend
  ...and [[fan]], [[academic]] and [[critic]]. She has been a regular at area [[conventions]], [[Worldcons]] and others, participating in many an [[ac track]], and run ...Educational Impact, Inc., 1974. She was [[science-fiction]] critic for the Chicago Daily News.
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• Smoke-Filled Room
  A phrase from [[mundania]], where it originally described the room in [[Chicago]]'s Blackstone Hotel where a small group of powerful [[United States]] sena ...n the following year's consite]], by analogy with the SFR of [[political]] conventions. But now it simply designates any hotel room where [[fans]] gather during a
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• Richard Chwedyk
  ...has also published a number of poems and has coordinated poetry slams in [[Chicago]], where he makes his home. ...con]], and has overseen several other writers workshops at science fiction conventions over the years, often running the workshop at [[Windycon]].
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• Midgicon
  ...Ashley]], [[Walt Liebscher|Liebscher]], and other [[fen]] of the area in [[Chicago, IL]] in the spring of '43; they prowled the bookshops, and at a [[Room Par ...Battle Creek; [[Walt Liebscher]] from Joliet, IL; [[Frank Robinson]], from Chicago; and [[Bob Tucker]] from [[Bloomington, IL]].
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• Locals
  ...These conventions may attract many [[ghosts]]. With the proliferation of [[conventions]], some cons that used to be [[regionals]] have devolved into local cons. ...ocal for any considerable length of time. Even in the large cities, like [[Chicago]] and [[Washington]], there have been periods when there was no active [[fa
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• Martha Beck
  ...y of [[All-Night Fandom]], would frequently throw her hotel room open at [[conventions]] for casual coffee gatherings after most [[room parties]] had died down. ...Henry. [[Henry Cabot Beck, Sr.|Hank]] and Martha became associated with [[Chicago fandom]] in 1957.
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• Dick Spelman
  ...dary book dealer (he hated the term "[[huckster]]") who was active at [[SF conventions]] from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. (His older brother, [[Henry
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• Bob Passovoy
  ...ember of the [[Dorsai Irregulars]], a group which provides [[security]] to conventions, and serves as the [[organization]]'s Corporate Agent. At [[science fiction conventions]], Passovoy often acts as an [[auction]]eer and has helped create the style
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• Steve Johnson
  ...at the [[GT|General Technics Berserkers]] and other activities, regional [[conventions]], and by passing the torch to his children who have developed close friend While at DePaul, Steve arranged for an on-campus speaker series with [[Chicago]]-area authors, conducted clandestine traversals of the university's steam
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• Star Trek Conventions
  ...Lives!''' was one of the earliest and most influential ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[conventions]]. It was [[fan]]-run, with many members of the [[committee]] also active i ...The committee did heavy advertising including TV spots, and had rented the Chicago Amphitheater, which seats 13,000. The got 200 people on Friday and 800 on S
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• Otis Adelbert Kline
  ...]]'' was a [[fanzine]] devoted to his writing. He was a regular at [[early conventions]] such as the [[Second Eastern States Science Fiction Convention]], [[Nycon Kline was born in [[Chicago]].
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• Bob Lovell
  ...ssful [[Baltimore in '83]] [[Worldcon]] [[bid]]. He traveled to numerous [[conventions]] around the country to throw bidding parties and give "[[Backrubs for Balt ...[[Sue Lovell|Toots Larue]] and [[gafiated]]. Afterward, he lived in the [[Chicago]] area, and had moved to [[Arizona]] by the time of his death. Moose and To
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• Capricon
  A [[Chicago]]-area [[local convention]] founded in 1980 by [[fans]] dissatisfied with [ ...caused much consternation when this practice was adopted for one of the [[Chicago Worldcons]] and took unaccustomed fans by surprise.
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• Elizabeth Anne Hull
  '''Dr. Elizabeth Anne “Betty” Hull''' was a [[Chicago]]land [[academic]], [[politics|political activist]], [[collector]] and [[SF .... She ran writers’ workshops and judged writing contests for a number of [[conventions]]. She was a contributor to ''[[Locus]]''.
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• ISA
  ...handful of its members actually getting together as a local group in the [[Chicago]] area, and only partly devoted to the then new genre of [[science fiction] ...ery, Alabama. A month later, [[Walter Dennis]] and [[Sydney Gerson]] of [[Chicago]] formed a similar club. The following year, the two clubs merged with 25
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• Steven H Silver
  [[Chicago]]-area fan who became active in internet [[fandom]] in the mid-90s and bega ...served as a vice-chair for [[Chicon 7]], as well as the President of the [[Chicago Worldcon Bid | corporate board]] in the years leading up to the 2012 [[Worl
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• Robert Weinberg
  Beginning in 1976, Bob began serving as the [[co-chair]] of the [[Chicago Comicon]], then the second largest [[comic book]] convention in the United ...up [[The Stars Our Destination]], a science fiction specialty bookstore in Chicago from 1988 through 2003. In 1997, Bob sold his mail order business to Alice.
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• Conventions That May Not Have Happened
  This is an odd duck, or more precisely, a series of unrelated odd ducks: [[Conventions]] which were announced but which may or may not have actually been held. W [[Travelcon to the Solacon]]||August 1958||[[Chicago]] to [[LA]]||
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• Frank M. Robinson
  ...n Shack]] in [[Battle Creek, Michigan]], collecting magazines, attending [[conventions]], and publishing the [[fanzine]] (''[[FANEWSCARD]]''). He was also known a ...r. Afterward, he went to graduate school in journalism, then worked for a Chicago-based Sunday supplement. Soon afterward he switched to ''Science Digest'',
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• Sam Moskowitz' Seacon Reminiscence
  .... This contrasts with the search for a familiar face at some of the larger conventions. For example, at [[Nolacon II]] (1988) in [[Louisiana]], the registration w So confident was [[Chicago]] that it would win the bid for the next convention, that its pivot man, [[
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• Dave Kyle's St. Louiscon Reminiscence
  ...Only two big conventions had been held from 1939 through 1965: [[Chicon II|Chicago 1952]] approached a thousand, as did [[Nycon II|New York 1956]]. The trend ...ship at $3, and rooms were $13 single, $18 double, suites starting at $35. Conventions were getting larger and so were the prices. (But twenty years later -- ouch
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• Dave Kyle's Chicon IV Reminiscence
  1982 -- [[Chicon IV]], [[Chicago]] ...g me to be a [[Program Participant]], a [[Dealer]] -- and a "Veteran" of [[Chicago Worldcons|four Chicons]]. The pale green one, the biggest one, has golden l
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• Thursday
  '''Thursday''', an informal gathering of [[Chicago|Chicagoland]] [[fans]], met weekly on Thursday nights during the 1970s and ...]'s apartment at 7660 N. Sheridan in the [[Rogers Park]] neighborhood of [[Chicago]]. Later, the location of the meetings changed weekly as different [[fans]]
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• Fan Lounge
  ...00]] recreated a typical [[fan]] living room as used for meetings of the [[Chicago]] [[fanclub]] [[Thursday]]. At [[Anticipation]] in [[Montreal]] in 2009, th
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• Oliver Saari
  ...art of the group who hung out at the [[Slan Shack]]. He attended many SF [[conventions]] in the 1940s and ’50s (including the 1943 and ’44 [[Michiconference]] ...ée, [[Ginny Haas]]. They married in November of that year and settled in [[Chicago]], according to [[Bob Tucker]] in ''[[Science Fiction News Letter]]'' 18, p
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• Early Conventions
  April 1940 || [[Third Chicago Conference]] || 4 || [[Bloomington, IL]] || September 1–2, 1940 || '''[[Chicon]]''' || 128 || [[Chicago, IL]] ||
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• Bill Roper
  [[Chicago]]land [[fan]], [[filker]] and [[conrunner]] '''Bill Roper''' co-founded Dod ...over as publisher of the press. He and his wife also [[huckster]] at many conventions as [[The Secret Empire]]. He was a regular at [[Thursday]].
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• Dick Smith
  ...]] in [[Wisconsin]] during the late 1970s, but has been most active from [[Chicago]]. He has been a prominent [[apahack]], [[convention fan]], [[fanzine]] pub After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Dick moved to the [[Chicago]] area in 1979 (in time for the blizzard) and became active in both local [
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• Leah Zeldes Smith
  ...Zeldes Smith''' (pronounced LAY-uh ZEL-dəs), a longtime [[fan]] based in [[Chicago]] and [[Milwaukee]], has been a [[fanzine fan]], [[club fan]] and [[con fan ...or]], where she was active in the [[Stilyagi Air Corps]]. Upon moving to [[Chicago]] in 1985, she became a regular at [[Thursday]]. She served on the [[board]
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• Chicago Clubs
  [[Chicago]] is another of those cities which has abounded with short-lived [[clubs]] See also: [[Chicago]], ''[[6 in 60]]''.
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• User:Netmouse
  ...96, traveled the country for 3 1/2 months with her sister, then settled in Chicago doing professional web design for a bit before returning to school at the U
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• Smofcon
  ...In 1983, after running an [[Atlanta]] [[bid party]] at [[Windycon X]] (a [[Chicago]] [[regional convention]]), they approached [[Ben Yalow]] (then on the [[NY ...his was the convention which successfully began an almost-annual series of conventions.
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• Sam Moskowitz' Detention Reminiscence
  ...e the convention expenses released sometime later. Today, when the cost of conventions runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars and a mismanaged event can rack ...he support of that city to [[Pittsburgh]]. Since there was a substantial [[Chicago]]-area representation in attendance, as well as my [[Eastern Science Fictio
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• User talk:Leah Zeldes Smith
  ...ems part of the conrunning process to me, its done by conrunners, often at conventions. Conrunning as category is distinct from Publishing because they don't over ...e are several errors in my listing, too (e.g., I founded the University of Chicago sf club, not the University of Illinois!)." on the Trufan mailing list on M
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• Windycon
  '''Windycon''', a [[Chicago]]-area [[regional convention]], was founded in 1974 and held annually since ...ership hovering around 1,300. It is the largest of the [[fan]]-run Chicago conventions.
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• Sam Moskowitz' Nolacon I Reminiscence
  ...report on the unfair and unfavorable reports newspapers had given of past conventions. He intended to hand this as a general release to [[New Orleans]] papers. T ...vote, became a contest between the top two, [[Chicago]] and [[Atlanta]]. [[Chicago]] won, setting the stage for the first convention with an attendance over 1
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• Tucker Bag 4-1/2
  ...*sigh* [[sercon]] will be held both here and at [[Windycon 1|Windycon]] ([[Chicago]]'s first convention in 12 years -- see the [[Program Book]] its ad). [[Pr ...oday! Pickup can be made here (hope dies hard!) or at various Midwestern [[conventions]]
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• Larry Tucker
  ...70s through the '90s. Larry was a [[trufan]] whose [[fanac]] encompassed [[conventions]], [[fanclubs]] and [[fanzines]] — along with his own unique contribution ...nd videotape. He taped hundreds of hours of [[programming]] at scores of [[conventions]], both for SFOHA and on his own. He designed SFOHA's space dog logo.
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• Fred Patten
  ...e Justice Society of America at [[Chicon III]], the 1962 [[Worldcon]] in [[Chicago]], Patten as The Flash. He was a member of the [[ISL]]. ...[[Loscon XIV]] and [[Westercon 27]] as well as working on numerous other [[conventions]]. He was part of the planned [[Expo '81]]. He was a member of the [[PanPa
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• User:Orangemike
  ...onvention, in faraway Ohio somewhere. I'd heard about these things back in Chicago, and leapt at the chance. I stood there on the curb that Friday morning, my In the old days, before conventions like this one became commonplace, it was said: It is a Proud and Lonely Thi
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• Lloyd Eshbach's Cinvention Reminiscence
  ...Kornbluth]], both [[SF]] writers, were then heading Transradio Press in [[Chicago]] and [[New York]], and each evening [[Dave Kyle|Dave]] phoned them reports ...SF]] weekends. It was unhurried, with none of the hectic pace of the later conventions. There were the usual speeches, [[Lester del Rey]] discussing "[[Sex]] and
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• Onesie Conventions
  There have been a lot of one-off conventions: Some intentionally so; others not so much. We collect them here. ...., regardless of whether they have similar names or not. Nor do we include conventions which were intended as one-shots but later came to be seen as an instance o
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• Erle Korshak
  ...ifornia]] and [[Nevada]]. Starting in the late 1980s, he began attending [[conventions]] again. With his son, [[Stephen D. Korshak]], he built the Korshak Collect ...en closely related to attorney Sidney Korshak, the notorious fixer for the Chicago mob.
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• Discon 1 Guide: Insurance and Other Precautions
  ...quite broad; the corporation is organized for the purpose of putting on [[conventions]], and such other activities as the board of directors may decide. The firs ...tion, concerning the minutest details of the operations of science fiction conventions. A similar dossier most likely exists in the convention bureaus, from city
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• Current Conventions
  This is a list of current SF conventions automatically extracted from Fancyclopedia 3 The list currently has 116 conventions.
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• Anthony Boucher
  ...ed the [[pseudonym]] '''H. H. Holmes''' (presumably after the 19th-century Chicago serial killer) as well. (He became a believer in [[pseudonyms]] when a sea ...He was interested in [[sf]] [[bibliography]]. (See also [[Drama]].) At [[conventions]], he was a party-goer and poker player.
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• Conference
  ...er figures, but not including [[W. Lawrence Hamling]], another prominent [[Chicago]] [[fan]], who objected for reasons of [[Jews|anti-Semitism]]. ...r 1940, in a GAR hall. It was called the Fifth Annual, the first and third Conventions also being counted. Chief bone of contention in 1940 was the proposed [[New
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• Clevention PR 4 Article on TAFF
  Shortly after the [[Chicon 2|1952 Chicago Convention]], a [[British]] [[fan]] who had been [[corresponding]] and trad ...or prizes for which raffle tickets were sold all over the world at various conventions, the drawing being held at [[SFCon|San Francisco]] on Labor Day. In additio
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• Anne Gray
  ...ications, as well as a general philosophy as to why and how to run fannish conventions. While Anne was very involved in Minicon, she lived first in [[Chicago, IL]], where she worked in web design, and then in Waterloo, ON, Canada, pu
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• Nycon
  ...n 1939]], the [[fans]] present voted to hold another Worldcon in 1940 in [[Chicago]]. See [[1940 Worldcon Site Selection]]. See also [[New York Worldcons]] and [[Early Conventions]].
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• Convention
  ...ears' evolution of the conventions described in [[Fancyclopedia 2]]. Most conventions are [[Not for Profit]] and many are [[501(c)(3)]] (US charity), but ''all'' [[Relaxacons]] || Conventions which are basically excuses to get together and socialize. They have little
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• Covid-19
  ...who were badly stricken with the Covid-19 include [[Amy L. Woolard]] of [[Chicago]], hospitalized for many months, and [[Susan Chambers]], Glenn’s wife. [[ Covid-related shutdowns forced [[conventions]] across the globe from mid-March 2020 onwards to cancel, postpone or later
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• World Fantasy Convention
  ...are for-profit, some are [[501(c)(3)]] and some are in-between. Individual conventions are limited to 1,000 [[members]], though there are a number of classes of a 9 || [[World Fantasy Convention 1983]] || October 28-30, 1983 || [[Chicago]] || [[Gene Wolfe]], [[Manly Wade Wellman]], [[Rowena Morrill]]
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• David Kyle's Conspiracy '87 Reminiscence
  ...a century has had "con" or "vention" in its nickname with one exception. [[Chicago 1952]] was called [[TASFiC]] by its [[committee]]. The name never stuck and Past conventions occasionally have had three [[Guests of Honor]], even four when overseas. [
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• Dave Kyle's NyCon II Reminiscence
  ...s when they showed up for the weekend. Thank your lucky stars that today's conventions have an enormous body of experienced personnel available and willing to ass
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• Fanhistory Resources
  * ''[[6 in 60]] - An Incomplete Look at 60 Years of Science Fiction Fandom in Chicago ..and beyond'', edited by [[Marcy Lyn-Waitsman]] * [https://fancons.com/ FanCons] (on [[conventions]] of many genres)
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• Hydracon
  ...ce-Fiction [[Conference]] that drew fans from as far as [[Montreal]] and [[Chicago]]. Opening its doors on Saturday afternoon, 1 July, there was the registrat * {{conpubs |series=Onesie Conventions |con={{PAGENAME}}}}.
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• Bjo Trimble
  ...thy''' came into [[fandom]] through [[TASFiC]], the 1952 [[Worldcon]] in [[Chicago]]. She was a WAVE stationed at Naval Station Great Lakes who happened to se ...s of [[Project Art Show]] led to art shows becoming a regular part of most conventions. Associated with that, she published ''[[A Sales Pitch to Convince FAPA to
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• Mari Wolf
  She met Phillips there on September 1, and married him in [[Chicago]] the next month; in his own column, he dates it ''Tuesday'', October 24. [
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• Walter Breen
  ...picions for years that he had molested young boys. Breen's behavior ''at [[conventions]]'' at the time seems to have been beyond reproach, yet many [[fans]], espe * ''[[Our Fan in Chicago]]'' ([[Chicon II]] report)
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• Ah, Wilderness: Forty Years of Colorado Fandom
  ...and Martin — hopped a boxcar and spent the Labor Day weekend of 1940 in [[Chicago]], attending the second [[World Science Fiction Convention]], [[Chicon I]]. ...on was the site of the next year's con. [[New York]], [[Cleveland]], and [[Chicago]] groups made bids. [[Los Angeles]] and [[Philadelphia]] groups were asked
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• WSFS, Inc.
  ...itomizes the recurring idea held by some that [[fandom]], and especially [[conventions]], and double-especially [[Worldcon]], are too important to be left to amat ...he increasing complexity of [[Worldcons]] and the increasing importance of conventions to fandom suggested to many that Worldcons should be run by a central group
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• Worldcon
  ...ent city each year. It is the oldest [[sf convention]] with [[Long-running conventions|a continuing existence]]. While most Worldcons have occurred in the [[Unite 2 || [[Chicon]] || September 1–2, 1940 || [[Chicago]] || [[Mark Reinsberg]] || [[E. E. Smith]] || 128
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• Standards
  ...y change frequently — just provide a link to the site.) The exception is [[conventions]] that can say "will be held." ...Cambridge, Brookline, Waltham, Newton, Danvers also all hosted Boston-area conventions or clubs. All of them should redirect to Boston.
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• Midwestcon 4
  ...Grant]] exhibited movies of previous Lake conferences and past national [[conventions]]. [[Sercon|Serious constructive]] fans playing poker in the "sun rooms" at From [[Chicago]] and [[Detroit]]
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• Bob Tucker
  A familiar figure at [[conventions]], particularly in the [[Midwestern fandom|Midwest]], he could often be see ...and the only one of legal age! Forty years later he was a member of the [[Chicago in 1982]] [[Worldcon bid]].
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• Midwestcon 5
  ...earsay; [[Mary Southworth]], who was on the spot (and who still comes to [[conventions]] here and there as a [[huckster]]), had a somewhat less dramatic and perha ...] (I don’t think many of us will forget the fiasco he pulled at [[Chicon 2|Chicago]], which almost got us thrown out
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• Discon 1 Guide: Introduction
  ...inuing whole. Anything one [[convention]] does reflects on the following [[conventions]]. Advertisers look at the overall quality of the [[progress reports]], as To the first point: it is inherent in the nature of [[conventions]], [[pro|professional authors]], and [[fans]] that there are far more speak
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• Convention timeline
  This is a chronological list of SF conventions automatically extracted from Fancyclopedia 3 The list currently has 6839 conventions.
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• Test
  This is a chronological list of SF conventions automatically extracted from Fancyclopedia 3 The list currently has 6776 conventions.
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• Nashville, TN
  ...] drags [[Ken Moore|Ken]] to [[Chicon III]] via an overnight bus ride to [[Chicago]]. Both have a great time. [[Ken Moore|Ken]] swears off ever riding on a bu ...s. Eventually, many of these out-of-town members will start clubs and/or [[conventions]] in their hometowns and stop coming to [[Nashville Science Fiction Club|NS
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