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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Dave Langford
  He is married to [[Hazel Langford]]. His brother is the [[Chicago]]-based musician and [[artist]] [[Jon Langford]]. ...p in England'' (2023) by [[Walt Willis]], assembling all his reports on UK conventions
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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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