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  • #REDIRECT [[List of Chicago Conventions]] [[Category:redirect]]
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  • [[Conventions]] in [[Chicago]]. ==Annual conventions==
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  • [[Conventions]] in [[Chicago]]. ==Annual conventions==
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  • #REDIRECT [[List of Chicago Conventions]]
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  • 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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  • ...]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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  • ...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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  • #REDIRECT [[List of Chicago Conventions]] [[Category:redirect]]
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  • ...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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  • 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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  • ...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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  • (Did you mean the [[MuseCon|series of Chicago-area maker conventions]]?)
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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • ...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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  • ...[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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  • .... For many years, he was recognizable by a trademark red fedora he wore at conventions.
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  • ...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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  • ...[[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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • ...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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  • ==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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  • 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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  • ...–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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  • ...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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  • ...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''' [[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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  • ...[[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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...]]'' 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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • '''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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  • ...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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  • [[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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  • 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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  • 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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  • ...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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  • .... 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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  • ...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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  • 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''', 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • April 1940 || [[Third Chicago Conference]] || 4 || [[Bloomington, IL]] || September 1–2, 1940 || '''[[Chicon]]''' || 128 || [[Chicago, IL]] ||
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  • [[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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  • ...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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  • ...]] 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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  • [[Chicago]] is another of those cities which has abounded with short-lived [[clubs]] See also: [[Chicago]], ''[[6 in 60]]''.
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  • ...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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  • ...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''', 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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  • ...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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  • ...*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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • This is a list of current SF conventions automatically extracted from Fancyclopedia 3 The list currently has 116 conventions.
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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • * ''[[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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • This is a chronological list of SF conventions automatically extracted from Fancyclopedia 3 The list currently has 6839 conventions.
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  • This is a chronological list of SF conventions automatically extracted from Fancyclopedia 3 The list currently has 6776 conventions.
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  • ...] 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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