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| − | The 1948 [[Worldcon]], the [[Canadian Worldcons|first in Canada]], Torcon was held July 3–5 1948, at the RAI Purdy Studios in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]]. [[GoH]]: [[Robert Bloch]]. [[FGoH]]: [[Bob Tucker]]. (It was the first to have a [[fan GoH]].) It was [[chaired]] by [[Ned McKeown]].
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| − | It was selected at [[Philcon I]] defeating a bid from [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], it was sponsored by the [[Derelicts]] (the [[Toronto Science Fiction Society]]), and it was the first [[Worldcon]] to be held outside the United States.
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| − | The complete talks at Torcon were wire recorded and later printed in the '''Torcon Report'''. Its [[progress reports]] were issued as the [[fanzine]], ''[[Torque (Torcon)|Torque]]'', edited by [[Beak Taylor]].
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| − | Other committee members: [[Bill Grant]].
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| − | The hastily contrived [[bid]] for [[Toronto in 1948]] was put together during [[Philcon I]], where the vote was held. The competition was a forgotten [[Milwaukee in 1948]] bid. See [[1948 Worldcon Site Selection]].
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| − | The [[1949 Site Selection]] was held there.
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| − | * [[Torcon I Reminiscence (Eshbach)]]
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| − | * [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Light/Light36.pdf Leslie Croutch’s “Torcon Memories”]
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| − | * {{conpubs|series=Worldcon|con=Torcon I}}
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| − | from '''[[Convention]]''' Torcon, marked by the first appearance of the [[helicopter beanie]] and [[zapgun]], was put on by the [[Toronto]] ([[Canada]]) [[Derelicts]] over the July 4 weekend. (Patriotic [[Amerifans]] celebrated Independence Day and defied the tyranny of King George.) [[Tucker]] presented his [[Little Kinsey Report]] (which [[Bloch]] later parodied), [[Wollheim]] defended [[sex]] (on [[prozine]] covers, that is) and [[Doc Keller]] plugged for science-boosting [[stf]]. Oh yes -- and [[Rothman]] introduced a film on atomic physics, with results told under [[zap|ZAP-GUN]].
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| − | {{convention | series=Worldcon | series1=Canadian Worldcons | year=1948 | before=Philcon I | after=Cinvention | after1=Torcon II}}
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