# |
Year |
Guest(s) of Honor |
Theme, Notes
|
1 |
1977 |
James Gunn, Frederik Pohl |
Humanism, the Humanities, and the Future
|
2 |
1978 |
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Golden Anniversary celebration of Jack Williamson's career as an author
|
3 |
1979 |
June Goodfield, Jack Williamson |
Playing God: the New Biology Moral Issues and Genetic Engineering: Fiction into Fact!
|
4 |
1980 |
Ben Abruzzo |
The Future of Balloon Flights
|
5 |
1981 |
Vartan Gregorian |
Past and Future
|
6 |
1982 |
John Newport |
America's Continuing Controversy over Humanism
|
7 |
1983 |
Gordon Greaves, Robert Silverberg |
If... or, The Janus View and The Future of Humanism
|
8 |
1984 |
Ihab Hassan |
Imaginary Cities
|
9 |
1985 |
William Eamon |
Albert Einstein and the Generation of 1905
|
10 |
1986 |
Edward Bryant |
Ad Astra per Covered Wagon: When our President was Jack Williamson's Future
|
11 |
1987 |
Thelma Shinn |
Worlds within Women: Programs for Social Change in Women's SF and Fantasy
|
12 |
1988 |
Thomas Clareson |
Latitude: Portales; Dimension: Williamson
|
13 |
1989 |
Harlan Ellison |
The Great, Lost, Ancient Secret of Fame and Success as a writer, Part I
|
14 |
1990 |
Julius Kargarlitski |
SF and Perestroika
|
15 |
1991 |
Stephen R. Donaldson |
Epic Fantasy and the Modern World
|
16 |
1992 |
Joe Haldeman |
The Three Cultures
|
17 |
1993 |
Jerry Pournelle |
The Future of Democracy
|
18 |
1994 |
Frederik Pohl, Connie Willis, Charles N. Brown |
A Century of Science Fiction: 1926-2026
|
19 |
1995 |
Suzy McKee Charnas, Roger Zelazny, George R. R. Martin, Jane Lindskold |
Humanities in the 21st Century
|
20 |
1996 |
C. J. Cherryh, Tim Powers |
Worlds Enough and Time: Alternative Space in SF
|
21 |
1997 |
Melinda Snodgrass, Mike Resnick, Michael Cassutt |
Images of the Future in Science Fiction Film and Television
|
22 |
1998 |
Nancy Kress, Terry Bisson |
Designer Genes and Brave New Worlds
|
23 |
1999 |
Connie Willis, Greg Bear, Charles N. Brown |
The Millennium Voyeur
|
24 |
2000 |
James R. Frenkel, Joan D. Vinge, Joe Haldeman |
Forevers, Unlimited
|
25 |
2001 |
Scott Edelman, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith |
New Science for a New Century
|
26 |
2002 |
George R. R. Martin, Michael Swanwick |
Dragons, Dinosaurs, and Darwin
|
27 |
2003 |
Joe Haldeman, Connie Willis |
Celebrating 75
|
28 |
2004 |
Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg |
Space Opera: Then and Now
|
29 |
2005 |
Walter Jon Williams, Gregory Benford |
Posthumanity Evolving
|
30 |
2006 |
Kim Stanley Robinson, Frederik Pohl |
Ecological Apocalypse
|
31 |
2007 |
Connie Willis, Richard A. Hauptmann, Eleanor Wood |
Metal Man to Stonehenge Gate: Seventy-Nine Years of Science Fiction
|
32 |
2008 |
Steven Gould, Alberto Rojo |
Translocation/Transformation: Conjuring the Future
|
33 |
2009 |
Nalo Hopkinson, Gardner Dozois |
New Moon Rising: Telling Science Fiction
|
34 |
2010 |
Ian Tregillis |
Science Fantasy: Into the Next Decade
|
35 |
2011 |
Melinda Snodgrass, Michael Cassutt |
Six Minutes into the Future: SF in Film and TV
|
36 |
2012 |
Daniel Abraham, Carrie Vaughn |
Urban Fantasy
|
37 |
2013 |
Joe Haldeman |
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|
38 |
2014 |
Darynda Jones |
The Wide World of Speculative Fiction
|
39 |
2015 |
Paolo Bacigalupi |
Windup Worlds
|
40 |
2016 |
Victor Milán |
The Many Faces of Victor Milán
|
41 |
2017 |
Melinda Snodgrass, Michael Cassutt |
Reimagining the Super Hero: Celebrating 30 Years of Wild Cards
|
42 |
2018 |
S. M. Stirling |
Changes
|
43 |
2019 |
Alex Rivera |
Trans-border Fantasies and Nightmares
|
44 |
2020 |
Rebecca Roanhorse, James Patrick Kelly |
postponed to late 2020 April 22–23, 2021, and held online due to the Covid-19 epidemic
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