Worldcon n.

the annual World Science Fiction Convention

SF Encyclopedia

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SF Fandom

  • 1941 F. J. Ackerman in Voice of the Imagi-Nation (#19) 7 page image Forrest J. Ackerman

    But individuals in England & Australia, for instance, have supported the WORLD cons by publicity & membership & proxy-participation.

  • 1942 F. J. Ackerman in Voice of the Imagi-Nation (#23) June 2 page image Forrest J. Ackerman

    Trudy Kuslan […] contends fans are nuts & nudes rnt nice & I obviously am both. Holds a 2 out of 3 attendance record at World Cons.

  • 1952 A. Budrys Letter in Planet Stories Nov. 111/1 page image Algis Budrys bibliography

    Newspaper publicity for worldcons is ludicrous.

  • 1959 R. Eney Fancyclopedia II 34 page image Dick Eney bibliography

    1939 NYCon I was held in New York 2-4 July under the auspices of New Fandom as the World Science Fiction Convention, ‘First’ being added later. Annual Worldcons were not at first contemplated.

  • 1969 H. Warner, Jr. All our Yesterdays 11 Harry Warner, Jr. bibliography

    For a person with reclusive tendencies, Lovecraft showed impressive stamina and gregariousness at ayjay meetings. His death undoubtedly deprived the first fannish worldcons of a professional focal point.

  • 1979 D. Schweitzer Occasionally Mentioning Science Fiction in Science Fiction Review Jan.–Feb. 33/3 page image Darrell Schweitzer bibliography

    And so on. You won’t find very much of this at a worldcon or a large regional because only a fraction of the attendees are hardcore fans.

  • 1993 Locus Oct. iv. 42/1

    My second meeting with Locus was during a worldcon some years later.

  • 2001 Science Fiction Chronicle July 39/2

    From that first small gathering grew the annual Philcon, the first worldcons, and much else in our microcosm.

  • 2008 P. Bullock Editorial in Interzone (#217) Aug. 2/1 page image Pete Bullock bibliography

    Maybe one day a Worldcon supporting membership will get you a live videocast of the Hugo awards.

  • 2026 T. Quachri The State of the Union in Analog Science Fiction & Fact Jan.–Feb. 5/1 Trevor Quachri

    I want to talk…a little about this year’s WorldCon in Seattle.

Research requirements

antedating 1941
Earliest cite

Voice of the Imagi-Nation
Research History
Mike Christie submitted a 1952 cite from a letter to Planet Stories by Algis Budrys.
Geri Sullivan submitted a 1959 cite from Fancyclopedia II.
Malcolm Farmer submitted a 1979 cite from Darrell Schweitzer's "Occasionally Mentioning Science Fiction".
Malcolm Farmer submitted a 1976 cite from Susan's Wood's magazine column "Propellor Beanie".
Fred Galvin submitted a 1992 cite from Harry Warner Jr.'s "A Wealth of Fable".
Fred Galvin submitted cites from 1969 from Harry Warner's "All Our Yesterdays".
Bee Ostrowsky submitted a 1942 cite from Voice of the Imagi-Nation.
Jeff Prucher submitted a 1941 cite from Voice of the Imagi-Nation.

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