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 Lunacon was the long-running New York City convention run by the Lunarians. For a time, Eastercon was a party convention run alongside Lunacon in the same hotel to add a bit of life to things.
Convention Dates Location GoHs
Lunacon 1 May 12, 1957 Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan none
Lunacon 2 April 13, 1958 Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan Frank R. Paul
Lunacon 3 April 12, 1959 Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan Lester del Rey
Lunacon 4 April 10, 1960 Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan Ed Emshwiller
Lunacon 5 April 9, 1961 Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan Willy Ley
Lunacon 6 April 29, 1962 Adelphi Hall, Manhattan Frederik Pohl
Lunacon 7 April 21, 1963 Adelphi Hall, Manhattan Judith Merril
Lunacon 8 April 24, 1965 Hotel Edison, Manhattan Hal Clement
Eastercon I April 23-24, 1965 Loew's Midtown Motor Inn, Manhattan none
Lunacon 9 April 16-17, 1966 Hotel Edison, Manhattan Isaac Asimov
Lunacon 10 April 29-30, 1967 Hotel Roosevelt, Manhattan James Blish
Lunacon 11 April 19-21, 1968 Park Sheraton Hotel, Manhattan Don Wollheim
Lunacon 12 April 11-14, 1969 Hotel McAlpin, Manhattan Robert A. W. Lowndes
Lunacon 13 April 11-12, 1970 Hotel McAlpin, Manhattan Larry T. Shaw
Lunacon 14 April 16-18, 1971 Hotel Commodore, Manhattan John W. Campbell, Howard DeVore
Lunacon 15 March 31-April 2, 1972 Statler-Hilton Hotel, Manhattan Theodore Sturgeon
Lunacon 16 April 20-22, 1973 Statler-Hilton Hotel, Manhattan Harlan Ellison
Lunacon 17 April 12-14, 1974 Statler-Hilton Hotel, Manhattan Forrest J Ackerman
Lunacon 18 April 18-20, 1975 Hotel Commodore, Manhattan Brian Aldiss
Lunacon 19 April 9-11, 1976 Statler-Hilton Hotel, Manhattan Amazing & Fantastic Magazines
Lunacon 20 April 8-10, 1977 Biltmore Hotel, Manhattan L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp
Lunacon 21 February 24-26, 1978 Sheraton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Robert Bloch, Rosalyn S. Yalow
Lunacon 22 March 30-April 1, 1979 Sheraton Inn at La Guardia, NY Ron Goulart, Gahan Wilson
Lunacon 23 March 14-16, 1980 Sheraton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Larry Niven, Vincent Di Fate, Rosalyn S. Yalow
Lunacon 24 March 20-22, 1981 Sheraton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ James White, Jack Gaughan
Lunacon 25 March 19-21, 1982 Sheraton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Fred Saberhagen, John Schoenherr, Steve Stiles
Lunacon 26 March 18-20, 1983 Sheraton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Anne McCaffrey, Don Wollheim, Elsie Wollheim, Barbi Johnson
Lunacon 27 March 16-18, 1984 Sheraton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Terry Carr, Cy Chauvin, Tom Kidd
Lunacon 28 March 15-17, 1985 Sheraton Inn at La Guardia, NY Gordon R. Dickson, Don Maitz, Curt Clemmer
Lunacon 29 March 7-9, 1986 Tarrytown Marriott, Tarrytown, NY Madeleine L'Engle, Marta Randall, Dawn Wilson, Art Saha
Lunacon 30 March 20-22, 1987 Tarrytown Marriott, Tarrytown, NY Jack Williamson, Jack Chalker, Darrell Sweet
Lunacon 31 March 11-13, 1988 Tarrytown Marriott, Tarrytown, NY Harry Harrison, Pat Mueller, N. Taylor Blanchard
Lunacon 32 March 10-12, 1989 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Town, NY Roger Zelazny, David Hartwell, Ron Walotsky, Dave Kyle
Lunacon 33 March 16-18, 1990 Tarrytown Marriott, Tarrytown, NY Tom Doherty, Katherine Kurtz, Tom Canty
Lunacon 34 March 10-12, 1991 Sheraton, Stamford, CT John Brunner, Frank Kelly Freas, Hal Clement, Ian Ballantine, Betty Ballantine, Gerald Feinberg
Lunacon 35 March 18-20, 1992 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Kristin Kathryn Rusch, Samuel R. Delany, Paul Lehr, Jon Singer
Lunacon 36 March 19-21, 1993 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Orson Scott Card, Barclay Shaw, Richard Curtis, Alexis Gilliland
Lunacon 37 March 18-20, 1994 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Vonda N. McIntyre, James Warhola, Walter R. Cole, Peter Grubbs, Dean Friedman
Lunacon 38 March 17-19, 1995 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Poul Anderson, Mike Glyer, Stephen Hickman, Graham Leathers
Lunacon 39 March 15-17, 1996 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Terry Pratchett, Esther Friesner, Stephen Hickman, Phil Foglio, Bruce Pelz, Mark Kennedy
Lunacon 40 March 7-9, 1997 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY David Cherry, C. J. Cherryh, Mike Walsh Michael O'Hare
Lunacon 41 March 20-22, 1998 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Octavia Butler, Donato Giancola, John Boardman, Perdita Boardman
Lunacon 42 March 5-7, 1999 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Vernor Vinge, Bob Eggleton, Tony Lewis
Lunacon 43 March 24-26, 2000 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Barbara Hambly, George Alec Effinger, Lisa Snellings, Stu Shiffman
Lunacon 44 March 23-25, 2001 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Nancy Kress, Jody Lee, Charles Sheffield, John Hertz
Lunacon 45 March 15-17, 2002 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Peter F. Hamilton, Alan Dean Foster, James Gurney, Ron Ontell, Val Ontell
Lunacon 46 March 21-23, 2003 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson, Rowena Morrill, Joni Dashoff, Todd Dashoff
Lunacon 47 March 19-21, 2004 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Storm Constantine, Michael Whelan, Lucy Schmeidler, Peter Abrams, Rick Dick, Karen Dick
Lunacon 48 March 18-20, 2005 Sheraton Meadowlands, NJ Michael Swanwick, Butch Honeck, Skip Morrison, Pierre Pettinger, and Sandy Pettinger
Lunacon 49 March 17-20, 2006 Hilton Hasbrouck Heights, NJ (same hotel as former Sheraton) Jim Butcher, David B. Mattingly, Byron Connell, Lisa Ashton
Lunacon 50 March 16-18, 2007 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Christopher Moore, Dave Seeley, Frank Dietz
Lunacon 51 March 14-16, 2008 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Jacqueline Carey, Johnna Y. Klukas, Joseph D. Siclari, Winston A. Howlett
Lunacon 52 March 20-22, 2009 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Dave Freer, Larry Dixon, Mercedes Lackey, Leigh Grossman
Lunacon 53 March 19-21, 2010 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Tanya Huff, Theresa Mather, Allison Lonsdale, Mercedes Lackey, Dominick Corrado
Lunacon 54 March 18-20, 2011 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY Lawrence M. Schoen, Rachael Mayo, Eric Zuckerman
Lunacon 55 March 16-18, 2012 Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY John Ringo, Howard Taylor, Tamora Pierce
Lunacon 2013 March 15-17, 2013 Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook, NY Michael F. Flynn, William O'Connor, Leslie Fish
Lunacon 2014 March 14-16, 2014 Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook, NY Ryk Spoor, Randy Gallegos, Michael F. Flynn
Lunacon 2015 March 2015 Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook, NY Cancelled
Lunacon 2016 March 18-20, 2016 Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook, NY Robert Sawyer, Rick Sternbach, Naomi Novik
Lunacon 2017 April 7-9, 2017 Westchester Marriott Hotel, Tarrytown, NY Ben Bova, Roberta Rogow, The Boogie Knights, Bob Eggleton, Marianne Plumridge
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