Photo Albums, Publications, and Reports

The WorldCon is an eclectic mix of annual meeting, exhibition, awards ceremony, opportunity for making publishing deals and "old home week" for some 6,000 Science Fiction fans and professionals. The WorldCon is an opportunity to share ideas, experience, and the love of the fantastic.

Over 1,000 Science Fiction books were published in 1991, the year before MagiCon, demonstrating the vitality of the Science Fiction industry in the recession. A number of these books made the New York Times Best Seller list, including Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire and Orson Scott Card's Xenocide. Science Fiction movies are among the most-watched movies of all time, and Science Fiction on television is undergoing a resurgence, with the popular Star Trek: The Next Generation and Quantum Leap series. An entire cable channel devoted to Science Fiction, the Sci-Fi Channel, made its debut in the fall of 1992. While some conventions emphasize all particular facet of Science Fiction, all types of Science Fiction are exhibited and discussed during the five day convention.

WorldCons have grown impressively since their humble beginnings in New York City in 1939. The first WorldCon had about 50 young male attendees, mostly from the East Coast. Since then, WorldCons have attracted up to 8,400 members (in Los Angeles, 1984); nearly half of the WorldCon attendees are female; and attendees come from all over the world. In the last decade WorldCon sites have included Melbourne, Australia; Brighton, England; The Hague, The Netherlands; Los Angeles, California; Glasgow, Scotland; and Boston, Massachusetts. WorldCons are also one of the few large conferences run exclusively by volunteers. The convention activities are handicapped-accessible and many areas are smoke-free.

In the collection of photographs that follows there are many faces that are not known to its current custodians. If you recognize one or more people in a photo that have not been mentioned in that photo's caption, or you know who the photographer was, please use the form that has been provided with the photo or send a note to the Fanac Webmaster and identify that individual or individuals. Information about what was happening in a photo would also be appreciated if it is not included in the photo's caption. Please use the photo's file name (Wnn-nnn) as the subject of the note so that we will know what photo you are referring to. For your convenience this e-mail address is repeated on each Index and Photo page. Thank you.

When you get to a photo that you may want to copy to your system simply click on the photo and then use your browser to save the image file. Clicking on the photo will give you a clean copy of the image file without the caption and other text that makes up the Web page. Because many of these photos may be copyrighted by the photographer or by other parties, care must be taken in their use for other than strictly personal enjoyment.

The reports that are available on-line have been provided through the courtesy of the authors of those reports. These are dedicated Science Fictions Fans who have attended the various WorldCons and have taken the time and effort to write of their experiences and impressions for the edification and enjoyment of others in the Science Fiction community. The moderators of this Web site wish to express their thanks for the efforts of these dedicated people.

As is the case with the Photo Albums, the material in the reports has been made available for your personal use and enjoyment. Any use other than that must be done with care because the material is copyrighted by the authors.

To access the Photo Album for a specific WorldCon, please click on the icon in the column of the table.

To access a Publication or Report please click on the icon in the column.

When a convention or a worldcon bid has a Homepage clicking on it's title or location (For example: BucCONeer) will take you to that Homepage.

Year	Title	Year	Title	Year	Title
1939	NYcon 1	1969	St. Louiscon	1995	Intersection
1940	Chicon I	1970	Heicon 70	1996	LA Con III
1941	Denvention I	1971	Noreascon I	1997	LoneStarCon 2
1946	Pacificon I	1972	LA Con I	1998	BucCONeer
1947	Philcon I	1973	Torcon 2	1999	AussieCon Three
1948	Torcon I	1974	Discon II	2000	Chicon 2000
1949	Cinvention	1975	AussieCon	2001	Millennium Philcon®
1950	NorWesCon	1976	MidAmeriCon	2002	ConJosé
1951	Nolacon I	1977	SunCon	2003	Torcon 3
1952	TASFIC Chicon II	1978	IguanaCon II	2004	Noreascon Four
1953	Philcon II	1979	Seacon '79	2005	Interaction
1954	SFCon	1980	Noreascon Two	2006	LA Con IV
1955	Clevention	1981	Denvention Two	2007	Nippon 2007
1956	NYcon II	1982	Chicon IV	2008	Denvention 3
1957	Loncon I	1983	ConStellation	2009	Anticipation
1958	Solacon	1984	LA Con II	2010	Aussiecon 4
1959	Detention	1985	AussieCon Two	2011	Renovation
1960	Pittcon	1986	ConFederation		*Future Worldcon Bids*
1961	Seacon	1987	Conspiracy	2012	Chicago
1962	Chicon III	1988	Nolacon II	2013	Texas
1963	Discon I	1989	Noreascon 3		Zagreb, Yugoslavia
1964	Pacificon II	1990	ConFiction	2014	Netherlands
1965	Loncon II	1991	Chicon V		UK
1966	Tricon	1992	MagiCon	2015	San Diego
1967	NYcon III	1993	ConFrancisco	2017	Nippon
1968	Baycon	1994	ConAdian

Future Worldcon Bids are links to the websites of groups that are currently bidding to host a worldcon in the coming years. Please see Worldcon and NASFiC Bids maintained by Chaz Boston Baden for more information.

Updated February 6, 2010. Please send any comments regarding this Web page to the Fanac Webmaster. Thank you.