The World Science Fiction Convention - UK domain

worldcon.co.uk and worldcon.org.uk

These domains are held for the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) in the United Kingdom, and as a memory site for past UK Worldcons.

The UK will be hosting the Worldcon for the first time in 10 years in 2005. Interaction, the 63^rd Worldcon, will be held in and around the Glasgow SECC from 4^th to 8^th August of that year.

This will be the sixth time that the Worldcon has been held in the UK. The full list of UK Worldcons is shown in the table below. Follow the links to find out more about each event, its Guests, Publications, and Hugo Awards, along with convention reports and photos.

For a full list of all 63 Worldcons from 1939 to 2005, see the official Worldcon listing page at Worldcon.org.

This site is maintained by Colin Harris, Interaction Co-Chair and Webmaster. Comments, suggestions and additional material can be sent to me at webmaster@interaction.worldcon.org.uk.

Number - Year Name	City	Guest(s)	Chair(s)	Attend.
15 - 1957 Loncon I	London King's Court Hotel	John W. Campbell, Jr.	Ted Carnell	268
23 - 1965 Loncon II	London Mount Royal Hotel	Brian W. Aldiss	Ella Parker	350
37 - 1979 Seacon '79	Brighton Metropole Hotel	Brian W. Aldiss Fritz Leiber Harry Bell	Peter Weston	3,114
45 - 1987 Conspiracy '87	Brighton Metropole Hotel Brighton Conference Centre	Doris Lessing Alfred Bester Arkady Strugatsky Boris Strugatsky Jim Burns Ray Harryhausen Joyce & Ken Slater David Langford	Malcolm Edwards	4,071
53 - 1995 Intersection	Glasgow Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center	Samuel R. Delany Gerry Anderson Les Edwards Vincent Clarke	Vincent Docherty Martin Easterbrook	4,264
63 - 2005 Interaction	Glasgow Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center	Greg Pickersgill Christopher Priest Robert Sheckley Lars-Olov Strandberg Jane Yolen	Vincent Docherty Colin Harris	????

Footnotes

• Figures under Att. above are intended to be the "warm bodies on site" count, i.e., the number of individuals who actually attended the convention.
• 1957 - Loncon's program book does not use the name "Loncon" but refers to the convention as the "15th World Science Fiction Convention."
• 1965 - Tom Boardman was Toastmaster.
• 1979 - Seacon 79 was held in Brighton, England, which was not the same city (Seattle, 1961) where Seacon I was held. Bob Shaw was Toastmaster.
• 1987 - Alfred Bester did not attend the convention due to poor health. Malcolm Edwards was Chairman until about nine months before the convention when he resigned from the committee for personal reasons. To minimize possible bad publicity from this, he agreed to remain as titular Chairman and presided at some at-con ceremonies. Paul Oldroyd took over all of his duties, but under the title of "Coordinator". Both Malcolm and Paul agree that that Paul was the de facto Chairman at the time of the convention. Brian W. Aldiss was Toastmaster.
• 1995 - Intersection was also the 1995 Eurocon. When Intersection won, Tim Illingworth and Vincent Docherty were Co-Chairmen. Docherty moved to Oman, resigned and was replaced by Martin Easterbrook. Illingworth subsequently resigned and was replaced by Docherty. Easterbrook and Docherty were Co-Chairmen during the last 18 months of planning and at the convention. T.R. Smith was Vice-Chairman. Margaret Austin and Oliver Grüter-Andrew were Deputy Chairs. Diane Duane and Peter Morwood were Toastmasters.
• 2005 - Interaction is also the 2005 Eurocon. Initially Vincent Docherty was Chairman with Colin Harris and Paul Treadaway as co-Vice Chairmen. Subsequently, Harris moved to co-Chairman, and Treadaway moved to Deputy Chairman. KIM Campbell was Board convenor of Interaction until her death in Nov 2003. (The Board had designated the convenor position as a Convention Co-Chair.)

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Page last updated 26^th June 2005