ConDiego
NASFiC 5, ConDiego, was a convention held August 31–September 3 (Labor Day weekend), 1990, in San Diego, CA, at the California Omni Hotel and San Diego Convention & Performing Arts Center. Since 1975, the World Science Fiction Society has held a North American Science Fiction Convention in years when Worldcon is outside North America; in this case, ConFiction in The Hague, Netherlands.
Guests of Honor: Samuel R. Delany (pro), Ben Yalow (fan). Chairman: Albert Lafreniere II. Attendees: 3,000.
The convention became a byword for haphazard conrunning after fans were handed a typo-riddled Program Book which misspelled the hotel's name, the Guests of Honor's names and even the con's own name as “ConDigeo.” Most fans responded with a ...fannish ... sense of humor. The best gagline, probably, was The Princess Bride-inspired "My name is ConDigeo Montoya. You killed my weekend. Prepare to die!"
San Diego in 1990’s bid was unopposed in the 1990 NASFiC Site Selection held at CactusCon, the 1987 NASFiC, in Phoenix, AZ.
| CactusCon | NASFiC | NASFiC 6 |
| 1990 |
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