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January 23-25, 1981 ||[[Nine Billion Names of ConFusion]]||7 ||[[Barry B. Longyear]], [[Dave Innes]] || Toastmaster: [[Gay Haldeman]], Chairman: [[Nancy Tucker]] | January 23-25, 1981 ||[[Nine Billion Names of ConFusion]]||7 ||[[Barry B. Longyear]], [[Dave Innes]] || Toastmaster: [[Gay Haldeman]], Chairman: [[Nancy Tucker]] | ||
January 29-31, 1982 ||[[ConFusion 11]]||8 ||[[Phyllis Eisenstein]], [[Neil Rest]] ||Toastmaster: [[Larry Tucker]], Chairman: [[Nancy Tucker]] | January 29-31, 1982 ||[[ConFusion 11]]||8 ||[[Phyllis Eisenstein]], [[Neil Rest]] ||Toastmaster: [[Larry Tucker]], Chairman: [[Nancy Tucker]] | ||
| − | January 28-30, 1983 ||[[ConFusion 101]]||9 ||[[C. J. Cherryh]], [[Bill Cavin]] || | + | January 28-30, 1983 ||[[ConFusion 101]]||9 ||[[C. J. Cherryh]], [[Bill Cavin]] || [[AASFA|AASFA Wars]] |
1984 ||[[Genuine ConFusion]]||10 ||[[Mike Resnick]], [[Martha Beck]] ||Toastmaster: [[Dick Smith]], Chairman: [[Nancy Tucker]] | 1984 ||[[Genuine ConFusion]]||10 ||[[Mike Resnick]], [[Martha Beck]] ||Toastmaster: [[Dick Smith]], Chairman: [[Nancy Tucker]] | ||
| − | January 25-27, 1985 ||[[Decadent ConFusion]]||11 ||[[Alan Dean Foster]], [[Julia Ecklar]] || | + | January 25-27, 1985 ||[[Decadent ConFusion]]||11 ||[[Alan Dean Foster]], [[Julia Ecklar]] || Beginning of post-[[AASFA]] [[Legal Matters|lawsuit]] era |
January 24-26, 1986 ||[[Perpetual ConFusion]]||12 ||[[Somtow Sucharitkul]], [[Bill Roper]], [[Frank Kelly Freas]] || | January 24-26, 1986 ||[[Perpetual ConFusion]]||12 ||[[Somtow Sucharitkul]], [[Bill Roper]], [[Frank Kelly Freas]] || | ||
January 23-25, 1987 ||[[Stark Raving ConFusion]]||13 ||[[Katherine Kurtz]], [[Liz Pearce]], [[Erin McKee]] || | January 23-25, 1987 ||[[Stark Raving ConFusion]]||13 ||[[Katherine Kurtz]], [[Liz Pearce]], [[Erin McKee]] || | ||
Revision as of 04:43, 22 August 2020
(Did you mean a different Confusion?)
ConFusion, a regional convention, was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1975, preceded by A2 Relax Icon the previous year. It was founded by the Stilyagi Air Corps and is now run by AASFA.
Rather than having consecutive numbers, as most cons do, the name "ConFusion" has a different descriptor each year. It started, deliberately with number 13. (The "Fusion" in ConFusion refers to KMS Fusion, a firm in Ann Arbor that at the time was one of the world leaders in fusion research.)
During the 1970s and '80s, the con was nicknamed Fondlecon, for members' public displays of mass affection; for a few years, it also featured a blanket-bearing Cuddle Squad to warm up chilly congoers in unheated hallways; and the concom facilitated skinny-dipping in its hotel pool. ConFusion was one of the cons where a fan-filled bed collapsed. ConFusion goers (and a disapproving hotel) also learned what happens to a Jacuzzi used by fans smeared with chocolate mousse.
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