|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| − | [[Fandom]] in Boston began in February, 1940 when the [[Stranger Club]] was founded by such notables as [[Art Widner]], [[Louis Russell Chauvenet]], and [[Robert D. Swisher]] ([[Harry Stubbs]] ([[Hal Clement]]) joined later). It frequently met at a member's parent's home in '''Cambridge'''. During the [[War]], the Stranger club sponsored the first series of [[Boskones]], but the club itself disappeared during the post-War years. | + | #redirect[[Boston, MA]] |
| | | | |
| − | The [[MIT Science Fiction Society]], [[MITSFS]], was founded in 1949 and still exists, but never became much of a force in [[fandom]] outside MIT, though [[fans]] very important to later Boston [[fandom]] such as [[Tony Lewis]] and [[Leslie Turek]] came out of [[MITSFS]]. During the long gap between the [[Stranger Club]] and [[BoSFS]], the only [[fandom]] in the area seems to have been individuals such as [[Hal Clement]] and visitors such as [[Andy Young]] (who got a PhD at Harvard in the late 50s) and his wife [[Jean Young]].
| + | [[Category:redirect]] |
| − | | + | [[Category:Locale]] |
| − | The next organized group was the [[Boston Science Fiction Society]], which ran three of the early [[Boskones]] of the second series. [[BoSFS]] did not last very long after the abject failure of its [[Boston in '67]] [[Worldcon bid]], and most of its members moved over to [[NESFA]] when it was founded in 1967. NESFA also took over running [[Boskone]]. Many of the same people who created [[NESFA]] also quickly recycled into the independent [[Boston in 71]] [[bid]] which ran very successful [[Noreascon 1]] under the leadership of [[Tony Lewis]].
| |
| − | | |
| − | [[Boskone]] and [[NESFA]] grew during the 70s, and the [[Boston in 1980]] [[bid]] run by the newly-formed [[MCFI]] brought the [[Worldcon]] back to Boston as [[Noreascon Two]].
| |
| − | | |
| − | The 80s were eventful. [[Boskone]] (held in February) grew until by 1985 it was comparable in size to the [[Worldcon]] and was widely called the [[Winter Worldcon]]. [[Boston in '89]] won its [[bid]] to bring the real Worldcon to Boston, but NESFA doubted its ability to handle this growth and in 1987 the [[Boskone from Hell]] proved that doubt to be justified.
| |
| − | | |
| − | See [[Rise and Fall of the Giant Boskones]] for more details.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Because no Boston-area hotel was willing to host it, Boskone shrank dramatically and moved to Springfield, MA (about an hour west of Boston) for several years. Yet at the same time, NESFA acquired a permanent [[clubhouse]] in Somerville. Also about this time, partly as a consequence of the collapse of Boskone, [[Readercon]] and [[Arisia]] were founded. Ironically, [[Readercon]] was founded because of a perception that Boskone was too open and too [[fannish]], and Arisia was founded by a different group that felt that Boskone was too closed and too [[sercon]].
| |
| − | | |
| − | In spite of the fiasco with Boskone, [[Noreascon 3]] in 1989 was very successful and was the second largest [[Worldcon]] to date.
| |
| − | | |
| − | The years after Noreascon 3 saw NESFA rebuilding Boskone and moving it back first to Framingham (a western suburb) and then in 2003 back to Boston. Perhaps as important, NESFA's longstanding publishing program, [[NESFA Press]] expanded to become a major reprinter of classic short [[SF]]. This same period saw two failed [[Boston in 1998]] bids, a failed [[Boston in 2001]] bid and a successful [[Boston in 2004]] bid which resulted in [[Noreascon Four]].
| |
| − | | |
| − | Need: [[MASSFILC]], [[Vericon]], [[Humanalo]], [[Boston Star Trek Association]].
| |
| − | | |
| − | {{locale}}
| |
| − | [[Category:US]] | |
