Difference between revisions of "NASFiC"
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4||[[CactusCon]] ||September 3-7, 1987 ||[[Phoenix, AZ]] ||[[Hal Clement]], [[Marjii Ellers]] | 4||[[CactusCon]] ||September 3-7, 1987 ||[[Phoenix, AZ]] ||[[Hal Clement]], [[Marjii Ellers]] | ||
5||[[ConDiego]] ||August 31-September 3, 1990 ||[[San Diego, CA]] ||[[Samuel R. Delany]], [[Ben Yalow]] | 5||[[ConDiego]] ||August 31-September 3, 1990 ||[[San Diego, CA]] ||[[Samuel R. Delany]], [[Ben Yalow]] | ||
| − | 6||[[ | + | 6||[[NASFiC 6]] ||July 13-16, 1995 ||[[Atlanta, GA]] ||[[George Alec Effinger]], [[Harlan Ellison]], [[Timothy Zahn]], [[Michael Whelan]], [[Bjo Trimble]] |
7||[[Conucopia]] ||August 26-29, 1999 ||[[Anaheim, CA]] ||[[Jerry Pournelle]], [[Ellen Datlow]], [[Richard Lynch]], [[Nicki Lynch]] | 7||[[Conucopia]] ||August 26-29, 1999 ||[[Anaheim, CA]] ||[[Jerry Pournelle]], [[Ellen Datlow]], [[Richard Lynch]], [[Nicki Lynch]] | ||
8||[[CascadiaCon]] ||September 1-5, 2005 ||[[Seattle, WA]] ||[[Fred Saberhagen]], [[Liz Danforth]], [[Toni Weisskopf]], [[Kevin Standlee]] | 8||[[CascadiaCon]] ||September 1-5, 2005 ||[[Seattle, WA]] ||[[Fred Saberhagen]], [[Liz Danforth]], [[Toni Weisskopf]], [[Kevin Standlee]] | ||
Revision as of 05:46, 26 July 2023
NASFiC, the North American Science Fiction Convention, was added to the WSFS Constitution in the mid 1970s. It was intended to legitimatize the inevitable major convention in North America when the Worldcon was held in other parts of the world, without encouraging the development of an American natcon, which would become a competitor to Worldcon.
The first NASFiC was held in Los Angeles in 1975 when Aussiecon was in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The second NASFiC (NorthAmericon '79) was in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1979 when Brighton, England, was selected for the Worldcon. Pemmi-con in 2023 was the first NASFiC held in Canada.
NASFiCs are usually not held directly opposite the overseas Worldcon, enabling ambitious (and prosperous) fen to attend both. Site selection is administered by WSFS at the Worldcon the preceding year or at a NASFiC if there happens to be one.
The initialism "NASFiC" was coined by Tony Lewis.
See also: Noncon.
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