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[[Philcon 1970]] || November 13-15, 1970 || [[Larry Niven]] | [[Philcon 1970]] || November 13-15, 1970 || [[Larry Niven]] | ||
[[Philcon 1971]] || December 3-5, 1971 || [[Keith Laumer]] | [[Philcon 1971]] || December 3-5, 1971 || [[Keith Laumer]] | ||
| − | [[Philcon 1972]] || 1972 || [[John Brunner]] | + | [[Philcon 1972]] || November 17-17 1972 || [[John Brunner]] |
[[Philcon 1973]] || November 9-11, 1973 || [[Keith Laumer]] | [[Philcon 1973]] || November 9-11, 1973 || [[Keith Laumer]] | ||
[[Philcon 1974]] || November 8-10, 1974 || [[Alfred Bester]] | [[Philcon 1974]] || November 8-10, 1974 || [[Alfred Bester]] | ||
Revision as of 07:18, 10 May 2024
(For the Worldcons and other "Philcons" see Philcon (Disambiguation).)
A regional convention sponsored by PSFS in the Philadelphia area since 1936. It was known as the Philco in the 40s and as Phillycon in the 50s -- it is unclear just when Philcon caught on as the name of the gathering.
Note this is not related to the comic convention Phillycon which started in 2016.
The history of Philcon is unusually vague -- Harry Warner, for instance, mentions that he was unable to find out much for his histories of the 50s and 60s. This may be why Philcon does not label its conventions by number, but instead uses years. Prior to the year 2000, a two year designation was used, e.g., Philcon 92. From 2000 forward, four digits are used - e.g, Philcon 2000.
Philcon traditionally designates the featured author guest as the "Principal Speaker" instead of using the term Guest of Honor. It is also tradition to refer to Philcon as a conference, although the term convention is used at times.
In addition, a meeting of the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society takes place Friday night during Philcon.
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| Philco Philadelphia Conference; one of the annual gatherings held, usually in November, in Philadelphia under the sponsorship of the PSFS . The title was adopted in 1939 when "convention" had come to mean something larger than the former Eastern SF gatherings, but the annual PhilCos (the longest con-series in fandom) are numbered serially counting the First and Third Easterns as 1 and 2. |
| From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944 |
| Philco – Philadelphia conference. The title was adopted in 1939 when "convention" had come to mean something larger than the former Eastern S-F gatherings, but annual Philcos are numbered serially counting the First and Third Easters as 1 and 2. |
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| 1936— |
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