56th World Science Fiction Convention
BucConeer was the 56th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, on August 5–8, 1998. The convention was held in the Baltimore Convention Center, as well as the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor, the Holiday Inn Inner Harbor, the Omni Inner Harbor Baltimore (now the Wyndham), and the Baltimore Hilton and Towers. The convention was chaired by Peggy Rae Pavlat.
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