List of Eastercons
Year | Location | Name | Guest(s) of Honour | Size | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1948 | London | Whitcon | Bertram Chandler | ? |
2 | 1949 | London | London | William F. Temple | ? |
* | 1951 | London | Festivention | Forrest Ackerman, Lyell Crane | ? |
3 | 1952 | London | Loncon | ? | |
4 | 1953 | London | Coroncon | ? | |
5 | 1954 | Manchester | Supermancon | John Russell Fearn | ? |
6 | 1955 | Kettering | Cytricon | ? | |
7 | 1956 | Kettering | Cytricon II | ? | |
8 | 1957 | Kettering | Cytricon III | see note below | ? |
9 | 1958 | Kettering | Cytricon IV | ? | |
10 | 1959 | Birmingham | Brumcon | Ken Slater | ? |
11 | 1960 | London | London | E.J. "Ted" Carnell, Don Ford | ? |
12 | 1961 | Gloucester | LXIcon | Kingsley Amis | ? |
13 | 1962 | Harrogate | Ronvention | Tom Boardman | ? |
14 | 1963 | Peterborough | Bullcon | Edmund Crispin | ? |
15 | 1964 | Peterborough | RePetercon | Ted Tubb | ? |
16 | 1965 | Birmingham | Brumcon II | Harry Harrison | ? |
17 | 1966 | Yarmouth | Yarcon | Ron Whiting | ? |
18 | 1967 | Bristol | Briscon | John Brunner | ? |
19 | 1968 | Buxton | Thirdmancon | Kenneth Bulmer | ? |
20 | 1969 | Oxford | Galactic Fair | Judith Merril | ? |
21 | 1970 | London | Scicon 70 | James Blish | ? |
22 | 1971 | Worcester | Eastercon 22 | Ethel Lindsay, Anne McCaffrey | ? |
23 | 1972 | Chester | Chessmancon | Larry Niven | ? |
24 | 1973 | Bristol | OMPAcon | Samuel R. Delany | ? |
25 | 1974 | Newcastle | Tynecon | Bob Shaw, Peter Weston | ? |
26 | 1975 | Coventry | Seacon | Harry Harrison | c.550 |
27 | 1976 | Manchester | Mancon 5 | Peter Roberts, Robert Silverberg | ? |
28 | 1977 | Coventry | Eastercon '77 | John Bush | ? |
29 | 1978 | Heathrow, London | Skycon | Roy Kettle, Robert Sheckley | ? |
30 | 1979 | Leeds | Yorcon | Graham and Pat Charnock, Richard Cowper | ? |
31 | 1980 | Glasgow | Albacon | Jim Barker, Colin Kapp | ? |
32 | 1981 | Leeds | Yorcon II | Tom Disch, Dave Langford, Ian Watson | ? |
33 | 1982 | Brighton | Channelcon | Angela Carter, John Sladek | ? |
34 | 1983 | Glasgow | Albacon II | Marion Zimmer Bradley, Avedon Carol, James White | ? |
35 | 1984 | Brighton | Seacon '84 | Pierre Barbet, Waldemar Kumming, Josef Nesvadba, Chris Priest, Roger Zelazny | ? |
36 | 1985 | Leeds | Yorcon III | Gregory Benford, Linda Pickersgill | ? |
37 | 1986 | Glasgow | Albacon III | Joe Haldeman, John Jarrold | ? |
38 | 1987 | NEC, Birmingham | BECCON87 | Chris Atkinson, Keith Roberts | c.800 |
39 | 1988 | Liverpool | Follycon | Gordon Dickson, Gwyneth Jones, Greg Pickersgill, Len Wein | ? |
40 | 1989 | Jersey | Contrivance | Avedon Carol, Rob Hansen, M. John Harrison, Don Lawrence, Anne McCaffrey | ? |
41 | 1990 | Liverpool | Eastcon | Iain Banks, Anne Page, SMS | 1100 |
42 | 1991 | Glasgow | Speculation | Robert Holdstock | ? |
43 | 1992 | Blackpool | Illumination | Geoff Ryman, Paul J. McAuley, Pam Wells | ? |
44 | 1993 | Jersey | Helicon | John Brunner, George R. R. Martin, Karel Thole, Larry van der Putte | ? |
45 | 1994 | Liverpool | Sou'Wester | Diane Duane, Neil Gaiman, Barbara Hambly, Peter Morwood | ? |
46 | 1995 | London | Confabulation | Lois McMaster Bujold, Roger Robinson, Bob Shaw | ? |
47 | 1996 | Heathrow, London | Evolution | Jack Cohen, Colin Greenland, Paul Kincaid, Bryan Talbot, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Vernor Vinge | ? |
48 | 1997 | Liverpool | Intervention | Brian Aldiss, Octavia Butler, David Langford, Jon Bing | ? |
49 | 1998 | Manchester | Intuition | Ian McDonald, Martin Tudor, Connie Willis | ? |
50 | 1999 | Liverpool | Reconvene | Peter S. Beagle, John Clute, Jeff Noon | ? |
51 | 2000 | Glasgow | 2Kon | Guy Gavriel Kay, Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner-Harris | ? |
52 | 2001 | Hinckley | Paragon | Stephen Baxter, Claire Brialey, Lisanne Norman, Mark Plummer, Michael Scott Rohan | ? |
53 | 2002 | Jersey | Helicon 2 | Brian Stableford, Harry Turtledove, Peter Weston | ? |
54 | 2003 | Hinckley | Seacon03 | Chris Baker (Fangorn), Christopher Evans (author), Mary Gentle | ? |
55 | 2004 | Blackpool | Concourse | Mitchell Burnside Clapp, Danny Flynn, Sue Mason, Christopher Priest, Philip Pullman | ? |
56 | 2005 | Hinckley | Paragon 2 | John Harvey, Eve Harvey, Ken MacLeod, Robert Rankin, Ben Jeapes, Richard Morgan | ? |
57 | 2006 | Glasgow | Concussion | M. John Harrison, Brian Froud, Elizabeth Hand, Justina Robson, Ian Sorensen | ? |
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58 | 2007 | Chester | Contemplation | c.450 | |
59 | 2008 | Heathrow, London | Orbital 2008 | Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, China MiƩville, Charles Stross, Rog Peyton | 1300+ |
60 | 2009 | Bradford | Eastercon LX | Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Tim Powers, |
850 |
61 | 2010 | Heathrow, London | Odyssey 2010 | Alastair Reynolds, Iain M Banks, Liz Williams, Mike Carey, |
1300+ |
62 | 2011 | NEC, Birmingham | Illustrious | David Weber, Peter F. Hamilton, David A. Hardy, Vince Docherty, Roz Kaveney | 956/877 |
63 | 2012 | Heathrow, London | Olympus 2012 | 1400 | |
64 | 2013 | Bradford | EightSquaredCon | Walter Jon Williams, Freda Warrington, Anne Sudworth and Edward James | ? |
65 | 2014 | Glasgow | Satellite 4 | John Meaney, Juliet McKenna, Jim Burns, and Alice and Steve Lawson, Special Guest Terry Pratchett | ? |
Notes:
- Early conventions did not always have a particular name, and sometimes were given a name retrospectively when another Eastercon was held in the same town, e.g. Brumcon only acquired its name when Brumcon II was held in Birmingham.
- The 1957 convention held in Kettering has recently acquired a semi-mythical status among British fandom, since at a distance of nearly 50 years nobody who might have attended can definitely remember actually attending this one, as opposed to the other Kettering conventions in 1955, 1956 and 1958, and there does not appear to be any surviving contemporary documentation from the con itself; however, there is just enough evidence from fanzines of the time and other fannish memorabilia to suggest that it did, in fact, take place.
- The official numbering of the conventions has been somewhat adjusted, following the naming of the 1972 convention as "Eastercon 22" which necessitated the counting of 21 previous Eastercons, which is why the 1951 Festivention is not counted.
- Convoy, the 2007 Eastercon elected by members of Concussion, was cancelled at the end of October 2006. Contemplation was formed at the 2006 Novacon by Chris O'Shea and Fran Dowd as a very short notice emergency replacement. Convoy's guests of honour were invited to attend, and Sharyn November initially accepted, but she was ultimately unable to attend due to work commitments.
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