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Worldcon 74: Grand Masters Show us a Grand Old Time

August 19, 2016 Teresa Wickersham 1144 Views 0 Comments Connie Willis, conventions, James Gunn, Joe Haldeman, Larry Niven, MidAmericon II, Robert A. Heinlein, Robert Silverberg, Starship Troopers, The Forever War, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

Some of the best science fiction authors to ever write come to Kansas City World Con and banter amongst themselves.

Books Conventions & Events

Worldcon 74: 2016 Campbell and Sturgeon Award Winners Announced

August 19, 2016 Timothy Harvey 1428 Views 0 Comments Best Science Fiction, books, Campbell Conference, conventions, Gunn Center, James Gunn, James Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction, John W. Campbell Award, John W. Campbell Memorial Award, literature, MidAmericon II, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, University of Kansas, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

As the academic track at this year’s Worldcon at MidAmeriCon II, the Campbell Conference announced the winners of the Campbell and Sturgeon Memorial Awards.

Books Conventions & Events

Worldcon 74: Winners in the 1941 Retro Hugo Awards

August 18, 2016 Jason P. Hunt 1467 Views 0 Comments conventions, Hugo Awards, MidAmericon II, Retro Hugo Awards, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

At MidAmericon II in Kansas City, host site for Worldcon 74, winners were announced for the 1941 Retro Hugo Awards, recognizing the best work of 1940.

Audience microphone in the conference room of the Alternative Press Expo 2010, organized at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco, California, by Comic-Con International on Oct. 16-17, 2010. In such conventions, the microphone is available for the audience to line up and ask questions to the guest or the panel.

Conventions & Events

Worldcon: The Oldest Sci-Fi Convention? It Depends

August 15, 2016 Kelly Luck 1272 Views 0 Comments conventions, events, history, Leeds, MidAmericon II, Philadelphia, World Science Fiction Convention, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

Is Worldcon descended from the first-ever sci-fi convention? It depends what you mean by “convention”…

Interviews Podcast

LIVE FROM THE BUNKER: Ruth Lichtwardt Talks Worldcon 74

August 1, 2016 Jason P. Hunt 1018 Views 0 Comments Campbell Conference, Hugo Awards, interview, James Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction, Live From the Bunker, MidAmericon II, Ruth Lichtwardt, Sad Puppies, SciFi4Me Radio, World Science Fiction Convention, World Science Fiction Society, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

Ruth Lichtwardt enters the Bunker to discuss plans for the 74th Annual World Science Fiction Convention — Worldcon 74 — coming to Kansas City August 17-21.

Conventions & Events Podcast

SciFi X/Y: The Worldcon Episode

July 30, 2016 Jason P. Hunt 1119 Views 0 Comments Campbell Conference, Hugo Awards, James Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction, MidAmericon II, Sad Puppies, SciFi X/Y, SciFi4Me Radio, World Science Fiction Convention, World Science Fiction Society, Worldcon, Worldcon 74

Sonya and Jason discuss the subject of Worldcon. What exactly is the World Science Fiction Convention, and why should you care?