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The Royal Albert Hall has asserted that the Vril-Ya Bazaar and Fete, a charitable event held at the Hall in 1891, was the world's first science fiction convention.The event was a multi-day fundraising bazaar themed around the popular 1871 science fiction novel The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, which involves the Vril-Ya, a subterranean race of winged superhuman beings. [1]
LoneStarCon 1 was the third North American Science Fiction Convention, held in Austin, Texas, on August 30-September 2, 1985, at the Hyatt Regency Austin, Sheraton Crest, and Palmer Auditorium. [1] LoneStarCon 1 was also known as "The First Occasional Lone Star Science Fiction Convention & Chili Cook-off" and "ChiliCon".
This is a list of notable science fiction conventions, as distinct from anime conventions, comic book conventions, furry conventions, gaming conventions, horror conventions, and multigenre conventions. In the "type" column, "general" means the entire science fiction and fantasy culture; "literature", "media", etc. modify that.
Out of this came the first incarnation of the British Science Fiction Association. While a few conventions were created in various parts of the world within the period between 1935 and 1960, the number of convention establishments increased slightly in the 1960s and then increased dramatically in the 1970s, with many of the largest conventions ...
North American Science Fiction Convention (21 P, 2 F) Pages in category "Science fiction conventions in the United States" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total.
Farpoint is an American science-fiction convention held since 1993 in Hunt Valley, Maryland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The convention is fan-run, differentiating it from larger, profit-making ventures. Typical programming includes panel discussions, a competitive masquerade, fan videos, an art show, filking [ 3 ] and celebrity guest appearances.
NASFiC, held in Los Angeles, on Labor Day weekend 1975, at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott, was the first North American Science Fiction Convention. [1] [2] "NASFiC" was an initialism for North American Science Fiction Convention. [2]
North American Science Fiction Convention (21 P, 2 F) S. Science fiction conventions by location (6 C) W. Worldcon (1 C, 92 P, 26 F)