29th World Science Fiction Convention
- 29th World Science Fiction Convention
The 29th World Science Fiction Convention, also known as Noreascon I, was held 2–6 September 1971 at the Sheraton-Boston Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The chairman was Tony Lewis.The guests of honor were Clifford D. Simak (pro) and Harry Warner, Jr. (fan). The toastmaster was Robert Silverberg.Total attendance was approximately 1,600.
The convention is mentioned in the preface to The Ringworld Engineers for the MIT students who pointed out that the Ringworld would be unstable.
Awards
*Hugo Awards:
** Best Novel: "Ringworld" by Larry Niven
** Best Novella: "Ill Met in Lankhmar" by Fritz Leiber
** Best Short Story: "Slow Sculpture" by Theodore Sturgeon
** Best Professional Magazine: "Fantasy & Science Fiction"
** Best Professional Artist: Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
** Best Fanzine: "Locus", edited by Charles N. Brown and Dena Brown
** Best Fan Writer: Richard E. Geis
** Best Fan Artist: Alicia Austin
ee also
*World Science Fiction Society
External links
* [http://www.noreascon.org/n123/#n1 Noreascon website]
* [http://www.nesfa.org/data/LL/TheLongList.html NESFA.org: The Long List]
* [http://www.nesfa.org/data/LL/LongListNotes.html#1971 NESFA.org: 1971 convention notes]
* [http://www.hugo.org/hy.html#71 Hugo.org: 1971 Hugo Awards]
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