- Boskone (convention)
Infobox Convention
name = Boskone
caption =
status = Active
genre = Science fiction
venue =
location = Boston, Massachusetts
country = United States
first = 1941
last =
organizer = New England Science Fiction Association
filing =501(c)(3)
attendance =
website = http://www.nesfa.org/boskone/NESFA runs an annualscience fiction convention , Boskone. In the words of the convention organizers, "Boskone is a regional Science Fiction convention focusing on literature, art, music, and gaming (with just a dash of whimsy)"ref|boskdef. It is held over President's Day weekend every February, in the city ofBoston, Massachusetts . The name is a reference to the classicLensman series byE. E. Smith , in which "Boskone" is a council of villains, and also a name for their civilization. The obvious name for a con in Boston would, of course, be "Boscon"; the similarity was noticed and embraced. Continuing the trend, when a new Boston-area convention was formed, the organizers of that event named it "Arisia ".Boskone Iref|boskrome was held in 1941 under the auspices of
The Stranger Club , an earlier Boston-based SF club. Four more were held annually, ending with Boskone V in1945 . The current series of Boskones started in1965 with Boskone 1ref|bosknum and continued without interruption to the present. Boskone 1, 2, and 4 were run by BosSFS, the now-defunct Boston Science Fiction Society. The then-newly-formed NESFA took over with Boskone 5. The tradition of holding Boskone in February started in1976 .ref|boskhistBoskone typically features a guest of honor, an official artist, a science speaker, a featured filker, and a special guest. Boskone 45, to be held February 15-17, 2008, at the Westin Waterfront is scheduled to feature
David Weber as guest of honor,Dean Morrissey as official artist, andBruce Coville as special guest. Gay Ellen Dennett is the con chair for this upcoming event.More information
See also
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Science fiction fandom
*Science fiction convention External links
* [http://www.nesfa.org/boskone/ Boskone]
* [http://www.nesfa.org/ NESFA]
* [http://www.nesfa.org/press/ NESFA Press]Notes
# [http://www.nesfa.org/boskone/ Boskone Home Page]
# Roman numeral I for one
# Numbering for the new Boskone series was restarted at one, and withArabic numerals
# [http://www.nesfa.org/boskone/boskone-history.html Boskone History]
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