The World Science Fiction Convention - UK domain
worldcon.co.uk and
worldcon.org.uk
These domains are held for the World Science Fiction
Convention (Worldcon) in the United Kingdom, and as a memory site for past UK Worldcons.
The UK will be hosting the Worldcon for the first time in 10 years in 2005.
Interaction, the 63rd
Worldcon, will be held in and around the Glasgow SECC from 4th to
8th August of that year.
This will be the sixth time that the Worldcon has been held in the UK. The
full list of UK Worldcons is shown in the table below. Follow the links to
find out more about each event, its Guests, Publications, and Hugo Awards,
along with convention reports and photos.
For a full list of all 63 Worldcons from 1939 to 2005, see the official Worldcon listing page
at Worldcon.org.
This site is maintained by Colin Harris, Interaction Co-Chair and Webmaster. Comments,
suggestions and additional material can be sent to me at
webmaster@interaction.worldcon.org.uk.
Number - Year Name | City |
Guest(s) | Chair(s) | Attend. |
15 - 1957 Loncon I |
London King's Court Hotel |
John W. Campbell, Jr. | Ted Carnell | 268 |
23 - 1965 Loncon II |
London Mount Royal Hotel |
Brian W. Aldiss | Ella Parker | 350 |
37 - 1979 Seacon '79 |
Brighton Metropole Hotel |
Brian W. Aldiss Fritz Leiber Harry Bell |
Peter Weston | 3,114 |
45 - 1987 Conspiracy '87 |
Brighton Metropole Hotel Brighton Conference Centre |
Doris Lessing Alfred Bester Arkady Strugatsky
Boris Strugatsky Jim Burns Ray Harryhausen
Joyce & Ken Slater David Langford |
Malcolm Edwards | 4,071 |
53 - 1995 Intersection
|
Glasgow Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center |
Samuel R. Delany Gerry Anderson Les Edwards Vincent Clarke
| Vincent Docherty
Martin Easterbrook
| 4,264 |
63 - 2005 Interaction |
Glasgow Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center |
Greg Pickersgill Christopher Priest
Robert Sheckley Lars-Olov Strandberg
Jane Yolen |
Vincent Docherty Colin Harris | ???? |
Footnotes
- Figures under Att. above are intended to be the "warm bodies on site" count, i.e., the number
of individuals who actually attended the convention.
- 1957 - Loncon's program book does not use the name "Loncon" but refers to the convention
as the "15th World Science Fiction Convention."
- 1965 - Tom Boardman was Toastmaster.
- 1979 - Seacon 79 was held in Brighton, England, which was not the same city (Seattle, 1961) where
Seacon I was held. Bob Shaw was Toastmaster.
- 1987 - Alfred Bester did not attend the convention due to poor health. Malcolm Edwards was Chairman until
about nine months before the convention when he resigned from the committee for personal reasons.
To minimize possible bad publicity from this, he agreed to remain as titular Chairman and presided at
some at-con ceremonies. Paul Oldroyd took over all of his duties, but under the title of "Coordinator".
Both Malcolm and Paul agree that that Paul was the de facto Chairman at the time of the convention.
Brian W. Aldiss was Toastmaster.
- 1995 - Intersection was also the 1995 Eurocon. When Intersection won, Tim Illingworth and Vincent Docherty were
Co-Chairmen. Docherty moved to Oman, resigned and was replaced by Martin Easterbrook. Illingworth subsequently
resigned and was replaced by Docherty. Easterbrook and Docherty were Co-Chairmen during the last 18 months
of planning and at the convention. T.R. Smith was Vice-Chairman. Margaret Austin and Oliver Grter-Andrew
were Deputy Chairs. Diane Duane and Peter Morwood were Toastmasters.
- 2005 - Interaction is also the 2005 Eurocon. Initially Vincent Docherty was Chairman with Colin Harris and
Paul Treadaway as co-Vice Chairmen. Subsequently, Harris moved to co-Chairman, and Treadaway moved to
Deputy Chairman. KIM Campbell was Board convenor of Interaction until her death in Nov 2003.
(The Board had designated the convenor position as a Convention Co-Chair.)
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and "Worldcon" are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an
unincorporated literary society. You can contact the WSFS Mark Protection
Committee at mpc@wsfs.org.
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