Minicon 1

• Year: 1968
• Location: Coffman Union at the University of Minnesota
  University of Minnesota
  The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
  
  
• Guests of Honor: Gordon R. Dickson
  Gordon R. Dickson
  Gordon Rupert Dickson was an American science fiction author.- Biography :Dickson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1923. After the death of his father, he moved with his mother to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1937...
  
  , Charles De Vet, Clifford Simak

Minicon 2

• Year: 1969
• Location: Andrews Hotel; Minneapolis, MN
• Guests of Honor: Gordon R. Dickson
  Gordon R. Dickson
  Gordon Rupert Dickson was an American science fiction author.- Biography :Dickson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1923. After the death of his father, he moved with his mother to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1937...
  
  , Charles De Vet, Clifford Simak

Minicon 3

• Year: 1970
• Location: Dyckman Hotel; Minneapolis, MN
• Guests of Honor: Poul Anderson
  Poul Anderson
  Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories...
  
  , Gordon R. Dickson
  Gordon R. Dickson
  Gordon Rupert Dickson was an American science fiction author.- Biography :Dickson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1923. After the death of his father, he moved with his mother to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1937...
  
  , Clifford Simak

Minicon 4

• Year: 1971
• Location: Curtis Hotel; Minneapolis, MN
• Guest of Honor: Lin Carter
  Lin Carter
  Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft and Grail Undwin.-Life:Carter was born in St. Petersburg, Florida...
  
  

Minicon 5

• Year: 1971
• Location: Andrews Hotel; Minneapolis, MN
• Guest of Honor: Volsted Gridban was listed, but it did not refer to one of the authors who had used that pseudonym being the guest; there was no guest of honor at this Minicon.

Minicon 6

• Year: 1972
• Location: Hyatt Lodge; Minneapolis, MN
• Theme: The Stereo-opticon
• Guest of Honor: Ruth Berman
  Ruth Berman
  Ruth Berman is a writer of short science fiction and speculative poetry. In 2003, she won the Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem. She was also the winner of the 2006 Dwarf Stars Award for her poem Knowledge Of.-External links:*...
  
  

Minicon 7

• Year: 1973
• Location: Hyatt Lodge; Minneapolis, MN
• Guests of Honor: Larry Niven
  Larry Niven
  Laurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics...
  
   (pro), Rusty Hevelin (fan)

Minicon 8

• Year: 1974
• Location: Dyckman Hotel; Minneapolis, MN
• Guests of Honor: Kelly Freas (pro), Bob Tucker
  Wilson Tucker
  Arthur Wilson "Bob" Tucker was an American mystery, action adventure, and science fiction writer, who wrote professionally as Wilson Tucker....
  
   (fan)

Minicon 9

• Year: 1974
• Location: Dyckman Hotel; Minneapolis, MN
• Guests of Honor: Judy-Lynn del Rey
  Judy-Lynn del Rey
  Judy-Lynn del Rey née Benjamin was a science fiction editor.Born with dwarfism, she was a fan and regular attendee at science fiction conventions and worked her way up the publishing ladder, starting with work at the science fiction magazine Galaxy.Judy-Lynn was friends with Lester del Rey and...
  
   and Lester del Rey
  Lester del Rey
  Lester del Rey was an American science fiction author and editor. Del Rey was the author of many of the Winston Science Fiction juvenile SF series, and the editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction branch of Ballantine Books, along with his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.-Birth...
  
  

Minicon 10

• Year: 1975
• Location: Holiday Inn
• Guests of Honor: Poul Anderson
  Poul Anderson
  Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories...
  
   (pro), Gordon Dickson (fan), Lester del Rey (toastmaster)

Minicon 11

• Year: 1976
• Location: Leamington Hotel
• Guests of Honor: Edmond Hamilton
  Edmond Hamilton
  Edmond Moore Hamilton was an American author of science fiction stories and novels during the mid-twentieth century. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was raised there and in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania...
  
   (pro), Leigh Brackett
  Leigh Brackett
  Leigh Douglass Brackett was an American author, particularly of science fiction. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on famous films such as The Big Sleep , Rio Bravo , The Long Goodbye and The Empire Strikes Back .-Life:Leigh Brackett was born and grew up in Los Angeles, California...
  
   (pro), Leigh and Norb Couch (fans), Jackie Franke and Rusty Hevelin (toastmasters)

Minicon 12

• Year: 1977
• Location: Leamington Hotel
• Guests of Honor: Ben Bova
  Ben Bova
  Benjamin William Bova is an American science-fiction author and editor. He is the recipient of six Hugo Awards for Best Professional Editor for his work at Analog Science Fiction in the 1970's.-Personal life:...
  
   (pro), Buck Coulson
  Robert Coulson
  Robert Stratton "Buck" Coulson was an American science fiction writer, well-known fan, filk song writer, fanzine editor and bookseller from Indiana....
  
   and Juanita Coulson
  Juanita Coulson
  Juanita Coulson is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, active fan and fanzine editor. She is also widely known in filk music circles since the 1950s for her singing and songwriting; she has been nominated for several Pegasus Awards for her filking...
  
   (fans), Joe Haldeman
  Joe Haldeman
  Joe William Haldeman is an American science fiction author.-Life :Haldeman was born June 9, 1943 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His family traveled and he lived in Puerto Rico, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., Bethesda, Maryland and Anchorage, Alaska as a child. Haldeman married Mary Gay Potter, known...
  
   (toastmaster)

Minicon 13

• Year: 1978
• Location: Leamington Hotel
• Theme: Nothing is as it seems.
• Guests of Honor: Samuel R. Delany
  Samuel R. Delany
  Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., also known as "Chip" is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes a number of novels, many in the science fiction genre, as well as memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society.His science fiction novels include Babel-17, The Einstein...
  
   (pro), Spider Robinson
  Spider Robinson
  Spider Robinson is an American-born Canadian Hugo and Nebula award winning science fiction author.- Biography :Born in the Bronx, New York City, Robinson attended Catholic high school, spending his junior year in a seminary, followed by two years in a Catholic college, and five years at the State...
  
   (fan), Bob Tucker
  Wilson Tucker
  Arthur Wilson "Bob" Tucker was an American mystery, action adventure, and science fiction writer, who wrote professionally as Wilson Tucker....
  
   (artist), Krissy (toastmaster)

Minicon 15

• Year: 1979
• Location: Minneapolis Radisson
• Guests of Honor: Theodore Sturgeon
  Theodore Sturgeon
  Theodore Sturgeon was an American science fiction author.His most famous novel is More Than Human .-Biography:...
  
   (pro), Tom Digby (fan), Rick Sternbach
  Rick Sternbach
  Richard Michael Sternbach is an illustrator who is best known for his space illustrations and his work on the Star Trek television series.- Early years :...
  
   (artist), Robert E. Vardeman
  Robert E. Vardeman
  Robert Edward Vardeman is an American science fiction fan and writer. He got his start in writing by writing for science fiction fanzines, and was nominated for the 1972 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. Vardeman is one of the founders of Bubonicon, a science fiction convention in Albuquerque, New...
  
   (toastmaster)

Minicon 16

• Year: 1980
• Location: Minneapolis Radisson
• Guests of Honor: C. J. Cherryh
  C. J. Cherryh
  Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
  
   (pro), Jon Singer (fan), Ken Fletcher (artist), Nate Bucklin (musician), Bob Tucker
  Wilson Tucker
  Arthur Wilson "Bob" Tucker was an American mystery, action adventure, and science fiction writer, who wrote professionally as Wilson Tucker....
  
   (toastmaster)

Minicon 17

• Year: 1981
• Location: Minneapolis Radisson
• Guests of Honor: Jack Vance
  Jack Vance
  John Holbrook Vance is an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen...
  
   (pro), Jerry Boyajian (fan), Reed Waller
  Reed Waller
  Reed Waller is an American comic book artist best known for his work on Omaha the Cat Dancer, together with Kate Worley.-Omaha the Cat Dancer:...
  
   (musician), Kathy Marschall (artist)

Minicon 14

• Year: 1982
• Location: Saint Paul Radisson
• Theme: Forward, Into the Past
• Guests of Honor: John Varley
  John Varley (author)
  John Herbert Varley is an American science fiction author.-Biography:Varley grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, moved to Port Arthur in 1957, and graduated from Nederland High School. He went to Michigan State University on a National Merit Scholarship because, of the schools that he could afford, it...
  
   (pro), Clifford D. Simak
  Clifford D. Simak
  Clifford Donald Simak was an American science fiction writer. He was honored by fans with three Hugo awards and by colleagues with one Nebula award and was named the third Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1977.-Biography:Clifford Donald Simak was born in...
  
   (fan), Spider Robinson
  Spider Robinson
  Spider Robinson is an American-born Canadian Hugo and Nebula award winning science fiction author.- Biography :Born in the Bronx, New York City, Robinson attended Catholic high school, spending his junior year in a seminary, followed by two years in a Catholic college, and five years at the State...
  
   (musician)

Minicon 19

• Year: 1983
• Location: Saint Paul Radisson
• Theme: Backward, Into the Future
• Guests of Honor: Larry Niven
  Larry Niven
  Laurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics...
  
   (pro), Pamela Dean
  Pamela Dean
  Pamela Dean Dyer-Bennet is an American fantasy author whose most notable book is Tam Lin, based on the Child Ballad of the same name, in which the Scottish fairy story is set on a midwestern college campus loosely based on her alma mater, Carleton College in Minnesota.She was a member of the...
  
   and David Dyer-Bennet (fans), Dave Sim
  Dave Sim
  David Victor Sim is an award-winning Canadian comic book writer and artist.A pioneer of self-published comics and creators' rights, Sim is best known as the creator of Cerebus the Aardvark, a comic book published from 1977 to 2004, which chronicles its main character in a 6,000-page self-contained...
  
   (artist), Spider John Koerner
  Spider John Koerner
  "Spider" John Koerner is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover, which included Dave Ray and Tony Glover...
  
   (music), Steven Brust
  Steven Brust
  Steven Karl Zoltán Brust is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He was a member of the writers' group The Scribblies, which included Emma Bull, Pamela Dean, Will Shetterly, Nate Bucklin, Kara Dalkey, and Patricia Wrede; he also belongs to the Pre-Joycean...
  
   (toastmaster), Nostradamus
  Nostradamus
  Michel de Nostredame , usually Latinised to Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous worldwide. He is best known for his book Les Propheties , the first edition of which appeared in 1555...
  
   (proxy)

Minicon 18

• Year: 1984
• Location: Leamington Hotel
• Theme: We know what we're doing and you don't. Trust us.
• Guests of Honor: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
  Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
  -Biography:She was born in Berkeley, California. She attended Berkeley schools through high school followed by three years at San Francisco State College .In November 1969 she married Donald Simpson and divorced in February 1982...
  
   (pro), Dave Wixon (fan), Stephen Hickman
  Stephen Hickman
  Stephen Hickman is an award-winning American artist, illustrator, sculptor and author. He is best known for his work in science fiction and fantasy with over 350 book and magazine covers to his credit. His efforts have brought an extra dimension to the stories of Robert A. Heinlein, H. P....
  
   (artist), S.P. Somtow (musician), Rusty Hevelin (toastmaster), Bob Tucker
  Wilson Tucker
  Arthur Wilson "Bob" Tucker was an American mystery, action adventure, and science fiction writer, who wrote professionally as Wilson Tucker....
  
   ("smooth")

Minicon 20

• Year: 1985
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Guests of Honor: James P. Hogan
  James P. Hogan (writer)
  James Patrick Hogan was a British science fiction author.-Biography:Hogan was born in London, England. He was raised in the Portobello Road area on the west side of London...
  
   (pro), The Permanent Floating Riot Club (fan group), The White Women (musicians), Stu Shiffman (artist), Jerry Stearns and Kara Dalkey
  Kara Dalkey
  Kara Mia Dalkey is an American author of young adult fiction and historical fantasy. She was born in Los Angeles and has lived in Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Colorado, and Seattle. Much of her fiction is set in the Heian period of Japan....
  
   (toastmasters)

Minicon 21

• Year: 1986
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Theme: Now we're just immoral and fattening
• Guests of Honor: Damon Knight
  Damon Knight
  Damon Francis Knight was an American science fiction author, editor, critic and fan. His forte was short stories and he is widely acknowledged as having been a master of the genre.-Biography:...
  
   and Kate Wilhelm
  Kate Wilhelm
  Kate Wilhelm is an American writer whose works include science fiction, mystery, and fantasy.- Career :Wilhelm was born in Toledo, Ohio....
  
   (pro), Denny Lien (fan), Ken Fletcher (artist), Anne Passovoy
  Anne Passovoy
  Anne Passovoy is active in science fiction fandom and filk music, and has won two Pegasus Awards. She is married to Dr. Bob Passovoy. She has written many of the seminal filk songs, including "Marcon Ballroom" and writing perhaps the most widely-sung tune for Poul Anderson's poem, "Mary...
  
   (musician), Diane Duane
  Diane Duane
  Diane Duane is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Her works include the Young Wizards young adult fantasy series and the Rihannsu Star Trek novels.-Biography :...
  
   (toastmaster)
• Honored guests: Phyllis Eisenstein
  Phyllis Eisenstein
  Phyllis Eisenstein is an American author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and has lived there most of her life. While attending college at the University of Chicago, she met her future husband Alex at a weekly gathering of Chicago's science...
  
  , Terri Windling
  Terri Windling
  Terri Windling is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. Windling has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and her collection The Armless Maiden appeared on the short-list for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award...
  
  , John M. Ford
  John M. Ford
  John Milo "Mike" Ford was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet.Ford was regarded as an extraordinarily intelligent, erudite and witty man. He was a popular contributor to several online discussions...
  
  , P. C. Hodgell
  P. C. Hodgell
  Patricia "Pat" Christine Hodgell is an American fantasy writer, artist and professor.Dr. Hodgell holds a master's in English literature and a doctorate in 19th-century English literature, both of which were earned from the University of Minnesota...
  
  

Minicon 22

• Year: 1987
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Theme: Still Crazy After All These Years
• Guests of Honor: David Brin
  David Brin
  Glen David Brin, Ph.D. is an American scientist and award-winning author of science fiction. He has received the Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula Awards.-Biography:...
  
   (pro), Fred Haskell (fan), Erin McKee (artist), Jerry Stearns (music), Robert Bloch
  Robert Bloch
  Robert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction. He is best known as the writer of Psycho, the basis for the film of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock...
  
   (toastmaster)
• Honored guests: Diane Duane
  Diane Duane
  Diane Duane is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Her works include the Young Wizards young adult fantasy series and the Rihannsu Star Trek novels.-Biography :...
  
  , Jane Yolen
  Jane Yolen
  Jane Hyatt Yolen is an American author and editor of almost 300 books. These include folklore, fantasy, science fiction, and children's books...
  
  , Ellen Kushner
  Ellen Kushner
  Ellen Kushner is an American writer of fantasy novels, who for many years was the host of the radio program Sound & Spirit, produced by WGBH in Boston and distributed by Public Radio International.- Background and personal life :...
  
  

Minicon 23

• Year: 1988
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Theme: Spring Forward, Fall Over
• Guests of Honor: Eleanor Arnason
  Eleanor Arnason
  Eleanor Atwood Arnason is an American author of science fiction novels and short stories.Arnason is the daughter of H. Harvard Arnason, who became the director of the Walker Art Center in 1951, and Elizabeth Yard Arnason, a social worker by profession who has spent her childhood in China...
  
   (author), Eric Heideman (fan), Frederik Pohl
  Frederik Pohl
  Frederik George Pohl, Jr. is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years — from his first published work, "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna" , to his most recent novel, All the Lives He Led .He won the National Book Award in 1980 for his novel Jem...
  
   (editor), Crystal Marvig (artist), Richard Feynman
  Richard Feynman
  Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics...
  
   (science, posthumous)
• Honored guests: Jane Yolen
  Jane Yolen
  Jane Hyatt Yolen is an American author and editor of almost 300 books. These include folklore, fantasy, science fiction, and children's books...
  
  , David Hartwell, Algis Budrys
  Algis Budrys
  Algis Budrys was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names "Frank Mason", "Alger Rome", "John A. Sentry", "William Scarff", and "Paul Janvier."-Biography:...
  
  

Minicon 24

• Year: 1989
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Theme: Zen and the Art of Fan Maintenance
• Guests of Honor: Harry Harrison
  Harry Harrison
  Harry Harrison is an American science fiction author best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! , the basis for the film Soylent Green...
  
  , George "Lan" Laskowski, Fritz Leiber
  Fritz Leiber
  Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr. was an American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theatre and films, playwright, expert chess player and a champion fencer. Possibly his greatest chess accomplishment was winning clear first in the 1958 Santa Monica Open.. With...
  
  , Barry B. Longyear
  Barry B. Longyear
  Barry B. Longyear born 1942 is a US writer and novelist who resides in Maine.-Career:He is best known for the Hugo and Nebula Award winning novella Enemy Mine, which was subsequently made into an identically titled movie and a novelization in collaboration with David Gerrold. The story tells of an...
  
  
• Honored guests: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
  Patrick Nielsen Hayden
  Patrick James Nielsen Hayden , is an American science fiction editor, fan, fanzine publisher, essayist, reviewer, anthologist, teacher and blogger. He is a World Fantasy Award and Hugo Award winner , and is an editor and the Manager of Science Fiction at Tor Books...
  
  , Teresa Nielsen Hayden
  Teresa Nielsen Hayden
  Teresa Nielsen Hayden is an American science fiction editor, fanzine writer, essayist, and teacher. She is a consulting editor for Tor Books. She has also worked for Federated Media Publishing, where in 2007 she revived the comment section for the blog Boing Boing...
  
  , P. C. Hodgell
  P. C. Hodgell
  Patricia "Pat" Christine Hodgell is an American fantasy writer, artist and professor.Dr. Hodgell holds a master's in English literature and a doctorate in 19th-century English literature, both of which were earned from the University of Minnesota...
  
  , Larry Niven
  Larry Niven
  Laurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics...
  
  , John Sladek
  John Sladek
  John Thomas Sladek was an American science fiction author, known for his satirical and surreal novels.- Life and work :...
  
  

Minicon 25

• Year: 1990
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Theme: The Silver Edition
• Guests of Honor: Jane Yolen
  Jane Yolen
  Jane Hyatt Yolen is an American author and editor of almost 300 books. These include folklore, fantasy, science fiction, and children's books...
  
  , Kim Stanley Robinson
  Kim Stanley Robinson
  Kim Stanley Robinson is an American science fiction writer known for his award-winning Mars trilogy. His work delves into ecological and sociological themes regularly, and many of his novels appear to be the direct result of his own scientific fascinations, such as the fifteen years of research...
  
   (author), Patrick Price ("arthur"), David Thayer a.k.a. Teddy Harvia (artist), DavE Romm (fan), Earl Joseph (science)
• Honored guests: Dave Clement, P. C. Hodgell
  P. C. Hodgell
  Patricia "Pat" Christine Hodgell is an American fantasy writer, artist and professor.Dr. Hodgell holds a master's in English literature and a doctorate in 19th-century English literature, both of which were earned from the University of Minnesota...
  
  , Dr. Joseph Romm, Art Widner

Minicon 26

• Year: 1991
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Theme: Think of it as Evolution in Action
• Guests of Honor: George Alec Effinger
  George Alec Effinger
  George Alec Effinger was an American science fiction author, born in 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio.-Writing career:...
  
   (author), David Cherry
  David A. Cherry
  David A. Cherry is an American artist, primarily in the science fiction and fantasy genres. He has been nominated eleven times for Hugo Awards, and 18 times for Chesley Awards , and he is a past president of the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists.Cherry is the brother of the...
  
   (artist), Al Kuhfeld, Ph.D. (science), Suzanne V. Tompkins and Jerry Kaufman (fans), Jon Singer (lunch)

Minicon 27

• Year: 1992
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Theme: Don't Ever Be A Dodo
• Guests of Honor: Lois McMaster Bujold
  Lois McMaster Bujold
  Lois McMaster Bujold is an American author of science fiction and fantasy works. Bujold is one of the most acclaimed writers in her field, having won the prestigious Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record. Her novella The Mountains of Mourning won both the Hugo...
  
   (author), Ctein (artist), Dave Van Ronk
  Dave Van Ronk
  Dave Van Ronk was an American folk singer, born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York, and was eventually nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street" ....
  
   (music)

Minicon 28

• Year: 1993
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Theme: Suite, Savage Minicon
• Guests of Honor: Susan Allison
  Susan Allison
  Susan Allison is an editor-in-chief and vice president at the Ace Books imprint, which is part of the Penguin Group publishing company. She became editor-in-chief in 1982, and was made a vice-president in 1985.-References:...
  
   (editor), Diane Duane
  Diane Duane
  Diane Duane is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Her works include the Young Wizards young adult fantasy series and the Rihannsu Star Trek novels.-Biography :...
  
   (author), Peter Morwood
  Peter Morwood
  Peter Morwood is primarily a fantasy novelist and screenwriter, though he has also written works of science fiction. His best-known works include the Horse Lords series and the Tales of Old Russia series.-Biography :...
  
   (author), Kathy Mar
  Kathy Mar
  Kathy Mar |]] by analogy with non-rhotic accents) worked as a professional folksinger and street performer in Denver, Colorado for many years before she discovered filk...
  
   (music), Don Fitch (bless his sweet heart), John M. Ford
  John M. Ford
  John Milo "Mike" Ford was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet.Ford was regarded as an extraordinarily intelligent, erudite and witty man. He was a popular contributor to several online discussions...
  
   (interesting person)

Minicon 29

• Year: 1994
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Theme: It seemed like a good idea at the time
• Guests of Honor: Tom Doherty
  Tom Doherty
  Tom Doherty is an American publisher, and the founder of Tor Books. After working as a book salesman in the 1950s and 1960s, Doherty became publisher of Tempo Books in 1972; in 1975, he became, in addition, publisher of another company also owned by Grosset & Dunlap, the science fiction imprint...
  
   (publisher), Jack Williamson
  Jack Williamson
  John Stewart Williamson , who wrote as Jack Williamson was a U.S. writer often referred to as the "Dean of Science Fiction" following the death in 1988 of Robert A...
  
   (author), Rusty Hevelin (fan), Phil Foglio
  Phil Foglio
  Philip "Phil" Foglio is an American cartoonist and comic book artist best known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy work.-Early life and career:...
  
   (artist)

Minicon 30

• Year: 1995
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Theme: Would you like fries with that?
• Guests of Honor: Vernor Vinge
  Vernor Vinge
  Vernor Steffen Vinge is a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist, and science fiction author. He is best known for his Hugo Award-winning novels and novellas A Fire Upon the Deep , A Deepness in the Sky , Rainbows End , Fast Times at Fairmont High ...
  
   (author), Robert L. Forward (science), Jody Lee
  Jody Lee
  Jody A. Lee is a professional fantasy artist from San Francisco known best for her book cover illustrations. Authors she has worked with include Mercedes Lackey, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle, and many others...
  
   (artist), The Bhigg House (fan group)
• Honored guest: Glen Cook
  Glen Cook
  Glen Cook is a contemporary American science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his fantasy series, The Black Company. Cook currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri.-Biography:...
  
  

Minicon 31

• Date: April 5-7, 1996
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Theme: Coming Soon to a Galaxy Near You!
• Guests of Honor: Suzette Haden Elgin
  Suzette Haden Elgin
  Suzette Haden Elgin is an American science fiction author. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association, and is considered an important figure in the field of science fiction constructed languages...
  
   (author), Ed Emshwiller
  Ed Emshwiller
  Ed Emshwiller was a visual artist notable for illustrations of many science fiction magazine covers and for his pioneering experimental films...
  
   (artist, posthumous), Joe Siclari & Edie Stern (fans), David Ossman
  David Ossman
  David Ossman is an American writer and comedian, best known as a member of The Firesign Theatre.-Career:...
  
   (audio)

Minicon 32

• Date: March 28-30, 1997
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Guests of Honor: Algis Budrys
  Algis Budrys
  Algis Budrys was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names "Frank Mason", "Alger Rome", "John A. Sentry", "William Scarff", and "Paul Janvier."-Biography:...
  
   (author), C. J. Cherryh
  C. J. Cherryh
  Carolyn Janice Cherry , better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is a United States science fiction and fantasy author...
  
   (author), Tom Doherty
  Tom Doherty
  Tom Doherty is an American publisher, and the founder of Tor Books. After working as a book salesman in the 1950s and 1960s, Doherty became publisher of Tempo Books in 1972; in 1975, he became, in addition, publisher of another company also owned by Grosset & Dunlap, the science fiction imprint...
  
   (publisher), Tom Lopez (audio), Patrick Nielsen Hayden
  Patrick Nielsen Hayden
  Patrick James Nielsen Hayden , is an American science fiction editor, fan, fanzine publisher, essayist, reviewer, anthologist, teacher and blogger. He is a World Fantasy Award and Hugo Award winner , and is an editor and the Manager of Science Fiction at Tor Books...
  
   (fan), Teresa Nielsen Hayden
  Teresa Nielsen Hayden
  Teresa Nielsen Hayden is an American science fiction editor, fanzine writer, essayist, and teacher. She is a consulting editor for Tor Books. She has also worked for Federated Media Publishing, where in 2007 she revived the comment section for the blog Boing Boing...
  
   (fan), Michael Swanwick
  Michael Swanwick
  Michael Swanwick is an American science fiction author. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began publishing in the early 1980s.-Biography:...
  
  

Minicon 33

• Date: April 10-12, 1998
• Location: Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Theme: Heisenberg Probably Slept Here
• Guests of Honor: Gardner Dozois
  Gardner Dozois
  Gardner Raymond Dozois is an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004...
  
   (publishing), David Langford
  David Langford
  David Rowland Langford is a British author, editor and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter Ansible.-Personal background:...
  
   (fan), John M. Ford
  John M. Ford
  John Milo "Mike" Ford was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet.Ford was regarded as an extraordinarily intelligent, erudite and witty man. He was a popular contributor to several online discussions...
  
   (toastmaster)

Minicon 34

• Date: April 2-4, 1999
• Location: Minneapolis Hilton & Towers Hotel
• Guests of Honor: Octavia E. Butler
  Octavia E. Butler
  Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant.- Background :Butler...
  
   (author), Mark & Priscilla Olson (fans), David Nee (bookseller)

Minicon 35

• Date: April 21 - 23, 2000
• Location: Hilton Minneapolis & Towers
• Guests of Honor: Maureen F. McHugh
  Maureen F. McHugh
  Maureen F. McHugh is a science fiction and fantasy writer.Her first published story appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1989. Since then, she has written four novels and over twenty short stories. Her first novel, China Mountain Zhang , was nominated for both the Hugo and the...
  
   (author), John Berkey
  John Berkey
  John Berkey was an artist known for his space and science fiction-themed works. Some of Berkey's best-known work includes much of the original poster art for the Star Wars trilogy, the poster for the 70s re-make of King Kong and also the .He worked as a freelance artist from the 1960s, after an...
  
   (artist), Lenny Bailes (fan)

Minicon 36

• Date: April 13 - 15, 2001
• Location: Hilton Minneapolis & Towers
• Guests of Honor: Ken MacLeod
  Ken MacLeod
  Ken MacLeod , is a Scottish science fiction writer.MacLeod was born in Stornoway. He graduated from Glasgow University with a degree in zoology and has worked as a computer programmer and written a masters thesis on biomechanics....
  
   (author), Jo Walton
  Jo Walton
  Jo Walton is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2002 and the World Fantasy award for her novel Tooth and Claw in 2004. Her novel Ha'penny was a co-winner of the 2008 Prometheus Award...
  
   (fan), Leslie Fish
  Leslie Fish
  Leslie Fish is a filk musician, author, and anarchist political activist.-Music:Along with The DeHorn Crew, in 1976 she created the first commercial filk recording, Folk Songs for Folk Who Ain't Even Been Yet...
  
   (musician)

Minicon 37

• Date: March 29-31, 2002
• Location: Hilton Minneapolis
• Guests of Honor: Emma Bull
  Emma Bull
  Emma Bull is a science fiction and fantasy author whose best-known novel is War for the Oaks, one of the pioneering works of urban fantasy. She has participated in Terri Windling's Borderland shared universe, which is the setting of her 1994 novel Finder...
  
   (author), Will Shetterly
  Will Shetterly
  Will Shetterly is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction best known for his novel Dogland . The novel is inspired by his childhood at the tourist attraction Dog Land owned by his parents...
  
   (author), Arthur Hlavaty (fan), Rick Berry
  Rick Berry
  Rick Berry is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played in the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche, Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals...
  
   (artist)

Minicon 38

• Date: April 18-20, 2003
• Location: Millennium Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Guests of Honor: Robert J. Sawyer
  Robert J. Sawyer
  Robert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
  
   (author), Carolyn Clink (poet), Sue Mason (fan), Steve Macdonald (musician)

Minicon 39

• Date: April 9-11, 2004
• Location: Millennium Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Guests of Honor: Walter Jon Williams
  Walter Jon Williams
  Walter Jon Williams is an American writer, primarily of science fiction.Several of Williams' novels have a distinct cyberpunk feel to them, notably Hardwired , Voice of the Whirlwind and Angel Stationn...
  
   (author), Sharyn November
  Sharyn November
  Sharyn November is an American editor of books for children and teenagers. She is Senior Editor for Viking Children's Books and Editorial Director of Firebird Books, which is a mainly paperback imprint publishing fantasy and science fiction for teenagers and adults...
  
   (editor), Deb Geisler (fan)

Minicon 40

• Date: March 25-27, 2005
• Location: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
• Theme: Minicon Fortean
  Charles Fort
  Charles Hoy Fort was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. Today, the terms Fortean and Forteana are used to characterize various such phenomena. Fort's books sold well and are still in print today.-Biography:Charles Hoy Fort was born in 1874 in Albany, New York, of Dutch...
  
  
• Guests of Honor: Terry Pratchett
  Terry Pratchett
  Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...
  
   (author), Fastner & Larson (artists), James Young (fan)

Minicon 41

• Date: April 14-16, 2006
• Location: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
• Theme: XLi, Robot
• Guests of Honor: Harlan Ellison
  Harlan Ellison
  Harlan Jay Ellison is an American writer. His principal genre is speculative fiction.His published works include over 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, essays, a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media...
  
   (author), John Picacio
  John Picacio
  John Picacio is an award-winning American artist specializing in science fiction, fantasy and horror illustration.-Biography:...
  
   (artist), Doug Friauf (fan)

Minicon 42

• Date: April 6-8, 2007
• Location: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
• Theme: "And the question was..." (in reference to the number 42)
• Guests of Honor: Charles de Lint
  Charles de Lint
  Charles de Lint is a Canadian fantasy author and folk musician. He is also the chief book critic for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction....
  
   (author), Charles Vess
  Charles Vess
  Charles Vess is an American fantasy artist and comic-book illustrator who has specialized in the illustration of myths and fairy tales. His illustrations are strongly influenced by the work of artists and illustrators such as Arthur Rackham and Alphonse Mucha...
  
   (artist)

Minicon 43

• Date: March 21-23, 2008
• Location: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
• Theme: "Digging up the Future"
• Guests of Honor: Alastair Reynolds
  Alastair Reynolds
  Alastair Preston Reynolds is a British science fiction author. He specialises in dark hard science fiction and space opera. He spent his early years in Cornwall, moved back to Wales before going to Newcastle, where he read physics and astronomy. Afterwards, he earned a PhD from St Andrews, Scotland...
  
   (author), Wayne Barlowe
  Wayne Barlowe
  Wayne Douglas Barlowe is an American science fiction and fantasy painter. He has paintedover 300 book and magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as well as Life magazine, Time, and Newsweek...
  
   (artist, in absentia), Shawna McCarthy
  Shawna McCarthy
  Shawna Lee McCarthy is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and literary agent. She is married to science fiction artist Wayne Douglas Barlowe....
  
   (editor), Nate Bucklin (fan)

Minicon 44

• Date: April 10-12, 2009
• Location: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
• Guests of Honor: Karl Schroeder
  Karl Schroeder
  Karl Schroeder is an award-winning Canadian science fiction author. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality and interstellar travel, and have a deeply philosophical streak...
  
   (author), Stephan Martinere (artist, in absentia), Seth Shostak
  Seth Shostak
  Seth Shostak is an American astronomer. He grew up in Arlington, VA and earned his physics degree from Princeton University and a Ph.D...
  
   (scientist)

Minicon 45

• Date: April 2-4, 2010
• Location: Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota.
• Guests of Honor: Brandon Sanderson
  Brandon Sanderson
  Brandon Sanderson is an American fantasy author. A Nebraska native, he currently resides in American Fork, Utah. He earned his Master's degree in Creative Writing in 2005 from Brigham Young University, where he was on the staff of Leading Edge, a semi-professional speculative fiction magazine...
  
   (author), Daniel Dos Santos (artist)
• Special Guests: Moshe Feder (editor)