Noreascon
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Noreascon is the name given to four Worldcon
s (World Science Fiction Conventions), all held in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The latter three were run by Massachusetts Convention Fandom, Inc
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Worldcon
Worldcon, or more formally The World Science Fiction Convention, is a science fiction convention held each year since 1939 . It is the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society...
s (World Science Fiction Conventions), all held in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The latter three were run by Massachusetts Convention Fandom, Inc
Massachusetts Convention Fandom, Inc
MCFI, the organization behind Noreascon Four, the 62nd World Science Fiction Convention, was created in 1974 by the people who ran Noreascon under the auspices of NESFA. Its purpose was to bid for a Boston Worldcon in 1980. It ran Noreascon Two and Noreascon Three...
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- 29th World Science Fiction Convention29th World Science Fiction ConventionThe 29th World Science Fiction Convention, also known as Noreascon I, was held September 2–6, 1971, at the Sheraton-Boston Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, USA....
— Noreascon I (1971) - 38th World Science Fiction Convention38th World Science Fiction ConventionThe 38th World Science Fiction Convention , also known as Noreascon Two, was held 29 August – 1 September 1980 at the Sheraton-Boston Hotel and Hynes Civic Auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.The chairman was Leslie Turek....
— Noreascon Two (1980) - 47th World Science Fiction Convention47th World Science Fiction ConventionThe 47th World Science Fiction Convention , also known as Noreascon 3 , was held 31 August 1989 – 4 September 1989 at the Sheraton-Boston Hotel, Hilton Hotel, Park Plaza Hotel, and the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.The chairman was Mark L. Olson...
— Noreascon 3 (1989) - 62nd World Science Fiction Convention62nd World Science Fiction ConventionThe 62nd World Science Fiction Convention was Noreascon 4, which was held in Boston, Massachusetts, from September 2–6, 2004. The venues for the 62nd Worldcon were Hynes Convention Center, Sheraton Boston Hotel and Boston Marriott Copley Place...
— Noreascon 4 (2004)