North American Science Fiction Convention
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NASFiC, a.k.a. the North American Science Fiction Convention, is a science fiction convention scheduled only during years where the Worldcon is being held outside of the North American continent. NASFiC bids voted on by the Worldcon (or NASFiC if one exists) membership one year in advance (in other words, the year after a non-North American Worldcon site has been selected.)
Activities at a NASFiC parallel those seen at Worldcon, but may differ with each convention committee. The convention may be held as an individual event or in conjunction with another convention, but generally occurs near the time of the Worldcon, but not in direct competition with the Worldcon. Eight NASFiCs have occurred to date, with the ninth scheduled for 2007. The name NASFiC is owned by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS).
The late Robert Sacks led a movement to separate NASFiC from the World Science Fiction Society, similar to Eurocon, but WSFS has chosen to keep NASFiC under its own aegis.
This is a list of the NASFiCs held, or scheduled, so far:
- 1975: NASFiC (Los Angeles, California)
- 1979: NorthAmericon '79 (Louisville, Kentucky)
- 1985: LoneStarCon 1 (Austin, Texas)
- 1987: CactusCon (Phoenix, Arizona)
- 1990: ConDiego (San Diego, California)
- 1995: Dragon*Con (Atlanta, Georgia)
- 1999: Conucopia (Anaheim, California)
- 2005: Cascadia Con (Seattle, Washington)
- 2007: Archon 31 (St. Louis, Missouri)
[edit] External links
- www.nasfic.org – North American Science Fiction Convention
