List of past Minicons
This list of past Minicons is in chronological order (which is not the same as numerical order). Location, dates, and guests of honor are noted when known.[1]
| No. | Date/Year | Location | Theme | Guests of Honor | Special Guest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 6, 1968[a][b] | Coffman Union at the University of Minnesota | A Strange New World of Science Fiction | Gordon R. Dickson, Charles De Vet, Clifford Simak | |
| 2 | April 4-6, 1969 | Andrews Hotel; Minneapolis, MN | |||
| 3 | April 3-5, 1970[a] | Dyckman Hotel; Minneapolis, MN | The Minneapolis in '73 Convention! | Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Clifford Simak | |
| 4 | June 18-20, 1971[a] | Curtis Hotel; Minneapolis, MN | Lin Carter | ||
| 5 | October 15-17, 1971[c] | Andrews Hotel; Minneapolis, MN | The Genghiscon! | —[d] | |
| 6 | April 7-9, 1972[a] | The Stereo-opticon! | Ruth Berman | ||
| 7 | April 20-22, 1973 | Hyatt Lodge; Minneapolis, MN | The Minneapolis in '73 Con! | Larry Niven (pro), Rusty Hevelin (fan) | |
| 8 | April 12-14, 1974 | Dyckman Hotel; Minneapolis, MN | Kelly Freas (pro), Bob Tucker (fan) | ||
| 9 | October 11-13, 1974[c] | Judy-Lynn del Rey and Lester del Rey | |||
| 10 | April 18-20, 1975[a] | Holiday Inn; Minneapolis, MN | Poul Anderson (pro), Gordon Dickson (fan), Lester del Rey (toastmaster) | ||
| 11 | April 16-18, 1976 | Leamington Hotel; Minneapolis, MN | Edmond Hamilton (pro), Leigh Brackett (pro), Leigh and Norb Couch (fans), Jackie Franke and Rusty Hevelin (toastmasters) | ||
| 12 | April 8-10, 1977 | The Dododecacon | Ben Bova (pro), Buck Coulson and Juanita Coulson (fans), Joe Haldeman (toastmaster) | ||
| 13 | March 24-26, 1978 | Nothing is as it seems | Samuel R. Delany (pro), Spider Robinson (fan), Bob Tucker (artist), Krissy (toastmaster) | ||
| 15[e] | April 13-15, 1979 | Radisson; Minneapolis, MN | The other 10% | Theodore Sturgeon (pro), Tom Digby (fan), Rick Sternbach (artist), Robert E. Vardeman (toastmaster) | |
| 16 | April 4-6, 1980 | Déjà Vu | C. J. Cherryh (pro), Jon Singer (fan), Ken Fletcher (artist), Nate Bucklin (musician), Bob Tucker (toastmaster) | ||
| 17 | April 17-19, 1981 | Jack Vance (pro), Jerry Boyajian (fan), Reed Waller (musician), Kathy Marschall (artist) | |||
| 14 | April 9-11, 1982 | Radisson; St. Paul, MN | Forward, Into the Past | John Varley (pro), Clifford D. Simak (fan), Spider Robinson (musician) | |
| 19 | April 1-3, 1983 | Backward, Into the Future | Larry Niven (pro), Pamela Dean and David Dyer-Bennet (fans), Dave Sim (artist), Spider John Koerner (music), Steven Brust (toastmaster), Nostradamus (proxy) | ||
| 18 | April 20-22, 1984 | Leamington Hotel; Minneapolis, MN | We know what we're doing and you don't. Trust us. | Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (pro), Dave Wixon (fan), Stephen Hickman (artist), S.P. Somtow (musician), Rusty Hevelin (toastmaster), Bob Tucker ("smooth") | |
| 20 | April 5-7, 1985 | Radisson South; Bloomington, MN[f][3] | Let's you and I get normal for a change | James P. Hogan (pro), The Permanent Floating Riot Club (fan group, the name is a tribute to Larry Niven), The White Women (musicians), Stu Shiffman (artist), Jerry Stearns and Kara Dalkey (toastmasters) | |
| 21 | March 28-30, 1986 | Now we're just immoral and fattening | Damon Knight and Kate Wilhelm (pro), Denny Lien (fan), Ken Fletcher (artist), Anne Passovoy (musician), Diane Duane (toastmaster) | ||
| 22 | April 17-19, 1987 | Still Crazy After All These Years | David Brin (pro), Fred Haskell (fan), Erin McKee (artist), Jerry Stearns (music), Robert Bloch (toastmaster) | ||
| 23 | April 1-3, 1988 | Spring Forward, Fall Over | Eleanor Arnason (author), Eric Heideman (fan), Frederik Pohl (editor), Crystal Marvig (artist), Richard Feynman (science, posthumous) | ||
| 24 | March 24-26, 1989 | Zen and the Art of Fan Maintenance | Harry Harrison, George "Lan" Laskowski, Fritz Leiber, Barry B. Longyear | ||
| 25 | April 13-15, 1990 | The Silver Edition | Jane Yolen, Kim Stanley Robinson (author), Patrick Price ("arthur"), David Thayer a.k.a. Teddy Harvia (artist), DavE Romm (fan), Earl Joseph (science) | ||
| 26 | March 29-31, 1991 | Think of it as Evolution in Action | George Alec Effinger (author), David Cherry (artist), Al Kuhfeld, Ph.D. (science), Suzanne V. Tompkins and Jerry Kaufman (fans), Jon Singer (lunch) | ||
| 27 | April 17-19, 1992 | Don't Ever Be A Dodo | Lois McMaster Bujold (author), Ctein (artist), Dave Van Ronk (music) | ||
| 28 | April 9-11, 1993 | Suite, Savage Minicon | Susan Allison (editor), Diane Duane (author), Peter Morwood (author), Kathy Mar (music), Don Fitch (bless his sweet heart), John M. Ford (interesting person) | ||
| 29 | April 1-3, 1994 | It seemed like a good idea at the time | Tom Doherty (publisher), Jack Williamson (author), Rusty Hevelin (fan), Phil Foglio (artist) | ||
| 30 | April 13-16, 1995 | Some Assembly Required or "Would You Like Fries With That?" | Vernor Vinge (author), Robert L. Forward (science), Jody Lee (artist), The Bhigg House (fan group) | ||
| 31 | April 5–7, 1996 | Coming to a Galaxy Near You | Suzette Haden Elgin (author), Ed Emshwiller (artist, posthumous), Joe Siclari & Edie Stern (fans), David Ossman (audio) | ||
| 32 | March 28–30, 1997 | Even Chaos has a Pattern | Algis Budrys (author), C. J. Cherryh (author), Tom Doherty (publisher), Tom Lopez (audio), Patrick Nielsen Hayden (fan), Teresa Nielsen Hayden (fan), Michael Swanwick | ||
| 33 | April 10–12, 1998 | Heisenberg Probably Slept Here | Gardner Dozois (publishing), David Langford (fan), John M. Ford (toastmaster) | ||
| 34 | April 2–4, 1999 | Hilton & Towers; Minneapolis, MN | Octavia E. Butler (author), Mark & Priscilla Olson (fans), David Nee (bookseller) | ||
| 35 | April 21–23, 2000 | Maureen F. McHugh (author), John Berkey (artist), Lenny Bailes (fan) | |||
| 36 | April 13–15, 2001 | Ken MacLeod (author), Jo Walton (fan), Leslie Fish (musician) | |||
| 37 | March 29–31, 2002 | Emma Bull (author), Will Shetterly (author), Arthur Hlavaty (fan), Rick Berry (artist) | |||
| 38 | April 18–20, 2003 | Millennium Hotel; Minneapolis, MN | Robert J. Sawyer (author), Carolyn Clink (poet), Sue Mason (fan), Steve Macdonald (musician) | ||
| 39 | April 9–11, 2004 | Walter Jon Williams (author), Sharyn November (editor), Deb Geisler (fan) | |||
| 40 | March 25–27, 2005 | Sheraton; Bloomington, MN[f] | Minicon Fortean | Terry Pratchett (author), Fastner & Larson (artists), James Young (fan) | |
| 41 | April 14–16, 2006 | XLi, Robot | Harlan Ellison (author), John Picacio (artist), Doug Friauf (fan) | ||
| 42 | April 6–8, 2007 | And the question was...? (in reference to the number 42) | Charles de Lint (author), Charles Vess (artist) | ||
| 43 | March 21–23, 2008 | Digging up the Future | Alastair Reynolds (author), Wayne Barlowe (artist, in absentia), Shawna McCarthy (editor), Nate Bucklin (fan) | ||
| 44 | April 10–12, 2009 | Karl Schroeder (author), Stephan Martinere (artist, in absentia), Seth Shostak (scientist) | |||
| 45 | April 2–4, 2010 | Brandon Sanderson (author), Daniel Dos Santos (artist) | Moshe Feder (editor) | ||
| 46 | April 22–24, 2011 | Not yet dead from the neck up | Charles Stross, (author in absentia), John Scalzi, (author), Chas Somdahl, (musician) | ||
| 47 | April 6–8, 2012 | DoubleTree Minneapolis South; Bloomington, MN[f] | The minions are coming... | Ted Chiang (author), Christopher J Garcia (fanzine), Frank Wu (artist), | Brianna "Spacekat" Wu (game developer) |
| 48 | March 29–31, 2013 | The Game of Life | Julie Czerneda (author), Richard Tatge (fan) | ||
| 49 | April 17–20, 2014 | Pirates and Airships | Catherynne Valente (author), Janny Wurts (author), Don Maitz (artist) | ||
| 50 | April 2–5, 2015[g] | The Gold Edition | Jane Yolen (author), Larry Niven author, Brandon Sanderson (author), Tom Doherty (publisher), Adam Stemple (musician), Michael Whelan (artist) | ||
| 51 | March 25–27, 2016 | Zombies and Fairies and Mermaids, Oh My! | Seanan McGuire (author), Sara Butcher Burrier (artist) | ||
| 52 | April 14–16, 2017 | Brother Guy Consolmagno (scientist) | Moshe Feder (editor) | ||
| 53 | March 30-April 1, 2018 | Double Tree Park Place; St. Louis Park, MN | The Pedantic One | Rachel Swirsky (author), Lyda Morehouse (author) | Jon Arfstrom (artist, posthumous) |
| 54 | April 19-21, 2019 | Purple | Naomi Kritzer (author), David de Vries (illustrator) | Tom Fleming (artist) | |
| 55 | April 15-17, 2022[h] | Green | Jo Walton (author), Elise Matthesen (artist) | ||
| 56 | April 7-9, 2023 | Martha Wells (author), Sara Felix (artist), Greg Ketter (fan) | |||
| 57 | March 29-31, 2024 | Ursula Vernon (author & illustrator), Jeremy Brett (archivist), Tim Griffin (music) | Jeffery Angles (Japanese scholar) | ||
| 58 | April 18-20, 2025 | DoubleTree Minneapolis South; Bloomington, MN[f] | Wesley Chu (author), The Faithful Sidekicks (music) | Michael Busch (astronomer) | |
| 59 | April 3-5, 2026 | Patricia Wrede (author), Matt Leacock (gaming) | |||
| 60 | March 25-28, 2027[g] | Geri Sullivan (fan) |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e This Minicon did not take place over Easter weekend
- ^ The only Minicon to be only one day long
- ^ a b Minicon 5 and 9 took place in the fall. After Minicon 9 fall conventions ran by MNStF would go by different names than Minicon, collectively referred to as "fallcons".[2]
- ^ 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.
- ^ From Minicon 15 to 18 the numbers get a bit shuffled. The fallcon "Anokon 1" was originally going to be named Minicon 14, causing it to be skipped in planning for Minicon 15.[2]
- ^ a b c d The "Radisson South", "Sheraton Bloomington", and "DoubleTree Minneapolis South" are all the same hotel. It is currently operated as a DoubleTree by Hilton, but is commonly referred to as the "RadishTree" in reference to the history Minicon has with the hotel.
- ^ a b A four day long convention, instead of the usual three days.
- ^ Originally scheduled for Easter weekend 2020, this convention was postponed twice because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As there were previously two years with two Minicons, the number is now actually the years the convention has been running for.
References
[edit]- ^ "Minicon". mnstf.org. MNStF. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ^ a b "Minn-stf cons other than Minicon". mnstf.org. MNStF. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ^ Aiken, Wayne (March 1993). "Upcoming Conventions". Holy Temple of Mass Consumption. No. 16.