Lunacon - Fancyclopedia 3 (original) (raw)

Convention

Date

Location

Venue

Guests

Lunacon 1

May 12, 1957

Manhattan

Room 203, 213 West 53rd St

none

Lunacon 2

April 13, 1958

Manhattan

Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan

Frank R. Paul

Lunacon 3

April 12, 1959

Manhattan

Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan

Lester del Rey

Lunacon 4

April 10, 1960

Manhattan

Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan

Ed Emshwiller

Lunacon 5

April 9, 1961

Manhattan

Room 203, 213 West 53rd St, Manhattan

Willy Ley

Lunacon 6

April 29, 1962

Manhattan

Adelphi Hall

Frederik Pohl

Lunacon 7

April 21, 1963

Manhattan

Adelphi Hall

Judith Merril

The 1964 Lunacon was cancelled because planning started too late, but the official reason was the World's Fair.

Lunacon 8

April 24, 1965

Manhattan

Hotel Edison

Hal Clement

Lunacon 9

April 16-17, 1966

Manhattan

Hotel Edison

Isaac Asimov

Lunacon 10

April 29-30, 1967

Manhattan

Hotel Roosevelt

James Blish

Lunacon 11

April 19-21, 1968

Manhattan

Park Sheraton Hotel

Don Wollheim

Lunacon 12

April 11-14, 1969

Manhattan

Hotel McAlpin

Robert A. W. Lowndes

Lunacon 13

April 11-12, 1970

Manhattan

Hotel McAlpin,

Larry T. Shaw

Lunacon 14

April 16-18, 1971

Manhattan

Hotel Commodore

John W. Campbell, Howard DeVore

Lunacon 15

March 31-April 2, 1972

Manhattan

Statler-Hilton Hotel

Theodore Sturgeon

Lunacon 16

April 20-22, 1973

Manhattan

Statler-Hilton Hotel

Harlan Ellison

Lunacon 17

April 12-14, 1974

Manhattan

Statler-Hilton Hotel

Forrest J Ackerman

Lunacon 18

April 18-20, 1975

Manhattan

Hotel Commodore

Brian Aldiss

Lunacon 19

April 9-11, 1976

Manhattan

Statler-Hilton Hotel

Amazing & Fantastic Magazines

Lunacon 20

April 8-10, 1977

Manhattan

Biltmore Hotel

L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp

Lunacon 21

February 24-26, 1978

Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

Sheraton

Robert Bloch, Rosalyn S. Yalow

Lunacon 22

March 30 -- April 1, 1979

La Guardia, NY

Sheraton Inn at La Guardia

Ron Goulart, Gahan Wilson

Lunacon 23

March 14-16, 1980

Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

Sheraton

Larry Niven, Vincent Di Fate, Rosalyn S. Yalow

Lunacon 24

March 20-22, 1981

Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

Sheraton

James White, Jack Gaughan

Lunacon 25

March 19-21, 1982

Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

Sheraton

Fred Saberhagen, John Schoenherr, Steve Stiles

Lunacon 26

March 18-20, 1983

Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

Sheraton

Anne McCaffrey, Don Wollheim, Elsie Wollheim, Barbi Johnson

Lunacon 27

March 16-18, 1984

Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

Sheraton Terry Carr, Cy Chauvin, Tom Kidd

Lunacon 28

March 15-17, 1985

La Guardia, NY

Sheraton Inn at La Guardia

Gordon R. Dickson, Don Maitz, Curt Clemmer

Lunacon 29

March 7-9, 1986

Tarrytown, NY

Tarrytown Marriott

Madeleine L'Engle, Marta Randall, Dawn Wilson, Art Saha

Lunacon 30

March 20-22, 1987

TTarrytown, NY

Tarrytown Marriott

Jack Williamson, Jack Chalker, Darrell Sweet

Lunacon 31

March 11-13, 1988

Tarrytown, NY

Tarrytown Marriott

Harry Harrison, Pat Mueller, N. Taylor Blanchard

Lunacon 32

March 10-12, 1989

Tarrytown, NY

Tarrytown Marriott

Roger Zelazny, David Hartwell, Ron Walotsky, Dave Kyle

Lunacon 33

March 16-18, 1990

Tarrytown, NY

Tarrytown Marriott

Tom Doherty, Katherine Kurtz, Tom Canty

Lunacon 34

March 10-12, 1991

Stamford, CT

Sheraton

John Brunner, Frank Kelly Freas, Hal Clement, Ian Ballantine, Betty Ballantine, Gerald Feinberg

Lunacon 35

March 20-22, 1992

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Kristin Kathryn Rusch, Samuel R. Delany, Paul Lehr, Jon Singer

Lunacon 36

March 19-21, 1993

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Orson Scott Card, Barclay Shaw, Richard Curtis, Alexis Gilliland

Lunacon 37

March 18-20, 1994

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Vonda N. McIntyre, James Warhola, Walter R. Cole, Peter Grubbs, Dean Friedman

Lunacon 38

March 17-19, 1995

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Poul Anderson, Mike Glyer, Stephen Hickman, Graham Leathers

Lunacon 39

March 15-17, 1996

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Terry Pratchett, Esther Friesner, Stephen Hickman, Phil Foglio, Bruce Pelz, Mark Kennedy

Lunacon 40

March 7-9, 1997

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

David Cherry, C. J. Cherryh, Mike Walsh Michael O'Hare]

Lunacon 41

March 20-22, 1998

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Octavia Butler, Donato Giancola, John Boardman, Perdita Boardman

Lunacon 42

March 5-7, 1999

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Vernor Vinge, Bob Eggleton, Tony Lewis

Lunacon 43

March 24-26, 2000

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Barbara Hambly, George Alec Effinger, Lisa Snellings, Stu Shiffman

Lunacon 44

March 23-25, 2001

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Nancy Kress, Jody Lee, Charles Sheffield, John Hertz

Lunacon 45

March 15-17, 2002

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Peter F. Hamilton, Alan Dean Foster, James Gurney, Ron Ontell, Val Ontell

Lunacon 46

March 21-23, 2003

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson, Rowena Morrill, Joni Dashoff, Todd Dashoff

Lunacon 47

March 19-21, 2004

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Storm Constantine, Michael Whelan, Lucy Schmeidler, Peter Abrams, Rick Dick, Karen Dick

Lunacon 48

March 18-20, 2005

Meadowlands, NJ

Sheraton Meadowlands

Michael Swanwick, Butch Honeck, Skip Morrison, Pierre Pettinger, and Sandy Pettinger

Lunacon 49

March 17–20, 2006

Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

Hilton Hasbrouck Heights (same hotel as former Sheraton)

Jim Butcher, David B. Mattingly, Byron Connell, Lisa Ashton

Lunacon 50

March 16–18, 2007

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Christopher Moore, Dave Seeley, Frank Dietz

Lunacon 51

March 14–16, 2008

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Jacqueline Carey, Johnna Y. Klukas, Joseph D. Siclari, Winston A. Howlett

Lunacon 52

March 20–22, 2009

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Dave Freer, Larry Dixon, Mercedes Lackey, Leigh Grossman

Lunacon 53

March 19–21, 2010

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Tanya Huff, Theresa Mather, Allison Lonsdale, Mercedes Lackey, Dominick Corrado

Lunacon 54

March 18–20, 2011

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

Lawrence M. Schoen, Rachael Mayo, Eric Zuckerman

Lunacon 55

March 16–18, 2012

Rye Brook, NY

Rye Town Hilton

John Ringo, Howard Taylor, Tamora Pierce, Andy & Kristin Looney

Lunacon 2013

March 15-17, 2013

Rye Brook, NY

Hilton Westchester (same place)

Michael F. Flynn, William O'Connor, Leslie Fish

Lunacon 2014

March 14-16, 2014

Rye Brook, NY

Hilton Westchester

Ryk Spoor, Randy Gallegos, Michael F. Flynn

Lunacon 2015

March 2015

Rye Brook, NY

Hilton Westchester

Cancelled

Lunacon 2016

March 18-20, 2016

Rye Brook, NY

Hilton Westchester

Robert Sawyer, Rick Sternbach, Naomi Novik

Lunacon 2017

April 7-9, 2017

Tarrytown, NY

Westchester Marriott Hotel

Ben Bova, Roberta Rogow, The Boogie Knights, Bob Eggleton, Marianne Plumridge

Lunacon 2018

2018

Canceled