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theamazingstories · 5 years

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MOSCON 40 (Part 1)!

Figure 1 – MosCon 1 Nametag by Kelly Freas

Not many conventions are lucky enough to feature a Kelly Freas nametag (Figure 1), a George Barr logo, and an Alex Schomburg program book cover (Figure 2). But we were just that lucky in our choice of friends—between me and Jon Gustafson, we knew a good proportion of the top SF artists in the field in 1979. I have previously written about how MosCon1…

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amazingstories · 7 years

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RETRO: OF MOSCON AND HEINLEIN AND VERNA

Figure 1 – MosCon 1 Program book cover (excerpt) by Schomburg Like many SF fans — at least those of my generation, before SF/F (known as “sci-fi” by the general public) became ubiquitous in film and TV — I was a solitary reader of the stuff. You who have grown up in the last 30 years or so probably won’t get it, but we were mocked, ridiculed and bullied if we were even a little bit different —…

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theamazingstories · 5 years

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MOSCON REVIVAL/MOSCON 40 (Part 2)

Figure 1 – Kathy Sprague

Last week I spoke about the genesis of MosCon “40”, drawing on my own inadequate knowledge of how the revival started. Mike Finkbiner dropped me a comment which filled in some of my blanks, and I’m happy to repost it here: “Steve—You give me too much credit. I think the original impetus to have a PESFA/MosCon gathering came from Madilane Perryat Beth’s (Toerne) memorial…

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