Boskone
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| Boskone | |
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Boskone is an annual
History
Boskone I was held in 1941 under the auspices of The Stranger Club, an earlier Boston-based SF club. Four more were held annually, ending with Boskone V in 1945. The current series of Boskones started in 1965 with Boskone I again (still using Roman numerals until Boskone XXVIII and then using Arabic numerals beginning with Boskone 29)[2] and continued without interruption to the present. Boskones 1, 2, and 4 were run by BosSFS, the now-defunct Boston Science Fiction Society. The then-newly formed NESFA took over with Boskone 5. The tradition of holding Boskone in February started in 1976.[3]
In the 1980s, Boskone exploded in popularity—gaining a reputation as the "Winter Worldcon," and surpassing the attendance of the World Science Fiction Convention in both 1985 and 1987—peaking at an attendance of 4200 for Boskone XXIV in 1987. Seeking to pull back to a more modest convention, the organizers deemphasized movie and media-related activities and moved Boskone out of Boston to Springfield for five years and then to Framingham. The convention would not return to Boston until 2003, and has yet to again exceed 1400 attendees.
Boskone typically features a guest of honor, an official artist, a science speaker, a featured
See also
References
- ^ "Boskone 47: NESFA's® Regional Science Fiction Convention". New England Science Fiction Association. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ^ "Boskone History". New England Science Fiction Association. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ^ "Boskone Program Book Covers". New England Science Fiction Association. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
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