BayCon

BayCon

Infobox Convention
name = BayCon


caption =
status = Active
genre = Science fiction/Fantasy
venue =
location = San Jose, California
country = United States
first =
last =
organizer = Artistic Solutions, Inc.
filing =
attendance =
website = http://www.baycon.org/

BayCon is the San Francisco Bay Area's main Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. It is held over Memorial Day weekend in San Jose, California.

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Co-founded by John McLaughlin and Randall Cooper, the first BayCon in its current existence as "The San Francisco Bay Area Regional Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention" was held over Thanksgiving weekend in 1982. BayCon '83 was also held over Thanksgiving weekend. (The name was previously used by the 1961 Westercon, 1968 Worldcon, and a San Francisco Bay Area comics convention from 1973-78.) To avoid conflicts with Southern California's annual regional convention, LosCon, BayCon moved to Memorial Day weekend, skipping Thanksgiving in 1984. For most of its history, it was held at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose (formerly the Red Lion). In 2007, it was held at the San Mateo Marriott Hotel. From 2008-2010, it will be held at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. [http://baycon.org/2008/ Baycon 2008] , accessed June 5, 2007]

Guests of Honor

2005:
* Writer: Jay Lake
* Artist: Frank Wu
* Fans: Kevin Roche & Andy Trembley
* Special Guest: Chase Masterson
* Toastmaster: Chris Garcia

2006:
* Larry Niven
* Jerry Pournelle
* Craig Miller
* Stephen Furst

2007:
* Science Fiction Writer: Alan Dean Foster
* Fantasy Writer: Diana L. Paxson
* Artist: Richard Hescox

2008:
* Writer: Tim Powers
* Artist: Todd Lockwood
* Fan: Patty Wells
* Toastmaster: Scott Sigler

External links

* [http://www.baycon.org/ Official BayCon Website]
* [http://artisticsolutions.org/ Parent corporation website]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/tags/baycon/ Flickr.com photos tagged with "baycon"]
* [http://foundertruth.diaryland.com/ History of BayCon's founding]



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