4th World Science Fiction Convention
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The 4th World Science Fiction Convention was held August 30-September 1 1946, at the Park View Manor in Los Angeles
, California
. Known as "Pacificon I", it was the first time the annual event had been held since 1941, due to the Second World War.
The guests of honor were A. E. Van Vogt
and E. Mayne Hull. The convention chairman was Walter J. Daugherty. Attendance was approximately 130 members.
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. Known as "Pacificon I", it was the first time the annual event had been held since 1941, due to the Second World War.
The guests of honor were A. E. Van Vogt
A. E. van Vogt
Alfred Elton van Vogt was a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded by some as one of the most popular and complex science fiction writers of the mid-twentieth century: the "Golden Age" of the genre....
and E. Mayne Hull. The convention chairman was Walter J. Daugherty. Attendance was approximately 130 members.
See also
- WorldconWorldconWorldcon, or more formally The World Science Fiction Convention, is a science fiction convention held each year since 1939 . It is the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society...
- World Science Fiction Society