Novacon

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Novacon is an annual science fiction convention, usually held each November in the English Midlands. Launched in 1971, it has been hosted by the Birmingham Science Fiction Group since 1972.

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List of Novacons

NoYearNameLocationGuests of HonourAttendance*
11971NOVACONImperial Centre, Birmingham James White 144
21972NOVACON 2Imperial Centre, BirminghamDoreen Rogers144
31973NOVACON 3Imperial Centre, Birmingham Ken Bulmer 146
41974NOVACON 4Imperial Centre, Birmingham Ken Slater 211
51975NOVACON 5Royal Angus Hotel, BirminghamDan Morgan272
61976NOVACON 6Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham David Kyle 317
71977NOVACON 7Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham John Brunner 278
81978NOVACON 8Holiday Inn, Birmingham Anne McCaffrey 309
91979NOVACON 9Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham Christopher Priest 290
101980NOVACON 10Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham Brian W. Aldiss 495
111981NOVACON 11Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham Bob Shaw 362
121982NOVACON 12Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham Harry Harrison 373
131983NOVACON 13Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham Lisa Tuttle 339
141984NOVACON 14Grand Hotel, Birmingham Robert Holdstock 333
151985NOVACON 15De Vere Hotel, Coventry James White, David Langford 340
161986NOVACON 16De Vere Hotel, Coventry E. C. Tubb, Chris Evans 257
171987NOVACON 17Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham Iain M. Banks 315
181988NOVACON 18Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham Garry Kilworth 336
191989NOVACON 19Excelsior, Solihull Geoff Ryman 303
201990NOVACON 20Excelsior, Solihull Jack Cohen 330
211991NOVACON 21Forte Poste House, Solihull Colin Greenland 200
22 [1] 1992NOVACON 22Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham Storm Constantine 300
231993NOVACON 23Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham Stephen Baxter 243
24 [2] 1994NOVACON 24Royal Angus Hotel, Birmingham Graham Joyce 214
25 [3] 1995NOVACON 25Chamberlain Hotel, Birmingham Brian Aldiss, Bob Shaw, Harry Harrison; Iain Banks (special guest)338
261996NOVACON 26Hotel Ibis, Birmingham David Gemmell 281
271997NOVACON 27Abbey Hotel, Great Malvern Peter F. Hamilton 277
281998NOVACON 28Britannia Hotel, Birmingham Paul J. McAuley 265
291999NOVACON 29Britannia Hotel, Birmingham Ian Stewart 239
302000NOVACON 30Britannia Hotel, Birmingham Christopher Priest; Rog Peyton (special guest); David A. Hardy (guest artist)224
312001NOVACON 31Quality Hotel, Bentley Gwyneth Jones 219
322002NOVACON 32Quality Hotel, Bentley Ian McDonald 252
332003NOVACON 33Quality Hotel, Bentley Jon Courtenay Grimwood 203
342004NOVACON 34Quality Hotel, Bentley Ian Watson 217
352005NOVACON 35Quality Hotel, Bentley Alastair Reynolds 216
362006NOVACON 36Quality Hotel, Bentley Ken MacLeod 212
372007NOVACON 37Quality Hotel, Bentley Charles Stross 208
382008NOVACON 38Quality Hotel, Bentley Ian R MacLeod; Vernon Brown (fan guest)177
392009NOVACON 39Park Inn, Nottingham Justina Robson 210
402010NOVACON 40Park Inn, Nottingham Iain M Banks; Brian W. Aldiss (special guest)262
412011NOVACON 41Park Inn, Nottingham John Meaney tbc
422012NOVACON 42Park Inn, Nottingham Jaine Fenn tbc
432013NOVACON 43Park Inn, Nottingham Jo Walton tbc
442014NOVACON 44Park Inn, Nottingham Kari Sperring; John Gribbin (science guest)tbc
452015NOVACON 45Park Inn, NottinghamAnne and Stan Nicholstbc
462016NOVACON 46Park Inn, Nottingham Juliet McKenna tbc
472017NOVACON 47Park Inn, Nottingham Adrian Tchaikovsky tbc
482018NOVACON 48Park Inn, Nottingham Chris Beckett tbc
492019NOVACON 49Nottingham Sherwood Hotel, Nottingham Mike Carey tbc
502020NOVACON 50Nottingham Sherwood Hotel, Nottingham(Postponed to 2021)tbc
502021NOVACON 50Palace Hotel, Buxton Chris Baker, Emma Newman (unable to attend), Claire North, Christopher Priest tbc
512022NOVACON 51Palace Hotel, Buxton Gareth L. Powell tbc
522023NOVACON 51Palace Hotel, Buxton Jen Williams tbc

(*Attendance figures taken from individual programme books and may not reflect the final figures; for instance, more than 500 people attended Novacon 14.)

References

  1. ↑ ""Novacon 22"". Ansible 65, December 1992. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  2. ↑ ""Novacon 24"". Ansible 89, December 1994. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  3. ↑ ""Novacon 25"". Ansible 101, December 1995. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
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