Vericon

Last updated
Vericon
StatusDefunct
Genre Science fiction
VenueHarvard University
Location(s) Cambridge, Massachusetts
CountryUnited States
Website http://www.vericon.org/

Vericon is an annual science fiction convention at Harvard University, organized by the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association. Lasting over a three-day weekend, for the first nine years of its existence it took place on the last weekend of January; for 2010, however, it was moved to mid-March to accommodate changes in Harvard College's academic calendar. It has been described as the largest college-based science fiction convention in the United States. [1]

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Vericon was held most recently in 2016, and is currently on hiatus.

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References

  1. ↑ Boston Globe, 14 February 2006. "Get Your Geek On".
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