Chicon IV
Chicon may refer to: * Chicon (plant), another name for chicory * Chicon (Worldcon), a name given to World Science Fiction Conventions (Worldcons) that take place in Chicago, Illinois * Chicón Chicón or Chicon (possibly from Quechua ''ch'iqu'' workable stone) is a mountain in the Urubamba mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, Calca District and in the Urubamba Province, ...

Chicon (plant)
Common chicory ('' Cichorium intybus'') is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae, usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Native to the Old World, it has been introduced to North America and Australia. Many varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons ( blanched buds), or roots (var. ''sativum''), which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and food additive. In the 21st century, inulin, an extract from chicory root, has been used in food manufacturing as a sweetener and source of dietary fiber. Chicory is grown as a forage crop for livestock. "Chicory" is also the common name in the United States for curly endive ('' Cichorium endivia''); these two closely related species are often confused. Description When flowering, chicory has a tough, grooved, and more or less hairy stem. It can grow to tall. The leaves are stalked, lanceolate and unlobed; they range from in length (smallest near the top) and wid ...
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Chicon (Worldcon)
Chicon is the name given to seven Worldcons and retroactively applied to an eighth Worldcon. All eight of the conventions were held in Chicago, Illinois. # Chicon I, 1940 # TASFIC (a.k.a. Chicon II), 1952 # Chicon III (a.k.a. Chicon II, confusingly enough), 1962 # Chicon IV, 1982 # Chicon V, 1991 # Chicon 2000, 2000 # Chicon 7, 2012 # Chicon 8 The 80th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Chicon 8, was held on 1–5 September 2022 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Participants Guests of Honor * Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes (author) * Edie Stern (fa ...