The 24th World Science Fiction Convention (

Worldcon Worldcon, or more formally the World Science Fiction Convention, the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), is a science fiction convention. It has been held each year since 1939 (except for the years 1942 to 1945, durin ...

), also known as Tricon, was held on 1–5 September 1966 at the Sheraton-Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Officially, the convention was hosted by three cities in the region:

Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wi ...

, Cleveland, Ohio, and

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; hence the name "Tricon". The three co-chairmen of that

each represented their city's

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; they were Ben Jason of Cleveland, Howard DeVore of Detroit, and Lou Tabakow of Cincinnati.

Participants

Attendance was approximately 850.

Guests of Honor

L. Sprague de Camp Lyon Sprague de Camp (; November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including novels and works of non-fiction, including biog ...

* Isaac Asimov (toastmaster)

Programming and events

At the convention, Gene Roddenberry premiered both pilot episodes, "The Cage" and "Where No Man Has Gone Before", for his upcoming NBC TV series '' Star Trek''.

Awards

1966 Hugo Awards

* Best Novel (tie): ** '' ...And Call Me Conrad'' by

Roger Zelazny Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nomin ...

** '' Dune'' by Frank Herbert * Best Short Fiction: " 'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison * Best Professional Artist:

Frank Frazetta Frank Frazetta (born Frank Frazzetta ; February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010) was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers, and other media. He i ...

* Best Professional Magazine: '' if'' * Best Amateur Magazine: ''

ERB-dom ''ERB-dom'' was a magazine devoted to the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs created by Al Guillory, Jr. and Camille Cazedessus Jr. ("Caz"). It began publication in May 1960 as a mimeographed science-fiction fanzine. Guillory was killed in a car-tra ...

'' edited by Camille Cazedessus, Jr. * Best All-Time Series: the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov

References

External links

NESFA.org: The Long List

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