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Philcon can't have been annual since 1936 if the 11th Worldcon was Philcon II in 1953. And the fifth Worldcon was Philcon I in 1947. (See List of Worldcons.) The first SF convention may have been in Philadelphia and run by the PSFA, but it wasn't called Philcon. -Semisomna00:37, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
On second thought, it could've been the "Philadelphia Science Fiction Conference" annually, and only shortened to Philcon in years when it was the Worldcon. What would it take to find out if that's true? -Semisomna00:43, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Philcon, The Philadelphia Science Fiction Conference, has been held nearly every year since 1936, it just has not been the World Science Fiction Convention every year. Philcon is run by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, established in 1935. The Worldcon is run by the World Science Fiction Society, with bidding rules for other organizations to actually run the convention for WSFS. I am the current Treasurer of PSFS and I have attended Philcons since 1977. As soon as I can dig out my copy of Sam Moskowitz's Immortal Storm, and Fred Pohl's The Way the Future Was I will provide references. Mtrebing23:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
First, according to Fancyclopedia I and Fancyclopedia II, the regional Philadelphia science fiction conventions were called Philco, while, apparently, Philcon or Phillycon was reserved for the Philadelphia worldcons. Since the 1960s, at least, the regionals were called Philcon. The worldcon were also referred to as Philcon or Philly Worldcon. The 2001 worldcon was called the Millennium Philcon, in part to make a pun on the name of Han Solo's ship.
As a second point, I added reference material to this entry some weeks ago. Is there a problem with what I wrote? If so, could someone please tell me what I need to do to fix it?Lew Wolkoff21:02, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
