Pacificon
The fourthWorldcon andfirst in Los Angeles,Pacificon was held July 4–7, 1946, at the Park View Manor inLos Angeles, CA.GoHs:A. E. van Vogt andE. Mayne Hull. Though sharing the honor with her husband and collaborator, Hull was the first woman to be a Worldcon guest.
Chaired byWalter J. Daugherty. The attendance is given as about 130.
Pacificon was the first Worldcon in five years. It had been planned for 1942, butWorld War II forced its postponement.L.A. defeated three otherbids in the1942 Worldcon Site Selection atDenvention in 1941. The1947 Worldcon Site Selection was held there, awarding the1947 Worldcon toPhiladelphia.
Pacificon Combozine was prepared for the con.
TheHugo Awards had not yet been conceived of — thefirst Retro Hugos, the brainchild ofBruce Pelz, were awarded atL.A.con III, 50 years later.
Pacificon is sometimes retroactively issued with (usually Roman) numberI due toPacificon II (1964), which was however inOakland
- Forrest J Ackerman's Pacificon I Reminiscence
- Pacificon I publications and photos on fanac.org
- “What Can We Learn From the 1946 Pacificon Program Book?” byFirst Fandom Experience, August 26, 2022.
| FromFancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| fromConvention: 1946 Pacificon (no pun intended) happened underLASFS auspices; attendance was disappointing on account of bungledpublicity. The announcement of the formation of theFantasy Foundation was made,RothmanLiebscher andPerdue improved the occasion with pianistics, andAckerman had a nervous breakdown from overwork. A wire toDunkelberger informed him that theN3F had been dissolved when a quorum of the members met at the con (probably the only time a quorum of N3F members has ever met face to face since the first year of the group's existence; Dunk hollered foul, hired a lawyer, and got ready to fight the battle of the century beforeEEEvans exposed thehoax. |
| FromFancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944 |
| (Ackerman) - The proposed 4thWorld Convention inLA in 1942. Tho it was postponed, the namePacificon Jr. was given to an extra-large meeting of theLASFS late in 1942, whenRothman and many other immigrants and transients were there. |
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| first | Pacificon | Pacificon II |
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