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List of past Minicons

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This list of past Minicons is in chronological order (which is not the same as numerical order). Location, dates, and guests of honor are noted when known.

No. Date/Year Location Theme Guests of Honor Special Guest
1 1968 Coffman Union at the University of Minnesota Gordon R. Dickson, Charles De Vet, Clifford Simak
2 1969 Andrews Hotel; Minneapolis, MN Gordon R. Dickson, Charles De Vet, Clifford Simak
3 1970 Dyckman Hotel; Minneapolis, MN Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Clifford Simak
4 1971 Curtis Hotel; Minneapolis, MN Lin Carter
5 1971 Andrews Hotel; Minneapolis, MN Volsted Gridban was listed, but it did not refer to one of the authors who had used that pseudonym being the guest; there was no guest of honor at this Minicon.
6 1972 Hyatt Lodge; Minneapolis, MN The Stereo-opticon Ruth Berman
7 1973 Hyatt Lodge; Minneapolis, MN Larry Niven (pro), Rusty Hevelin (fan)
8 1974 Dyckman Hotel; Minneapolis, MN Kelly Freas (pro), Bob Tucker (fan)
9 1974 Dyckman Hotel; Minneapolis, MN Judy-Lynn del Rey and Lester del Rey
10 1975 Holiday Inn Poul Anderson (pro), Gordon Dickson (fan), Lester del Rey (toastmaster)
11 1976 Leamington Hotel Edmond Hamilton (pro), Leigh Brackett (pro), Leigh and Norb Couch (fans), Jackie Franke and Rusty Hevelin (toastmasters)
12 1977 Leamington Hotel Ben Bova (pro), Buck Coulson and Juanita Coulson (fans), Joe Haldeman (toastmaster)
13 1978 Leamington Hotel Nothing is as it seems. Samuel R. Delany (pro), Spider Robinson (fan), Bob Tucker (artist), Krissy (toastmaster)
15 1979 Minneapolis Radisson Theodore Sturgeon (pro), Tom Digby (fan), Rick Sternbach (artist), Robert E. Vardeman (toastmaster)
16 1980 Minneapolis Radisson C. J. Cherryh (pro), Jon Singer (fan), Ken Fletcher (artist), Nate Bucklin (musician), Bob Tucker (toastmaster)
17 1981 Minneapolis Radisson Jack Vance (pro), Jerry Boyajian (fan), Reed Waller (musician), Kathy Marschall (artist)
14 1982 Saint Paul Radisson Forward, Into the Past John Varley (pro), Clifford D. Simak (fan), Spider Robinson (musician)
19 1983 Saint Paul Radisson Backward, Into the Future Larry Niven (pro), Pamela Dean and David Dyer-Bennet (fans), Dave Sim (artist), Spider John Koerner (music), Steven Brust (toastmaster), Nostradamus (proxy)
18 1984 Leamington Hotel We know what we're doing and you don't. Trust us. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (pro), Dave Wixon (fan), Stephen Hickman (artist), S.P. Somtow (musician), Rusty Hevelin (toastmaster), Bob Tucker ("smooth")
20 1985 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota James P. Hogan (pro), The Permanent Floating Riot Club (fan group, the name is a tribute to Larry Niven), The White Women (musicians), Stu Shiffman (artist), Jerry Stearns and Kara Dalkey (toastmasters)
21 1986 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota Now we're just immoral and fattening Damon Knight and Kate Wilhelm (pro), Denny Lien (fan), Ken Fletcher (artist), Anne Passovoy (musician), Diane Duane (toastmaster)
22 1987 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota Still Crazy After All These Years David Brin (pro), Fred Haskell (fan), Erin McKee (artist), Jerry Stearns (music), Robert Bloch (toastmaster)
23 1988 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota Spring Forward, Fall Over Eleanor Arnason (author), Eric Heideman (fan), Frederik Pohl (editor), Crystal Marvig (artist), Richard Feynman (science, posthumous)
24 1989 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota Zen and the Art of Fan Maintenance Harry Harrison, George "Lan" Laskowski, Fritz Leiber, Barry B. Longyear
25 1990 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota The Silver Edition Jane Yolen, Kim Stanley Robinson (author), Patrick Price ("arthur"), David Thayer a.k.a. Teddy Harvia (artist), DavE Romm (fan), Earl Joseph (science)
26 1991 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota Think of it as Evolution in Action George Alec Effinger (author), David Cherry (artist), Al Kuhfeld, Ph.D. (science), Suzanne V. Tompkins and Jerry Kaufman (fans), Jon Singer (lunch)
27 1992 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota Don't Ever Be A Dodo Lois McMaster Bujold (author), Ctein (artist), Dave Van Ronk (music)
28 1993 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota[1] Suite, Savage Minicon Susan Allison (editor), Diane Duane (author), Peter Morwood (author), Kathy Mar (music), Don Fitch (bless his sweet heart), John M. Ford (interesting person)
29 1994 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota It seemed like a good idea at the time Tom Doherty (publisher), Jack Williamson (author), Rusty Hevelin (fan), Phil Foglio (artist)
30 1995 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota Would you like fries with that? Vernor Vinge (author), Robert L. Forward (science), Jody Lee (artist), The Bhigg House (fan group)
31 April 5–7, 1996 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota Coming Soon to a Galaxy Near You! Suzette Haden Elgin (author), Ed Emshwiller (artist, posthumous), Joe Siclari & Edie Stern (fans), David Ossman (audio)
32 March 28–30, 1997 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota Algis Budrys (author), C. J. Cherryh (author), Tom Doherty (publisher), Tom Lopez (audio), Patrick Nielsen Hayden (fan), Teresa Nielsen Hayden (fan), Michael Swanwick
33 April 10–12, 1998 Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota Heisenberg Probably Slept Here Gardner Dozois (publishing), David Langford (fan), John M. Ford (toastmaster)
34 April 2–4, 1999 Minneapolis Hilton & Towers Hotel Octavia E. Butler (author), Mark & Priscilla Olson (fans), David Nee (bookseller)
35 April 21–23, 2000 Hilton Minneapolis & Towers Maureen F. McHugh (author), John Berkey (artist), Lenny Bailes (fan)
36 April 13–15, 2001 Hilton Minneapolis & Towers Ken MacLeod (author), Jo Walton (fan), Leslie Fish (musician)
37 March 29–31, 2002 Hilton Minneapolis Emma Bull (author), Will Shetterly (author), Arthur Hlavaty (fan), Rick Berry (artist)
38 April 18–20, 2003 Millennium Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Robert J. Sawyer (author), Carolyn Clink (poet), Sue Mason (fan), Steve Macdonald (musician)
39 April 9–11, 2004 Millennium Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Walter Jon Williams (author), Sharyn November (editor), Deb Geisler (fan)
40 March 25–27, 2005 Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota Minicon Fortean Terry Pratchett (author), Fastner & Larson (artists), James Young (fan)
41 April 14–16, 2006 Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. XLi, Robot Harlan Ellison (author), John Picacio (artist), Doug Friauf (fan)
42 April 6–8, 2007 Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. "And the question was..." (in reference to the number 42) Charles de Lint (author), Charles Vess (artist)
43 March 21–23, 2008 Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. "Digging up the Future" Alastair Reynolds (author), Wayne Barlowe (artist, in absentia), Shawna McCarthy (editor), Nate Bucklin (fan)
44 April 10–12, 2009 Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. Karl Schroeder (author), Stephan Martinere (artist, in absentia), Seth Shostak (scientist)
45 April 2–4, 2010 Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. Brandon Sanderson (author), Daniel Dos Santos (artist) Moshe Feder (editor)
46 April 22–24, 2011 Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. "Not yet dead from the neck up" Charles Stross, (author in absentia), John Scalzi, (author), Chas Somdahl, (musician)
47 April 6–8, 2012 DoubleTree Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. (Hotel rebranded) "The minions are coming..." Ted Chiang (author), Christopher J Garcia (fanzine), Frank Wu (artist), Brianna "Spacekat" Wu (game developer)
48 March 29–31, 2013 DoubleTree Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. "The Game of Life" Julie Czerneda (author), Richard Tatge (fan)
49 April 17–20, 2014 DoubleTree Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. "Pirates and Airships" Catherynne Valente (author), Janny Wurts (author), Don Maitz (artist)
50 April 2–5, 2015 DoubleTree Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. "The Gold Edition" Jane Yolen (author), Larry Niven author, Brandon Sanderson (author), Tom Doherty (publisher), Adam Stemple (musician), Michael Whelan (artist)
51 March 25–27, 2016 DoubleTree Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. Seanan McGuire (author), Sara Butcher Burrier (artist)
52 April 14–16, 2017 DoubleTree Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota. Brother Guy Consolmagno (scientist) Moshe Feder (editor)

References

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  1. ^ Aiken, Wayne (March 1993). "Upcoming Conventions". Holy Temple of Mass Consumption. No. 16.