TusCon's Illustrated History Pages:

The History of TusCon

    It all started one night in the summer of 1974 when Jim Corrick and I were sitting on the front steps of the house of our friend Nancy Mairs after a science fiction meeting (I remember the sky looking something like this background). We decided that Tucson should have a Science Fiction convention, and simultaneously came up with the name "TusCon." After that, it was 'merely' a matter of getting it all arranged, pooling our paltry resources to finance it, and voila, TusCon was born.
    For several years I have been ~~threatening~~ promising to put together a page on the history of TusCon. And here it is, with many thanks and gratitude to Brian Gross, Jim Corrick, Wolf Forrest, Trini Ruiz, Gloria McMillan, Deb Dedon, Yvonne Navarro, and David J. Schow.
    And now, as you might have noticed, TusCon's Illustrated (or Illustrious, depending on your point of view) History has its very own space on the Internet. Please forgive me if this isn't in the wonderfully polished state of the rest of my site (snicker), but I've been working many, many hours trying to get this and my other site, Honest Intellectual Inquiry, back up on the Internet after something definitely weird happened to the person(s) responsible for the location of my erstwhile website, and I've been scrambling for the better part of the last month trying to locate a host that won't disappear on me. If you corner me at the next TusCon, perchance I might give you the gory details (or not). Suffice it to say I will be working on this page and the other three some more before they reach my exacting standards. *guffaw*

The TusConFan website is as follows:
   1. This index page, where you are now
   2. The former "index" page, wherein is the listing of TusCon's 33 past conventions, plus the one to come this November, is now TusCon History.
   3. Images of the Program Books and Badges for ALL TusCons for which they were supplied may be seen here: TusCon Program Books.
   4. Photographs of people and events in TusCons past are here: TusCon Pics. When we learn how to photograph future TusCons before they actually occur, they will be included as well. Photos are missing for many of the cons, and if anyone out there has any they would like to share, or if they might be torn out of their possessions by some smooth talking, please notify me at e-mail me (I guess you can leave out the "-nospam" part before the @ sign if you really feel up to it ). I'll make sure you're given proper credit - or blame.

For further information on the current TusCon, please go to the TusCon Home Page, or e-mail the TusCon Committee at basfa@earthlink.net.
If you have any suggestions, questions, or comments concerning this web page, please e-mail me (without the “nospam”). And feel free to check out the rest of my website at Honest Intellectual Inquiry.

My Honest Intellectual Inquiry index page may be found at the link below:

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