Eurocon
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Eurocon is an annual science fiction convention held in Europe. The organiser of each Eurocon is voted by the participants of the previous event. The procedure is coordinated by European Science Fiction Society. The first Eurocon was held in Trieste, Italy, in 1972. Unlike Worldcons, Eurocon is usually a title attached to an existing convention.
[edit] List of Eurocons
- 1972: Trieste, Italy
- 1974: Grenoble, France
- 1976: Poznań, Poland
- 1978: Brussels, Belgium
- 1980: Stresa, Italy
- 1982: Mönchengladbach, West Germany
- 1983: Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
- 1984: Brighton, United Kingdom (SeaCon84') Guests of honour: Christopher Priest, Roger Zelazny, Pierre Barbet, Josef Nesvadba and Waldemar Kumming
- 1986: Zagreb, Yugoslavia (Ballcon)
- 1987: Montpellier, France
- 1988: Budapest, Hungary
- 1989: San Marino
- 1990: Fayence, France
- 1991: Kraków, Poland (CraCon)
- 1992: Freudenstadt, Germany (FreuCon XII) Guests of honour: John Brunner, Iain Banks, Norman Spinrad and Daniel Walther
- 1993: Saint Helier, Jersey (Helicon) Guests of honour: John Brunner, George R. R. Martin, Karel Thole and Larry van der Putte
- 1994: Timişoara, Romania Guests of honour: John Brunner, Herbert Franke, Joe Haldeman, Moebius, Norman Spinrad and Peter Cucska
- 1995: Glasgow, Scotland (Intersection, the event was also Worldcon) Guests of honour: Samuel R. Delany, Gerry Anderson, Les Edwards and Vincent Clarke
- 1996: Vilnius, Lithuania (LithuaniCon)
- 1997: Dublin, Ireland (Octocon) Guest of honour: Harry Harrison
- 1999: Dortmund, Germany (Trinity) Guest of honour: Eric A. Stillwell
- 2000: Gdansk, Poland (Tricity 2000)
- 2001: Capidava, Romania (Atlantykron) Guests of honour: Norman Spinrad, Joe Haldeman and Ion Hobana
- 2002: Chotebor, Czech Republic (ParCon) Guests of honour: George R. R. Martin, Robert Holstock, Jim Burns, Myra Cakan, Kir Bulychev, Andrzej Sapkowski, Rafał Ziemkiewicz, Ernst Uleck, Isobel Carmody, William King, Jaroslav Velinsky, Phillipe Coriat, Ondřej Neff, Kalus N. Frick and Martina Pilcerova
- 2003: Turku, Finland (Finncon) Guests of honour:: Michael Swanwick, Steve Sansweet, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Boris Hurtta, Jonathan Clements and Björn Tore Sund
- 2004: Plovdiv, Bulgaria (BulgaCon) Guests of honour: Robert Sheckley, Ian Watson, Sergey Lukyanenko, Andrzej Sapkowski and Patrick Gyger
- 2005: Glasgow, Scotland (Interaction, the event was also Worldcon Guests of honour: Greg Pickersgill, Christopher Priest, Robert Sheckley, Lars-Olov Strandberg and Jane Yolen
- 2006: Kiev, Ukraine (Portal) Guests of honour: Harry Harrison and Andrzej Sapkowski
- 2007: Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2008: Moscow, Russia
Notes:
1992: Was to have been Zagreb but war in Croatia required a change of venue.
1998: There was no Eurocon this year, although there was a Euroconference in Croatia.
