| L.A.con I, the 30th World Science Fiction Convention | |
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| Genre | Science fiction |
| Venue | International Hotel |
| Location | Anaheim, California |
| Country | United States |
| First held | September 1–4, 1972 |
| Filing status | Non-profit |
| Attendance | 2,007 |
The 30th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) was L.A.con I, which was held in Anaheim, California, US from September 1 to September 4, 1972.[1] The venue for 30th Worldcon was the International Hotel. The organising committee was co-chaired by Charles Crayne and Bruce Pelz.
The convention had 2,007 members, breaking the previous record of 1,600 set only one year earlier. The record was broken again a year later.
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The guests of honor were:
The 33rd World Science Fiction Convention was awarded to Aussiecon I in Melbourne, Australia. This was the first time a Worldcon was awarded to a site outside North America or Europe.
The Hugo Awards, named after Hugo Gernsback, are presented every year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. Results are based on the ballots submitted by members of the World Science Fiction Society. Other awards are also presented each year at Worldcon.[2]
At the L.A. Con I masquerade, one of the contestants, a moderately stout individual of medium height, came on stage totally in the nude with his body completely covered with crunchy peanut butter. The name of his costume was "The Turd". Since some of the peanut butter tended to drip off of him and land on the floor, making the floor sticky for other contestants, a rule was passed that forever after at science fiction convention masquerades, no peanut butter costumes would be allowed. This masquerade rule is universally known among science fiction fans as the "no peanut butter rule".[3]
The first video game competition at a science fiction convention was held, and a science fiction fan named Kevan Pritchard from Lawndale, California won the world championship contest in the game Spacewar!.
| Preceded by 29th World Science Fiction Convention Noreascon I in Boston, US (1971) |
List of Worldcons 30th World Science Fiction Convention L.A.con I in Anaheim, US (1972) |
Succeeded by 31st World Science Fiction Convention Torcon II in Toronto, Canada (1973) |