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| − | The | + | The 64th [[Worldcon]] and [[LA Worldcons|sixth in L.A.]], '''L.A.con IV''' was held August 23–27, 2006, in the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim Hilton, and Anaheim Marriott in [[Anaheim, CA]]. |
| − | It formed from the [[LA in 2006]] bid and hosted the [[2008 Worldcon Site Selection]]. | + | [[GoHs]]: [[Connie Willis]] (author), [[James Gurney]] ([[artist]]), [[Howard DeVore]] ([[FGoH|fan]]), Frankie Thomas (special). [[Fan GoH]] DeVore and [[Special Guest]] Thomas (actor in the 1950s television series ''Tom Corbett, Space Cadet'') both died before the convention. [[Chaired]] by [[Christian B. McGuire]] and sponsored by [[SCIFI]]. |
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| + | It formed from the [[LA in 2006]] bid, defeating [[KC in 2006]] at the [[2006 Worldcon Site Selection]] at [[Torcon 3]] in 2003 and hosted the [[2008 Worldcon Site Selection]] and the [[2006 Hugos]]. | ||
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{{convention | series1=LA Worldcons | series=Worldcon | website=http://laconiv.org|year=2006 | before=Interaction | after=Nippon 2007 | before1=L.A.con III}} | {{convention | series1=LA Worldcons | series=Worldcon | website=http://laconiv.org|year=2006 | before=Interaction | after=Nippon 2007 | before1=L.A.con III}} | ||
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[[Category:worldcon]] | [[Category:worldcon]] | ||
Revision as of 23:11, 4 August 2021
The 64th Worldcon and sixth in L.A., L.A.con IV was held August 23–27, 2006, in the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim Hilton, and Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, CA.
GoHs: Connie Willis (author), James Gurney (artist), Howard DeVore (fan), Frankie Thomas (special). Fan GoH DeVore and Special Guest Thomas (actor in the 1950s television series Tom Corbett, Space Cadet) both died before the convention. Chaired by Christian B. McGuire and sponsored by SCIFI.
It formed from the LA in 2006 bid, defeating KC in 2006 at the 2006 Worldcon Site Selection at Torcon 3 in 2003 and hosted the 2008 Worldcon Site Selection and the 2006 Hugos.
L.A.con IV publications and photos on fanac.org.
| Interaction | Worldcon - Bidding - Hugos | Nippon 2007 |
| L.A.con III | LA Worldcons | last |
| Website | 2006 |
| This is a convention page. Please extend it by adding information about the convention, including dates, GoHs, convention chairman, locale, sponsoring organization, external links to convention pages, awards given, the program, notable events, anecdotes, pictures, scans of publications, pictures of T-shirts, con reports, etc. |
