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[[File:Detroit in 59 Ad 2.jpg|thumb|From [[Solacon]] PR 2]]
 
[[File:Detroit in 59 Ad 2.jpg|thumb|From [[Solacon]] PR 2]]
Detroit in '59 was a [[bid]] sponsored by the [[Misfits]] to hold the [[Worldcon]] in [[Detroit]] in 1959. It's opposition was [[Big 'D' in '59]] and [[chicago 1959|Chicago: 1959]].  [[Detroit]] won and ran [[Detention]].  It published a [[fanzine]], ''[[Detroit Propaganda]]'' in support of the bid.
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Detroit in '59 was a [[bid]] sponsored by the [[Misfits]] to hold the [[Worldcon]] in [[Detroit]] in 1959. Its opposition was [[Big 'D' in '59]] ([[Dallas]]) and [[chicago 1959|Chicago: 1959]].  [[Detroit]] won and ran [[Detention]].  It published the [[fanzine]]s, ''[[Detroit Propaganda]]'' and ''[[Detention (Bidzine)|Detention]]'', in support of the bid.
  
 
See [[1959 Worldcon Site Selection]].
 
See [[1959 Worldcon Site Selection]].
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{{bid | series=Worldcon | year=1959}}
 
{{bid | series=Worldcon | year=1959}}

Revision as of 03:54, 6 May 2023

From Solacon PR 2

Detroit in '59 was a bid sponsored by the Misfits to hold the Worldcon in Detroit in 1959. Its opposition was Big 'D' in '59 (Dallas) and Chicago: 1959. Detroit won and ran Detention. It published the fanzines, Detroit Propaganda and Detention, in support of the bid.

See 1959 Worldcon Site Selection.



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This is a page about a convention bid. Please extend it by adding information about who was bidding, officers, committee list, what they were bidding for, who their opponents were, and who won.

from Solacon PR 1