Readercon is an annual science fiction convention, held every July in the Boston, Massachusetts area. It was founded by Bob Colby and statistician Eric Van in the 1980s with the goal of focusing exclusively on science fiction in the written form (on the rare occasion that there is a discussion held about non-written science fiction, it will have a tongue-in-cheek title such as "Our biannual media panel").

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  • Readercon is an annual science fiction convention, held every July in the Boston, Massachusetts area. It was founded by Bob Colby and statistician Eric Van in the 1980s with the goal of focusing exclusively on science fiction in the written form (on the rare occasion that there is a discussion held about non-written science fiction, it will have a tongue-in-cheek title such as "Our biannual media panel"). Past guests of honor have included authors such as Karen Joy Fowler, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kate Wilhelm, Hal Clement, Joe Haldeman, and China MiĆ©ville, and editors such as Ellen Datlow and David Hartwell; the convention also makes a point of honoring a deceased author as the Memorial Guest of Honor. (In 2009, for instance, the guests of honor were the living writer Greer Gilman and the deceased Hope Mirrlees.)
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  • Readercon is an annual science fiction convention, held every July in the Boston, Massachusetts area. It was founded by Bob Colby and statistician Eric Van in the 1980s with the goal of focusing exclusively on science fiction in the written form (on the rare occasion that there is a discussion held about non-written science fiction, it will have a tongue-in-cheek title such as "Our biannual media panel").
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