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Desert Con was an annual science fiction and horror film convention in Tucson that predates TusCon. It was held at the University of Arizona and was sponsored by the UA's Student Union Activities Board (SUAB). It attracted major guests and screened an enviable array of genre films but may not have survived the seventies. Patrick Nielsen Hayden wrote (fanac.org) about interviewing Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton at Desert Con, though that doesn't mean they were GoHs (at least Hamilton was), and seeing Poul Anderson and George Pal. Needless to say, this was an entirely unrelated event to the Desert Con cybersecurity conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia that held its 20th event in 2020. |
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Chronology of Arizona Conventions | Index of Program Books
| # | Date | Location | Chair | Guests | Theme | Book | Notes |
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| 1 | 1973 |
University of Arizona Tucson |
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| 2 | 1974 7 Feb 10 Feb |
University of Arizona Tucson |
Dale Tersey | Leonard Nimoy Linwood Dunn Robert Bloch David Gerrold Alan Dean Foster |
Things from Beyond |  84 MB |
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| 3 | 1975 20 Feb 23 Feb |
University of Arizona Tucson |
Margaret Vescovi | Poul Anderson Leigh Brackett Jim Danforth Robert McCall George Pal Douglas Trumbull |
Spectres & Starships | 62 MB |
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| 4 | 1976 4 Mar 7 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
Les Reese | Don Davis Gene Roddenberry Robert Silverberg Robert Wise |
The Flight Fantastic | 52 MB |
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| 5 | 1977 17 Feb 20 Feb |
University of Arizona Tucson |
John Alexander | D. C. Fontana Alan Dean Foster Richard Matheson |
Oasis in the Stars | 1 | |
| 6 | 1978 3 Mar 5 Mar |
University of Arizona Tucson |
Suzanne Schumaker | Robert Blalack Don Davis Richard Edlund Alan Dean Foster Jamie Shourt |
90 MB |
1. Attendance for Desert Con V was capped at 600. The cost of membership was $7.
Button (155k)
Newspaper Clipping (The Arizona Daily Star for 11 Mar 1976) (633k)
Poster (14 MB)
Button (129k)
First Day Cover (143k)
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Last update: 9th November, 2024
