NASFiC (1975)

NASFiC
GenreScience fiction/Fantasy
VenueLos Angeles Airport Marriott
Location(s)Los Angeles
CountryUnited States
InauguratedLabor Day weekend 1975
Attendance1,100

NASFiC, held in Los Angeles, on Labor Day weekend 1975, at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott, was the first North American Science Fiction Convention.[1][2] "NASFiC" was an initialism for North American Science Fiction Convention.[2] This "Continental Convention", the first of its kind, was held because Melbourne, Australia, was selected as the location for the 1975 Worldcon.[3]

  1. ^ "The Long List of NASFiCs". WSFS Long List Committee. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Morrison, Patt (September 7, 1975). "Sci Fi Confab Draw 'em All". Los Angeles Times. p. CS1. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2009. The acronym sounded OK--but you got the feeling that if any of the guys at the four-day North American Science Fiction Convention at the Marriott Hotel [...]
  3. ^ "Minutes of the Business Meeting 1974". The World Science Fiction Society. August 1987. Retrieved September 23, 2009.