NASFiC | |
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Genre | Science fiction/Fantasy |
Venue | Los Angeles Airport Marriott |
Location(s) | Los Angeles |
Country | United States |
Inaugurated | Labor Day weekend 1975 |
Attendance | 1,100 |
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]
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 [...]