18th World Science Fiction Convention
{{short description|18th Worldcon (1960)}}
{{infobox convention
| name = Pittcon, the 18th World Science Fiction Convention
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| genre = Science fiction
| venue = Penn-Sheraton Hotel
| location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| country = United States
| dates = 3–5 September 1960
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| attendance = 568
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The 18th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Pittcon, was held on 3–5 September 1960 at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
The convention was chaired by Dirce Archer.
Participants
= Guests of Honor =
- James Blish
- Isaac Asimov (toastmaster)
Awards
= 1960 Hugo Awards =
- Best Novel: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
- Best Short Fiction: "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
- Best Dramatic Presentation: The Twilight Zone
- Best Professional Magazine: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction edited by Robert P. Mills
- Best Professional Artist: Ed Emshwiller
- Best Fanzine: Cry of the Nameless by F. M. Busby, Elinor Busby, Burnett Toskey, and Wally Weber
= Other awards =
- Special Award: Hugo Gernsback as "The Father of Magazine Science Fiction"
See also
References
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{{cite web
| work=The Hugo Awards
| title=1960 Hugo Awards
| publisher=World Science Fiction Society
| url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1960-hugo-awards/
| access-date=2011-03-07
| url-status=dead
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164541/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1960-hugo-awards/
| archive-date=2011-05-07
}}
{{cite web
| work=Notes on the Long List of Worldcons
| publisher=World Science Fiction Society
| title=1960 - Pittcon
| url=http://www.smofinfo.com/LL/LongListNotes.html#1960
| access-date=2011-03-07
}}
{{cite news
| first=Kaspar
| last=Monahan
| work=Pittsburgh Press
| title=Conclave Here To Declare War On Film BEMs; Science Fiction Fans Say 'Monster' Angle Overdone
| page=31
| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z0YqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ik4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6950,4695709&dq=world-science-fiction&hl=en
| date=1960-08-31
| access-date=2011-03-07
}}
{{cite web
| first=Richard
| last=Lynch
| work=Fan History of the 1960s
| title=Chapter Eight: Worldcons of the 1960s
| url=http://www.smithway.org/history/chap8a.html
| date=1996-03-29
| access-date=2011-09-30
| url-status=dead
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927132045/http://www.smithway.org/history/chap8a.html
| archive-date=2011-09-27
}}
}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070225141913/http://www.hugo.org/hy.html#60 Hugo.org: 1960 Hugo Awards]
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{{succession box
| before=17th World Science Fiction Convention
Detention in Detroit, Michigan, United States (1959)
| title=List of Worldcons
| years=18th World Science Fiction Convention
Pittcon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (1960)
| after=19th World Science Fiction Convention
Seacon in Seattle, Washington, United States (1961)
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Category:September 1960 in the United States
Category:Culture of Pittsburgh