6th World Science Fiction Convention

Torcon, the 6th World Science Fiction Convention
Genre	Science fiction
Venue	RAI Purdy Studios
Location(s)	Toronto
Country	Canada
Inaugurated	July 3–5, 1948
Attendance	~200

The 6th World Science Fiction Convention, also known as Torcon, was held July 3–5, 1948, at RAI Purdy Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the first time the convention was held outside the United States.

The chairman was Ned McKeown. The guests of honor were Robert Bloch (pro) and Bob Tucker (fan). Total attendance was approximately 200.

Preceded by 5th World Science Fiction Convention Philcon II in Philadelphia, USA (1947)	List of Worldcons 6th World Science Fiction Convention in Toronto, Canada (1948)	Succeeded by 7th World Science Fiction Convention Cinvention in Cincinnati, USA (1949)

World Science Fiction Convention

By year	1939 1940 1941 ~~1942~~ ~~1943~~ ~~1944~~ ~~1945~~ 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

By country	Australia 1975 1985 1999 2010 Canada 1948 1973 1994 2003 2009 Finland 2017 Germany 1970 Japan 2007 Netherlands 1990 United Kingdom 1957 1965 1979 1987 1995 2005 2014 United States 1939 1940 1941 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1966 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1974 1976 1977 1978 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1988 1989 1991 1992 1993 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 TBD 2018

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 01, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

6th World Science Fiction Convention

See also