18th World Science Fiction Convention

18th Worldcon (1960) Pittcon, the 18th World Science Fiction Convention Science fiction Penn-Sheraton Hotel Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States 3–5 September 1960 568 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 Attendance was 568. Guests of honor James Blish Isaac Asimov (toastmaster) Awards 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 Hugo Award Science fiction Speculative fiction World Science Fiction Society Worldcon References 30em The Hugo Awards 1960 Hugo Awards World Science Fiction Society http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1960-hugo-awards/ 2011-03-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164541/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1960-hugo-awards/ 2011-05-07 Notes on the Long List of Worldcons World Science Fiction Society 1960 - Pittcon http://www.smofinfo.com/LL/LongListNotes.html#1960 2011-03-07 Kaspar Monahan Pittsburgh Press Conclave Here To Declare War On Film BEMs; Science Fiction Fans Say 'Monster' Angle Overdone 31 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z0YqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ik4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6950,4695709&dq=world-science-fiction&hl=en 1960-08-31 2011-03-07 Richard Lynch Fan History of the 1960s Chapter Eight: Worldcons of the 1960s http://www.smithway.org/history/chap8a.html 1996-03-29 2011-09-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110927132045/http://www.smithway.org/history/chap8a.html 2011-09-27 External links Hugo.org: 1960 Hugo Awards 17th World Science Fiction ConventionDetention in Detroit, Michigan, United States (1959) List of Worldcons 18th World Science Fiction ConventionPittcon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (1960) 19th World Science Fiction ConventionSeacon in Seattle, Washington, United States (1961) Speculative fiction Novels Category:1960 conferences Category:1960 in Pennsylvania Category:September 1960 in the United States Category:Culture of Pittsburgh Category:Science fiction conventions in the United States Category:Worldcon Category:Organized events in Pittsburgh Category:1960s in Pittsburgh