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Worldcon, a.k.a. the World Science Fiction Convention, is a science fiction convention that has been held from 1939 to 1941 and then every year since 1946 somewhere on the planet (so far). Most Worldcons have been in the United States, but they have also taken place in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and the Netherlands. The 2007 Worldcon will be the first to be held in Japan. Members of Worldcon (attending or not) vote on which speculative fiction works (writing, artwork, performance, and works related to science fiction or fandom) of the previous year will receive a Hugo Award.The name is owned by the World Science Fiction SocietyThe World Science Fiction Society is an unincorporated literary society whose purpose is to promote interest in Science Fiction. WSFS has no standing officers, only small standing committees, and a large membership composed of the members of the current W (WSFS) (whose members are the members of the convention), but the convention itself is run by local fan organizations, which organize "bids" to host Worldcon.
Activities at a Worldcon include (but are not limited to):
- panels -- on technology of the future, writing, publishing, the philosophical and sociological implications of the genre's works, recent scientific discoveries, etc.
- speeches or other presentations by the guests of honor
- parties
- gaming ( role-playing games (live-action and table), board games, card gameA card game is any game using playing cards, either traditional or game-specific. This article will describe the general mechanics of card games: that is, those rules which are so widely known that they are often omitted in rules of card games, because ths)
- filk musicFilk is a form of music created from within fandom, and performed generally late at night at science fiction conventions. Originally "filk music" was a typo for folk music in a never-published essay on the influence of Science Fiction and Fantasy on folk
- costuming -- a competition, and whatever people are wearing in the halls
- presentation of Hugo awards
- shopping -- there is generally a large hall full of people selling books, movies, jewellery, costumes (often including weapons), games, comic books, etc.
- an art show, presenting paintings, drawings, sculpture and other work, primarily on science fiction and fantasy themes
- live performances ( KlingonThis page is about the fictional race. For the language, see Klingon language. Klingons a race of humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe, were the main antagonists in Star Trek: The Original Series and later became the uneasy allies of the United F opera, productions of Rossum's Universal RobotsRosumovi Umeli Roboti Rossum's Artificial Robots but usually translated as R. Rossum's Universal Robots to preserve the acronym) is a science fiction play by Karel Capek. It premiered in Prague in 1921. It was translated from the Czech into English by Pau, etc.)
- voting on where the Worldcon two years later shall be
- watching science fiction movies, television shows, etc.
- meetings regarding other WSFS business
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