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16th World Science Fiction Convention

16th Worldcon (1958)

Summary

16th Worldcon (1958)

Field	Value
name	Solacon, the 16th World Science Fiction Convention
genre	Science fiction
venue	Alexandria Hotel
location	Los Angeles, California
country	United States
dates	29 August–1 September 1958
attendance	322

The 16th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Solacon, was held on 29 August–1 September 1958 at the Alexandria Hotel in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Solacon's chair was Anne S. Moffatt.

Participants

Attendance was 322.

Guests of honor

Richard Matheson
Anthony Boucher (toastmaster)

Awards

1958 Hugo Awards

For the 1958 Hugos, Solacon presented engraved Hugo Award plaques instead of the nickel-plated Hugo rockets mounted on wooden bases, like those presented at the previous Worldcons in 1953, 1955, 1956, and 1957 (no awards were given in 1954).

The winners were:

Best Novel/Novelette: The Big Time, by Fritz Leiber
Best Short Story: "Or All the Seas with Oysters", by Avram Davidson
Best Professional Magazine: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by Anthony Boucher and Robert P. Mills
Outstanding Movie: The Incredible Shrinking Man, directed by Jack Arnold; screenplay by Richard Matheson
Outstanding Artist: Frank Kelly Freas
Outstanding Actifan: Walt Willis

Notes

Solacon was physically in Los Angeles, but (by mayoral proclamation) technically in South Gate, California, to fulfill their longtime bid slogan (since 1948) of "South Gate in '58."

Superfan Rick Sneary had a cardboard sign at this convention that read "We'll do it again in 2010" that he carried to numerous future Worldcons. His death in 1990 laid that dream to rest and the 2010 Worldcon took place in Melbourne, Australia.

References

Wikipedia Source

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