Picocon

Picocon is the name given to a series of British science fiction conventions run by the Imperial College Science Fiction and Fantasy Society (ICSF),[1] usually taking place on a Saturday in February in Imperial College's Blackett Building, which began in 1984.

Year Name Location Guests of Honour
1984 Picocon Imperial College David Langford
1985 Picocon Pi Imperial College Dave Langford, Gerry Webb
1986 Picocon 4 Imperial College Dave Langford, Brian Stableford
1987 Picocon 5 Imperial College John Brunner, David Hardy
1988 Picocon 6 Imperial College Terry Pratchett, Michael Scott Rohan, Dave Langford
1989 Picocon 7 Imperial College Dave Langford, Terry Pratchett, Gerry Webb, Dave Lally
1990 Picocon 8 Imperial College Bob Shaw
1991 Picocon 9 Imperial College
1992 Picocon 10 Imperial College Dave Langford, Brian Stableford
1993 Picocon 11 Imperial College Colin Greenland
1995 Picocon 12 Imperial College Iain M. Banks
1996 Picocon 13 Imperial College Robert Holdstock, Stephen Baxter, Christopher Priest
1997 Picocon 14 Imperial College Simon Ings, Nicholas Royle
1998 Picocon 15 Imperial College
1999 Picocon 16 Imperial College Stephen Lawhead, Jane Johnson, M John Harrison (who jointly write under the pseudonym Gabriel King)
2000 Picocon 17 Imperial College Juliet McKenna, Brian Stableford, Garry Kilworth, Ian Watson
2001 Picocon 18 Imperial College Christopher Priest, Geoff Ryman, Juliet E. McKenna, Jane Killick
2002 Picocon 19 Imperial College Anne Gay, China MiƩville, Stan Nicholls, Geoff Ryman
2003 Picocon 20 Imperial College Jack Cohen, Gwyneth Jones
2004 Picocon 21 Imperial College Peter F. Hamilton, Paul McAuley, Adam Roberts
2005 Picocon 22 Imperial College Gwyneth Jones, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Brian Stableford
2006 Picocon 23 [2] Imperial College Ian Watson, Natasha Mostert, Mark Roberts
2007 Picocon 24 Imperial College Charlie Stross, Ken MacLeod, Farah Mendlesohn
2008 Picocon 25 Imperial College Paul Cornell, Cory Doctorow, Liz Williams
2009 Picocon 26 Imperial College Pat Cadigan, Robert Rankin, Michael Marshall Smith
2010 Picocon 27 Imperial College Alastair Reynolds, Amanda Hemingway, Jaine Fenn
2011 Picocon 28 Imperial College Juliet McKenna, Kari Sperring, Paul McAuley
2012 Picocon 29 Imperial College Adrian Czajkowski, Justina Robson, Tricia Sullivan
2013 Picocon 30 [3] Imperial College Peter F. Hamilton, Kate Griffin, Steph Swainston, Richard K. Morgan
2014 Picocon 31 Imperial College Sarah Pinborough, Charles Stross, David Southwood
2015 Picocon 32 Imperial College Cory Doctorow, Frances Hardinge, Ian McDonald, Kari Sperring, Stuart Ashen
2016 Picocon 33 [4] [5] Imperial College Paul Cornell, Michelle Paver, Carrie Hope Fletcher
2017 Picocon 34 Imperial College Jaine Fenn, Paul McAuley, Al Robertson, Justina Robson, Stuart Ashen
2018 Picocon 35 Imperial College Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, Ben Aaronovitch, Emma Newman
2019 Picocon 36 Imperial College Alexis Kennedy, Lottie Bevan, Simon Morden, Andrew Bannister, Gavin Smith

References

  • Convention home page
  • Review of Picocon from 2000
  • text of a talk given at Picocon in 1996 by author [Stephen Baxter]
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