Contents (view Concise Listing)

• Introduction (Running Amok in the Fun Factory) • essay by Graham Charnock
• In the Beginning – SF • essay by Ron Holmes
• Historicons • essay by Terry Jeeves
• The Seventies Conventions • essay by Ian Williams
• Chatham 1953 (Medcon) Medcon or Bust! • essay by Pete Taylor
• Birmingham 1965 (Brumcon II) The Harry Harrison Show • essay by Ivor Latto
• Great Yarmouth 1966 (Yarcon) • essay by Rob Hansen
• Bristol 1967 (Briscon) The Bristol Binge • essay by Darroll Pardoe
• Chester 1972 (Chessmancon) I Spent My Birthday at Chester and Lived • essay by John Piggott
• Birmingham 1972 (Novacon 2) Maule's Well in Birmingham • essay by Ian Maule
• Newcastle 1974 (Tynecon) Once Upon a Tyne • essay by Bob Shaw
• Newcastle 1974 (Tynecon) Just in Tyne • essay by Sam Long
• Newcastle 1974 (Tynecon) Tynecon '74 • essay by Cath Gardner
• Birmingham 1974 (Novacon 4) A Convention Report • essay by Leroy Kettle (variant of A Convention Report (Novacon 4) 1975) [as by Roy Kettle]
• Coventry 1975 (Seacon) The Great Seacon Freakout • essay by Peter Nicholls
• Manchester 1976 (Mancon 5) Graham's Convention: A Few Case Notes • essay by Graham Charnock
• Manchester 1976 (Mancon 5) Tweed Elephant at Mancon • essay by Rob Jackson
• Manchester 1976 (Mancon 5) • essay by Kevin Williams
• Manchester 1976 (Mancon 5) Mein Con • essay by Thomas Perry [as by Tom Perry]
• Manchester 1976 (Mancon 5) We've Gotta Get Out of This Place • essay by Malcolm Edwards (variant of We've Gotta Get Out of This Place: A Convention Report on Mancon V 1976)
• Newcastle 1976 (Silicon 1) Silicon 1: The Better Bust Developer • essay by Dave Cockfield
• Birmingham 1976 (Novacon 6) Snakehip's Dream • essay by Graham Charnock
• Birmingham 1977 (Novacon 7) The Lost Weekend • essay by Kevin Smith
• Coventry 1977 (Eastercon '77) The Coventry Caper • essay by Terry Jeeves
• Coventry 1977 (Eastercon '77) Wish You Were Here • essay by D. West
• London Heathrow 1978 (Skycon) Survivaconrep • essay by Paul Kincaid
• London Heathrow 1978 (Skycon) If You Go to Skycon Disco ... • essay by Rob Hansen
• Newcastle 1978 (Silicon 3) Siliconrep (A Title for Nostalgia Freaks) • essay by Rob Hansen
• Birmingham 1978 (Novacon 8) I Have No Trunks and I Must Swim • essay by Rob Hansen
• Leeds 1979 (Yorcon) Dragonburger Boogie or Confessions of a Convention Secretary • essay by Alan Dorey
• Brighton 1979 (Seacon '79) What I Did on My Summer Vacation • essay by Ned Brooks
• Brighton 1979 (Seacon '79) The Regency Buck Stops Here • essay by Peter Nicholls (variant of The Regency Buck Stops Here: A Seacon '79 Report 1980)
• Birmingham 1980 (Novacon 10) Sphincters at Dawn • essay by Leroy Kettle (variant of Sphincters at Dawn: A Novacon (10) Report with a Distinctive Air 1981)
• Birmingham 1980 (Novacon 10)/Newcastle 1981 (Silicon 5) A Tale of Two Conventions • essay by Rob Hansen
• Keele University 1982 (Unicon 3) Unicon in Retrospect • essay by Linda Pickersgill
• Birmingham 1983 (Novacon 13) The Nerds of November • essay by Leroy Kettle (variant of The Nerds of November (Novacon 13) 1983) [as by Roy Kettle]
• Hinckley 2003 (Seacon '03) and There I Was ... • essay by Greg Pickersgill
• Winchester 2010 (Corflu Cobalt) Entropy & the Heat Death of Winchester • essay by Graham Charnock (variant of Entropy and the Heat Death of Wincester 2010)
• Nottingham 2010 (Novacon 40) Dave Hicks Stitched Me Up • essay by Graham Charnock
• Lincoln 2013 (Barcon 1) Don't Wee Anywhere • essay by Claire Brialey (variant of Don't Wee Anywhere 2014)
• Leamington Spa 2014 (Barcon 2) What Did You Do During Barcon 2, Daddy? • essay by Graham Charnock