In 1940 -- It's Chicago!
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| Title: | In 1940 -- It's Chicago! |
| Creator: | Mark Reinsberg |
| Date(s): | September 1939 |
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| Fandom: | Science Fiction |
| Topic: | Science fiction conventions, Worldcon |
| External Links: | Voice of the Imagi-Nation issue 3, page 2 |
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In 1940 -- It's Chicago! was a full-page statement placed by Mark Reinsberg in issue 3 of Voice of the Imagi-Nation.
Reinsberg suggested Chicago as the site of the 1940 Worldcon, saying that many fans had struggled to reach "Nycon" because of the distance. He felt that the New York area had so far "held a monopoly" on science fiction, and said that he already had 50 of the 200 necessary pledges for a Chicago convention, including from many fans in the New York area.
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If I didnt actually know that the greatest renaissance in fan history was under way in Chicago I hardly should have dared ask for the Convention. If I hadnt been part of the new era in Chicago fandom--one of the newer generation of fans sprung from the dust of the long-dead "old-guard"--it would have seemed impossible to swing such a tremendous project with so little visible support. But I knew of the vast city & its potentialitys, & being part of the rising power that is the Chicago fandom I felt it was not only possible but the logical thing to do...[...]
[There] are over 200 fans in the Chicago area! Died-in-the wool fans who really never had a chance to get together. But that's only in the adjoining states. What about those prominent fans in LA & the west? Only 3 out of the livest-wire group in the world--in LA-- were able to cross the United States----because of the great expense the 3000 miles entaild. I venture to say at least a third of the LASFL members would have come to Chicago--& will in 1940. What about the Milwaukee Fictioneers? They couldn't come to the "Nycon" but as a body they are pledged to be in Chicago....