NOREASCON TWO The 38th World Science Fiction Convention

This is a very push program book for The 38th World Science Fiction Convention, also known as Noreascon Two, was held on 29 August–1 September 1980 at the Sheraton-Boston Hotel and Hynes Civic Auditorium in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The chairman was Leslie Turek. The supporting organization was Massachusetts Convention Fandom, Inc. Wraparound cover by Jane Mackenzie and Philip Hagopian showing the Boston Public Garden: Fan Guest of Honor Bruce Pelz powers the Swan Boat wherein ride Guests of Honor Damon Knight and Kate Wilhelm; on the shore a roller-skated chairman, Leslie Turek, stands next to a mounted policeman, Toastmaster Robert Silverberg. The small dragons recall Make Way for Ducklings. Information about this convention along with historical information about previous ones (all information there painstakingly checked and decades of errors corrected by Fred Patten and George Flynn), biographies and bibliographies of the Guests of Honor, thumbnail sketches of the program participants, information about the city. There is much interior artwork both accompanying the text and in the advertisements. Out of Print. Condition: Fine. Bottom right corner very sightly crimped. Top back right cover corner ding.