[Disclaimer: This announcement is being posted to multiple mailing lists with overlapping membership. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.] PRESS RELEASE #3 "Interaction Hosts UK Worldcon History Website" INTERACTION, THE 63rd WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/ For immediate release: Friday 6 December 2002 Interaction Hosts UK Worldcon History Website Interaction today announced the official launch of a new Website commemorating the history of World Science Fiction Conventions held in the UK. The site, located at http://www.worldcon.org.uk/, contains information on each of the six UK Worldcons, starting with Loncon I in 1957 and ending with Interaction in 2005. Statistical buffs may find some unusual symmetries in the data. The six Worldcons are spread neatly over as many decades (1957, 1965, 1979, 1987, 1995 and 2005) and move around the country in pairs - two in London, then two in Brighton and finally two in Glasgow. 22 Guests have been honoured (Brian Aldiss twice). And attendance has grown from just 268 in 1957 to an expected 5,000 in 2005. In addition to the six UK Worldcons, two Continental European Worldcons have also been held, at Heidelberg, Germany in 1970, and The Hague, Netherlands in 1990. The website includes awards information, artists work from convention publications, and photographs and other reminiscences from each event. Additional material is always welcome and can be sent to Interaction at webmaster@interaction.worldcon.org.uk. The UK Worldcons ---------------- 1957 - Loncon I (London) 1965 - London II (London) 1979 - Seacon '79 (Brighton) 1987 - Conspiracy '87 (Brighton) 1995 - Intersection (Glasgow) 2005 - Interaction (Glasgow) ENDS ------------------------------------------------------ Contacts General: info@interaction.worldcon.org.uk Press/Media: Paul Treadaway - press@interaction.worldcon.org.uk The 2005 World Science Fiction Convention, known as Interaction, will take place in Glasgow, UK from 4-8 August 2005. More information about Interaction, including current membership rates, is available from its web site (http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/) or by writing to info@interaction.worldcon.org.uk. Specific press contacts, or requests to be removed from the Interaction press release mailing list should be directed to press@interaction.worldcon.org.uk. "WSFS", "Worldcon", "World Science Fiction Convention" and "Hugo Award" are registered service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society.