Interaction today (Friday 6 December 2002)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
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1957 – Loncon I (London)

1965 – London II (London)

1979 – Seacon '79 (Brighton)

1987 – Conspiracy '87 (Brighton)

1995 – Intersection (Glasgow)

2005 – Interaction (Glasgow)