29th World Science Fiction Convention


The 29th World Science Fiction Convention, also known as Noreascon I, was held September 2–6, 1971, at the Sheraton-Boston Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
The chairman was Tony Lewis. The guests of honor were Clifford D. Simak and Harry Warner, Jr.. The toastmaster was Robert Silverberg. Total attendance was approximately 1,600.
The convention is mentioned in the preface to The Ringworld Engineers for the MIT students who pointed out that the Ringworld would be unstable.

Awards

Hugo Awards