by Anthony R. Lewis
NOTE: some of the data are obsolete—any errata, addenda, and corrigenda are appreciated.
| Alien
Nation Fan Club A club oriented
toward the television series of the same name. Ursula Boyle 15 Forest Street #138 Medford MA 02155 |
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Arisia,
Inc.
a club that runs a convention of the same name. This convention is heavier into media, costuming, gaming,
etc. than is Boskone. Building 600, PMB 322 1 Kendall Square Cambridge MA 02142 |
| BASH The was an annual Boston-area Star Trek Convention run by BASH Conventions Post Office Box 266 Quincy MA 02269 |
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| Boskone The annual convention of the New England Science Fiction Association, Inc. | |
| Boston Japanimation Society This is now an informal group that meets monthly to watch anime at Harvest Cooperative Supermarkets's Community Room (Central Square), Cambridge, MA. | |
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Boston
Star Trek Association, Inc.
Established 1973. Emphasis on Star Trek™ fandom. Post Office Box 1108 Boston MA 02103-1108 (617) 894-BSTA |
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Boxboro
Fandom came into being to throw an open theme party for Noreascon Two.
From then until Noreascon III they threw many
parties. They self-destructed as planned at Noreascon Three; but stay tuned... c/o Mark Norton 21 Reeves Road Bedford, MA 01730 |
| Brandeis
Comic Book [& Science Fiction] Club
ran a one-day convention Universicon. Apparently it no longer does so. Science
Fiction is no longer in the club name.
Student Senate Brandeis University Waltham MA 02254-9110 |
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Bunch
o' Fans central
Massachusetts SF organization. 61 Pelham Road Amherst MA 01002-1648 |
| Capital [New York] District Gaylaxians This no longer appears to be in existence. | |
| CCSUniverse
Central Connecticut State
University group. 1615 Stanley Street New Britain CT 06050 |
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| no logo, emblem, nor symbol | Codclave (formerly Wintercon) see NESFA, Inc. |
| Connecticut
Science Fiction Society Post Office Box 855 Danbury CT 06810 |
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Sanctioned
Forever Knight fan club. Post Office Box 1228 Boston MA 02130-0011 |
| Franklin
Pierce College Science Fiction Club ran
the MonadnoCon; still in existence.
Franklin Pierce College Rindge NH 03 |
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| The
GANG (Rhode Island Science
Fiction Club) Post Office Box 9517 Warwick RI 02889 |
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The
Gaylaxian Science Fiction Society
/Gaylactic Network A
group for gay fans and their friends in the Boston area. They run
Gaylaxicon when it is in the Boston arera. Post Office Box 1059 Boston MA 02103 |
| Gaylaxicon see The Gaylaxians | |
| Genericon see RSFA | |
| Halcon Science Fiction Society The group sponsored the annual convention Halcon in March. Appears to be defunct; the website is the Dalhousie University archives. | |
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The
Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association Runs
the annual Vericon in January
between Arisia and Boskone. Post Office Box 78 Cambridge MA 02238 |
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Humanacon was a New Hampshire convention; see Humanalo |
| Humanalo A southern New Hampshire SF organization. The name is made up of the initial letters of the towns in their area - HUdson, MAnches-ter, NAshua, LOndonderry They ran the Southern New Hampshire Science Fiction Fair, Humanacon, and SonuvaCon. They disbanded February 1986. The website is Manchester College archives. | |
| Infinity, Ltd. A New Jersey fan group. This is now the Princeton University science fiction and fantasy club. email to: infinity@princeton.edu. | |
| Knights
of the White Guardian a
Doctor Who/ Science Fiction Fan Club 107 Cobb Avenue Chicopee MA 01013 |
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| no logo, emblem, nor symbol | Lexicon see NESFA, Inc. |
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Dedicated
to the works of H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos. Runs the
Necronomicon Post Office Box 1320 Back Bay Annex Boston MA 02117-132 |
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The Lunarians Officially the New York Science Fiction Society, Inc.
(although they are rarely referred to by that name) meets on the third
Saturday of the month. They
hold the annual Lunacon convention; this convention
is not covered in this publication. The
1991 Lunacon was held in New England (Stamford, Connecticut); others have
been held in New York and New Jersey. Post Office Box 3566 New York NY 10008-3566 |
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M.A.S.S.F.I.L.C.
A science fiction and fantasy folk music club founded in 1990. They meet monthly to sing, trade lyrics, and discuss
related topics. They run
ConCertino, the Northeast Filk Convention, when it is in the Boston area.
[The initials stand for Massachusetts Associated Silly Singers Fannishly
Inflicting Lyrical Chaos.] The
dandelion symbol is used as a generic filking emblem. |
| no logo, emblem, nor symbol | Massachusetts
Convention Fandom, Inc. MCFI is
a Boston-based group that has run the Worldcon (Noreascon) and the Smofcon
when they were in the Boston area. Post Office Box 1010 Framingham MA 01701 |
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Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Science Fiction Society
MITSFS is the oldest college SF club in the country having been formally
organized in 1949. It runs no
conventions but has the largest open
library of SF in the world—so there! "We're not fans, we just read the stuff." They meet at 5 pm Fridays during the academic year.
(617) 225-9144 mitsfs@mit.edu W20-473, M.I.T., 84 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139 |
| NEcon This is the North East Writers' Conference, a regional
horror & fantasy convention, like a smaller version of the World Fantasy Convention. It is held on Roger William College campus and is very sercon. P O Box 3251, Darlington Branch Pawtucket RI 02861 |
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Necronomicon A convention dedicated to Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos; run by The Lovecraft Society of New England. |
| New
England Science Fiction Association, Inc.
NESFA runs the annual Boskones and two relaxacons - Codclave in the Winter
and Lexicon in the Summer. (617) 625-2311 Post Office Box 809 Framingham MA 01701-0203 |
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| New
England Costumers Guild
The Greater Boston-area chapter of the International Costumers
Guild. This organization is
composed of people who doing costuming at SF (and other) masquerades.
The organization is also known as Northern Lights (NoeL) Costumer@excite.com Northern Lights c/o Dina Flockhart (Chapter President) 61 Gilson Road Littleton, MA 01460-1300 USA |
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| New Haven SF & Fantasy Association Known informally as FRED. We understand, that as of the end of 1989, FRED is dead. | |
| no logo, emblem, nor symbol | Newton North High School Science Fiction Club High school club for students at Newton North
High School, Newton, Mass. With the death of sponsor Monty Wells, the club
is probably no longer in existence. If it does exist, the address would be Beals House, Newton North High School 460 Lowell Avenue Newtonville MA 02160 |
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New
Jersey Science Fiction Society This
group, founded ca. 1977, meets on the third Saturday of each month in
Belleville, N.J. They ran
ConCoction. (201) 438-3990 Post Office Box 65 Paramus NJ 07653 |
| no logo, emblem, nor symbol | Noreascon see MCFI (no overall logo although each Noreascon had its own). |
| Northeastern University Tactical Society A college club that emphasizes fantasy gaming,
role-playing, and tactical simulation; meets frequently on NU campus. c/o Jim Anderson 60 Alden Street Foxborough MA 02035 |
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Not
Just Another Con A central Massachusetts convention run by the Science
fiction Conventioneers of UMass (SCUM). RSO 16 - 416 SUB University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 |
| Outpost
Andor a Star Trek club. 6 Southcott Place St. Johns NF A1E 4B4 Canada |
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Readercon
a club that runs the annual convention of the same name; Readercon is
serconnish and highly-oriented towards SF as literature. info@readercon.org (617) 776-6508 Post Office Box 381246 Cambridge MA 02238 |
| Rensselaer
Science Fiction Association A
college club, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, they sponsor the
gaming, anime, and sf convention Genericon. Box 66, Rensselaer Union, RPI Troy NY 12180-3590 |
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| Rhode
Island Science Fiction Alliance
An informal SF group that meets the second and fourth Saturdays of every
month. c/o Don & Sheila D'Ammassa 323 Dodge Street East Providence RI 02914 |
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| RISFA
North A very informal SF group
that meets the first Saturday of the month. c/o Beth Cohen & Topher Cooper 15 Wellington Street Arlington MA 02174 (617) 646-4018 OR Morris Keesan & Lori Meltzer 9 Surry Road Arlington MA 02174 (617) 646-4834 |
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| Science
fiction Conventioneers of UMass
(SCUM) This organization currently runs the NotJustAnother Cons. SAO, RSO 116 University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01002 (413) 545-1924 |
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| Smith
College Science Fiction Club Stoddard Annex Smith College Northampton MA 01063 |
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| no logo, emblem, nor symbol | Smofcon see MCFI |
| SonuvaCon see Humanalo | |
| Southern New Hampshire Science Fiction Fair see Humanalo | |
| StarBase: Boston A computer bulletin board system for science fiction fans | |
| Technicon seeWPISFS | |
| Tesseract—University
of New Hampshire Science Fiction Society The Mub, University of New Hampshire Durham NH 03824 |
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| Universicon a one-day convention run by the Brandeis Comic Book & Science Fiction Club. It is heavily oriented towards gaming and comics with a bit of SF | |
| University
of Connecticut Science Fiction and Fantasy Club c/o Karl L. Hakmiller Department of Psychology University of Connecticut Storrs CT 06268 |
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| University
of Massachusetts Science Fiction Society
Founded by A. Joseph Ross, this club built a large SF and fantasy
library and started the NotJustAnothern Cons. For legal and financial
reasons this con is now run by a separate student organization: Science
fiction Conventioneers of UMass (SCUM). SAO, RSO 352 University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 |
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U.
S. Branch of U.N.I.T.
Established May 1986. This is a British media SF fan club. (617) 986-9952. Paul Scott Aldred 22 West Druid Hill Avenue Randolph MA 02368-5211 There is also another UNIT division in New England Tri-State Division c/o Carol Westover 3 South Main Street #410 Concord NH 03301 |
| Western
Massachusetts Irregulars an
irregular group dedicated to scavenger hunts. Michelle Lee 23 Puffton Village Amherst MA 01002 |
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| Western
New England Star Trek Fan Club Douglas van Newenhoven 43 Simpson Circle Agawam MA 01001 |
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| When Worlds Collide. An attempt, led by the Boston Star Trek Association to foster inter-society social activities. | |
| Williams
College Science Fiction SU Box 1186 Williams College Williamstown MA 01267 |
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| Wishcon
An organization that runs a
convention oriented towards Star Trek: The Next Generation. See United Fan Con. Post Office Box 478 Northford CT 06472-0478 |
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| WolfconAn organization that runs a
general SF convention in Nova Scotia. Post Office Box 37 Site 13 R. R. #3 Armdale NS B3L 4J3, Canada |
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| Worcester
Polytechnic Institute Science Fiction Society
Founded by William C. Carton the organization has run an annual
campus-based sercon SF convention annually in January
since 1973. WPI Box 2544 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester MA 01609 |
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| Worcester
State College Science Fiction Society c/o Nora Barraford 202 South Main Street Sherborn MA 01770 |