47th World Science Fiction Convention


The 47th World Science Fiction Convention, also known as Noreascon 3, was held on 31 August–4 September 1989 at the Sheraton-Boston Hotel, Hilton Hotel, Boston Park Plaza, and the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
The chairman was Mark L. Olson.

Participants

Attendance was 6,837, out of 7,795 paid memberships.

Guests of honor

The Stranger Club is the first known science fiction club in the Boston area, and the organizers of Boskone I, New England's first science fiction convention, in 1941. Seven surviving members of the latter group attended, including Harry Stubbs and Chandler Davis.

Awards

1989 Hugo Awards

The 1989 Hugo Award base honored the 50th anniversary of both the 1939 New York World's Fair and the 1st World [Science Fiction Convention|first Worldcon]. The Fair's iconic Trylon and Perisphere were represented with the Hugo Award rocket taking the place of the tall Trylon spire.

Other awards