History of Boskone^®

#	Date	Location all in MA	Chairman	Guests1	Boskone Book	Size2	Membership35	Notes
The First Series: These conferences (or fan gatherings) were initially sponsored by The Stranger Club3, the first stf organization in the greater Boston area. More details about them can be found in All Our Yesterdays by Harry Warner, Jr. (Advent: Publishers) and in the Noreascon 3 Souvenir Book. Canonicity for the Boskone numbers is found in Warner and in Fantasy Fiction Field for November 8, 1941, which specifically mentions Boskones I and II. Boskone II had the fannish skit "Legions of Legions." Reference to the fourth Boskone (with attendance) is from Fanewscard #111, dated February 14, 1945.
I	late Feb 1941	R. D. Swisher home, Winchester	Art Widner			25		4
II	22 Feb 1942	Ritz Plaza, Boston	Art Widner			25
III	28 Feb 1943	Ritz Plaza, Boston	Suddsy Schwartz	Claude Degler		14
IV	3-4 Feb 1945	R. D. Swisher home, Winchester		Milt Rothman, Jack Riggs, Art Widner, N. F. Stanley, R. D. Swisher		5		5
V	2 Sep 1945	Hotel Hawthorne, Salem	Doris Currier			9		6
Present Series: The current series of Boskones was started by the Boston Science Fiction Society (BoSFS) as part of its bidding strategy for "Boston in '67." BoSFS ran Boskones 1, 2, and 4. Boskone 3 was actually run by Erwin S[heehan] Strauss but, because of its venue, it was officially sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Science Fiction Society (MITSFS). The New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) has run all Boskones starting with Boskone V. Each Boskone had a different Program Book cover. The number in the first column is in Arabic or Roman numerals depending on how that year's Program Book spelled them.
I	10-12 Sep 1965	Statler-Hilton, Boston	Dave Vanderwerf	Hal Clement, Dr. Robert Enzmann		66		7 8
II	11-13 Mar 1966	Statler-Hilton, Boston	Dave Vanderwerf	Frederik Pohl, Dwight Wayne Batteau, Prof. Igor Paul, Prof. Oliver Selfridge		71		8
III	1-3 Oct 1966	MIT, Cambridge	Erwin Strauss	John W. Campbell, Oliver Selfridge		68		9 10
IV	1-2 Apr 1967	Statler-Hilton, Boston	Paul Galvin	GoH: Damon Knight, Marvin Minsky		72		8
V	23-24 Mar 1968	Statler-Hilton, Boston	Paul Galvin	GoH: Larry Niven, Warren McCulloch		155		11
VI	22-23 Mar 1969	Statler-Hilton, Boston	Leslie Turek	GoH: Jack Gaughan A: Stephen Fabian Louis Sutro		262
VII	27-29 Mar 1970	Statler-Hilton, Boston	Tony Lewis	GoH: Gordon R. Dickson A: George Barr SS: Donald Menzel		383
8	12-14 Mar 1971	Sheraton Rolling Green, Andover	Bill Desmond	GoH: Larry Niven		211		12
9	14-16 Apr 1972	Statler-Hilton, Boston	Fred Isaacs	GoH: L. Sprague de Camp A: Don Simpson SS: Richard Rosa	Scribblings	403
10	9-11 Mar 1973	Sheraton Boston	Suford Lewis	GoH: Robert A. W. Lowndes A: Frank Kelly Freas SS: Phyllis Brauner	The Three Faces of Science Fiction	405
11	1-3 Mar 1974	Sheraton Boston	Don & Jill Eastlake	GoH: Isaac Asimov OA: Eddie Jones SS: Dr. Isaac Asimov	Have You Seen These?	701		13
12	28 Feb-2 Mar 1975	Sheraton Boston	Ann & Terry McCutchen	GoH: Anne McCaffrey OA: Bonnie Dalzell SS: Robert Enzmann	A Time When	935		14 15
13	13-15 Feb 1976	Sheraton Boston	Ellen Franklin & Jim Hudson	GoH: Poul Anderson OA: Rick Sternbach	Homebrew	900
14	18-20 Feb 1977	Sheraton Boston	Tony Lewis	GoH: Ben Bova OA: John Schoenherr	Viewpoint	1010
15	17-19 Feb 1978	Sheraton Boston	Jill Eastlake	GoH: John Brunner OA: Arthur Thomson (ATom) SS: Marvin Minsky	Tomorrow May be Even Worse	1454		16
XVI	16-18 Feb 1979	Sheraton Boston	Don Eastlake	GoH: Frank Herbert OA: Mike Symes SS: Marc C. Chartrand	Symes Art Portfolio	1950
17	15-17 Feb 1980	Radisson Ferncroft, Danvers	Chip Hitchcock	GoH: Spider & Jeanne Robinson OA: Victoria Poyser	(none)	800		17
XVIII	13-15 Feb 1981	Sheraton Boston	Gail Hormats	GoH: Tanith Lee OA: Don Maitz	Unsilent Night	1609
XIX	12-14 Feb 1982	Boston Park Plaza	Rob Spence	GoH: Donald A. Wollheim OA: Michael Whelan	The Men from Ariel	2270
XX	18-20 Feb 1983	Boston Park Plaza	Pat Vandenberg	GoH: Mack Reynolds27 OA: Wendy Pini SS: Jeff Hecht	Compounded Interests	2420	Full $19 Door
XXI	17-19 Feb 1984	Boston Park Plaza	Rick Katze	GoH: Gene Wolfe OA: Vincent Di Fate SG: David Hartwell	Plan[e]t Engineering	2718	Full $20 Door	18
XXII	15-17 Feb 1985	Copley Marriott, Boston	Ann Broomhead	GoH: Kate Wilhelm & Damon Knight OA: Carl Lundgren SG: Shawna McCarthy	Late Knight Edition	3420	Full $22 Door	14 19
					Pastiche (game)
XXIII	14-16 Feb 1986	Sheraton Boston	Mark Olson	GoH: Robert Bloch OA: Bob Eggleton SG: Tom Doherty	Out of My Head	3919	Full $25/$16 Door/Pre-reg
XXIV	13-15 Feb 1987	Sheraton Boston	Chip Hitchcock	GoH: C. J. Cherryh OA: Barclay Shaw SG: Tom Clareson	Glass and Amber	4200	Full $27 Door	20
XXV	29-31 Jan 1988	Sheraton Tara Springfield, Springfield Marriott	Jim & Laurie Mann	GoH: Greg Bear OA: David Mattingly SG: Ellen Asher	Early Harvest	1327
26	27-29 Jan 1989	Sheraton Tara Springfield, Springfield Marriott	Claire & Dave Anderson	GoH: Tim Powers OA: James Gurney SG: Tom Whitmore	An Epitaph in Rust	1250
XXVII	16-18 Feb 1990	Sheraton Tara Springfield, Springfield Marriott	Mike DiGenio	GoH: Glen Cook OA: David A. Cherry SG: Charles Ryan	Sung in Blood	970	Full $42/$26/$25 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33
XXVIII	15-17 Feb 1991	Sheraton Tara Springfield, Springfield Marriott	Rick Katze	GoH: Mike Resnick OA: Ed Emshwiller27 SG: Brian Thomsen	Stalking the Wild Resnick	888
29	14-16 Feb 1992	Sheraton Tara Springfield, Springfield Marriott	Priscilla Olson	GoH: Jane Yolen OA: Jody Lee SG: Dave Langford FF: Kathy Mar	Storyteller	840		21
					Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man
30	19-21 Feb 1993	Sheraton Tara, Framingham	Greg Thokar	GoH: Joe Haldeman OA: Tom Kidd SG: Beth Meacham FF: Duane Elms	Vietnam and Other Alien Worlds	851
31	18-20 Feb 1994	Sheraton Tara, Framingham	Ben Yalow	GoH: Emma Bull & Will Shetterly OA: Nicholas Jainschigg SG: Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden FF: Cecilia Eng	Double Feature	875	Full $40/$30/$27 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $20/$25/$15 Fri/Sat/Sun
					Making Book
32	17-19 Feb 1995	Sheraton Tara, Framingham	Gay Ellen Dennett	GoH: Diana Wynne Jones OA: Ruth Sanderson SG: Fred Lerner & Patricia Wrede FF: Talis Kimberley	Everard's Ride	902 / 1037	Full $40/$32/$28 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $20/$25/$15 Fri/Sat/Sun
					A Bookman's Fantasy
33	16-18 Feb 1996	Sheraton Tara, Framingham	Tim Szczesuil & Ann Broomhead	GoH: Lois McMaster Bujold OA: Gary Ruddell SG: Bob Madle FF: Musical Chairs	Dreamweaver's Dilemma	829 / 983	Full $43/$33/$30 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $15/$30/$15 Fri/Sat/Sun	22
34	14-16 Feb 1997	Sheraton Tara, Framingham	Davey Snyder	GoH: John M. Ford OA: Ron Walotsky SG: Jerry Kaufman & Suzanne Tompkins FF: Tom Smith	From the End of the Twentieth Century	~800 / 991	Full $43/$34/$30 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $15/$30/$17 Fri/Sat/Sun	23
35	13-15 Feb 1998	Sheraton Tara, Framingham	Bonnie & Ted Atwood	GoH: Walter Jon Williams OA: Omar Rayyan SG: Stanley Schmidt FF: Joe Ellis	Frankensteins and Foreign Devils	~800 / 991	Full $45/$34/$30 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $15/$32/$17 Fri/Sat/Sun	24
36	12-14 Feb 1999	Sheraton Tara, Framingham	Deb Geisler	GoH: Connie Willis OA: Stephen Youll SG: Teddy Harvia & Diana Thayer FF: Ed Stauff and Mary Ellen Wessels	(none)	759 / 986	Full $45/$35/$32 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $15/$32/$17 Fri/Sat/Sun
37	18-20 Feb 2000	Sheraton, Framingham	Claire & Dave Anderson	GoH: Michael Swanwick OA: Rick Berry SG: Peter Weston FF: Jordin Kare	Moon Dogs	790 / 960	Full $45/$36/$32 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $15/$33/$17 Fri/Sat/Sun	25 26
38	16-18 Feb 2001	Sheraton, Framingham	Priscilla Olson	GoH: George R. R. Martin OA: Charles Vess SG: Jack Cohen FF: Juanita Coulson NPG: William Tenn	Quartet	933/1093	Full $46/$36/$34 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $15/$33/$17 Fri/Sat/Sun
39	15-17 Feb 2002	Sheraton, Framingham	Pam Fremon	GoH: Neil Gaiman OA: Steve Hickman SG: Marv Wolfman FF: Tom Holt28 NPG: Robert Sheckley	Adventures in the Dream Trade	1108/1266	Full $46/$38/$36 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $15/$33/$17 Fri/Sat/Sun
					Expecting Beowulf
40	14-16 Feb 2003	Sheraton Boston	Sharon Sbarsky	GoH: David Brin OA: Jim Burns SG: Charles N. Brown FF: Clam Chowder NPG: William Tenn	Tomorrow Happens	1154/1320	Full $48/$40/$36 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $15/$35/$17 Fri/Sat/Sun	29
41	13-15 Feb 2004	Sheraton Boston	Rick Katze	GoH: Stephen Baxter OA: Richard Hescox SG: Betsy Mitchell FF: Brenda & Bill Sutton HCSS: John Cramer NPG: Karen Anderson	The Hunters of Pangaea	982/1145	Full $50/$41/$38 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $15/$35/$17 Fri/Sat/Sun
42	18-20 Feb 2005	Sheraton Boston	Priscilla Olson	GoH: Orson Scott Card OA: Alan Pollack SG: Mike Glyer FF: Urban Tapestry HCSS: Alastair Reynolds NPG: Frederik Pohl & Elizabeth Anne Hull	(none)	1014/1186	Full $50/$42/$38 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $15/$35/$17 Fri/Sat/Sun	30
43	17-19 Feb 2006	Sheraton Boston	Pam Fremon	GoH: Ken MacLeod OA: Donato Giancola SG: Cory Doctorow FF: Steve Macdonald HCSS: William K. Hartmann NPG: Robert Sheckley27 & Mike Resnick	Giant Lizards from Another Star	1104/1284	Full $52/$43/$39 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $16/$36/$18 Fri/Sat/Sun
44	16-18 Feb 2007	Westin Waterfront	Tony & Suford Lewis	GoH: David Gerrold OA: Gary A. Lippincott SG: Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ FF: Lee & Barry Gold HCSS: Richard Binzel NPG: Christopher Stasheff	The Involuntary Human	1057/1268	Full $53/$44/$39 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $16/$37/$18 Fri/Sat/Sun	31
45	15-17 Feb 2008	Westin Waterfront	Gay Ellen Dennett	GoH: David Weber OA: Dean Morrissey SG: Bruce Coville FF: Seanan McGuire NPG: Howard Waldrop, Pamela Sargent, & George Zebrowski	The One Right Thing (Bruce Coville)	1056/1263	Full $54/$45/$40 Door/Pre-reg/Year Ahead33 Daily $16/$38/$18 Fri/Sat/Sun
46	13-15 Feb 2009	Westin Waterfront	Lis Carey	GoH: Jo Walton OA: Stephan Martiniere SG: Irene Gallo FF: Dr. H. Paul Shuch (Dr. SETI) HCSS: Geoffrey Landis NPG: Greg and Astrid Bear	Lifelode	959/1139	Pre-Con Adult College K-12 Staff/Min33 $40 $40 $40 Pre-reg39 $46 $46 $46 At-Con Adult College K-12 Full Weekend $56 $46 $46 Friday $16 $11 $11 Saturday $40 $27 $27 Sunday $20 $13 $13	30
					Sibyls & Spaceships
47	12-14 Feb 2010	Westin Waterfront	Jim Mann	GoH: Alastair Reynolds OA: John Picacio SG: Tom Shippey FF: Mary Crowell HCSS: Vernor Vinge NPG: Lois McMaster Bujold & Michael Whelan	Deep Navigation	1065/1262	Pre-Con Adult College K-12 Staff/Min33 $40 $40 $40 Pre-reg39 $47 $47 $47 At-Con Adult College K-12 Full Weekend $57 $47 $47 Friday $15 $12 $12 Saturday $42 $28 $28 Sunday $20 $13 $13 Sat/Eve41 $20 $20 $20
48	18-20 Feb 2011	Westin Waterfront	Priscilla Olson	GoH: Charles Stross OA: Gregory Manchess SG: Charlaine Harris FF: Erica Neely HCSS: Joan Slonczewski NPG: Karen Anderson	Scratch Monkey	1047/1247	Pre-Con Adult College K-12 Staff/Min33 $40 $35 $25 Pre-reg39 $49 $35 $25 At-Con Adult College K-12 Full Weekend $58 $35 $25 Friday $15 $10 $10 Saturday $43 $25 $25 Sunday $15 $10 $10	32
49	17-19 Feb 2012	Westin Waterfront	Sharon Sbarsky	GoH: John Scalzi OA: Daniel Dos Santos SG: Toni Weisskopf FF: Tricky Pixie HCSS: Bruce Schneier NPG: Jerry Pournelle28	24 Frames into the Future	1201/1384 Plus 7234	Pre-Con Adult College K-12 Staff/Min33 $40 $30 $20 Pre-reg39 $49 $35 $25 At-Con Adult College K-12 Full Weekend $55 $35 $25 Friday $15 $10 $10 Saturday $40 $25 $25 Sunday $15 $10 $10
50	15-17 Feb 2013	Westin Waterfront	Rick Kovalcik	GoH: Vernor Vinge OA: Lisa Snellings SG: John Hertz Musician: Heather Dale HCSS: Jordin T. Kare NPG: Jerry Pournelle	Neither Complete nor Conclusive	1042/1263	Pre-Con Adult College K-12 Staff/Min33 $40 $30 $20 Pre-reg39 $50 $35 $25 At-Con Adult College K-12 Full Weekend $55 $35 $25 Friday $15 $10 $10 Saturday $40 $25 $25 Sunday $15 $10 $10	36
51	14-16 Feb 2014	Westin Waterfront	Ann Broomhead	GoH: Seanan McGuire OA: David Palumbo SG: Ginjer Buchanan FF: Bill Roper HCSS: Bill Higgins NPG: Jane Yolen	Letters to the Pumpkin King	986/1236	Pre-Con Adult College K-12 Staff/Min33 $40 $30 $20 Pre-reg39 $50 $35 $25 At-Con Adult College K-12 Full Weekend $55 $40 $25 Friday $15 $15 $10 Saturday $40 $40 $25 Sunday $15 $15 $10
52	13-15 Feb 2015	Westin Waterfront	Adina Adler	GoH: Steven Brust OA: Charles Lang and Wendy Snow-Lang SG: Robert K. Wiener FF: Maya and Jeff Bohnhoff HCSS: David L. Clements NPG: Vincent DiFate		910/1244	Pre-Con Adult College K-12 Staff/Min33 $40 $30 $20 Pre-reg39 $50 $35 $25 At-Con Adult College K-12 Full Weekend $60 $40 $25 Friday $20 $20 $10 Saturday $40 $40 $25 Sunday $20 $20 $10	37 38
53	19-21 Feb 2016	Westin Waterfront	Tim Szczesuil	GoH: Garth Nix OA: Richard Anderson SG: Arnie & Cathy Fenner FF: Vixy & Tony NPG: Bob Eggleton	The Grimm Future	1051/1327	Pre-Con Adult College K-12 Staff/Min33 $40 $30 $20 Pre-reg39 $50 $35 $25 At-Con Adult College K-12 Full Weekend $65 $40 $25 Friday $25 $20 $10 Saturday $45 $40 $25 Sunday $25 $20 $10
54	17-19 Feb 2017	Westin Waterfront	Erin Underwood	GoH: Brandon Sanderson OA: Dave Seeley SG: Maryelizabeth Yturralde FF: The Fabulous Lorraine & Lojo Russo HCSS: Milton Davis NPG: Ken MacLeod		1280/1562	Pre-Con Adult College K-12 Staff/Min33 $40 $30 $20 Pre-reg39 $55 $35 $25 At-Con Adult College K-12 Full Weekend $65 $40 $25 Friday $25 $20 $10 Saturday $45 $40 $25 Sunday $25 $20 $10
55	16-18 Feb 2018	Westin Waterfront	Gay Ellen Dennett	GoH: Mary Robinette Kowal OA: Marianne Plumridge SG: Craig Miller YAGoH: Tamora Pierce HCSS: Catherine Asaro NPG: Nat Segaloff		1172/1450	Pre-Con Adult College K-12 Staff/Dealer/Min33 40 $45 $35 $25 Pre-reg39 $55 $35 $25 At-Con Adult College K-12 Full Weekend $65 $40 $25 Friday $25 $20 $10 Saturday $50 $40 $20 Sunday $20 $20 $10
56	15-17 Feb 2019	Westin Waterfront	Richard Duffy	GoH: Elizabeth Hand OA: Jim Burns28 SG: Christopher Golden YAGoH: Cindy Pon HCSS: Vandana Singh NPG: Gardner Dozois27	On the Road with Gardner Dozois	Humans: 1069/1373 Ducks:42 1068/445	Pre-Con Adult College K-12 Staff/Dealer/Min33 $45 $35 $25 Pre-reg39 $55 $35 $25 At-Con Adult College K-12 Full Weekend $65 $40 $25 Friday $25 $20 $10 Saturday $50 $40 $20 Sunday $20 $20 $10
57	14-16 Feb 2020	Westin Waterfront	Rick Kovalcik	GoH: Kim Stanley Robinson OA: Eric Wilkerson YAGoH: Holly Black MG: Cheshire Moon HCSS: TBD NPG: TBD		??/??	Pre-Con Adult 18‐25 5–17 Staff/Dealer/Military/Min33 $50 $35 $25 Pre-reg39 $60 $35 $25 At-Con Adult (26+) 18–25 5–17 Full Weekend $70 $40 $25 Friday $25 $20 $10 Saturday $50 $40 $20 Sunday $20 $20 $10	43
58	12–14 Feb 2021	Westin Waterfront	Erin Underwood			??/??	Pre-Con Adult 18‐25 5–17 Staff/Dealer/Military/Min33 $?? $?? $?? Pre-reg39 $?? $?? $?? At-Con Adult (26+) 18–25 5–17 Full Weekend $?? $?? $?? Friday $?? $?? $?? Saturday $?? $?? $?? Sunday $?? $?? $??

Footnotes

1. Abbreviations: A: Artist, GoH: Guest of Honor, OA: Official Artist, SG: Special Guest, SS: Science Speaker, FF: Featured Filker, HCSS: Hal Clement Science Speaker, NPG: Press Guest, MG: Musical Guest. (FF, HCSS, and NPG were not considered GoHs before Boskone 50 (2013), though in 2017 we retroactively gave lifetime Boskone memberships to guests of any sort.).
2. Where a single number is given, it is the warm-body count (actual attendance). Where two numbers are given, the first is the warm-body count, and the second is the total membership including no-shows. (No-shows include not only people who paid and couldn't attend for one reason or another, but also lifetime members who have gafiated and many former GOHs, who all receive lifetime memberships.)
3. The Stranger Club was the Fan Guest of Honor at Noreascon 3, the 47^th World Science Fiction Convention, in 1989.
4. This first series of Boskones had been completely forgotten when the second series of Boskones was started.
5. Actually, the Guests list is the entire membership of the con.
6. Called the "Northeast SF Conference" [claimed to be the first post-war SF con]. Currier was the MC.
7. Guests were typically Guest of Honor, Official Artist and Science Speaker.
8. Run by the Boston Science Fiction Society (mostly Mike Ward, Dave Vanderwerf, and Erwin "Filthy Pierre" Strauss, other members included Leslie Turek, Alma Hill, Ed & Paul Galvin, Andrew A. "Drew" Whyte, Hal Clement, and Ben Bova).
9. Under the official sponsorship of MITSFS.
10. Campbell was called "Principal Speaker."
11. From 1968 (Boskone 5) forward, all Boskones were sponsored by NESFA.
12. A deliberately scaled-down, suburban Boskone to allow the committee to prepare for Noreascon 1.
13. The Artist guest is now called the Official Artist.
14. Ann Broomhead is the same person as Ann McCutchen.
15. A Time When is the first part of The White Dragon.
16. First Boskone T-shirt done.
17. A deliberately scaled-down, suburban Boskone to allow the committee to prepare for Noreascon 2. Also known as BoskLone.
18. From this point on, guests were Guest of Honor (a writer), Official Artist, and Special Guest.
19. Boskone was probably the biggest SF convention in the world in 1985.
20. Boskone blows up and moves out of Boston.
21. Starting with this Boskone, a Featured Filker was added. The Featured Filker is not officially a Guest of Honor, but travel and room costs are picked up by the convention. MASSFILC helped pay for the first Featured Filker.
22. The Great Boskone Blizzard finally happens with major snowfalls on both Friday and Sunday.
23. FanHistoricon (a traveling fan history convention) was co-located with Boskone.
24. A horrible database crash made it impossible to get exact registration and attendance numbers, but an examination of the Treasury income data showed that paid memberships were essentially the same as the previous year. There is no reason to think that the proportion of warm bodies on site was significantly different, either.
25. Yet another Boskone Blizzard — 8" of snow between 3 pm and midnight Friday.
26. The hotel changed its name from Sheraton Tara to Sheraton Framingham.
27. Guest died prior to the convention.
28. Guest was unable to attend the convention.
29. Still yet another Boskone Blizzard — 27" of snow on Sunday-Monday stranding 50 members for Snokone.
30. B42 was the first Boskone to offer rollover memberships to the following Boskone to volunteers who worked more than 16 hours. As of B46, the number of hours was dropped to 12.
31. Pre-reg rate changed from $43 to $44 on 2006-10-10.
32. Friday daily rate was posted as $17 on the web, but it was changed to $15 before the convention.
33. Boskone Staff, workers, and (as of B56) dealers are offered a pre-reg rate equal to the lowest available amount (typically the membership rate for this Boskone charged at the previous Boskone). Starting with B57, active military personnel are offered this same rate.
34. 88 people attended the Magic-the-Gathering tournament, 16 of whom had attended the full convention.
35. For most of Boskone history it was possible to purchase a lifetime membership to Boskone.
    Rates were:
    • Boskone 1-14: unavailable
    • Boskone 15-16: 10 x current pre-reg rate
    • Boskone 17-19: unavailable
    • Boskone 20-24: 20 x current pre-reg rate
    • Boskone 25-present: 14 x lowest pre-reg rate
36. A larger number of noshows (difference between the warm body count and the total membership numbers) than usual, probably due to the bad weather; i.e., a foot of snow and 50mph winds on Saturday.
37. Robin McKinley was originally named as Guest of Honor, but needed to withdraw for personal reasons.
38. Huge snow storm sent lots of people home on Saturday and blocked many others from arriving as they closed down public transit.
39. The pre-reg rate is available from the day after the previous Boskone up through the middle of the following January.
40. As of B55, the dealer rate was set to match the staff/worker rate (as noted in IM938), but we didn't get our accounting act together this year, so dealers were charged the standard pre-reg rate.
41. Special $20 rate to see the Saturday Musical: Godson.
42. Narniacon held a duck hunt, and the duck counts are shown under the human counts. The first number is the number of ducks the hunt started with and the second number is the number of ducks that flew away into the world.
43. Starting with B57, rates are based on age, not on educational status, and active military was set to be the same rate as the lowest adult rate.

General notes

• There is no Boskone membership fee for a "Kid-in-Tow", who must accompany parents at all times during the convention. This also applies to "Parent-in-Tow", "Grandparent-in-Tow", and "Assistant-in-Tow" (for members who require assistance).