The The The first ever World Con, aka the World Science Fiction Convention, was in 1939.

It understandably took a few years off from the years

1942 to 1945 because of some World War or something.

Yeah, there was like Nazis and other issues.

Yeah.

In the world of fiction, written, spoken, on-screen storytelling,

Nazis are perhaps the most recognizable human villains of all time. I use the word human pretty

lightly there. But apart from rude interruptions by the Nazis, WorldCon has continued unabated.

It's fitting that it has lasted so long and dates back so far.

After all, fantasy is the oldest literary genre.

Something I love to point out.

The concept was originally introduced to me by Mateo Barber Gala,

who will be mentioned a couple times in this episode.

Hey, Mateo.

And George R. Martin himself pointed that out during one of the panels,

so I love to hear that from him.

He obviously agrees.

Seattle WorldCon 2025 was the 83rd WorldCon.

That's so many.

There's probably no one living that attended that first one, because that's 86 years ago.

So if you were 14 years old and went to WorldCon in 1939 and you're still alive, you're

100.

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