{"product_id":"2940014031479","title":"Out Of This World Convention","description":"I was a spy for the FBI--the Fantasy Bureau of Investigation! Learning\u003cbr\u003eof a monster meeting of science fiction \"fen\" in New York, I teleported\u003cbr\u003emyself 3,000 miles from the Pacificoast to check the facts on the\u003cbr\u003emonsters. And it was true--the 14th World SciFi Con was tremonstrous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn all seriousness, the _Newyorcon_ was one of the greatest aggregations\u003cbr\u003eof s.f. enthusiasts I have ever seen. A far cry from the _Nycon_, the\u003cbr\u003e_first_ \"world\" s.f. con of 17 years before, when the turnout of 125 was\u003cbr\u003econsidered colossal. Now more than twelve hundred fans, authors,\u003cbr\u003eeditors, artists, publishers, agents, anthologists, reviewers and\u003cbr\u003ereaders of science fiction and fantasy registered for the Labor Day\u003cbr\u003eWeekend gathering of the clans, a conclave of the slans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 37 of the 48 states they came. And from Canada, Cuba, England,\u003cbr\u003eGermany, India, Israel and the West Indies. The roll call of celebrities\u003cbr\u003eread like the Who's Who of S.F. Prodom: Theodore Sturgeon, Isaac Asimov,\u003cbr\u003eFritz Leiber, Willy Ley, Nelson Bond, John W. Campbell Jr., L. Sprague\u003cbr\u003ede Camp, James Blish, Judith Merril, \"Ted\" Carnell (Editor of New\u003cbr\u003eWorlds), Kelly Freas, Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, Anthony Boucher,\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Tenn, James E. Gunn, Frank Belknap Long Jr., and numerous\u003cbr\u003eothers, including Guest of Honor Arthur C. Clarke.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079868137712,"sku":"2940014031479","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014031479_p0.jpg?v=1763599404","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014031479","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}