China!
3,000 miles from California, not across the Pacific but around it, over British Columbia, Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, Siberia, Kamchatka, and North Korea. Tossed over the broad left shoulder of the Earth, to land in Beijing.
APSFcon was perhaps China’s first major SF-themed gathering. It was put together by the Future Affairs Administration (FAA) of Guokr Publishing. AP is for Asia-Pacific but they also called it “Another Planet” Con. ...Read More