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Running Amok in the Fun Factory

Graham Charnock

First published 2017
Publisher Ansible Editions
Format eBook
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Kevin Williams

  • Cover photo credited on the title page.
  • The first three essays by Holmes, Jeeves and Williams are grouped under the heading 'Twenty-Six Eastercons'.
  • Free ebook, download from taff.org.uk.

Page Title Author(s) Type
|1 Introduction (Running Amok in the Fun Factory) Graham Charnock Essay
|10 Birmingham 1972 (Novacon 2) Maule's Well in Birmingham Ian Maule Essay
|11 Newcastle 1974 (Tynecon) Once Upon a Tyne Bob Shaw Essay
|12 Newcastle 1974 (Tynecon) Just in Tyne Sam Long Essay
|13 Newcastle 1974 (Tynecon) Tynecon '74 Cath Gardner Essay
|14 Birmingham 1974 (Novacon 4) A Convention Report Roy Kettle Essay
|15 Coventry 1975 (Seacon) The Great Seacon Freakout Peter Nicholls Essay
|16 Manchester 1976 (Mancon 5) Graham's Convention: A Few Case Notes Graham Charnock Essay
|17 Manchester 1976 (Mancon 5) Tweed Elephant at Mancon Rob Jackson Essay
|18 Manchester 1976 (Mancon 5) Kevin Williams Essay
|19 Manchester 1976 (Mancon 5) Mein Con Tom Perry Essay
|2 In the Beginning – SF Ron Holmes Essay
|20 Manchester 1976 (Mancon 5) We've Gotta Get Out of This Place Malcolm Edwards Essay
|21 Newcastle 1976 (Silicon 1) Silicon 1: The Better Bust Developer Dave Cockfield Essay
|22 Birmingham 1976 (Novacon 6) Snakehip's Dream Graham Charnock Essay
|23 Birmingham 1977 (Novacon 7) The Lost Weekend Kevin Smith Essay
|24 Coventry 1977 (Eastercon '77) The Coventry Caper Terry Jeeves Essay
|25 Coventry 1977 (Eastercon '77) Wish You Were Here D. West Essay
|26 London Heathrow 1978 (Skycon) Survivaconrep Paul Kincaid Essay
|27 London Heathrow 1978 (Skycon) If You Go to Skycon Disco ... Rob Hansen Essay
|28 Newcastle 1978 (Silicon 3) Siliconrep (A Title for Nostalgia Freaks) Rob Hansen Essay
|29 Birmingham 1978 (Novacon 8) I Have No Trunks and I Must Swim Rob Hansen Essay
|3 Historicons Terry Jeeves Essay
|30 Leeds 1979 (Yorcon) Dragonburger Boogie or Confessions of a Convention Secretary Alan Dorey Essay
|31 Brighton 1979 (Seacon '79) What I Did on My Summer Vacation Ned Brooks Essay
|32 Brighton 1979 (Seacon '79) The Regency Buck Stops Here Peter Nicholls Essay
|33 Birmingham 1980 (Novacon 10) Sphincters at Dawn Leroy Kettle Essay
|34 Birmingham 1980 (Novacon 10)/Newcastle 1981 (Silicon 5) A Tale of Two Conventions Rob Hansen Essay
|35 Keele University 1982 (Unicon 3) Unicon in Retrospect Linda Pickersgill Essay
|36 Birmingham 1983 (Novacon 13) The Nerds of November Roy Kettle Essay
|37 Hinckley 2003 (Seacon '03) and There I Was ... Greg Pickersgill Essay
|38 Winchester 2010 (Corflu Cobalt) Entropy & the Heat Death of Winchester Graham Charnock Essay
|39 Nottingham 2010 (Novacon 40) Dave Hicks Stitched Me Up Graham Charnock Essay
|4 The Seventies Conventions Ian Williams Essay
|40 Lincoln 2013 (Barcon 1) Don't Wee Anywhere Claire Brialey Essay
|41 Leamington Spa 2014 (Barcon 2) What Did You Do During Barcon 2, Daddy? Graham Charnock Essay
|5 Chatham 1953 (Medcon) Medcon or Bust! Pete Taylor Essay
|6 Birmingham 1965 (Brumcon II) The Harry Harrison Show Ivor Latto Essay
|7 Great Yarmouth 1966 (Yarcon) Rob Hansen Essay
|8 Bristol 1967 (Briscon) The Bristol Binge Darroll Pardoe Essay
|9 Chester 1972 (Chessmancon) I Spent My Birthday at Chester and Lived John Piggott Essay