Potlatch 18: Feb. 27 - March 1, 2009


Potlatch History Page

Potlatch History Page


Previous Potlatches

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ConventionDatesHotelPlaceChair(s)Book of Honor
Potlatch 1Feb. 14-16, 1992University Plaza HotelSeattle, WAKate Schaefer 
Potlatch 2Feb. 26-28, 1993Hotel ShattuckBerkeley, CATom WhitmoreFrankenstein by Mary Shelley
Potlatch 3Feb. 11-14, 1994University Plaza HotelSeattle, WAJane Hawkins 
Potlatch 4Feb. 10-12, 1995Waterfront Plaza HotelOakland, CADeb NotkinThe Only Neat Thing to Do by James Tiptree, Jr.
Potlatch 5Feb. 2-4, 1996Imperial HotelPortland, ORDavid LevineThe Lathe of Heaven video
Potlatch 6Feb. 28-Mar 2, 1997University Plaza HotelSeattle, WALuke McGuff 
Potlatch 7Jan. 16-18, 1998Jack London InnOakland, CAGuy ThomasWar of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Potlatch 8Jan. 22-24,1999Doubletree Inn GatewaySpringfield, ORLynn Adams 
Potlatch 9Feb. 25-27, 2000University Plaza HotelSeattle, WAIan K. Hagemann  
Potlatch 10Feb. 23-25, 2001Ramada Plaza Hotel InternationalSan Francisco, CAJanet Lafler, Guy ThomasThunder and Roses by Theodore Sturgeon
Potlatch 11Feb. 22-24, 2002The Best Western Executive InnSeattle, WAKate Schaefer, Jane Hawkins 
Potlatch 12Feb. 21-23, 2003Ramada Plaza Hotel InternationalSan Francisco, CAKaren SchafferThe Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith
Potlatch 13Feb. 27-29, 2004The Best Western Executive InnSeattle, WALuke McGuffThe Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
Potlatch 14Mar. 4-6, 2005Ramada Plaza Hotel InternationalSan Francisco, CASteven Schwartz, Janet LaflerA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Potlatch 15Feb. 24-26, 2006The Best Western Executive InnSeattle, WAUlrika O'Brien The Avram Davidson Treasury
edited by Robert Silverberg and Grania Davis
Potlatch 16Mar. 9-11, 2007Red Lion Convention CenterPortland ORRuth SachterDimensions of Sheckley: The Selected Novels of Robert Sheckley, edited by Sharon L. Sbarsky and Mike Resnick
Potlatch 17 Feb. 29 - March 2, 2008Hotel DecaSeattle, WAKate SchaeferParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Potlatch Con Reports


Literary Links

Reading, talking about, and writing science fiction is what Potlatch is all about. For the last several years we've been transcribing the panel proceedings for members and interested bystanders. If you'd like to catch up on the conversations that went down at previous Potlatches, check out some of the links below.

Past Potlatch Books of Honor:

Potlatch 2, 1993 : Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Potlatch 4, 1995 : The Only Neat Thing to Do by James Tiptree, Jr.

Potlatch 5, 1996 : The Lathe of Heaven (video, based on the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin)

Potlatch 7, 1998 : The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

Potlatch 10, 2001 : Thunder and Roses by Theodore Sturgeon

Potlatch 12, 2003 : The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith

Potlatch 13, 2004 : The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner

Potlatch 14, 2005 : A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick

Potlatch 15, 2006 : The Avram Davidson Treasury edited by Robert Silverberg and Grania Davis

Potlatch 16, 2007 : Dimensions of Sheckley: the Selected Novels of Robert Sheckley

Potlatch 17, 2008: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler