The 5th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Philcon I, was held on 30 August–1 September 1947 at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
The chairman was Milton Rothman.
Participants
Attendance was approximately 200.
Guests of honor
John W. Campbell, Jr. L. Jerome Stanton (toastmaster)
See also
Hugo Award Science fiction Speculative fiction World Science Fiction Society Worldcon
References