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The first HonorCon was held in 2013 in Greenville, South Carolina, organized by the BuNine worldbuilding group. BuNine subsequently handed the convention's planning and operation to TRMN, and from 2014 HonorCon was held annually at the Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown in Raleigh, North Carolina, through 2017. [[David Weber]], who makes his home in the region, appeared as the principal Guest of Honor each year. | The first HonorCon was held in 2013 in Greenville, South Carolina, organized by the BuNine worldbuilding group. BuNine subsequently handed the convention's planning and operation to TRMN, and from 2014 HonorCon was held annually at the Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown in Raleigh, North Carolina, through 2017. [[David Weber]], who makes his home in the region, appeared as the principal Guest of Honor each year. | ||
After the 2017 event the HonorCon name was "rested." Two "daughter" conventions grew out of it: [[SphinxCon]] in the Atlanta area, | After the 2017 event the HonorCon name was "rested." Two "daughter" conventions grew out of it: [[SphinxCon]] in the Atlanta area — a one-off convention held in 2018, co-sponsored by TRMN and STARFLEET (the International Star Trek Fan Association) — and FantaSci in the Raleigh area, whose first event was held in March 2019. | ||
HonorCon was geared to fans of military science fiction, bringing together members of the [[Royal Manticoran Navy]] and others who wished to role-play within the Honorverse and gain additional insight into the author's work. As with other TRMN conventions, it featured multiple tracks of programming — discussion panels, author interviews, gaming (including a spaceship-bridge simulator and Nerf-based "boarding actions"), a dealers' room, a charity auction, and a formal awards ceremony. | HonorCon was geared to fans of military science fiction, bringing together members of the [[Royal Manticoran Navy]] and others who wished to role-play within the Honorverse and gain additional insight into the author's work. As with other TRMN conventions, it featured multiple tracks of programming — discussion panels, author interviews, gaming (including a spaceship-bridge simulator and Nerf-based "boarding actions"), a dealers' room, a charity auction, and a formal awards ceremony. | ||
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==2017== | ==2017== | ||
The final HonorCon was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2017. Following the event the HonorCon name was rested, its role passing to the | The final HonorCon was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2017. Following the event the HonorCon name was rested, its role passing to the single 2018 [[SphinxCon]] in Atlanta and to FantaSci in Raleigh. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170113152154/http://www.honorcon.org/ HonorCon website] (archived, January 2017) | |||
*[https://bullspec.com/2014/10/29/coming-to-town-david-weber-and-timothy-zahn-for-honorcon/ "Coming to Town: David Weber and Timothy Zahn for HonorCon"] (Bull Spec, 2014) | *[https://bullspec.com/2014/10/29/coming-to-town-david-weber-and-timothy-zahn-for-honorcon/ "Coming to Town: David Weber and Timothy Zahn for HonorCon"] (Bull Spec, 2014) | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||