56th World Science Fiction Convention
BucConeer was the 56th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, on August 5-9, 1998. The convention was held in the Baltimore Convention Center, as well as the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor, the Holiday Inn Inner Harbor, the Omni Inner Harbor Baltimore, and the Baltimore Hilton and Towers. The convention was chaired by Peggy Rae Pavlat.Guests of Honor
won the vote for the 59th World Science Fiction Convention to be held in 2001.Program participants
Committee
- Convention Chair: Peggy Rae Pavlat
Division heads
- Member Services: Michelle Smith-Moore
- Facilities: Marty Gear
- Programming: John Pomeranz
- Events: Kent Bloom
- Operations: Tom Veal
- "Contents of Tables": Kathryn Daugherty
- Exhibits: Barbara Lynn Higgins
- Public Relations: Sam Lubell
- "Strange Fannish Stuff": Marc Gordon
Bid
- Chair: Hal Haag, Lance Oszko, Covert Beach
Corporation
- President: Covert Beach
- Vice-Presidents: Lance Oszko, Marty Gear
- Comptroller: Bob Macintosh
- Treasurer: Thomas Horman
- Recording Secretary: Thomas McMullan
- Corresponding Secretary: Jul Owings
Awards