Depends on definition of 'way back when'. I'm not sure when you went, but take a look at Boskone history (noting especially the 1980s) and The Rise and Fall of the Giant Boskones. This is all before my time but it's legendary.
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Re: Banned costuming?
Date: 2011-01-21 09:14 pm (UTC)For a more purely 'literary' local convention, see Readercon.