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2nd World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) was Chicon I which was held September 1-2 1940 at the Hotel Chicagoan in Chicago Illinois USA. The event had 128 participants.The guest of honor at the second Worldcon was E. E. Doc Smith. Also attending were Robert A. Heinlein Jack Williamson and Forrest J Ackerman. The event was chaired by Mark Reinsberg with Erle Korshak (secretary) and Bob Tucker (treasurer) as equal partners. It was organized by fans Russ Hodgkins T.