 The Guests of Honor were Andre Norton, Ian & Betty Ballantine (pro), and The Stranger Club (fan).Seven surviving members of the latter group—the first known science fiction club in the Boston area, and responsible for organizing Boskone I, New England's first science fiction convention, in 1941—attended, including Harry Stubbs (Hal Clement).Total attendance was 6,837, of 7,795 paid memberships.