Created as the brain child of Edgar Lincoln and his wife Norma Barret-Lincoln with the help of friends, some of whom are still involved today, RadCon is a not-for-profit organization that promotes education in Science Fiction and Fantasy.

[1] RadCon hosts many events during the convention and promotes all aspects of science-fiction, including gaming, art, literature, films and science.

Past guests from other years include Nene Thomas, Alexander James Adams, Alan Marshall Clark, Jeff Sturgeon, and Patricia Briggs.

[3] Guests of Honor who attended were "...author Tanya Huff, author of the Blood urban fantasy vampire series that became the TV show Blood Ties; artist J.P. Targete, whose art has been featured on a number of book covers and in The Rising comic book; Scott Allie, editor-in-chief of Dark Horse Comics; and Dragon Dronet, a stuntman and choreographer who worked on The Scorpion King and Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes movie.

"[4] The name may have originated with a member of the initial concom who worked in Radiological Control, possibly at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland.