1968

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January 6 First Minicon.
January 27 Ron Ellik dies.
February 17 PenSFA formed.
Easter Thirdmancon.
April 4 Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated.
April 6 Steve Stiles commences TAFF trip.
April 29 Anthony Boucher dies.
May 10 Locus begins publication as a Boston in 71 bidzine.
May WPSFA founded.
May Science Fiction Club of London disbands.
July New Orleans Science Fiction Association holds its first election.
August Myriad founded.
August 29–September 2 (Labor Day) Baycon (Worldcon).
October ANZAPA first mailing.
October 12 The first BSFA ceases.
Late December John Michel dies.
December 21 DASFA founded.



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A Handbook of the Current Middle AgesASPAdvocates of the InfiniteAriochAsh-WingBadinageBarefoot ContessaBeABohemaBixelBybyn-BubynCacoethesCheckpointCinderCinquefoilCoprofileCoprophileDebb'nshire Crame and ScrumpyDen Haag NiewsblaadjeDipsomaniaEccoEclipseEffellEgobooEinblatt!ElberethEnnuiEosEtherline IIFMZFirst Fandom News LetterFlipFreewheelin'GlamdringGranfalloonGrimwabGrokHarlan Ellison: The Man, The WriterHolbytlaHotel of UsherHydrophobiaHyperdriveI. BaradIdIt Ain't Me BabeKevas and TrilliumL'Ange JacqueLittle Supo DeluxeLocusLokiLowdownMazarbulMeteorMondaily GuruNargothrondNeutronNot Much'a Nothin'NozdroviaNyarlathotepOSOrcristOxo-BeppoPabloPegasusPeriphrasisPlinthPoems to AstronautsPot PourriQuendiRataplanReturn of ImkRosemaryRuffcutRuneST-PhileScience Fantasy News BulletinSelected Writings of Lee JacobsSnorkelSon of New FuturianSon of TightbeamSongs from the IsenfiriStar Trek ConcordanceStardockSyzygyTAFF Progress ReportTensionThe Ecco RyderThe Legal RulesThe MISFITS BulletinThe Middle EarthwormThe New Millennial HarbingerThe S. F. CriticThe Vorpal SwordThirdmancon CombozineTomorrow And...UnicornWadezineWeirdbookYac'soneYrch!

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1968 Belknap College Tolkien Conference1968 Detroit Triple Fan Fair1968 Hugo Ceremony Transcript1968 Open ESFA1968 SouthwesterconA Handbook of the Current Middle AgesASPAdvocates of the InfiniteAlpha * Omega: A New Year's ConventionAnthony BoucherAriochAsh-WingBalticon 2Barefoot ContessaBay Area in '68BayconFred Pohl's Baycon ReminiscenceBeABohemaBixelBlue's ApaBoskone 5CacoethesCharles Lee RiddleChris MoriartyCinderCinquefoilClare Winger HarrisClarionConvention Annual No 4CoprofileCornell WoolrichD. AlbertiDavid SpeakmanDeepSouthCon 6DipsomaniaEasterconEccoEd DraveckyEgobooEinblatt!ElberethEnnuiFMZFUNconFUNcon 1FanaticsFirst Fandom News LetterFlipFrank OwenGerald KershGestaltGlamdringGranfalloonGroff ConklinGrokHarl VincentHarlan Ellison: The Man, The WriterHolbytlaHotel of UsherHoward TaylerHydrophobiaHyperdriveI've Had No Sleep and I Must GiggleI. BaradIdIncrease in Convention Sizes in the 1970sIt Ain't Me BabeJ. Lloyd EatonJeff VanderMeerJesse SheidlowerJohn B. MichelKurt MillerL'Ange JacqueLas Vegas in '68Lee JacobsLewis Grant, Jr.LocusLokiLunacon 11Marcon IIIMax KeaslerMazarbulMelissa GayMidwestcon 19Mike BrothertonMiniconMinicon 1Mondaily GuruNargothrondNeutronNot Much'a Nothin'NozdroviaNyarlathotepOSOctoconOmar RayyanOrcristOxo-BeppoOzarkon IIIPanPacificonPaul MelkoPegasusPeninsula Science Fantasy AssociationPeriphrasisPhilcon 1968QuendiReturn With Us NowReturn of ImkRon EllikRuneST-PhileScience Fantasy News BulletinScience Fiction ForumSeattle in '68Secondary UniverseSecondary Universe ISelected Writings of Lee JacobsShane TourtellotteSnorkelSon of TightbeamStar Trek ConcordanceStardockSuzanne PalmerSyracuse University Science Fiction SocietySyzygyTAFF Progress ReportTensionThe Ecco RyderThe Index of Science Fiction Magazines 1951-1965The Legal RulesThe MISFITS BulletinThe S. F. CriticThe Vorpal SwordTomorrow And...Trans Oceanic Fan FundTravis S. TaylorUnicornVox DayWeirdbookYrch!

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