1987
| Easter | BECCON '87 |
| April 7 | Terry Carr dies |
| June 12 | First Rubble Award given out |
| August 27 -- Sept 1 | Conspiracy '87 (Worldcon) |
| September 3--7 Labor Day | CactusCon (NASFiC) |
| September 28 | HRSFA first meeting |
| December | Pass-Along Funds started at Smofcon |
| First LibertyCon | |
| Jeanne Gomoll TAFF trip | |
| DUFF: Lucy Huntzinger (South) | |
| FFANZ: Lyn McConchie (West) | |
| GUFF: Irwin Hirsh (North) |
Births and Deaths:
Alfred Bester - Bea Mahaffey - C. L. Moore - Dick Wilson - Doc Barrett - Donald Wandrei - Frank Edward Arnold - Franklin Lee Baldwin - James Tiptree, Jr. - Lynn Bridges - Mari Beth Wheeler - P. Howard Lyons - Polly Freas - Randall Garrett - Richard Delap - Roger Lancelyn Green - Terry Carr - Theodore R. Cogswell - Vern Coriell
Convention series started or ended:
BECCON - Dragon*Con - Eastercon - LibertyCon - Readercon - Sercon
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
A Fandom Sampler - A Free Lunch - BECCON '87: The Other Press Report - Balloons Over Bristol - Civilisation Reviewed - Collectors Item No. 1 - Conspiracy Theories - Constellation of Kasterborus - Critical Wave - Deadloss - Eat That Duck - Embryonic Journey -- From Leeds to Leeds in 50 Years - Entropion - Fanfoodery: or The Plain Fan's Guide to Happy Eating - Fantasy Review - Flash Point - Flick the Bogey - Floatin' Cheese - From the Cockpit III - Godzilla's Dental Floss - Gonzo - Guerilla Arts - Hyphen - Illyria - Impressions from the Ditto Masters - International Conspiracy Journal - Izzard - Kwazar - Meep - Now Read On -- A Collection of Recent British Fanwriting - Ocelot - Omega Science Digest - SF Eye - Screwed Up Letters - Secondhand Goods - Spung - Still Life - TASH -- The Amazing Sentient House - Taffiles - Taffluvia - The Bagabash Papers - The Best of Conrunner - The House of the Hidden Poet - The LibertyCon Newsletter - The Old Grey Wassail Test: A Selection of British Filk Songs - The Science Fact & Fiction Concatenation - The Story So Far - Xanxia
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
1987 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1987 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1987 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1987 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1987 Best Non-Fiction Book Hugo - 1987 Best Novel Hugo - 1987 Best Novelette Hugo - 1987 Best Novella Hugo - 1987 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1987 Best Professional Editor Hugo - 1987 Best Semiprozine Hugo - 1987 Best Short Story Hugo - 1987 Campbell Award - 1987 Hugos - Arthur C. Clarke Award - Asimov's Science Fiction Readers Award - Dracula Society's Children of the Night Award - Raymond Z. Gallun Award - Rubble Award - Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
A Fandom Sampler - A Free Lunch - Albacon 87 - Arthur C. Clarke Award - BECCON - BECCON '87 - BECCON '87: The Other Press Report - Balloons Over Bristol - Britain in '87 - Civilisation Reviewed - Collectors Item No. 1 - Conception - Connote8 - Conspiracy '87 - David Kyle's Conspiracy '87 Reminiscence - Conspiracy Theories - Critical Wave - Deadloss - Eat That Duck - Embryonic Journey -- From Leeds to Leeds in 50 Years - Entropion - Fanfoodery: or The Plain Fan's Guide to Happy Eating - Fantasycon XII - Flick the Bogey - Floatin' Cheese - Frank Edward Arnold - Glasgow Science Fiction Writers Circle - Gonzo - Hilton Birmingham Metropole - Hotel Manager Wall - Illyria - International Conspiracy Journal - Meep - Metropole Hotel - Microcon 7 - Novacon 17 - Now Read On -- A Collection of Recent British Fanwriting - Ocelot - One Tun - Oxonmoot 1987 - Picocon 5 - Platen Stories - Roger Lancelyn Green - Rubicon II - SASS - Screwed Up Letters - Secondhand Goods - Shoestringcon 9 - Still Life - TASH -- The Amazing Sentient House - The Best of Conrunner - The Old Grey Wassail Test: A Selection of British Filk Songs - The Science Fact & Fiction Concatenation - The Story So Far - The Wellington - Who's Hugh?
Canada:
Europe:
New Zealand:
US:
13th World Fantasy Convention - 1987 NASFiC Site Selection - AggieCon XVIII - Alfred Bester - Alternacon - Archon 11 - ArmadilloCon 9 - Asimov's Science Fiction Readers Award - Atlanta Fantasy Fair 1987 - Balticon 21 - Baycon '87 - Bea Mahaffey - Boskone 24 - Bubonicon 19 - C'ntraction - C. L. Moore - CactusCon - Capricon 7 - ChambanaCon 17 - Chattacon XII - Coastcon X - Con*Stellation VI - Con*Tretemps 6 - ConChord 3 - ConClave XII - ConFusion 12 - ConQuesT 18 - ConQuistador IV - ConTact 5 - Concave 8 - CopperCon 7 - Corflu 4 - Costume-Con 5 - Darkover Grand Council 10 - DeepSouthCon 25 - Dick Wilson - Disclave 12 - Disclave 31 - Doc Barrett - Donald Wandrei - Dracula Society's Children of the Night Award - Dragon*Con - Dreamcon 2 - Earthcon VII - Episode XXXX - Equicon '87 - Fantastic Fiction Club - Fantasy Review - Flash Point - Fourth Street Fantasy 1987 - Franklin Lee Baldwin - From the Cockpit III - Genericon III - Guerilla Arts - I-Con VI - ICFA 8 - ICON 12 - InConJunction VII - Izzard - James Tiptree, Jr. - Kubla Quinze - Kwazar - LA in '87 - LA in '87 - LepreCon 13 - LibertyCon - LibertyCon 1 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 5 - Loscon XIV - Lunacon 30 - Lynn Bridges - Marcon XXII - Mari Beth Wheeler - MidSouthCon 6 - Midwestcon 38 - MileHiCon 19 - Millennicon -14 - Minicon 22 - MisCon 2 - Mythcon XVIII - NESFA Hymnal - NJAC 3 - Necon 7 - Necronomicon '87 - Newfangled Contraption - OKon 10 - OVFF 3 - Oakland in '87 - Octocon 24 - Off Centaur Publications - Omacon 7 - Orlando Area Science Fiction Society - OryCon '87 - Philcon 87 - Phoenix in '85 - Phoenix in 1987 - Phoenixcon 2 - Polly Freas - Pulp Era Amateur Press Society - Pulpcon 16 - Randall Garrett - Raymond Z. Gallun Award - Readercon - Readercon 1 - Rise and Fall of the Giant Boskones - Rivercon XII - Roc*Kon 12 - Rubble Award - Rustycon 4 - SF Eye - San Diego in '87 - Sercon - Sercon 1 - Smofcon 4 - SoonerCon 3 - Spung - Stark Raving ConFusion - StellarCon XII - Taffiles - Taffluvia - Terry Carr - The Bagabash Papers - The House of the Hidden Poet - The Island of Dr. Gernsbach - The LibertyCon Newsletter - The Tale That Wags the God - Theodore R. Cogswell - Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award - Tropicon VI - TusCon 14 - Unicon 87 - UpperSouthClave 17 - Valleycon 12 - Vern Coriell - Vikingcon 8 - Wild Cards - Windycon XIV - WisCon 11 - Xanadu IV - Xanxia
Rest of the World:
| 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |
