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)

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Births and Deaths:

Alfred Bester - Bea Mahaffey - C. L. Moore - Dick Wilson - Donald Wandrei - Frank Edward Arnold - Franklin Lee Baldwin - James Tiptree, Jr. - 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:

Conception

Bids:

Britain in '87 - LA in '87 - LA in '87 - Oakland in '87 - Phoenix in '85 - Phoenix in 1987 - Pluto in '87 - San Diego in '87 - Vancouver in '87

Publications started or ended:

Balloons Over Bristol - Collectors Item No. 1 - Constellation of Kasterborus - Critical Wave - Eat That Duck - Embryonic Journey -- From Leeds to Leeds in 50 Years - Fantasy Review - Godzilla's Dental Floss - Hyphen - Kwazar - Now Read On -- A Collection of Recent British Fanwriting - Omega Science Digest - SF Eye - Spung - Still Life - Taffiles - Taffluvia - The Bagabash Papers - The Best of Conrunner - The LibertyCon Newsletter - Xanxia

Publishers founded or closed:

Off Centaur Publications

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:

Glasgow Science Fiction Writers Circle - Orlando Area Science Fiction Society

Fan History:

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Capcon - Constellation of Kasterborus - Eastercon '87 - Eastercon - Eccentricon - Omega Science Digest - Swancon 12 - TrekCon III

Britain:

Arthur C. Clarke Award - BECCON - BECCON '87 - Balloons Over Bristol - Britain in '87 - Collectors Item No. 1 - Conception - Connote8 - Conspiracy '87 - Critical Wave - Eat That Duck - Embryonic Journey -- From Leeds to Leeds in 50 Years - Fantasycon XII - Frank Edward Arnold - Glasgow Science Fiction Writers Circle - Microcon 7 - Novacon 17 - Now Read On -- A Collection of Recent British Fanwriting - One Tun - Oxonmoot 1987 - Picocon 5 - Roger Lancelyn Green - Rubicon II - Shoestringcon 9 - Still Life - The Best of Conrunner

Canada:

Ad Astra 7 - Boréal '87 - Halcon 10 - Keycon 4 - P. Howard Lyons - Richard Delap - VCON 15 - Vancouver in '87

Europe:

Consternation - Eurocon 1987

Ireland:

Nicon 87

New Zealand:

Godzilla's Dental Floss - Windycon '87

US:

13th World Fantasy Convention - 1985 NASFiC Site Selection - 1987 NASFiC Site Selection - 1990 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 - ConChord 3 - ConClave XII - ConFusion 12 - ConQuesT 18 - ConQuistador IV - ConTact 5 - Concave 8 - CopperCon 7 - Corflu 4 - Darkover Grand Council 10 - DeepSouthCon 25 - Dick Wilson - Disclave 12 - Disclave 31 - Donald Wandrei - Dracula Society's Children of the Night Award - Dragon*Con - Dreamcon 2 - Episode XXXX - Equicon '87 - Fantasy Review - Fourth Street Fantasy 1987 - Franklin Lee Baldwin - Genericon III - Hyphen - I-Con VI - ICFA 8 - ICON 12 - InConJunction VII - 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 - Marcon XXII - 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 - Orlando Area Science Fiction Society - OryCon '87 - Phoenix in '85 - Phoenix in 1987 - Phoenixcon 2 - Platen Stories - Pluto in '87 - Polly Freas - Pulpcon 16 - Randall Garrett - Raymond Z. Gallun Award - Readercon - Readercon 1 - 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 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 - Wild Cards - Windycon XIV - WisCon 11 - Xanadu IV - Xanxia

Rest of the World: