1988

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January 22 Ossie Train dies
Easter Follycon
May 8 Robert A. Heinlein dies
May 16 Duggie Fisher dies
September 1-5 (Labor Day) Nolacon II (Worldcon)
Lilian Edwards & Christina Lake TAFF trip
CUFF: Taral Wayne
DUFF: Terry Dowling (North)
FFANZ: Terry Frost & Karen Vaughn (East)
First Ditto held in Toronto
The Stars Our Destination opens in Chicago.



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A Small Tasteful AnnouncementAllargandroAnd All That JazzArrows of DesireBack PorchBig SleazeBiggy Plonks at the End of TimeBogusChronicles of the Czech NavyClark Ashton SmithCollectors Item No. 1Dr. Cheese and the Cake LadyEdgar Hoffman PriceElectric City ExpressExperiment Four-and-a-HalfFAPA Is for LoversGutenberg's FanzineHalo of FliesHave Bag, Will TravelHigh Rates DrifterHita PfushanaHolier Than ThouIdeaImpressions from the Ditto MastersKamera ObskuraKlarkash-TonMarion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy MagazineMathomMegalonMidnight GraffitiMoment's WaveNovaya ZemlyaNowhere FastNutzOccam's ChainsawOld Gaffer Hossetith Tells It the Way It IsPink Fluffy BedsocksPirate JennyProposal for Special Rule Under Section IX of the FAPA ConstitutionPulphouse MagazineQuestying PartyReading MattersRenaissance FanReports on Some HubbardianaSad 3 PartyScience Fiction and Fantasy Book Review AnnualSlithy TovesSolitonStop the Bellis Libel - A PetitionStratus SF SIG NewsSuitable for ChildrenTake Your Fanac EverywhereTelosTen-GrandTerror AustralisThe Book of MazarbulThe Brass PotatoThe CapricanThe CapricianThe Dark EidolonThe Eagle of the NorthThe Engholm FileThe FanhattoniteThe New York Review of Science FictionThe Owlet HootsThe Portable Carl BrandonThe World-Tribune InsiderTrajectoriesTranceferTrend'ArtTriptychVSOPVoxWarpWoftamXenofilkia

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A Small Tasteful AnnouncementAggieCon XIXAllargandroAmbulatory ConFusionAmigocon 3AngliconArcana 18Archon 12ArmadilloCon 10Atlanta Fantasy Fair 1988Back PorchBalticon 22BayFilk 4Baycon '88Bermuda Triangle BidBoskone 25Bram Stoker AwardBryce WaltonBubonicon 20Capricon 8ChambanaCon 18Chattacon XIIIChronicles of the Czech NavyCincinnati in '88Clam ChowderClark Ashton SmithCleveland in 88Clifford D. SimakCoastcon XICon*Stellation VIIConChord 4ConClave XIIIConQuesT 19ConQuistadorConQuistador VConTact 6Concave 9ConfluenceConfluence 1Consensus*Context IContradiction 8CopperCon 8Corflu 5CorsairConCorsairCon 1Costume-Con 6Czarkon 5D. D. SharpDan ZissmanDarkover Grand Council 11Dave Kyle's Nolacon II ReminiscenceDeepSouthCon 26Disclave 32DittoDr. Cheese and the Cake LadyDreamcon 3E. Hoffmann PriceEarthconEarthcon VIIIEd CountsEdgar Hoffman PriceElectric City ExpressEquiconEquicon '88FAPA Is for LoversFilmconFourth Street Fantasy 1988GaylaxiconGenericon IVHigh Rates DrifterHolier Than ThouHomer Eon FlintI-Con VIIICFA 9IcarusIdeaInConJunction VIIIJ. T. OliverJames AsheJohn D. ClarkJohn Myers MyersKubla KhansequencesLepreCon 14LibertyCon 2Life, the Universe, & Everything 6Lin CarterLoscon FifteenLunacon 31Marcon XXIIIMarion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy MagazineMichael ShaaraMidSouthCon 7Midnight GraffitiMidwestcon 39MileHiCon 20Millennicon -13Minicon 23Minnesota Fantasy AwardMisCon 3MosCon XMythcon XIXNJAC 4Name That ConName That Con 1Necon 8Necronomicon '88New Orleans in '88Nolacon IINorwescon XOASISOASIS 1OKon 11OVFF 4Octocon 25Omacon 8Orma McCormickOryCon 10Ossie TrainPhilcon 88Phoenix in '88Pierce BrownPirate JennyPortland in '88Pulpcon 17Pulphouse MagazineQuestying PartyRay FisherReadercon 2Renaissance FanReports on Some HubbardianaRivercon XIIIRobert A. HeinleinRoc*Kon 13Ross RocklynneRoy A. SquiresRustycon 5Sad 3 PartyScience Fiction Chronicle Reader AwardScience Fiction and Fantasy Book Review AnnualSercon 2Smofcon 5Sol CohenSoonerCon 4St. Louis in '88StellarCon XIIIStratus SF SIG NewsTake Your Fanac EverywhereThe Dark EidolonThe New York Review of Science FictionThe Owlet HootsThe Portable Carl BrandonThe Stars Our DestinationThe Travelling FeteThe World-Tribune InsiderTrajectoriesTrend'ArtTropicon VIITulsa in '88TusCon 15Unicon 12UpperSouthClave 18Valleycon 13Vernon HarryVicto NgaiVida JamesonVikingcon 9Virginia BeebeVoxWalter E. MarconetteWestercon 41Windycon XVWisCon 12X-Con 12Xanadu 5XenofilkiaZeda Mishler

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