1940

January	Futurian Observer first published.
February 18	Stranger Club formed.
Spring	Denver Science Fictioneers formed.
May	Fandom learns that “Yngvi is a Louse!”
July	Philadelphia Blitzkrieg.
September 1–2 (Labor Day)	Chicon (Second Worldcon).
	Jack Speer distributes first filksongs.
	End of Second Transition and start of Third Fandom (Numerical Fandoms).
October	Louis Russell Chauvenet coins the word Fanzine in Detours.
October	Damon Knight proposes the establishment of the N3F.
Fall	Colorado Fantasy Society formed.
September	Serial of A. E. van Vogt’s Slan begins.
November 10	Phillycon 1940.
November 29	Minneapolis Fantasy Society restarted.
December 6	First Sydney Conference held.

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Births and Deaths:

Alexei Panshin - Angela Carter - Ann Cecil - Arlan K. Andrews, Sr. - Burt Satz - Butch Honeck - Chuck Partington - Doug Barbour - Drew Whyte - Farnsworth Wright - Fred Patten - Fuzzy Pink Niven - George C. Chesbro - George Jumper - H. R. Giger - Jackie Causgrove - James Coleman Nelson - Jim Caughran - John Clute - John McGeehan - Judith Brownlee - Kent Moomaw - Kinuko Y. Craft - Lou Donato - Mary Turzillo - Meade Frierson - Mike McQuown - Norman Spinrad - Peter Haining - Philip Nowlan - Robin Wood - Roger Sween - Ron Bushyager - Ron Haydock - Ron Tiner - Roy Thomas - T. O'Conor Sloane - Talbot Mundy - Ted Wade - Terry Gilliam - Thomas M. Disch - Tim Dumont - Tom Digby - Tomas A. Endrey - Warren A. Freiberg - Wendall Ing

Convention series started or ended:

Sydney Conference - Washington Confabulation

Onetime conventions:

Third Chicago Conference

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

1940 Chicon Scrapbook and Everyfan's Guide - a - Ad Astra - Astonishing Stories - Austra-Fantasy - CFS Review - Captain Future - Chaos - Comet - The Comet - Comet Stories of Time and Space - Cosmos - Damn Thing - Dawn Shadows - Detours - Directory of Current British Fan Magazines - Epilogue - Escape - FAPA Review - Fantasite - Fantasmagoria - Fantastic Novels - Fantasy Digest - Fantasy Fiction Field - Fantasy Fictioneer - Fanzine - Forerunner - Frontier - Futuria Fantasia - Futurian Observer - Futurian War Digest - Gargoyle - The Gentlest Art - Hermes - Le Vombiteur - Looking Ahead - Lovecraftian - Melbourne Bulletin - Midwest Marky - Milty's Mag - Nepenthe - Pluto - Postal Preview - Pseudo-Futurian - STF-ETTE - Sardonyx - Science Fantasy Review - Science Fiction Fandom Quarterly - Science Fiction Forward - Science Fiction Progress - Science Fiction Quarterly - Science Fiction Song Sheet - Science Fiction Weekly - Science-Fantasy Review War Digest - Scienti-Comics - Shangri L'Affaires - Snide - Stardust - Stars - Strange Fantasy - Sun Spots - Super Science Stories - Sweetness and Light - The "Pseudo-Futurian!" - The Alchemist - The Futurian - The Gentlest Art - The Rocket - The Satellite - Uncanny Tales - Vad-Jong - War in Heaven - Who's Who in Fandom 1940 - Why I Have Left Fandom

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Colorado Fantasy Society - Cosmic Circle - Denver Science Fictioneers - Frontier Society - Futurian League - Galactic Roamers - Indiana Fantasy Association - Intellectual Brotherhood of Pro-Scientists - Solaroid Club - Stranger Club

Fanhistory:

Blitzkrieg - Forrest J Ackerman's Chicon I Reminiscence - IPO - List of Chicago Conventions - Skylark of Woo-Woo - The Stranger Club by Art Widner - Theodore/Tanya - Unite — or Fie!

New fanspeak coined:

Blitzkrieg - Confabulation - Fanzine - Faster Than Light - Slan - Triumvirs - Vad-Jong - Yngvi

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Austra-Fantasy - Cosmos - First Sydney Conference - Futurian Observer - Hermes - Melbourne Bulletin - Sydney Conference

Britain:

Angela Carter - Chuck Partington - Dawn Shadows - Directory of Current British Fan Magazines - Forerunner - Futurian War Digest - Gargoyle - The Gentlest Art - John Clute - Peter Haining - Postal Preview - Pseudo-Futurian - Ron Tiner - Science Fantasy Review - Science-Fantasy Review War Digest - Ted Wade - Terry Gilliam - The "Pseudo-Futurian!" - The Futurian - The Gentlest Art - The Satellite

Canada:

Doug Barbour - Jim Caughran - John Clute

Europe:

H. R. Giger

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

1940 Chicon Scrapbook and Everyfan's Guide - a - Ad Astra - Alexei Panshin - All-Eastern Science Fiction Conference - Ann Cecil - Arlan K. Andrews, Sr. - Astonishing Stories - Bubonicon 1 - Burt Satz - Butch Honeck - CFS Review - Captain Future - Chaos - Chicon - Forrest J Ackerman's Chicon I Reminiscence - Colorado Fantasy Society - Comet - The Comet - Comet Stories of Time and Space - Cosmic Circle - Damn Thing - Denver Science Fictioneers - Detours - Drew Whyte - Epilogue - Escape - FAPA Review - Fantasite - Fantasmagoria - Fantastic Novels - Fantasy Digest - Fantasy Fiction Field - Fantasy Fictioneer - Farnsworth Wright - Fred Patten - Frontier - Frontier Society - Futuria Fantasia - Futurian League - Fuzzy Pink Niven - Galactic Roamers - George C. Chesbro - George Jumper - Indiana Fantasy Association - Intellectual Brotherhood of Pro-Scientists - Ivory Tower - Jackie Causgrove - James Coleman Nelson - Jim Caughran - John Clute - John McGeehan - Judith Brownlee - Kent Moomaw - Kinuko Y. Craft - Le Vombiteur - List of Chicago Conventions - Looking Ahead - Lou Donato - Lovecraftian - Mary Turzillo - Meade Frierson - Midwest Marky - Mike McQuown - Milty's Mag - Nepenthe - Norman Spinrad - Philip Nowlan - Phillycon 1940 - Pluto - Robin Wood - Roger Sween - Ron Bushyager - Ron Haydock - Roy Thomas - STF-ETTE - Sardonyx - Science Fiction Fandom Quarterly - Science Fiction Forward - Science Fiction Progress - Science Fiction Quarterly - Science Fiction Song Sheet - Science Fiction Weekly - Scienti-Comics - Shangri L'Affaires - Skylark of Woo-Woo - Snide - Solaroid Club - Stardust - Stars - Strange Fantasy - Stranger Club - Sun Spots - Super Science Stories - Sweetness and Light - T. O'Conor Sloane - Talbot Mundy - The Alchemist - The Rocket - The Stranger Club by Art Widner - Theodore/Tanya - Third Chicago Conference - Thomas M. Disch - Tim Dumont - Tom Digby - Tomas A. Endrey - Triumvirs - Uncanny Tales - Unite — or Fie! - Vad-Jong - War in Heaven - Warren A. Freiberg - Washington Confabulation - Washington Confabulation 1 - Wendall Ing - Who's Who in Fandom 1940 - Why I Have Left Fandom

Rest of the World: