2020

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Date Event
January 31 Brexit.
March 31 Brian Varley is first fan to die of Covid-19. Many conventions cancelled because of the pandemic.
Easter Eastercon canceled.
May 29 Uncle Hugo's bookstore burnt down and DreamHaven vandalized in Minneapolis riots.
July 29–August 2 CoNZealand, the first virtual Worldcon.
August 21–23 Virtual Columbus 2020 NASFiC.
November 506-page posthumous Outworlds 71 issued by friends of the late Bill Bowers.



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1971 Conference on Middle Earth2020 NASFiC Site Selection2020 SFWA Nebula ConferenceAl FitzpatrickAlbacon 2020Amber Unicorn BookshopAriel CiniiArisia '20ArmadilloCon 42Asimov Centennial MeetupBalticon 54 VirtualBarry NewtonBen BovaBob LaurentBoskone 57Buboni-Virtual ConC'monfluenceCONtraflow 2020COSine 2020Capclave 2020Capricon 40Chattacon 45Chessiecon 2020Christmas in Boston in 2020CoKoCon 2020Coastcon 43Columbus 2020 NASFiCColumbus in 2020ConGregate 2020ConQuesT 51ConStellation Online 2021Concave 41Conflikt 13Confluence 2020ConglomerationConglomeration 2020Consonance 2020Corflu 37Costume-Con 38Crescent City Con 10Dan GoodmanDark Matter MagazineDavid BurtonDavid IveyDebra DoyleDemiCon 31Earl KempElyse S. RosensteinFOGcon 10Fan History Zoom SeriesFestival of the Living RoomsFoolscap 22Fourth Street Fantasy 2020Frank LunneyGAFilk 2020Gary L. PlumleeGene ReedGenericon XXXIIIGlenn ChambersGrangeCon12HELIOsphere 2020Heliosphere 2020How to Train Your ConFusionHugh CaseyICFA 41JaelJames GunnJeffrey N. AppelbaumJoAnn WoodJomil MulveyJordanCONlineKaren BabcockKate HatcherLepreCon 46Life, the Universe, & Everything 38Lightning RoundLindy LaurentLois LavenderM. A. FosterMarcon 55MarsCon 2020Marshall B. TymnMike ResnickMileHiCon 52Miriam CarrMisCon 34Monica StevensMystiConMysticon 2020NEFilk 2020Naomi PardueNecronomicon 2020Neil KadenOVFF 36Or-E-Con 1P. J. BeesePenguicon 2020Phyllis EisensteinPluglunkProvidence in 2020PulpFest 2020RadCon 8Readercon 31Reed AndrusRichard C. WestRichard LupoffRo NageyRobert EnzmannSFScopeSeattle in 2020St. Petersburg Gazette and Dawson's Landing HeraldSteve StilesSusan EllisonSymposium 1971Tom BarberTony CratzTulkon 2022Valleycon 46Virtual PaperWillyCon XXIIWindycon 47 in 2020WisCon 44World Fantasy Convention 2020

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