San Diego

San Diego doesn't seem to have been an especially early bastion of fandom, perhaps because so much of its population growth has been recent.

Local clubs:

• San Diego Speculative Fiction Society
• San Diego Science Fiction Conventions
• Darkstar

Local bids:

• San Diego in '87
• San Diego in 2006 (Westercon)

Local conventions:

• 1952 -- Sou-Westercon
• 1966 -- Westercon 19
• 1977 -- Starcon, Mythcon VIII
• 1979 -- Whatacon
• 1983 to present -- ConChord
• 1984 to 1987 -- ConQuistador
• 1986 -- Westercon 39
• 1988? to 1996? -- DefCon
• 1990 -- ConDiego
• 1991 -- CON/FUSION, MythCon XXII
• 1993 to present -- ConDor
• 1998 -- Concept 1998
• 2002 -- Smofcon 20
• 2002 to present -- Conjecture
• 2006 -- Conzilla
• 2011 -- World Fantasy Convention 2011
• 2015 -- Westercon 68
• 2018 -- Costume-Con 36

Local fanzines:

• Muse Fantastique

Other local stuff:

• Mysterious Galaxy

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