1940

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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
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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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