1984
(Did you mean the George Orwell novel?)
| January 20–22 | First Rustycon. |
| January 27–29 | First Corflu. |
| early | Constellation bankruptcy. |
| February 4 | Olon F. Wiggins dies. |
| March 30-April 1 | First Istacon held. |
| April 4 | Winston Smith began his diary. |
| Easter | Seacon '84 (Eastercon). |
| June 8–10 | First ConQuistador. |
| August 30–September 3 (Labor Day) | L.A.Con III (Worldcon). Wimpy Zone controversy began. |
| August 30–September 20 | Rob Hansen TAFF trip. |
| September 21–23 | First OVFF. First Pegasus Awards given out. |
| October 12–14 | First Smofcon. |
| October 27 | 50th Anniversary of LASFS. |
| D. West pubbed Fanzines in Theory and Practice. | |
| DUFF: Jack Herman (North). | |
| GUFF: Justin Ackroyd (North). | |
| OSFiC disbanded. | |
| MilwApa began. | |
| World dictatorship averted. |
Births and Deaths:
A. Bertram Chandler - Amal El-Mohtar - Art Wilson - Beresford Smith - Bill "The Galactic" Fesselmeyer - Bill Berg - Bob Studley - Catherine Anastasia Nelson - Charles Ford Hansen - Charles G. Finney - Dan McPhail - Ejler Jakobsson - Hao Jingfang - Jack McKnight - Jane Tucker - Joan Lindsay - Joe Harnage - Kenneth Arnold - Larry Nielson - Max Gladstone - Mike Couch - Mike Zaharakis - Norbert Couch - Olon F. Wiggins - Robert Jackson Bennett - Sam Martinez - Sherry Fesselmeyer - Sophie Wenzel Ellis - Tim Daniels - Toby Froud - Virgil Partch - William Crawford
Convention series started or ended:
Australian National Doctor Who Convention - ClipperCon - Con-Juration - Con-Version - ConQuistador - Corflu - Cymrucon - Faircon - Fantasy Faire - Istacon - Keycon - Kinkon - Mexicon - Munchcon - Novacon - OVFF - Questicon - Rain - Rustycon - Skycon - Spacecon - Vulkon
Onetime conventions:
Bable Con - Brave New Con - Capcon - Circle Con - Concentric '84 - Conquest - Esotericon - Harrycon - LASFS 50th Anniversary Banquet - Onocon '84 - Petuniacon - R-Con - Space-Ex 1984 - Wamcon - Who-Do 84
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
A Elbereth Gilthoniel! - A Pauling - Abdump - Acnestis - Ad Nauseam - Aeon - Alex's Restaurant - Algol - Back Brain Recluse - Best Semiprozine Hugo - Buzz - Cactus Times - Calaban - Convention Girls' Digest - Corruption of the Innocent - Defenestration - Door Into George - Dreams and False Alarms - Drunkard's Talk - Ele: Leaves from Forlond - Elemental - Ettle - Eureka! - FROM THE DEPTHS - Fandom Is a Way of Death - Fantasy Newsletter - Fantasy Review - Fanzines in Theory and Practice - Foolsgold - Greetings from Smofville - Gris-Gris - Helpmaboab - Ink Gun Blues - Intuition - KTF Xmas Card - Kalien - Karmetari Bulletin - Killing Time - Kith - Land of Laughs - Longbottom Leaf - Love's Prurient Interest - MSTO - Morlug - New Wave Video Snacks - Nuisance Value Only - Odonian - Ogotrya - Ogotyra - Orcish Bugle - Periphery - Phantasy Press - Phlogiston - Raffles - Rastus - Really Late Seven - Risque Stories - Rot - SFEAR - ScarT - Shallow End - Sing Me a Song I Know - Small Friendly Dog - Snail's Countdown and the Rat's Revenge - Son of Death Rays - South on Peachtree - Space Junk - Spaghetti Junction - Still Life - Sweetness and Light - Tales from the Beaverbank - Tales from the Slag Heap - Tasarion - Ten for the Mexicon - The 1984 Eurocon Press Report - The Australian Horror & Fantasy Magazine - The Book of Mazarbul - The Farthing - The Head - The Little Fandom That Could - The Mad 3 Party - The Magazine of Speculative Poetry - The Northfarthing Post - The Valacirca Chronicles - This Farce - Tigger - Totally Wired - Trivial Pursuits - Vortex (Keogh) - Waldo - Weathertop - Wet Beavers - Whistleberry - Wilwarin - Woonsocket - Zed - Zine Grey
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
New fanspeak coined:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
A Elbereth Gilthoniel! - A. Bertram Chandler - Australian Science Fiction Media Awards - Black Hole - Circulation Three - Double Gammas - Dreams and False Alarms - Eureka!con - Foolsgold - Harrycon - Joan Lindsay - Kalien - Kinkon - Medtrek '84 - Perth in '84 - Swancon 9a - Swancon Nine - Sweetness and Light - The Australian Horror & Fantasy Magazine - The Space Merchants - Tigger - Vortex (Keogh) - Who-Do 84
Britain:
A Pauling - Abdump - Acnestis - Ad Nauseam - Albacon 84 - Alex's Restaurant - Amon Sûl - Back Brain Recluse - Buzz - Cactus Times - Calaban - Conquest - Cymrucon - Cymrucon 1984 - Door Into George - Dor-en-ernil - Drunkard's Talk - Ele: Leaves from Forlond - Elemental - FROM THE DEPTHS - Faircon - Faircon '84 - Fantasycon IX - Fanzines in Theory and Practice - Greetings from Smofville - Gris-Gris - Helpmaboab - Hobbiton - KTF Xmas Card - Karmetari Bulletin - Land of Laughs - Longbottom Leaf - MSTO - Mexicon - Morlug - Novacon 14 - Nuisance Value Only - Odonian - Orcish Bugle - Oxcon 84 - Oxonmoot 1984 - Periphery - Picocon 2 - Rastus - Really Late Seven - Rot - Seacon '84 - Shallow End - Shoestringcon 6 - Silicon 8 (UK) - Sing Me a Song I Know - Small Friendly Dog - Snail's Countdown and the Rat's Revenge - Son of Death Rays - Space-Ex 1984 - St. Andrews University Clubs - Still Life - Tales from the Beaverbank - Tales from the Slag Heap - Tasarion - Ten for the Mexicon - The 1984 Eurocon Press Report - The Book of Mazarbul - The Farthing - The Leaky Establishment - The Northfarthing Post - This Farce - Toby Froud - Tynecon II - Waldo - Weathertop - Wet Beavers - Whistleberry - Woonsocket
Canada:
Ad Astra IV - Amal El-Mohtar - Apaplexy - Boréal '84 - Con-Version - Con-Version I - Derelicts - Halcon 7 - Keycon - Keycon 1 - Maplecon 6 - New Wave Video Snacks - Noncon 7 - OSFiC - Rain - Rain Finale - SFEAR - VCON 12 - Vancouver in '84 - World Fantasy Convention 1984
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
APA-DSC - Aeon - AggieCon XV - Algol - Archon 8 - ArmadilloCon 6 - Art Wilson - Atlanta Fantasy Fair 1984 - Bable Con - Balticon 18 - BayFilk II - Beresford Smith - Bill "The Galactic" Fesselmeyer - Bill Berg - Bob Studley - Boskone 21 - Brave New Con - Bubonicon 16 - Capcon - Capricon 4 - Catherine Anastasia Nelson - ChambanaCon 14 - Charles Ford Hansen - Charles G. Finney - Chattacon IX - Circle Con - ClipperCon - Coastcon '84 - Codclave X - Con*Stellation II.V - Con*Stellation III - Con*Tretemps 3 - Con-Juration - ConClave IX - ConQuesT 15 - ConQuistador - ConQuistador 1 - ConTact 2 - Concave 5 - Concentric '84 - Contradiction 4 - Convention Girls' Digest - CopperCon 4 - Corflu 1 - Corruption of the Innocent - Costume-Con 2 - DC in '84 - Dan McPhail - Darkover Grand Council 7 - DeepSouthCon 22 - Defenestration - Disclave 28 - Earthcon IV - Edgar Rice Burroughs Amateur Press Association - Ejler Jakobsson - Empiricon V - Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy - Esotericon - Ettle - Eureka! - Fandom Is a Way of Death - Fantasy Faire - Fantasy Newsletter - Fantasy Review - Genuine ConFusion - Gulag in '84 - Hatcon I - Hexacon 7 - I-Con III - ICFA 5 - ICON 9 - InConJunction IV - Inconclusive .55555 - Ink Gun Blues - Intuition - Istacon - Istacon 1 - Jack McKnight - Jane Tucker - Joe Harnage - Kenneth Arnold - Kent in 1984 - Killing Time - Kith - Kubla's Dirty Dozen - L.A.con II - Greg Thokar's L.A.con II Reminiscence - LA in 1984 - LASFS 50th Anniversary Banquet - Larry Nielson - LepreCon 10 - Loscon Eleven - Love's Prurient Interest - Lunacon 27 - Marcon XIX - Max Gladstone - Maxicon 2 - Metrofen - MidSouthCon 3 - Midwestcon 35 - Mike Couch - Mike Zaharakis - MileHiCon 16 - MilwAPA - Minicon 18 - MosCon VI - Munchcon - Munchcon 4 - MystiCon III - Mythcon 1984 - Mythcon XV - Necon 5 - Necronomicon '84 - Norbert Couch - Norwescon 7.5 - Norwescon VII - Nova 9 - Novacon - Novacon II - OKon 7 - OVFF - OVFF 1 - Octocon 21 - Ogotrya - Ogotyra - Olon F. Wiggins - Omacon 4 - Onocon '84 - OryCon '84 - Pegasus Award - Petuniacon - Phantasy Press - Philcon 1984 - Phoenix in 1984 - Portland in 1984 - Pulpcon 13 - Questicon - R-Con - Raffles - Risque Stories - Rivercon IX - Robert Jackson Bennett - Rovacon 9 - Rustycon - Rustycon 1 - Sam Martinez - ScarT - Sci-Con 6 - Sherry Fesselmeyer - Skycon - Skycon 4 - Smofcon 1 - Sophie Wenzel Ellis - South on Peachtree - Space Junk - Spacecon - Spacecon 6 - SpoCon '84 - StellarCon IX - Sunuvacon 1 - Texarkon '84 - The Burrahobbits - The Head - The Little Fandom That Could - The Mad 3 Party - The New York Feud - The Wild Hunt - Tim Daniels - Totally Wired - Treasurecon 2 - Trivial Pursuits - Tropicon III - TusCon 11 - Unicon '84 - Valleycon 9 - Vikingcon 5 - Virgil Partch - Vulkon - Wamcon - Westercon 37 - Western Re-Con II - William Crawford - Wilwarin - Wimpy Zone - Windycon XI - WisCon 8 - X-Con 8 - Xanadu 1.5 - Zed - Zine Grey
Rest of the World:
| 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
