1986
(Go here for the Fannish musical, “1986”.)
| February | Final issue of Yandro pubbed. |
| February 14–16 | First Gaughan Award given out. |
| March | First Millennicon held. |
| April 26 | Chernobyl nuclear disaster. |
| Easter | Albacon III (Eastercon). |
| June 20–22 | First Fourth Street Fantasy held. |
| August 22–25 | The first Rubicon held. |
| August 28–September 1 (Labor Day) | ConFederation (Worldcon). |
| TAFF: Greg Pickersgill. | |
| DUFF: Nick Stathopoulos, Lewis Morley, and Marilyn Pride (North). | |
| FFANZ: Roger Weddall (East). |
Births and Deaths:
Bill Maraschiello - Catherine Webb - Chesley Bonestell - Clyde S. Kilby - Dale Tarr - Deedee Lavender - Foz Meadows - Frank Herbert - Gerald Evans - Jack Binder - Jerry Jacks - Jessie Walker - John D. MacDonald - Jorge Luis Borges - Judy-Lynn del Rey - K. Martin Carlson - L. Ron Hubbard - Manly Banister - Manly Wade Wellman - Richard Allen Frank - Ricky Slavin - Robert P. Mills - Roy V. Hunt - Theodora Du Bois - Thomas N. Scortia
Convention series started or ended:
ChimneyCon - Cinclave - Convergence - Crescent City Con - Dreamcon - FilkCon - Finncon - Fourth Street Fantasy Convention - LASTCon - Magnum Opus Con - Millennicon - MisCon - Mythcon - Nicon - Norcon - Phoenixcon - Picnicon - Rubicon - SfanCon - SoonerCon - Toronto Trek Celebration - Unicon
Onetime conventions:
4E 2B 70 - Fifteencon - XIIcon
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
...Another Fan's Poison - A Bit Potty - A Bit of the Other One - A Preliminary Bibliography of Books About Single Science Fiction Authors - Aboriginal SF - Allargandro - Aphelion - Attack of the Gypsy Moths - Australian GUFF Newsletter - Cheap Truth - Chuch - Clarion Fannish - Consequences: An Unreliable History of the British SF Convention - Crank - Deadwood Dick - Diaspar - Drumming the Beating Heart - Eric the Mole - Eureka! - Framsburg - Glitch - Godzilla's Dental Floss - Hebedare - Hobgoblin - Hornpipe Series - I Think I'm Cracking Up - IDOMO - International Conspiracy Journal - Ithildin - K. Martin Carlson - Karmetari - Kryptonite Fanzine - Laurinque - Letters from Prison - Life and Death in Haverfordwest - Lip - Logos - Maw - Mexicon 2 -- The Fanzine - Mythologies - New Toy - No Previous Convictions - Outsider - Peanut Eye - Phoenix - Prevert - Pulp - Pulse Pounding Adventure Stories - Ron's Raygun - Sat'd'y Barfly - Sic Biscuit Disintegraaf - Spung - Squelch - Stomach Pump - Strumpet - Taffeta - Teller Story - The Australian Horror & Fantasy Magazine - The Day I had Gout and Other Stories and Other Stories - The Flight of the Kangaroo - The Ink Machine - The MarsBid Chronicles - The Naked Id - The Next Best Feeling to Being in Love is Being Hired - The Northfarthing News - The Poscard Mimeograph - The Stick Dick - Time and Again - Torus - Under the Azalea - Weathertop - Wet Cheese - Wetwang - Where are You Going, Where Have You Been - Wiz - Yandro - Yeti - Yrch! - Yum! - Yuppie Terrorist Reprisals Hit Bristol
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fanhistory:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Aphelion - Australian GUFF Newsletter - Foz Meadows - Galactic Tours Convention - Kinkon 2 - Kryptonite Fanzine - Swancon XI - Syncon '86 - The Australian Horror & Fantasy Magazine - The Day I had Gout and Other Stories and Other Stories - The Flight of the Kangaroo - The Ink Machine - Unicon - Where are You Going, Where Have You Been - Yeti
Britain:
A Bit Potty - A Bit of the Other One - Albacon III - Catherine Webb - Chuch - ConSept - Consequences: An Unreliable History of the British SF Convention - Contravention - Drumming the Beating Heart - Eric the Mole - Fantasycon XI - Fifteencon - FilkCon - Framsburg - Frank's APA - Gerald Evans - Glitch - Hebedare - I Think I'm Cracking Up - IDOMO - International Conspiracy Journal - Ithildin - Karmetari - Laurinque - Life and Death in Haverfordwest - Lip - Logos - Mexicon 2 - Mexicon 2 -- The Fanzine - Mythcon - Nicon - Nicon 86 - No Previous Convictions - Novacon 16 - Outsider - Oxonmoot 1986 - Peanut Eye - Periannath - Picocon 4 - Prevert - Pulp - Ron's Raygun - Rubicon - Rubicon I - Sat'd'y Barfly - Shoestringcon 8 - Sic Biscuit Disintegraaf - Spung - Squelch - Stomach Pump - Strumpet - The Norse Alliance - The Northfarthing News - The Really Interesting Fun Filled Independent Dungeon Society - Weathertop - Wet Cheese - Wetwang - XIIcon - Yrch! - Yum! - Yuppie Terrorist Reprisals Hit Bristol
Canada:
Ad Astra VI - Boréal '86 - Con-Version III - Halcon 9 - Jessie Walker - Keycon 3 - Maplecon 8 - New Toy - Phoenix - Toronto Trek Celebration - Torus - VCON 14 - Vancouver in '86
Europe:
Ballcon - FilkCon - Finncon - Finncon 1986 - SF-Projekt - Say Da to Moscow - SfanCon - SfanCon 15
New Zealand:
US:
...Another Fan's Poison - 12th World Fantasy Convention - 4E 2B 70 - A Preliminary Bibliography of Books About Single Science Fiction Authors - APA:Bingy - Aboriginal SF - AggieCon XVII - Allargandro - Archon 10 - ArmadilloCon 8 - Atlanta Fantasy Fair 1986 - Atlanta in '86 - Attack of the Gypsy Moths - Balticon 20 - BayFilk III - Baycon '86 - Bill Maraschiello - Boskone 23 - Bubonicon 18 - Capricon 6 - ChambanaCon 16 - Chattacon XI - Cheap Truth - Chesley Bonestell - ChimneyCon - ChimneyCon 1 - Cinclave - Clarion Fannish - Clyde S. Kilby - Coastcon IX - Con*Stellation V - ConClave XI - ConFederation - Dave Kyle's ConFederation Reminiscence - ConQuesT 17 - ConQuistador III - ConTact 4 - Concave 7 - Contex IV - Contradiction 6 - Convergence - Convergence I - CopperCon 6 - Corflu 3 - Costume-Con 4 - Crank - Crescent City Con - Czarkon 4 - DC in '86 - Dale Tarr - Darkover Grand Council 9 - Deadwood Dick - Deedee Lavender - DeepSouthCon 24 - Diaspar - Disclave 30 - Dreamcon - Dreamcon 1 - Earthcon VI - Equicon '86 - Eureka! - FilkCon - Fourth Street Fantasy 1986 - Fourth Street Fantasy Convention - Frank Herbert - Gaughan Award - Genericon II - HUMANALO - Hamilton Memorial Award - Hobgoblin - Hornpipe Series - I-Con V - ICFA 7 - ICON 11 - ISFiC Writers Contest - InConJunction VI - Jack Binder - Jerry Jacks - John D. MacDonald - Jorge Luis Borges - Judy-Lynn del Rey - K. Martin Carlson - Kubla Silicon - L. Ron Hubbard - LASTCon - LASTCon Fore - LepreCon 12 - Letters from Prison - Life, the Universe, & Everything 4 - Loscon 13th - Lunacon 29 - Magnum Opus Con - Manly Banister - Manly Wade Wellman - Marcon XXI - Maw - MidSouthCon 5 - Midwestcon 37 - MileHiCon 18 - Millennicon - Millennicon -15 - Minicon 21 - MisCon - MisCon 1 - MosCon VIII - Mythcon 1986 - Mythcon XVII - Mythologies - NJAC 2 - NY in '86 - Necronomicon '86 - Nome of the Above '86 - Norwescon IX - Not-Anokon 8 - OKon 9 - OVFF 2 - Octocon 23 - Omacon 6 - OryCon '86 - Perpetual ConFusion - Philadelphia in '86 - Philcon 1986 - Phoenix in '86 - Phoenixcon - Phoenixcon 1 - Phrolicon 2 - Picnicon - Pulpcon 15 - Pulse Pounding Adventure Stories - Richard Allen Frank - Ricky Slavin - Rivercon XI - Robert P. Mills - Roc*Kon 11 - Rovacon 11 - Roy V. Hunt - Rustycon 3 - San Diego in '86 - Sci-Con 8 - Smofcon 3 - SoonerCon - SoonerCon 1 - SoonerCon 2 - SpoCon '86 - StellarCon XI - Taffeta - Teller Story - The Ink Machine - The MarsBid Chronicles - The Naked Id - The Next Best Feeling to Being in Love is Being Hired - The Poscard Mimeograph - The Science Fiction Shop - The Stick Dick - Theodora Du Bois - Thomas N. Scortia - Time and Again - Triangulum 1986 - Tropicon V - TusCon 13 - Under the Azalea - Unicon Unicontinuity Party - Valleycon 11 - Vikingcon 7 - Westercon 39 - Wimpy Zone Fan Fund - Windycon XIII - WisCon 10 - Wiz - Woodstockcon - X-Con 10 - Xanadu 3.0 - Yandro
Rest of the World:
| 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
