1990

Easter	Eastcon
April 23	First DemiCon held
June 8-10	ConCerto 1990, the first of the NEFilk conventions
August 23-27	ConFiction (Worldcon)
August 30-September 3	ConDiego (NASFiC)
October 13-14	First Octocon (Irish Natcon) held
November 2	Donald A. Wollheim dies
November 30	Rick Sneary dies
	ATom dies
	SWOC organized
	CUFF: Paul Valcour
	DUFF: Greg Turkich (North)
	GUFF: Roman Orszanski (North)

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Births and Deaths:

ATom - Adrienne Fein - Donald A. Wollheim - Donald C. Thompson - Ed Emshwiller - Edith Ogutsch - Fred Warth - Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. - Harold Zitzow - Harry Altshuler - Harry Schmarje - John Aiken - Joseph Payne Brennan - Karen Trego - Kerry Gaulder - Manse Brackney - Rick Sneary - Robert Adams - The Bat - Wendayne Ackerman - Wilmar H. Shiras

Convention series started or ended:

Arisia - ConCerto - Consonance - DemiCon - Festival of Fantastic Films - Gallifrey One - I-Con - InCon - Incon - MarsCon - Northeast Filk Convention - Octocon - Old Phart Con - Omacon

Onetime conventions:

Huttcon '90 - Imagine 90 - Trojancon

Bids:

Hawaii in '93 - Holland in 1990 - LA in '90 - Louisville in '94 - Portland in '90

Publications started or ended:

*brg* - ATom: A Tribute - Aurealis - Aurora - Chicken Bones - Dinosaurs and Diskette Failures - Don-O-Saur - Eidolon - Eta - Fans Across the World - Faster Than Light Radio - Folly - Friends of Foundation Newsletter - Innuendo - K - Messiah - Miruvor - My Life as a Faned - No Goat's Toe - Official Adelaide Fan Feud - Perspex Parrot - Redback - Remember When - Saliromania - Salman's Smialings - Science Fiction Review - Space Bar - Stet - Summa Nulla - TAFF-Door - The Esoteric Order of Dagon - The Geis Letter - The Harrying of FAPA - The Intermediate Reptile - The Michel Delving Mail - Wild Shaarkah - Wrekin Heaves

Publishers founded or closed:

Tartarus Press

Awards made, started or ended:

1990 Hugos - Best Translation Hugo - Donald A. and Elsie B. Wollheim Scholarship Fund - Hank Reinhardt Fan Award - Sams Awards

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Baton Rouge Science Fiction League - ChUSFA - FANAC - Fans Across the World - Fantastic Fiction Club - RSFG - Taruithorn - The Esoteric Order of Dagon

Fanhistory:

Aubrey MacDermott on the Origins of Fandom - My Life As a Faned

New fanspeak coined:

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Salman's Smialings

Australia:

*brg* - Aurealis - Danse Macabre - Eidolon - Huttcon '90 - Official Adelaide Fan Feud - Swancon XV - Syncon '90 - The Esoteric Order of Dagon - TrekCon IV - Wrekin Heaves

Britain:

ATom - ATom: A Tribute - ArmadaCon II - Chicken Bones - Chronoclasm - Con2bile - ConCert II - Dinosaurs and Diskette Failures - Eastcon - Eta - Fans Across the World - Fantasycon XV - Festival of Fantastic Films - Friends of Foundation Newsletter - Inclination - Incon - John Aiken - K - Kerry Gaulder - Lucontinued - Microcon 10 - Miruvor - Novacon 20 - Oxonmoot 1990 - Perspex Parrot - Picocon 8 - RSFG - Saliromania - Sams Awards - Shoestringcon 12 - Shoestringcon 14 - Space Bar - Tartarus Press - Taruithorn - The Intermediate Reptile - The Michel Delving Mail - Uniconze

Canada:

Ad Astra 10 - Con*Cept '90 - Con-Version 7 - I-Con - I-Con One - Kerry Gaulder - Keycon 7 - VCON 18

Europe:

ConFiction - Eurocon 1990 - Hevelin to Holland - Holland in 1990 - Norcon 9 - Wild Shaarkah

Ireland:

Octocon - Octocon 1990

New Zealand:

ConVerge 2

US:

16th World Fantasy Convention - 1990 NASFiC Site Selection - Adrienne Fein - AggieCon XXI - Arcana 20 - Archon 14 - Arisia - Arisia '90 - ArmadilloCon 12 - Atlanta Fantasy Fair 1990 - Aubrey MacDermott on the Origins of Fandom - Aurora - Balticon 24 - Baton Rouge Science Fiction League - Baycon '90 - Boskone 27 - Bubonicon 22 - Capricon 10 - ChUSFA - ChambanaCon 20 - Chattacon XV - Chimera 1 - Coastcon XIII - Con*Stellation IX - ConCerto - ConCerto 1990 - ConChord 6 - ConClave 15 - ConDiego - ConQuesT 21 - ConTact 8 - Concave 11 - Confluence 3 - Congenial 2 - Conscription - Consonance - Consonance 1990 - Context III - Contradiction 10 - CopperCon 10 - Corflu 7 - Costume-Con 8 - Darkover Grand Council 13 - DeepSouthCon 28 - DemiCon - DemiCon 1 - Disclave 34 - Ditto 3 - Don-O-Saur - Donald A. Wollheim - Donald A. and Elsie B. Wollheim Scholarship Fund - Donald C. Thompson - Dreamcon 5 - Ed Emshwiller - Edith Ogutsch - FANAC - Fantastic Fiction Club - Faster Than Light Radio - Folly - Fourth Street Fantasy 1990 - Fred Warth - Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. - Gallifrey One - Genericon VI - Hank Reinhardt Fan Award - Harold Zitzow - Harry Altshuler - Harry Schmarje - Hawaii in '93 - Hevelin to Holland - I-Con IX - ICFA 11 - ICON 15 - Imagine 90 - InCon - InCon '90 - InConJunction X - Innuendo - Joseph Payne Brennan - Karen Trego - Kubla Khan Census - LA in '90 - LepreCon 16 - LibertyCon 4 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 8 - Loscon 17 - Louisville in '94 - Lunacon 33 - Manse Brackney - Marcon XXV - MarsCon - Messiah - MidSouthCon 9 - Midwestcon 41 - MileHiCon 22 - Millennicon -11 - Minicon 25 - MisCon 5 - MosCon XII - My Life As a Faned - My Life as a Faned - Mythcon XXI - Necon 10 - Necronomicon '90 - New Orleans SF & Fantasy Festival '90 - Njac 6 - No Goat's Toe - Northeast Filk Convention - Norwescon XII - OASIS 3 - OKon 13 - OVFF 6 - Octocon 1 - Octocon 27 - Old Phart Con - Omacon - Omacon 10 - OryCon 12 - Outside Con III - Philcon 1990 - Phoenixcon 5 - Portland in '90 - Pulpcon 19 - Readercon 3 - Redback - Remember When - Rick Sneary - Rivercon XV - Robert Adams - Rustycon 7 - Sci-Con 12 - Science Fiction Review - Smofcon 7 - SoonerCon 6 - State of ConFusion - StellarCon XV - Stet - Summa Nulla - TAFF-Door - The Bat - The Geis Letter - The Harrying of FAPA - Trojancon - Tropicon IX - TusCon 17 - UpperSouthClave 20 - Valleycon 15 - Vikingcon 11 - Wendayne Ackerman - Westercon 43 - Wilmar H. Shiras - Windycon XVII - WisCon 14 - X-Con 14

Rest of the World: