1940
January | Futurian Observer first published |
February 18 | Stranger Club formed |
Spring | Denver Science Fictioneers formed |
April | Third Chicago Conference |
July | Philadelphia Blitzkrieg |
1-2 Sept (Labor Day) | Chicon I (Worldcon) |
1-2 Sept | Jack Speer distributes first Filksongs |
1-2 Sept | 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 |
November 10 | Phillycon 1940 |
November 29 | Minneapolis Fantasy Society restarted |
Births and Deaths:
Alexei Panshin - Angela Carter - Ann Cecil - Burt Satz - Butch Honeck - Doug Barbour - Drew Whyte - Farnsworth Wright - Fred Patten - George C. Chesbro - H. R. Giger - Jackie Causgrove - James Coleman Nelson - John Clute - John McGeehan - Kinuko Y. Craft - Lou Donato - Mary Turzillo - Meade Frierson - Norman Spinrad - Peter Haining - Philip Nowlan - Roger Sween - Ron Haydock - Ron Tiner - Roy Thomas - T. O'Conor Sloane - Terry Gilliam - Thomas M. Disch - Tim Dumont - Tomas A. Endrey
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
a - Ad Astra - Astonishing Stories - Austra-Fantasy - Chaos - Comet - Comet - Comet Stories of Time and Space - Cosmos - Damn Thing - Dawn Shadows - Detours - Directory of Current British Fan Magazines - Epilogue - Escape - Fantasite - Fantasmagoria - Fantastic Novels - Fantasy Digest - Fantasy Fiction Field - Fantasy Fictioneer - Fanzine - Forerunner - Frontier - Futuria Fantasia - Futurian Observer - Futurian War Digest - Gargoyle - The Gentlest Art - Le Vombiteur - Looking Ahead - Melbourne Bulletin - Midwest Marky - Pluto - Postal Preview - Pseudo-Futurian - Sardonyx - Science Fantasy Review - Science Fiction Progress - Science Fiction Quarterly - Science Fiction Weekly - Science-Fantasy Review War Digest - Scienti-Comics - Shangri L'Affaires - Snide - Stardust - Strange Fantasy - Sun Spots - Super Science Stories - Sweetness and Light - The "Pseudo-Futurian!" - The Alchemist - The Futurian - The Rocket - The Satellite - Uncanny Tales - Vadjong - Who's Who in Fandom 1940
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
Angela Carter - Dawn Shadows - Directory of Current British Fan Magazines - Forerunner - Futurian War Digest - Gargoyle - The Gentlest Art - John Clute - Peter Haining - Postal Preview - Pseudo-Futurian - Ron Tiner - Science Fantasy Review - Science-Fantasy Review War Digest - Terry Gilliam - The "Pseudo-Futurian!" - The Futurian - The Satellite
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
1940 Yearbook of Science, Fantasy & Weird Fiction - a - Ad Astra - Alexei Panshin - Ann Cecil - Astonishing Stories - Bubonicon 1 - Burt Satz - Butch Honeck - Chaos - Chicon 1 - Chicon I Program - Forrest J Ackerman's Chicon I Reminiscence - Comet - Comet - Comet Stories of Time and Space - Cosmic Circle - Damn Thing - Denver Science Fictioneers - Detours - Drew Whyte - Epilogue - Escape - Fantasite - Fantasmagoria - Fantastic Novels - Fantasy Digest - Fantasy Fiction Field - Fantasy Fictioneer - Farnsworth Wright - Fred Patten - Frontier - Frontier Society - Futuria Fantasia - Futurian League - George C. Chesbro - Ivory Tower - Jackie Causgrove - James Coleman Nelson - John Clute - John McGeehan - Kinuko Y. Craft - Le Vombiteur - Looking Ahead - Lou Donato - Mary Turzillo - Meade Frierson - Midwest Marky - Norman Spinrad - Philadelphia Blitzkrieg - Philip Nowlan - Phillycon 1940 - Pluto - Roger Sween - Ron Haydock - Roy Thomas - Sardonyx - Science Fiction Progress - Science Fiction Quarterly - Science Fiction Weekly - Scienti-Comics - Second Transition - Shangri L'Affaires - Snide - Stardust - Strange Fantasy - Stranger Club - Sun Spots - Super Science Stories - Sweetness and Light - T. O'Conor Sloane - The Alchemist - The Rocket - The Stranger Club by Art Widner - Third Chicago Conference - Third Fandom - Thomas M. Disch - Tim Dumont - Tomas A. Endrey - Triumvirs - Uncanny Tales - Unite — or Fie! - Vadjong - Who's Who in Fandom 1940
Rest of the World:
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