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

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Births and Deaths:

Alexei Panshin - Angela Carter - Ann Cecil - Burt Satz - Butch Honeck - Doug Barbour - Drew Whyte - Farnsworth Wright - Fred Patten - Fuzzy Pink Niven - 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 - Talbot Mundy - Terry Gilliam - Thomas M. Disch - Tim Dumont - Tomas A. Endrey

Convention series started or ended:

Onetime conventions:

Third Chicago Conference

Bids:

Publications started or ended:

1940 Yearbook of Science, Fantasy & Weird Fiction - a - Ad Astra - Astonishing Stories - Austra-Fantasy - Captain Future - 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 Fandom Quarterly - Science Fiction Progress - Science Fiction Quarterly - Science Fiction Song Sheet - Science Fiction Weekly - Science-Fantasy Review War Digest - Scienti-Comics - Shangri L'Affaires - Snide - Stardust - Stars - Strange Fantasy - Sun Spots - Super Science Stories - Sweetness and Light - The "Pseudo-Futurian!" - The Alchemist - The Futurian - The Rocket - The Satellite - Uncanny Tales - Vadjong - War in Heaven - Who's Who in Fandom 1940 - Why I Have Left Fandom

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1940 Retro Hugos

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Colorado Fantasy Society - Cosmic Circle - Denver Science Fictioneers - Frontier Society - Futurian League - Stranger Club

Fan History:

Forrest J Ackerman's Chicon I Reminiscence - IPO - Philadelphia Blitzkrieg - The Stranger Club by Art Widner - Unite — or Fie!

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Austra-Fantasy - Cosmos - Futurian Observer - Melbourne Bulletin

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:

Doug Barbour - John Clute

Europe:

H. R. Giger

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

1940 Yearbook of Science, Fantasy & Weird Fiction - a - Ad Astra - Alexei Panshin - All-Eastern Science Fiction Conference - Ann Cecil - Astonishing Stories - Bubonicon 1 - Burt Satz - Butch Honeck - Captain Future - Chaos - Chicon 1 - Forrest J Ackerman's Chicon I Reminiscence - Colorado Fantasy Society - 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 - Fuzzy Pink Niven - 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 Fandom Quarterly - Science Fiction Progress - Science Fiction Quarterly - Science Fiction Song Sheet - Science Fiction Weekly - Scienti-Comics - Shangri L'Affaires - Snide - Stardust - Stars - Strange Fantasy - Stranger Club - Sun Spots - Super Science Stories - Sweetness and Light - T. O'Conor Sloane - Talbot Mundy - The Alchemist - The Rocket - The Stranger Club by Art Widner - Third Chicago Conference - Thomas M. Disch - Tim Dumont - Tomas A. Endrey - Triumvirs - Uncanny Tales - Unite — or Fie! - Vadjong - War in Heaven - Who's Who in Fandom 1940 - Why I Have Left Fandom

Rest of the World: