1943
February 28 | Boskone III |
Spring | Midgicon held in Chicago |
Easter | Midvention |
May 16 | First Staplecon held |
Summer | Mecon held. |
Labor Day | No Worldcon held. |
October 30 | 1943 Michiconference |
"Late" | The slan shack is established. |
Wollheim publishes the first mass-market SF anthology, The Pocket Book of Science Fiction. | |
"Fandom is a Way of Life" adumbrated by D. B. Thompson in FAPA |
Births and Deaths:
A. Merritt - Alan Ryan - Allen Wold - Andy Main - Annemarie van Ewyck - Bill Bowers - Bill Pronzini - Bill Warren - Carol De Priest - Charles G. Waugh - Charles Gilson - Chris Boucher - Chris Bunch - Christopher Priest - Chuck Devine - Darroll Pardoe - Dave Cockrum - Dean R. Lambe - Dennis Etchison - Diana Paxson - Doug Hoylman - Francis M. Nevins, Jr. - Frederic Arnold Kummer, Sr. - Grania Davis - Iain Sinclair - Ian Watson - James Herbert - Janet Wilson - Jim Baen - Jo Thomas - Joe Haldeman - Judie Cilcain - Judy-Lynn del Rey - Ken Moore - L. E. Modesitt, Jr. - Leo Frankowski - Les Daniels - Les Gerber - Lindig Harris - Mike Jefferies - Mike McInerney - Norbert Spehner - Pat Kearney - Paul Anderson - Paul Edwin Zimmer - Peter Coene - Peter Straub - Peter Weston - Richard Wright - Robert Jennings - Ron Walotsky - Steve Stiles - Thom Andersen - Thomas Schluck - Tom Moylan - Tom Shippey - Vic Ryan
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
AAGH! - Adulux Beskan - Apollo - Astonishing Stories - Astra - Banshee - Beyond - Browsing - Canadian Fandom - Centauri - Colossus - Cosmic Circle Commentator - Cosmic Cuts - Cosmic Digest - Dawn - FANEWS[CARD] - Fan Dango - Fan Slants - Fanews Analyzer - Fantasy Commentator - Fen - Fighting Fan - Future Fantasy and Science Fiction - Galaxy - Have at Thee Knanves - History of the Future Index - Jinx - Lamppost - Lens - Let's Swap - Madman of Mars - Midge - Nova - Rahuun Ta-Ka - Review Section - Sappho - The FAPA Correspondent - The Knanve - The Mighty Atom - The Science Fiction Savant - Thrilling Adventures - Unknown Worlds - Wudgy Tales
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
Browsing - Charles Gilson - Chris Boucher - Christopher Priest - Colossus - Cosmic Cuts - Darroll Pardoe - Galaxy - Iain Sinclair - Ian Watson - James Herbert - Lamppost - Lens - Midvention - Mike Jefferies - Norcon - Pat Kearney - Peter Weston - Review Section - The Mighty Atom - Tom Shippey
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
1943 Michiconference - A. Merritt - AAGH! - Adulux Beskan - Alan Ryan - Allen Wold - Andy Main - Apollo - Astonishing Stories - Astra - Banshee - Beyond - Bill Bowers - Bill Pronzini - Bill Warren - Boskone III - CAPA - Carol De Priest - Caspercons - Centauri - Charles G. Waugh - Chris Bunch - Chuck Devine - Cosmic Circle - Cosmic Circle Commentator - Cosmic Digest - Dave Cockrum - Dawn - Dean R. Lambe - Dennis Etchison - Diana Paxson - Dixie Fantasy Federation - Doug Hoylman - FANEWS[CARD] - Fan Dango - Fan Slants - Fancon - Fanews Analyzer - Fantasy Commentator - Fen - Fighting Fan - Francis M. Nevins, Jr. - Frederic Arnold Kummer, Sr. - Fubar Pubs - Future Fantasy and Science Fiction - Futurian Houses - Grania Davis - Have at Thee Knanves - History of the Future Index - Jim Baen - Jinx - Joe Haldeman - Judie Cilcain - Judy-Lynn del Rey - Ken Moore - L. E. Modesitt, Jr. - Leo Frankowski - Les Daniels - Les Gerber - Let's Swap - Lindig Harris - Little Jarnevon - Live Oak Conference - Madman of Mars - Mainecon, Jr. - Mecon - Midge - Midgicon - Mike McInerney - Nova - Paul Edwin Zimmer - Peter Straub - Rahuun Ta-Ka - Richard Wright - Robert Jennings - Ron Walotsky - Sappho - Schenectacon - Scientiforums - Staplecon - Staplecon 1 - Staplecon 2 - Staplecon 3 - Steve Stiles - The FAPA Correspondent - The Hatch - The Knanve - The Science Fiction Savant - Thom Andersen - Thrilling Adventures - Unknown Worlds - Vic Ryan - Vulcan Publications - Wudgy Tales
Rest of the World:
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