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

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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:

Caspercons - Mainecon, Jr. - Mecon - Staplecon

Onetime conventions:

Fancon - Live Oak Conference - Midgicon - Midvention - Norcon - Schenectacon

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:

1943 Best Novel Retro Hugo - 1943 Retro Hugos

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Cosmic Circle - Dixie Fantasy Federation

Fan History:

Fubar Pubs - Slan Shack - Vulcan Publications

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Paul Anderson

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:

Canadian Fandom - Janet Wilson - Norbert Spehner

Europe:

Annemarie van Ewyck - Jo Thomas - Peter Coene - Thomas Schluck

Ireland:

Tom Moylan

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: