1945
February 3-4 | Boskone IV |
March | Amazing publishes "I remember Lemuria" initiating the infamous Shaver Mystery |
March | VAPA formed. |
July 7-8 | 1945 Michiconference |
August 14 | End of World War II |
Labor Day | No Worldcon held. |
September 2 | Boskone V |
September 15 | Atom-Noak, the first Swedish sf club founded. |
December | ESFA founded, though not yet with that name. |
Futurians disbanded | |
The National Fantasy Fan first published (replacing) Bonfire. |
Births and Deaths:
Angus Taylor - Bertil Mårtensson - Charles Platt - Charles Williams - Connie Willis - D. West - David Drake - Dean R. Koontz - Delphyne Joan Woods - E. R. Eddison - Ed Bryant - Eileen Gunn - Elizabeth Moon - George Zebrowski - Gordon Eklund - Ian Stewart - Jack Dann - Jack Gonzalez - James Turner - Jean Marie Stine - Jim Corrick - Joe Pumilia - Jon Gustafson - Joy Chant - Karl Edward Wagner - Katherine Neville - Kennedy Poyser - Larry Propp - Lois Lavender - M. John Harrison - Malcolm Jameson - Mark Owings - Michael Bishop - Miles J. Breuer - Oyvind Myhre - Peder Carlsson - Peggy Rae Sapienza - Rachel Pollack - Raymond E. Feist - Richard A. Hauptmann - Rob Chilson - Susan Petrey - Tom Ölander - Vincent Di Fate - Warren Norwood - Whitley Streiber
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A Checklist of Fantasy Magazines - AAGH! - After Ten Years -- A Tribute to Stanley G. Weinbaum - Banshee - Browsing - Caliban - Centauri - Directory of Anglo-Fandom - Discrete - Fandom on Parade - Fantasite - Fantasy Jackpot - Fanzine Readers Review - Four Fingers - Futurian War Digest - Gemini - Heeling Error - Immortal Storm - Introducing 'Dunk--' - Janus - Joe's Jottings - Leprechaun - Luna Pono - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Nonesuch - Number - QX - Rosebud - Sappho - Science Fiction Newsletter - Stefantasy - Stefnews - Tellus - The G.A.P.A Vanguard - The Science-Fiction World - The Scientifictionist - The Southern Star - Toward Tomorrow - Tumbrils - Twilight Echoes - Utopia - Vampire - X Document
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US:
1945 Michiconference - A Checklist of Fantasy Magazines - AAGH! - After Ten Years -- A Tribute to Stanley G. Weinbaum - Banshee - Boskone IV - Boskone V - Caliban - Centauri - Charles Platt - Connie Willis - David Drake - Dean R. Koontz - Delphyne Joan Woods - Discrete - Ed Bryant - Eileen Gunn - Elizabeth Moon - Fandom on Parade - Fantasite - Fantasy Jackpot - Fanzine Readers Review - Four Fingers - George Zebrowski - Gordon Eklund - Heeling Error - Immortal Storm - Introducing 'Dunk--' - Jack Gonzalez - James Turner - Janus - Jean Marie Stine - Jim Corrick - Joe Pumilia - Joe's Jottings - Jon Gustafson - Karl Edward Wagner - Katherine Neville - Kennedy Poyser - Larry Propp - Leprechaun - Lois Lavender - Luna Pono - Malcolm Jameson - Mark Owings - McSnoyd's Bulletin - Michael Bishop - Michiconference - Miles J. Breuer - Number - Peder Carlsson - Peggy Rae Sapienza - QX - Rachel Pollack - Raymond E. Feist - Richard A. Hauptmann - Richard Hatch - Rob Chilson - Rosebud - Sappho - Science Fiction Newsletter - Stefantasy - Stefnews - Susan Petrey - Tellus - The G.A.P.A Vanguard - The Science-Fiction World - The Scientifictionist - The Southern Star - Toward Tomorrow - Tumbrils - Twilight Echoes - Utopia - Vampire - Vanguard - Vincent Di Fate - Warren Norwood - Whitley Streiber - X Document
Rest of the World:
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