1946

March 3	FPWESFC
April 28	The Null-A Men reorganized to form the ESFA
July 4-7	Pacificon I (Worldcon)
August 13	H. G. Wells dies
October 27	Phillycon 1946

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Births and Deaths:

Alan Dean Foster - Andy Porter - Arnie Katz - Barry Gold - Barry R. Levin - Bernie Morris - Binker Hughes - Bob Passovoy - Bruce Robbins - Cas Skelton - Catherine Mintz - Charles Ryan - Chris Foss - Cora Buhlert - Diana Gallagher Wu - Don D'Ammassa - Eclare Hannifen - Elizabeth A. Lynn - Eric S. Rabkin - F. Paul Wilson - Flieg Hollander - Francis Flagg - Gary Alan Ruse - Gary K. Wolfe - George Proctor - George W. Proctor - Graham Charnock - Graham Masterton - H. G. Wells - Hal Haag - Howard Waldrop - Ian Miller - Jack Ketchum - Janet Kagan - Joe Bethancourt - John D. Owen - John D. Taylor - John DeChancie - John Gribbin - Jon White - Josepha Sherman - Ken Fletcher - L. Neil Smith - Larry McCaffrey, Jr. - Larry Smith - Larry Williams - Lenny Bailes - Lenny Kaye - Leslie Turek - Lois Mangan - Marty Massoglia - Marv Wolfman - Michael Shea - Mike Glicksohn - Mike Horvat - Nancy Kilpatrick - Otis Adelbert Kline - P. J. Beese - Patricia Williams-King - Peter Darling - Philip Pullman - Phyllis Eisenstein - Ramsey Campbell - Reed Andrus - Rich Wannen - Richie Benyo - Robert Asprin - Robert Weinberg - Robin Postal White - Roger Waddington - Rosemary Ullyot - Rudy Rucker - Sharyn McCrumb - Sheryl Birkhead - Steve Perrin - Stuart David Schiff - Sue Anderson - Terry Adamski - Thomas F. Monteleone - Tom Collins - Tom Veal - Yale Edeiken

Convention series started or ended:

Early Conventions - Open ESFA

Onetime conventions:

Centracon - First Post-Radar-Contact-with-the-Moon Con

Bids:

Los Angeles in 1942

Publications started or ended:

a - Apollo - Bay Area News - Beyond - Chanticleer - Chaos - Cosmic Cuts - Creep, Shadow! - Dirty Word - Ember - Fan - Fanorama - Fantast's Folly - Fantasy Critic - Fanzine Readers Review - Googol - Guteto - I Bequeath - Ichor - In Memoriam: H. G. Wells, 1866 - 1946 - Inspiration - Jabberwocky - Joe's Jottings - Micron - Monsters of the Moon - New Worlds - Outlands - QX - Rider - Rosebud - Science*Fiction - Space Flight...When? - Sparx - Spectra - Speculations - Stephan the STFAN - Sun Spots - Tails of Passionate Fans - The (Unspeakable) Thing - The Acolyte - The Anti-Michelist Omnibus Dummy - The Grotesque - The Kaymar Trader - The Muse - The Phantagraph - The Reader and Collector - The Science Fiction Savant - The Science-Fiction World - The Timebinder - Tumbrils - Voice

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1947 Retro Hugos

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Fantasy Foundation

Fan History:

Early Conventions - Operation Futurian - Forrest J Ackerman's Pacificon I Reminiscence

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

The (Unspeakable) Thing

Australia:

Peter Darling

Britain:

Bernie Morris - Cas Skelton - Chris Foss - Cosmic Cuts - Fantast's Folly - Graham Charnock - Graham Masterton - H. G. Wells - Ian Miller - John D. Owen - John Gribbin - New Worlds - Philip Pullman - Ramsey Campbell - Roger Waddington

Canada:

Mike Glicksohn - Nancy Kilpatrick - Rosemary Ullyot - Spectra - Voice

Europe:

Cora Buhlert

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

a - Adventures in Time and Space - Alan Dean Foster - Andy Porter - Apollo - Arnie Katz - Barry Gold - Barry R. Levin - Bay Area News - Beyond - Binker Hughes - Bob Passovoy - Bruce Robbins - Catherine Mintz - Centracon - Chanticleer - Chaos - Charles Ryan - Chicon 8 - Creep, Shadow! - Diana Gallagher Wu - Dirty Word - Don D'Ammassa - Eclare Hannifen - Elizabeth A. Lynn - Ember - Eric S. Rabkin - F. Paul Wilson - FPWESFC - Fan - Fanorama - Fantasy Critic - Fantasy Foundation - Fanzine Readers Review - First Post-Radar-Contact-with-the-Moon Con - Flieg Hollander - Francis Flagg - Gary Alan Ruse - Gary K. Wolfe - George Proctor - George W. Proctor - Googol - Guteto - Hal Haag - Howard Waldrop - I Bequeath - Ichor - In Memoriam: H. G. Wells, 1866 - 1946 - Inspiration - Jabberwocky - Jack Ketchum - Janet Kagan - Joe Bethancourt - Joe's Jottings - John D. Taylor - John DeChancie - Jon White - Josepha Sherman - Ken Fletcher - L. Neil Smith - Larry McCaffrey, Jr. - Larry Smith - Larry Williams - Lenny Bailes - Lenny Kaye - Leslie Turek - Lois Mangan - Los Angeles in 1942 - Marty Massoglia - Marv Wolfman - Michael Shea - Micron - Mike Horvat - Monsters of the Moon - Open ESFA - Operation Futurian - Otis Adelbert Kline - Outlands - P. J. Beese - Pacificon - Forrest J Ackerman's Pacificon I Reminiscence - Patricia Williams-King - Phillycon 1946 - Phyllis Eisenstein - QX - Reed Andrus - Rich Wannen - Richie Benyo - Rider - Robert Asprin - Robert Weinberg - Robin Postal White - Rosebud - Rudy Rucker - Science*Fiction - Sharyn McCrumb - Sheryl Birkhead - Space Flight...When? - Sparx - Speculations - Stephan the STFAN - Steve Perrin - Stuart David Schiff - Sue Anderson - Sun Spots - Tails of Passionate Fans - Terry Adamski - The (Unspeakable) Thing - The Acolyte - The Anti-Michelist Omnibus Dummy - The Grotesque - The Kaymar Trader - The Muse - The Phantagraph - The Reader and Collector - The Science Fiction Savant - The Science-Fiction World - The Timebinder - Thomas F. Monteleone - Tom Collins - Tom Veal - Tumbrils - Yale Edeiken

Rest of the World: