1947
early | Spectators founded |
April | First issue of Spacewarp, the focal point fanzine for Fifth Fandom |
August 26 | Walt Willis meets James White and Irish Fandom is born |
August 30 - September 1 | Philcon I (Worldcon) |
September 1 | Fourth Fandom ends |
September | Operation Fantast started |
Fall | WSFA founded |
December 27 | Minneapolis Fantasy Society restarted |
London Circle formed | |
Hydra Club formed | |
Prime Press started | |
SAPS founded | |
Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. founded | |
Portland Science-Fantasy Society founded |
Births and Deaths:
A. J. Barker - Adrienne Fein - Alain Le Bussy - Alan Lee - Allyn Cadogan - Arthur Machen - Bill "The Galactic" Fesselmeyer - Bill Burns - Bill Fawcett - Bob Lovell - Brad Strickland - Brian Froud - Brian Herbert - Bruce Gillespie - Carl Lundgren - Chris Achilleos - Chris Moore - Cory Panshin - Dan Province - Dave Arneson - Don Markstein - Donald Eastlake - Donato Giancola - Dwain Kaiser - Edward James - Elizabeth Ann Scarborough - Eric Flint - G. David Nordley - Gail Carlson Levine - Gardner Dozois - George Alec Effinger - George Phillies - Gharlane of Eddore - Irv Koch - J. Grant Thiessen - James K. Morrow - Jeff Wanshel - Joe Pilati - John Brosnan - John Varley - Ken St. Andre - Linda Bushyager - Lucius Shepard - M. P. Shiel - Marjorie Edwards - Mel Gilden - Michael F. Flynn - Michael Gilbert - Michael Kaluta - Michael R. Collings - Mike Dickinson - Mike Shepherd Moscoe - Mike Zaharakis - Octavia E. Butler - Pat Adkins - Paul Levinson - Robert Vardeman - Ron Miller - Samuel Edward Konkin III - Sergeant Saturn - Spike MacPhee - Stan Burns - Stephen King - Stephen R. Donaldson - Steve Fahnestalk - Steve Perry - Susan Casper - Tanith Lee - Terry Dowling - Tim Kirk - Élisabeth Vonarburg
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
Afriganza - Astronaut - Avon Fantasy Reader - Dream Quest - Ember - FAPA Flypaper - Fanettes - Fanomena - Fantasy Aspects - Fantasy Book - Fantasy Review - Fantasy Review - Half Length Articles - Harold W. Cheney - Operation Fantast - Requiem - Spacewarp - Sustaining Program - Synapse - The Fanscient - The Gorgon - The Scientifictionist - The Sydney Futurian - Vampire - Voice of the Imagi-Nation - Weird Unsolved Mysteries - Wild Hair - Willie Acquires an Italian Hand
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Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
A. J. Barker - Adrienne Fein - Afriganza - Allyn Cadogan - Astronaut - Avon Fantasy Reader - Big Pond Fund - Bill "The Galactic" Fesselmeyer - Bill Burns - Bill Fawcett - Bob Lovell - Brad Strickland - Brian Herbert - Carl Lundgren - Cory Panshin - Dan Province - Dave Arneson - Don Markstein - Donald Eastlake - Donato Giancola - Dream Quest - Dwain Kaiser - Elizabeth Ann Scarborough - Ember - Eric Flint - FAPA Flypaper - Fanettes - Fanomena - Fantasy Aspects - Fantasy Book - Fantasy Review - G. David Nordley - Gail Carlson Levine - Gardner Dozois - George Alec Effinger - George Phillies - Gharlane of Eddore - Half Length Articles - Harold W. Cheney - Hydra Club - Irv Koch - James K. Morrow - Jeff Wanshel - Joe Pilati - John Varley - Ken St. Andre - Linda Bushyager - Lucius Shepard - Mel Gilden - Michael F. Flynn - Michael Gilbert - Michael Kaluta - Michael R. Collings - Mike Shepherd Moscoe - Mike Zaharakis - Octavia E. Butler - Of Worlds Beyond - Pat Adkins - Paul Levinson - Philcon I - Milt Rothman's Philcon I Reminiscence - Margaret Trebing's Philcon I Report - Phillycon 1947 - Portland Science-Fantasy Society - Prime Press - Requiem - Robert Vardeman - Ron Miller - Samuel Edward Konkin III - Sergeant Saturn - Spacewarp - Spectators - Spike MacPhee - Stan Burns - Stephen King - Stephen R. Donaldson - Steve Fahnestalk - Steve Perry - Susan Casper - Sustaining Program - Synapse - The Fanscient - The Gorgon - The Scientifictionist - Tim Kirk - Vampire - Voice of the Imagi-Nation - Washington Science Fiction Association - Weird Unsolved Mysteries - Wild Hair - Willie Acquires an Italian Hand
Rest of the World:
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