1948

March	The house in LA which was occupied by the members of the original Battle Creek slan shack is torn down
early	CSFA formed
May 15-16 (Whitsun)	Whitcon, the first Eastercon, held
July 3	Torcon (Worldcon)
September 5, Labor Day	First Westercon held in Los Angeles
October	Outlander Society founded
November	Slant by Walt Willis begins publication
	Little Men formed (probably, though it may have been 1949)
	Toronto Science Fiction Society founded
	The Checklist of Fantastic Literature by Everett F. Bleiler published
	South Gate in '58 bid started by Rick Sneary
	Ottawa Science Fiction Society founded

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Births and Deaths:

Andrzej Sapkowski - Ann Chancellor - Bernie Wrightson - Bill Trojan - Bob Sabella - Brian Stableford - Charles A. Spano, Jr. - Cliff Amos - Curt Stubbs - Dan Simmons - Darlene Coltrain - David Gemmell - Denys Howard - Don Cook - Francis Stevens - George "Lan" Laskowski - George Inzer - George R. R. Martin - Hans Wesso - Howard Rosenblum - James Robinson - Jeanne Robinson - Jim Burns - Jim Frenkel - Joan D. Vinge - Joe Staton - John De Lancie - John Harris - Jonathan Green - Kathleen Meyer - Larry Elmore - Larry Tucker - Leigh Edmonds - Len Wein - Lynn Abbey - Margaret Weis - Marta Randall - Mat Irvine - Mike Ashley - Mike Farinelli - Nancy Kress - Nancy Springer - New American Library - Pamela Sargent - Pat LoBrutto - Patrice Milton Green - Patricia McKillip - Patrick H. Adkins - Paul Williams - Peggy Ranson - R-Laurraine Tutihasi - Rebecca Ore - Rick Shelley - Rick Wilber - Robert Holdstock - Robert Jordan - Robert Reginald - Rodney Leighton - Ron Salomon - Sally A. Syrjala - Sean McMullen - Seth McEvoy - Spider Robinson - Steve White - Steven Utley - Susan Wood - Suzanne Tompkins - Ted Tom - Terry A. Garey - Terry Pratchett - Thomas T. Thomas - Tullio Proni - Vonda N. McIntyre - W. Paul Cook - William Gibson

Convention series started or ended:

Eastercon - N. Y. Conclave - Westercon

Onetime conventions:

Beercon - DeCon - Minneapolis Thing

Bids:

Milwaukee in 1948 - Toronto in 1948

Publications started or ended:

1948 Fantasy Annual - Adzine - Ah! Sweet Idiocy! - Alembic - Astronaut - Brillig - Fanomena - IF! - Loki - Macabre - Maine-iac - Masque - Mutant - Neophyte - Nonce - Oracle - Peon - Prism - Science Fantasy News - Science Fiction Advertiser - Science, Fantasy, and Science Fiction - Scientifantasy - Sky Hook - Slant - Southern Fandom - Stefnews - The Fantasy Collector - Timewarp - Triton - Tympany - Yellum

Publishers founded or closed:

New American Library

Awards made, started or ended:

1948 Retro Hugos

Stores opened or closed:

Fantasy Book Centre

Clubs founded or disbanded:

CSFA - Cream o' the Crop Club - Fantasy Artisans - ISFCC - Ottawa Science Fiction Society - SF International - SFS - Vampire Society

Fan History:

Ah! Sweet Idiocy! - Lensman saga - Slan Shack - The Stranger Club by Art Widner - Lloyd Eshbach's Torcon I Reminiscence

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Leigh Edmonds - Sean McMullen

Britain:

Alembic - Brian Stableford - David Gemmell - Eastercon - Fantasy Book Centre - Howard Rosenblum - Jim Burns - John Harris - Jonathan Green - Mat Irvine - Mike Ashley - Robert Holdstock - SFS - Science Fantasy News - Slant - Terry Pratchett - Whitcon

Canada:

CSFA - Jeanne Robinson - Macabre - Ottawa Science Fiction Society - Rodney Leighton - Spider Robinson - Susan Wood - Torcon I - Lloyd Eshbach's Torcon I Reminiscence - Toronto in 1948

Europe:

Andrzej Sapkowski - SF International

Ireland:

Slant

New Zealand:

US:

1948 Fantasy Annual - 1948 Open ESFA - Activity Party - Adzine - Ah! Sweet Idiocy! - Ann Chancellor - Astronaut - Beercon - Bernie Wrightson - Bill Trojan - Bob Sabella - Brillig - Charles A. Spano, Jr. - Cliff Amos - Cream o' the Crop Club - Curt Stubbs - Dan Simmons - Darlene Coltrain - DeCon - Denys Howard - Don Cook - Fanomena - Fantasy Artisans - Francis Stevens - George "Lan" Laskowski - George Inzer - George R. R. Martin - Hans Wesso - IF! - James Robinson - Jim Frenkel - Joan D. Vinge - Joe Staton - John De Lancie - Kathleen Meyer - Larry Elmore - Larry Tucker - Len Wein - Lensman saga - Loki - Lynn Abbey - Maine-iac - Margaret Weis - Marta Randall - Masque - Mike Farinelli - Milwaukee in 1948 - Minneapolis Thing - Mutant - N. Y. Conclave - Nancy Kress - Nancy Springer - Neophyte - New American Library - Nonce - Oracle - Pamela Sargent - Pat LoBrutto - Patrice Milton Green - Patricia McKillip - Patrick H. Adkins - Paul Williams - Peggy Ranson - Peon - Phillycon 1948 - Prism - R-Laurraine Tutihasi - Rebecca Ore - Rick Shelley - Rick Wilber - Robert Jordan - Robert Reginald - Ron Salomon - SF International - Sally A. Syrjala - Science Fiction Advertiser - Science, Fantasy, and Science Fiction - Scientifantasy - Seth McEvoy - Sky Hook - Southern Fandom - Stefnews - Steve White - Steven Utley - Suzanne Tompkins - Ted Tom - Terry A. Garey - The Checklist of Fantastic Literature - The Fantasy Collector - The Stranger Club by Art Widner - Thomas T. Thomas - Timewarp - Triton - Tullio Proni - Tympany - Vampire Society - Vonda N. McIntyre - W. Paul Cook - Westercon - Westercon 1 - William Gibson - Yellum

Rest of the World: