1949

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January 4 New Orleans Science-Fantasy Society holds first meeting.
Easter Loncon (Eastercon).
June 8 George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four published.
September 3-5 (Labor Day) Cinvention (Worldcon).
September 9–11 Midwestcon 0 held in Doc Barrett's living room.
Fall The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction begins publication.
November 13 The Blowup.
November Predicted Issue of ASF.
MITSFS founded.
Eugene Science-Fantasy Society founded.



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1949 Open ESFAA. Merritt's Fantasy MagazineAl CurryAlien CultureArthur Leo ZagatBarbara GeraudBarclay ShawBarry NewtonBob Tucker Dies!Bobbi ArmbrusterBrian Earl BrownC. Lee HealyCamille Bacon-SmithChairman Sneary of B. D. SaysCharles CurleyCincinnati in '49CinventionLloyd Eshbach's Cinvention ReminiscenceConsuiteCraig Shaw GardnerCteinDSFLDavid A. CherryDirk WylieDon DaileyDrew SandersEllen DatlowEugene Science-Fantasy SocietyThe ExplorerFan-Dango AwardsFan-ScentFanquetFantasy-NewsFantopologistFred A. Levy HaskellFrom Off This WorldGene KleinGlomGreg ShawGuy LillianHarry O. MorrisHarry TurtledoveJack NimersheimJames Stanley DaughertyJames Van HiseJerry WeistJim KeithJoe SiclariJohn HallJohn HertzJon SingerJonathan CarrollKim MohanLee PeltonLeerLillian Stewart CarlLittle MenLois McMaster BujoldMITSFSMelanie TemMidwestcon 0Mike FarrenMike WoodMindwarpMiss Science FictionMurray PorathMutantMy Best Science Fiction StoryN. Y. ConclaveNate BucklinNew Orleans Science-Fantasy SocietyNew York in '49NorwesconODDOther WorldsPredicted Issue of ASFPyramid BooksQSFLR. A. MacAvoyReed WallerReport!Rhodomagnetic DigestRic BergmanRich LynchRichard HescoxRick HautalaRoger GregoryRoger WellsRon ZukowskiScience, Fantasy, and Science FictionScientifantasyScott ImesSharon BohnerSheila GilbertSid AltusSouthern FandomSpace MagazineSpaceshipSparxSpicy STF StuffStephen HickmanStephen's Book ServiceSteve JohnsonSteve SchererSusan ShwartzTeddy HarviaThe Arkham SamplerThe Cinvention DailyThe Conquest of SpaceThe Final WarThe GorgonThe Lovecraft CollectorThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science FictionThe MichifanThe OutlanderThe Shaver Mystery MagazineThe TalismanTimothy BolgeoTom BarberTom DupreeTritonUniversal MusketeersUniverseVampire SocietyVictoria PoyserWanigasWestercon 2William Stout

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