1949

January 4	New Orleans Science-Fantasy Society holds first meeting
Easter	Loncon
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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Births and Deaths:

Adrian Cole - Al Curry - Arthur Leo Zagat - Barbara Geraud - Barclay Shaw - Barry Newton - Barry Windsor-Smith - Bobbi Armbruster - Camille Bacon-Smith - Charles Curley - Craig Shaw Gardner - Ctein - Dave Lally - David A. Cherry - Dirk Wylie - Don Dailey - Ellen Datlow - Fred A. Levy Haskell - Gene Klein - Greg Shaw - Guy Lillian - Harry O. Morris - Harry Turtledove - Haruki Murakami - Jack Nimersheim - James Stanley Daugherty - James Van Hise - Jerry Weist - Jim Keith - Joe Siclari - John Hall - John Hertz - John-Henri Holmberg - Jon Singer - Jonathan Carroll - Lee Pelton - Leroy Kettle - Les Edwards - Lillian Stewart Carl - Lois McMaster Bujold - Malcolm Edwards - Martin Amis - Melanie Tem - Mike Farren - Mike Wood - Miss Science Fiction - Murray Porath - Nate Bucklin - Paul Barnett - Paul Campbell - Peter Crowther - R. A. MacAvoy - Reed Waller - Rich Lynch - Richard Hescox - Richard Labonté - Rick Hautala - Robert Rankin - Roger Gregory - Roger Wells - Roz Kaveney - Scott Imes - Sharon Bohner - Sheila Gilbert - Sid Altus - Stan Nicholls - Stephen Hickman - Steve Johnson - Susan Shwartz - Teddy Harvia - Timothy Bolgeo - Tom Barber - Victoria Poyser - Wiktor Bukato - William Stout

Convention series started or ended:

Midwestcon - N. Y. Conclave

Onetime conventions:

Norwescon

Bids:

Cincinnati in '49 - New York in '49

Publications started or ended:

A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine - Alembic - Chairman Sneary of B. D. Says - Fan-Scent - Fantasy-News - Fantopologist - Glom - Interim Newsletter - Mutant - Nirvana - ODD - Other Worlds - Predicted Issue of ASF - Report! - Rhodomagnetic Digest - Science, Fantasy, and Science Fiction - Scientifantasy - Shivers - Southern Fandom - Space Magazine - Spaceship - Spicy STF Stuff - The Cinvention Daily - The Final War - The Gorgon - The Lovecraft Collector - The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction - The Outlander - The Shaver Mystery Magazine - Triton - Universe - Wonders

Publishers founded or closed:

Pyramid Books

Awards made, started or ended:

1949 Retro Hugos - Fan-Dango Awards - Fanquet

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

DSFL - Eugene Science-Fantasy Society - Little Men - MITSFS - New Orleans Science-Fantasy Society - QSFL - Universal Musketeers - Vampire Society

Fan History:

Beanie Brigade - Blowup - Lloyd Eshbach's Cinvention Reminiscence - Miss Science Fiction - Roscoe

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Haruki Murakami

Australia:

Britain:

Adrian Cole - Alembic - Barry Windsor-Smith - Dave Lally - Leroy Kettle - Les Edwards - Loncon - Malcolm Edwards - Martin Amis - Nirvana - Paul Barnett - Paul Campbell - Peter Crowther - Robert Rankin - Roz Kaveney - Stan Nicholls - Wonders

Canada:

Consuite - Richard Labonté

Europe:

John-Henri Holmberg - Jonathan Carroll - Wiktor Bukato

Ireland:

Dave Lally - Paul Campbell

New Zealand:

US:

1949 Open ESFA - A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine - Al Curry - Arthur Leo Zagat - Barbara Geraud - Barclay Shaw - Barry Newton - Bobbi Armbruster - Camille Bacon-Smith - Chairman Sneary of B. D. Says - Charles Curley - Cincinnati in '49 - Cinvention - Lloyd Eshbach's Cinvention Reminiscence - Consuite - Craig Shaw Gardner - Ctein - DSFL - David A. Cherry - Dirk Wylie - Don Dailey - Ellen Datlow - Eugene Science-Fantasy Society - Fan-Dango Awards - Fan-Scent - Fanquet - Fantasy-News - Fantopologist - Fred A. Levy Haskell - From Off This World - Gene Klein - Glom - Greg Shaw - Guy Lillian - Harry O. Morris - Harry Turtledove - Jack Nimersheim - James Stanley Daugherty - James Van Hise - Jerry Weist - Jim Keith - Joe Siclari - John Hall - John Hertz - Jon Singer - Lee Pelton - Lillian Stewart Carl - Little Men - Lois McMaster Bujold - MITSFS - Melanie Tem - Midwestcon - Midwestcon 0 - Mike Farren - Mike Wood - Miss Science Fiction - Murray Porath - Mutant - My Best Science Fiction Story - N. Y. Conclave - Nate Bucklin - New Orleans Science-Fantasy Society - New York in '49 - Nineteen Eighty-Four - Norwescon - ODD - Other Worlds - Predicted Issue of ASF - Pyramid Books - QSFL - R. A. MacAvoy - Reed Waller - Report! - Rhodomagnetic Digest - Rich Lynch - Richard Hescox - Rick Hautala - Roger Gregory - Roger Wells - Science, Fantasy, and Science Fiction - Scientifantasy - Scott Imes - Sharon Bohner - Sheila Gilbert - Sid Altus - Southern Fandom - Space Magazine - Spaceship - Spicy STF Stuff - Stephen Hickman - Steve Johnson - Susan Shwartz - Teddy Harvia - The Cinvention Daily - The Conquest of Space - The Final War - The Gorgon - The Humanoids - The Lovecraft Collector - The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction - The Outlander - The Shaver Mystery Magazine - Timothy Bolgeo - Tom Barber - Triton - Universal Musketeers - Universe - Vampire Society - Victoria Poyser - Westercon 2 - What Mad Universe - William Stout

Rest of the World: