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 |
Births and Deaths:
Adrian Cole - Al Curry - Arthur Leo Zagat - Barclay Shaw - Barry Windsor-Smith - Camille Bacon-Smith - Craig Shaw Gardner - Ctein - Dave Lally - David A. Cherry - Dirk Wylie - Don Dailey - Ellen Datlow - Fred A. Levy Haskell - Gene Klein - Greg Shaw - Harry O. Morris - Harry Turtledove - Jack Nimersheim - James Van Hise - Jerry Weist - Jim Keith - Joe Siclari - John-Henri Holmberg - Jonathan Carroll - Leroy Kettle - Les Edwards - Lillian Stewart Carl - Lois McMaster Bujold - Malcolm Edwards - Martin Amis - Melanie Tem - Mike Farren - Mike Wood - Paul Barnett - Peter Crowther - R. A. MacAvoy - Reed Waller - Richard Hescox - Richard Labonte - Rick Hautala - Robert Rankin - Roger Wells - Roz Kaveney - Scott Imes - Sid Altus - Stan Nicholls - Stephen Hickman - Steve Johnson - Susan Shwartz - Timothy Bolgeo - Tom Barber - Victoria Poyser - Wiktor Bukato - William Stout
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine - Alembic - Chairman Sneary of B. D. Says - Fantasy News - Fantopologist - Glom - Interim Newsletter - Mutant - Nirvana - Odd - Other Worlds - Predicted Issue of ASF - Report! - Rhodomagnetic Digest - Science, Fantasy, and Science Fiction - Scientifantasy - Space Magazine - Spaceship - The Lovecraft Collector - The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction - The Outlander - Triton - Universe - Wonders
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
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Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
1949 Open ESFA - A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine - Al Curry - Arthur Leo Zagat - Barclay Shaw - Camille Bacon-Smith - Chairman Sneary of B. D. Says - Cincinnati in '49 - Cinvention - Cinvention Program - Lloyd Eshbach's Cinvention Reminiscence - Consuite - Craig Shaw Gardner - Ctein - David A. Cherry - Dirk Wylie - Don Dailey - Ellen Datlow - Eugene Science-Fantasy Society - Fan-Dango Awards - Fanquet - Fantasy News - Fantopologist - Fred A. Levy Haskell - From Off This World - Gene Klein - Glom - Greg Shaw - Harry O. Morris - Harry Turtledove - Jack Nimersheim - James Van Hise - Jerry Weist - Jim Keith - Joe Siclari - Lillian Stewart Carl - Lois McMaster Bujold - MITSFS - Melanie Tem - Midwestcon - Midwestcon 0 - Mike Farren - Mike Wood - Mutant - My Best Science Fiction Story - N. Y. Conclave - 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 - Richard Hescox - Rick Hautala - Roger Wells - Science, Fantasy, and Science Fiction - Scientifantasy - Scott Imes - Sid Altus - Space Magazine - Spaceship - Stephen Hickman - Steve Johnson - Susan Shwartz - The Conquest of Space - The Humanoids - The Lovecraft Collector - The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction - The Outlander - Timothy Bolgeo - Tom Barber - Triton - Universal Musketeers - Universe - Vampire Society - Victoria Poyser - Westercon 2 - What Mad Universe - William Stout
Rest of the World:
| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
