1950
April 30 | First Disclave held |
June | The first Midwestcon was held |
August | Lee Hoffman's Quandry, the focal point fanzine of Sixth Fandom begins publication |
Labor Day | NorWesCon (Worldcon) |
October | Galaxy starts publication |
VAPA ends |
Births and Deaths:
Alfred Korzybski - Amy Sefton - Andrea Dubnick - Ann C. Crispin - Asenath Hammond - Ben Solon - Bill Kunkel - Bruce Coville - Bruce Dane - Charles Lee Jackson II - David Brin - David Pringle - Dean Wesley Smith - Douglas E. Winter - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Elyse S. Rosenstein - Evelyn Leeper - G. Sutton Breiding - George Orwell - James P. Blaylock - Jay Kinney - Jessica Amanda Salmonson - John Kessel - Jomil Mulvey - Joyce Scrivner - K. W. Jeter - Karen Joy Fowler - Kathleen Conat - Kathryn Daugherty - Kees Huizer - Lewis Shiner - Loren J. MacGregor - Loren MacGregor - Louis Fallert - Mary Doria Russell - Melinda Snodgrass - Mercedes Lackey - Michael Capobianco - Michael J. Walsh - Michael M. Levy - Michael Swanwick - Michael Whelan - Michaela Roessner - Olaf Stapledon - Owen K. Laurion - Paul Brazier - Paul Watson - Randy Bathurst - Richard Pini - Roger Garland - Stephen R. Lawhead - Steve Miller - Steve Rasnic Tem - Tade Thompson - Terry Hughes
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Publications started or ended:
A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine - Alpha and Omega - Asmodeus - BEM - Bizarre - Bobolings - Cry of the Nameless - Destiny - Egoboo: Or The Time Traveler's Travail - Fantastic Story Quarterly - Fantasy Review - Fantasy-Scope - Fanvariety - Fanvets - Futurist - Galaxy Science Fiction - Hurkle - Imagination (prozine) - Irusaben - Nebula - Out of this World Adventures - Peace on Sol III - Phantasmagoria - Quandry - STEFCARD - Science Fiction Newscope - Science Fiction Weekly - Sinisterra - Spacewarp - The Insider - Thrills Incorporated - Timewarp - Universal Fanvariety - Universal Musketeers News - Universe - Wastebasket - Weird Science - Worlds Beyond
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US:
1950 Open ESFA - A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine - APA-50 - Activity Party - Alfred Korzybski - Alpha and Omega - Amy Sefton - Andrea Dubnick - Ann C. Crispin - Archon 16 - Asenath Hammond - Asmodeus - BEM - Ben Solon - Bill Kunkel - Bizarre - Bobolings - Boskone 16 - Bruce Coville - Bruce Dane - Capicon in '50 - Charles Lee Jackson II - Cry of the Nameless - David Brin - Dean Wesley Smith - Destiny - Disclave - Disclave 1 - Douglas E. Winter - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Egoboo: Or The Time Traveler's Travail - Elyse S. Rosenstein - Evelyn Leeper - Fantastic Story Quarterly - Fantasy-Scope - Fanvariety - Fanvets - Futurist - G. Sutton Breiding - Galaxy Science Fiction - Hurkle - Hydracon - ISFA - Imagination (prozine) - Invisible Little Man Award - Irusaben - James P. Blaylock - Jay Kinney - Jessica Amanda Salmonson - John Kessel - Jomil Mulvey - Joyce Scrivner - K. W. Jeter - Karen Joy Fowler - Kathleen Conat - Kathryn Daugherty - Lewis Shiner - Loren J. MacGregor - Loren MacGregor - Louis Fallert - Lynnhavention - Mary Doria Russell - Melinda Snodgrass - Mercedes Lackey - Michael Capobianco - Michael J. Walsh - Michael M. Levy - Michael Swanwick - Michael Whelan - Michaela Roessner - Midwestcon 1 - Nebula - New York in '50 - NorWesCon - Forrest J Ackerman's NorWesCon Reminiscence - Out of this World Adventures - Owen K. Laurion - Paul Watson - Philcon 1950 - Portland in 1950 - Quandry - Randy Bathurst - Richard Pini - STEFCARD - Science Fiction Newscope - Science Fiction Weekly - Sinisterra - Spacewarp - Steve Miller - Steve Rasnic Tem - Terry Hughes - The Insider - Timewarp - Universal Fanvariety - Universal Musketeers News - Universe - University of Chicago Science Fiction Club - Wastebasket - Weird Science - Weird Tales Index - Westercon 3 - Worlds Beyond
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