1953

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February First appearance of Carl Brandon.
Whitsun Coroncon (Eastercon).
May 7th Fandom "organized" at HECon.
May 16–17 Midwestcon 4.
May 19 Great WSFA Farewell Party.
June 2 Coronation of British Queen Elizabeth II.
July First issue of Geis's Psychotic
July 27 Korean War armistice.
September 5–7 (Labor Day) Philcon II (Worldcon), first Hugo Awards.
Toronto Derelicts appear.
Introduction of Crottled Greeps to fandom.
Slant ceases publication.
Joel Nydahl pubs Vegannish and gafiates with Nydahl's Disease.

See: Juanita Coulson's Reminiscence of Fandom in 1953
and Robert Silverberg Comments on Juanita Coulson's 1953 Article



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7th Fandom NewsletterAffinityAlphaAndromedaAnglo Science Fiction FandomArt GalleryAstroneerAwBacchanaliaBeyond Fantasy FictionBirdsmithCamberChapter PlayConfabConsommeDefinitelyEgad!Ellison WonderlandEtherlineExposeFANtastic Story MagazineFahrenheitFamous Fantastic MysteriesFan To SeeFantasiasFantastaFantastic AdventuresFantastic Universe Science FictionFantasy Art Society NewsletterFanvarietyFillerForerunnerFuture Science Fiction (Australia)Futurian Society NewsGalleon of Dream, Poems of Fantasy and WonderGrueHa!HaemogoblinHarlequinadeHelen's FantasiaHoo and HawIndian Lake....There I WentIoIrusabenIt's Tycho's Floor in '54Mystic MagazineNite CryOmegaOperation Fantast HandbookOrbitOrbit Science FictionOrionPendulumPerhapsPeriPhilcon ReporterQuandryS. T. F. TrendsSaturday Morning GazetteSchizoScience Fiction NewsScience Fiction NewsletterScience Fiction ReviewScience StoriesScience-Fiction PlusSevagramSlantSolSpace Science FictionStarlightSymposium on Sex and Sadism in Science FictionTasfic in RetrospectThe Journal of Science FictionThe ZedThurban ITops in Science FictionTorquasian TimesUniverse Science FictionVanationsVegaVulcanWastebasketWastebacketWeird ScienceWestward HoogWondersXenern BulletinYandro

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"Orange Mike" Lowrey1953 Open ESFA7APA7th Fandom7th Fandom NewsletterAffinityAmalgamated Greater New York Fan Groups in '53Andi ShechterArt GalleryAwBarry SmotroffBeatley'sBeyond Fantasy FictionBirdsmithByron PreissCarl BrandonCarol GobeynCarter ScholzChapter PlayCharlie WilliamsChuck MillerCleveland in 1953ConfabCynthia McQuillinDallas Futurian SocietyDan SteffanDave NeeDavid Lee AndersonDavid SteverDefinitelyDennis DolbearDetroit in '53Don MaitzEgad!Ellison WonderlandEnid Science Fiction LeagueEric FergusonEva GabrielssonExposeFANtastic Story MagazineFahrenheitFamous Fantastic MysteriesFan To SeeFantasiasFantastaFantastic AdventuresFantastic Universe Science FictionFanvarietyFanvet Convention 4FillerGalleon of Dream, Poems of Fantasy and WonderGarth DanielsonGary LippincottGary SteeleGenny DazzoGrueHa!HarlequinadeHelen's FantasiaHoo and HawIndian Lake....There I WentIndianapolis in '53Ira Mitchel ThornhillIrusabenJ. Neil SchulmanJames WilliamsJanice MorningstarJanny WurtsJennifer RobersonJerry BoyajianJim TheisJoan VerbaJoe PearsonJoel ZakemJohn L. Coker IIIJuanita Coulson's Reminiscence of Fandom in 1953Jules Verne AwardKara DalkeyLeigh Strother-VienLifeconLisa GoldsteinMark BlackmanMatthew B. TepperMichael NelsonMidwestcon 4Mike GlyerMike KennedyMystic MagazineNAPANeil KadenNiagara Falls in '53Nite CryOklaconOmegaOrbit Science FictionPat CadiganPatricia C. WredePendulumPhilcon IIMilt Rothman's Philcon II ReminiscencePhilcon ReporterPhilly in '53Phyllis WeinbergProject: East Meets WestQuandryQueens SFL in '53Rene GobeynRichard Christian MathesonRick BerryRickey SheppardRo NageyRobert Silverberg Comments on Juanita Coulson's 1953 ArticleRobin WoodRoger TenerS. T. F. TrendsSan Francisco in '53Sarah ClemensSaturday Morning GazetteSchizoScience Fiction NewsletterScience Fiction ReviewScience StoriesScience-Fiction PlusSevagramSharon FerraroSolSpace Science FictionStar Science FictionStarlightStven CarlbergTasfic in RetrospectThe Journal of Science FictionThe ZedThurban ITops in Science FictionTorquasian TimesUniverse Science FictionValli HoskiVegaVicky WymanVulcanWalter Jon WilliamsWastebasketWayne G. HammondWeird ScienceWestercon 6Westward HoogWill MurrayWisconXenern BulletinYandroZanny DillsonZita Gillis

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