1953

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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Births and Deaths:

"Orange Mike" Lowrey - Andi Shechter - Andrew Barton - Barry Smotroff - Bo Eriksson - Byron Preiss - Carl Brandon - Carol Gobeyn - Carter Scholz - Charlie Williams - Christopher Fowler - Chuck Miller - Cynthia McQuillin - Dan Steffan - Dave Langford - Dave Nee - David Lee Anderson - David Stever - Dennis Dolbear - Don Maitz - Eric Ferguson - Eva Gabrielsson - Garth Danielson - Gary Lippincott - Gary Steele - Genny Dazzo - Ian Covell - Ira Mitchel Thornhill - J. Neil Schulman - James Williams - Janice Morningstar - Janny Wurts - Jennifer Roberson - Jerry Boyajian - Jim Theis - Joan Verba - Joe Pearson - Joel Zakem - John L. Coker III - Kara Dalkey - Krissy Benders - Leigh Strother-Vien - Lisa Goldstein - Mark Blackman - Matthew B. Tepper - Michael Nelson - Mike Glyer - Mike Kennedy - Neil Kaden - Pat Cadigan - Patricia C. Wrede - Phyllis Weinberg - Randy Reichardt - Rene Gobeyn - Richard Christian Matheson - Rick Berry - Rickey Sheppard - Ro Nagey - Robert Charles Wilson - Robin Wood - Roger Tener - S. M. Stirling - Sarah Clemens - Sharon Ferraro - Stephen Jones - Stven Carlberg - Susan Smith-Clarke - Tony "Blindpew" Smith - Valli Hoski - Vanessa May - Vicky Wyman - Walter Jon Williams - Wayne G. Hammond - Will Murray - Zanny Dillson - Zita Gillis

Convention series started or ended:

Oklacon

Onetime conventions:

BEACon - Medcon - Riverina Conference - Wiscon

Bids:

Amalgamated Greater New York Fan Groups in '53 - Cleveland in 1953 - Detroit in '53 - Indianapolis in '53 - NWT in '53 - Niagara Falls in '53 - Philly in '53 - Queens SFL in '53 - San Francisco in '53

Publications started or ended:

7th Fandom Newsletter - Affinity - Alpha - Andromeda - Anglo Science Fiction Fandom - Art Gallery - Astroneer - Aw - Bacchanalia - Bang! - Beyond Fantasy Fiction - Birdsmith - Camber - Chapter Play - Confab - Consomme - Definitely - Dodo - Egad! - Ellison Wonderland - Etherline - Expose - FANtastic Story Magazine - Fahrenheit - Famous Fantastic Mysteries - Fan To See - Fantasias - Fantasta - Fantastic Adventures - Fantastic Universe Science Fiction - Fantasy Art Society Newsletter - Fanvariety - Filler - Forerunner - Future Science Fiction (Australia) - Futurian Society News - Galleon of Dream, Poems of Fantasy and Wonder - Grue - Ha! - Haemogoblin - Harlequinade - Helen's Fantasia - Hoo and Haw - Indian Lake....There I Went - Io - Irusaben - It's Tycho's Floor in '54 - Mystic Magazine - Nite Cry - Omega - Operation Fantast Handbook - Orbit - Orbit Science Fiction - Orion - Pendulum - Perhaps - Peri - Periscope - Philcon Reporter - Progress - Quandry - S. T. F. Trends - Saturday Morning Gazette - Schizo - Science Fiction News - Science Fiction Newsletter - Science Fiction Review - Science Stories - Science-Fiction Plus - Sevagram - Slant - Sol - Space Science Fiction - Starlight - Symposium on Sex and Sadism in Science Fiction - Tasfic in Retrospect - The Horse Laugh - The Journal of Science Fiction - The Magazine Collector - The Zed - Thurban I - Tops in Science Fiction - Torquasian Times - Universe Science Fiction - Vanations - Vega - Vulcan - Wastebasket - Wastebacket - Weird Science - Westward Hoog - Why? Why? Why? - Xenern Bulletin - Yandro

Publishers founded or closed:

Science Fiction Book Club

Awards made, started or ended:

1953 #1 Fan Personality Hugo - 1953 Best Cover Artist Hugo - 1953 Best Interior Illustrator Hugo - 1953 Excellence in Fact Articles Hugo - 1953 Hugos - Best Novel Hugo - Best Professional Artist Hugo - Best Professional Magazine Hugo - Hugo Award - Hugo Trophy - Jules Verne Award - Most Promising New Author Hugo

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Bradford Science Fiction Association - CSFA - Dallas Futurian Society - Enid Science Fiction League - NAPA - Surrey Circle

Fanhistory:

7th Fandom - Carl Brandon - Hugo Award - Juanita Coulson's Reminiscence of Fandom in 1953 - Little Willy Verses - Nydahl's Disease - Milt Rothman's Philcon II Reminiscence - Philly in '53 - Robert Silverberg Comments on Juanita Coulson's 1953 Article

New fanspeak coined:

Birdbath - Crottled Greeps - Cuddlypets - Demolishisms - Filk - Nydahl's Disease

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Project: East Meets West

Australia:

Bacchanalia - Etherline - Forerunner - Future Science Fiction (Australia) - Futurian Society News - Perhaps - Riverina Conference - Science Fiction News - Second Australian Science Fiction Convention - Susan Smith-Clarke - Wastebacket

Britain:

Andrew Barton - Andromeda - Anglo Science Fiction Fandom - Astroneer - Bang! - Bradford Science Fiction Association - British Amateur Science Fiction Foundation - Camber - Christopher Fowler - Consomme - Coroncon - Cytricon I - Dave Langford - Fantasy Art Society Newsletter - Haemogoblin - Ian Covell - Io - It's Tycho's Floor in '54 - Medcon - Operation Fantast Handbook - Orbit - Orion - Pat Cadigan - Peri - Periscope - Progress - Ro Nagey - Science Fiction Book Club - Slant - Stephen Jones - Surrey Circle - Symposium on Sex and Sadism in Science Fiction - The Horse Laugh - The Magazine Collector - Tony "Blindpew" Smith - Tops in Science Fiction - Vanessa May - Why? Why? Why?

Canada:

CSFA - Famous Fantastic Mysteries - Garth Danielson - NWT in '53 - Randy Reichardt - Robert Charles Wilson - S. M. Stirling - Vanations

Europe:

Alpha - Bo Eriksson

Ireland:

BEACon - Slant

New Zealand:

US:

"Orange Mike" Lowrey - 1953 Open ESFA - 7APA - 7th Fandom - 7th Fandom Newsletter - Affinity - Amalgamated Greater New York Fan Groups in '53 - Andi Shechter - Art Gallery - Aw - Barry Smotroff - Beatley's - Beyond Fantasy Fiction - Birdsmith - Byron Preiss - Carl Brandon - Carol Gobeyn - Carter Scholz - Chapter Play - Charlie Williams - Chuck Miller - Cleveland in 1953 - Confab - Cynthia McQuillin - Dallas Futurian Society - Dan Steffan - Dave Nee - David Lee Anderson - David Stever - Definitely - Dennis Dolbear - Detroit in '53 - Dodo - Don Maitz - Egad! - Ellison Wonderland - Enid Science Fiction League - Eric Ferguson - Eva Gabrielsson - Expose - FANtastic Story Magazine - Fahrenheit - Famous Fantastic Mysteries - Fan To See - Fantasias - Fantasta - Fantastic Adventures - Fantastic Universe Science Fiction - Fanvariety - Fanvet Convention 4 - Filler - Galleon of Dream, Poems of Fantasy and Wonder - Garth Danielson - Gary Lippincott - Gary Steele - Genny Dazzo - Grue - Ha! - Harlequinade - Helen's Fantasia - Hoo and Haw - Indian Lake....There I Went - Indianapolis in '53 - Ira Mitchel Thornhill - Irusaben - J. Neil Schulman - James Williams - Janice Morningstar - Janny Wurts - Jennifer Roberson - Jerry Boyajian - Jim Theis - Joan Verba - Joe Pearson - Joel Zakem - John L. Coker III - Juanita Coulson's Reminiscence of Fandom in 1953 - Jules Verne Award - Kara Dalkey - Krissy Benders - Leigh Strother-Vien - Lifecon - Lisa Goldstein - Mark Blackman - Matthew B. Tepper - Michael Nelson - Midwestcon 4 - Mike Glyer - Mike Kennedy - Mystic Magazine - NAPA - Neil Kaden - Niagara Falls in '53 - Nite Cry - Oklacon - Omega - Orbit Science Fiction - Pat Cadigan - Patricia C. Wrede - Pendulum - Philcon II - Milt Rothman's Philcon II Reminiscence - Philcon Reporter - Philly in '53 - Phyllis Weinberg - Project: East Meets West - Quandry - Queens SFL in '53 - Rene Gobeyn - Richard Christian Matheson - Rick Berry - Rickey Sheppard - Ro Nagey - Robert Silverberg Comments on Juanita Coulson's 1953 Article - Robin Wood - Roger Tener - S. T. F. Trends - San Francisco in '53 - Sarah Clemens - Saturday Morning Gazette - Schizo - Science Fiction Newsletter - Science Fiction Review - Science Stories - Science-Fiction Plus - Sevagram - Sharon Ferraro - Sol - Space Science Fiction - Star Science Fiction - Starlight - Stven Carlberg - Tasfic in Retrospect - The Journal of Science Fiction - The Zed - Thurban I - Tops in Science Fiction - Torquasian Times - Universe Science Fiction - Valli Hoski - Vanessa May - Vega - Vicky Wyman - Vulcan - Walter Jon Williams - Wastebasket - Wayne G. Hammond - Weird Science - Westercon 6 - Westward Hoog - Will Murray - Wiscon - Xenern Bulletin - Yandro - Zanny Dillson - Zita Gillis

Rest of the World: