1955

Winter	Thrilling Wonder Stories ceases publication
April 8-10 (Easter)	Cytricon
June	Planet Stories ceases publication
September 2-5 (Labor Day)	Clevention (Worldcon)
November 12	The Hyborian Legion founded
late	The Cult founded
	Westbound Ken Bulmer TAFF trip
	Term "Artificial Intelligence" coined by American computer scientist John McCarthy
	First SECon held
	Cheltenham Circle organized

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Births and Deaths:

Amanda Hemingway - Andy Robertson - Barry Gehm - Brad Foster - Brenda W. Clough - Bruce Bethke - Catherine Asaro - Chris Beckett - Dave Romm - Earl Terry Kemp - Eva Whitley - Geoffrey A. Landis - Gregory Manchess - Jack Skillingstead - James Alan Gardner - James Warhola - Jeffrey Ford - Jim Fuerstenberg - Judith Tarr - Julie E. Czerneda - Karen Haber - Keith Berdak - Ken Hunt - Lenny Wenshe - Leslie What - Mark Van Name - Michael Jencevice - Mindret Lord - N. Lee Wood - Nancy Nutt - Nat Schachner - Nisi Shawl - Pat Murphy - Paul J. McAuley - Paul Stewart - Perry Middlemiss - Randy Brunk - Richard Chwedyk - Scott Edelman - Steve Gallacci - Steven Brust - Steven Gould - Tim Daniels - Tim Kyger - Tom Kidd - Tracy Hickman - Will Shetterly - Zanda Myrande

Convention series started or ended:

Agacon - Cytricon - SECon

Onetime conventions:

Bids:

Cleveland in '55 - Detroit in 1955

Publications started or ended:

Amor - Antwerpse Letterkundige En Wettenschappelijke Gazet - Arcturus - Beyond Fantasy Fiction - Bias Binding - Bilcyn - Bran Tub - Chaos - Dizzy - Dream Quest - Dysteleology - Eye - Fafhrd - Fafhrd - Fanannia - Fankle - Fantastic Story Quarterly - Fantastic Worlds - Fescennine - Fission - Focus - Forty Four Forty or Fight - Future Science Fiction (Australia) - Futurian Society News - Galanty - Gargoyle - Gestalt - Grin - Hark - Hep - I Dreamt I Crept in Marble Crypts - Incantations - Infinity Science Fiction - Io - Lesser Flea - Loco - Needle - Normandie Notes - Null-F - Occam's Chainsaw - Operation Fantast - Platform - Play Time - Pogrom - Pooka - Psi - Remembrance of Things Past - Review - Review - Rot - Satan's Child - Spaceship - Startling Stories - The Last Fans in Town - The Science-Fiction World - Thrilling Wonder Stories - Universe Science Fiction

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1953 Best Professional Magazine Hugo - 1955 Hugos - Best Fanzine Hugo - Best Novelette Hugo - Best Short Story Hugo

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Albion Futurian Society - Cheltenham Circle - Fannettes - Hyborian Legion - Operation Fantast

Fan History:

7th Fandom - Clevention PR 4 Article on TAFF - Sam Moskowitz' Clevention Reminiscence - The March of Slime

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Albion Futurian Society - Focus - Fourth Australian Science Fiction Convention - Future Science Fiction (Australia) - Futurian Society News - Perry Middlemiss

Britain:

Amanda Hemingway - Amor - Andy Robertson - Antwerpse Letterkundige En Wettenschappelijke Gazet - Arcturus - Bias Binding - Bilcyn - Bran Tub - Cheltenham Circle - Chris Beckett - Cytricon - Dizzy - Dysteleology - Eye - Fankle - Fescennine - Fission - Galanty - Gestalt - Grin - Hep - I Dreamt I Crept in Marble Crypts - Incantations - Io - Lesser Flea - Loco - Needle - Occam's Chainsaw - Operation Fantast - Paul J. McAuley - Paul Stewart - Platform - Play Time - Pogrom - Psi - Review - Rot - Satan's Child - The Last Fans in Town - The March of Slime - Zanda Myrande

Canada:

James Alan Gardner - Julie E. Czerneda

Europe:

Antwerpse Letterkundige En Wettenschappelijke Gazet - Fanannia

Ireland:

New Zealand:

US:

1955 Open ESFA - 7th Fandom - Agacon - An Index to Unknown and Unknown Worlds - Barry Gehm - Beyond Fantasy Fiction - Brad Foster - Brenda W. Clough - Bruce Bethke - Catherine Asaro - Chaos - Cleveland in '55 - Clevention - Clevention PR 4 Article on TAFF - Sam Moskowitz' Clevention Reminiscence - Dave Romm - Detroit in 1955 - Dream Quest - Earl Terry Kemp - Eva Whitley - Fafhrd - Fafhrd - Fantastic Story Quarterly - Fantastic Worlds - Fanvet Convention 6 - Forty Four Forty or Fight - Gargoyle - Geoffrey A. Landis - Gregory Manchess - Hark - Hyborian Legion - Infinity Science Fiction - Jack Skillingstead - James Warhola - Jeffrey Ford - Jim Fuerstenberg - Judith Tarr - Karen Haber - Keith Berdak - Ken Hunt - Lenny Wenshe - Leslie What - Mark Van Name - Michael Jencevice - Midwestcon 6 - Mindret Lord - N. Lee Wood - Nancy Nutt - Nat Schachner - Nisi Shawl - Normandie Notes - Null-F - Oklacon III - Pat Murphy - Pooka - Randy Brunk - Remembrance of Things Past - Review - Richard Chwedyk - SECon - SECon I - Scott Edelman - Spaceship - Startling Stories - Steve Gallacci - Steven Brust - Steven Gould - The Agacon - The Science-Fiction World - Thrilling Wonder Stories - Tim Daniels - Tim Kyger - Tom Kidd - Tracy Hickman - Universe Science Fiction - Westercon 8 - Will Shetterly

Rest of the World: