1957
Easter | Cytricon III, Knights of St. Fantony founded |
May 12 | First Lunacon was held |
6-9 Sept (Labor Day) | Loncon I |
Bob Madle TAFF trip |
Births and Deaths:
Amy Paul - Amy Wenshe - Bill Breiding - Bob Booth - C. S. Friedman - Carl H. Claudy - Christopher Moore - Claudia Casper - Dave Clements - David Bratman - David Farland - Elizabeth Hand - Elliott Dold - Eric S. Raymond - Garth Spencer - Gary Louie - Glen Warminger - Graham Connor - J. Allen St. John - Jeff Noon - Jerry Oltion - Jim Rittenhouse - Jody Lynn Nye - John Howe - John Jude Palencar - John M. Ford - John Meaney - Jon Langford - Joël Champetier - Kathy Thornton - Ken Brown - Laurie Mann - Lord Dunsany - Margaret Curtis - Mary Robison - Michael Stackpole - Neil Easterbrook - Paul Vincent - Ray Cummings - Renee Alper - Richard Brandt - Richard Powers - Roger MacBride Allen - Sara Douglass - Sharon Shinn - Stefan Dziemianowicz - Stephen Baxter - Tad Williams - Tanya Huff - Todd Lockwood - Yvonne Navarro
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
Alpha - An Inquiry into Certain Little-Known Consequences of the Berlin-Bagdad Pact - Andromeda - Best of Fandom - Biped - Blast - Califan - Catalyst - Clause - Contact - De Profundis - Excelsior - Fanannia - Fang - Fantasiana - ffm - Fifty-Second Street - Flafan - Grist - Homage à Burbee - Innavigable Mouth - Lonconfidential - Meuh - Now & Then - Other Worlds - Peon - Quagmire - Quirk - Qurp - Rumble - Saturn Science Fiction - Science Fiction Fifty Yearly - Science Fiction Forum - Science Fiction Yearbook - Sky Hook - Snooze - Songs from Space - Spasmodic - Stopgap - Take-Off - The Best of Fandom 1957 - The Fond Du Lac Occasional Zwilnick - The Goon Library - The Harp Stateside - The Hasty Stopgap - The Outlander - The Science-Fiction World - Typo - Uchūjin - Venture - Vinegar Worm - Ye Boiffion Boy Birdwatchers Bugle-Blast - Zap
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
Biped - Catalyst - Clause - Contact - Cytricon III - Fantasiana - Fifty-Second Street - Glen Warminger - Graham Connor - International Fantasy Award - Jeff Noon - John Meaney - Jon Langford - Ken Brown - Knights of St. Fantony - Loncon 1 - Dave Kyle's Loncon I Reminiscence - Lonconfidential - London in 1957 - Lord Dunsany - Now & Then - Paul Vincent - Qurp - Snooze - Songs from Space - Spasmodic - Stephen Baxter - Stopgap - Take-Off - The Goon Library - The Hasty Stopgap - Typo
Canada:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
1957 Open ESFA - Amy Paul - Amy Wenshe - An Inquiry into Certain Little-Known Consequences of the Berlin-Bagdad Pact - Andromeda - Berkeley Bhoys - Best of Fandom - Bill Breiding - Blast - Bob Booth - C. S. Friedman - CFG History - Califan - Carl H. Claudy - Christopher Moore - Contact - Dave Clements - David Bratman - David Farland - De Profundis - Elizabeth Hand - Elliott Dold - Eric S. Raymond - Excelsior - Fang - Flafan - Gary Louie - Grist - Homage à Burbee - J. Allen St. John - Jerry Oltion - Jim Rittenhouse - Jody Lynn Nye - John Jude Palencar - John M. Ford - Kathy Thornton - Laurie Mann - Los Angeles in 1957 - Lunacon - Lunacon 1 - Mary Robison - Michael Stackpole - Midwestcon 8 - Neil Easterbrook - Oklacon V - Other Worlds - Peon - Philcon 1957 - Plane Trip - Quagmire - Quirk - Ray Cummings - Renee Alper - Richard Brandt - Richard Powers - Roger MacBride Allen - Rumble - Saturn Science Fiction - Science Fiction Fifty Yearly - Science Fiction Forum - Science Fiction Yearbook - Sharon Shinn - Sky Hook - Stefan Dziemianowicz - Tad Williams - The Best of Fandom 1957 - The Fond Du Lac Occasional Zwilnick - The Goon Library - The Harp Stateside - The Outlander - The Science-Fiction World - Todd Lockwood - Venture - Vinegar Worm - Westercon 10 - Ye Boiffion Boy Birdwatchers Bugle-Blast - Yvonne Navarro - Zap
Rest of the World:
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