1960

Easter	London
3-5 Sept (Labor Day)	Pittcon (Worldcon)
late October	Fans qute the (Second) Futurians
November or December	Fanoclasts formed
	Astounding renames itself Analog. Science Fiction is officially over.
	Eric Bentcliffe TAFF trip.
	Science Fiction Club of London formed

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Births and Deaths:

Aaron Allston - Adam-Troy Castro - Bob Eggleton - Charles Dye - Charles E. Gannon - Chris Baker - Colin Harvey - Dafydd ab Hugh - Dave Hutchinson - Elizabeth Willey - Eric Brown - Florence Magarian - Holly Lisle - Ian McDonald - Jane Johnson - Jim Huang - John Russell Fearn - John Taine - Kij Johnson - Kristine Kathryn Rusch - Lawrence Sterne Stevens - Linda Nagata - Lori Wolf - Melissa Scott - Michael Mason - Michelle Paver - Neil Gaiman - Nicholas A. DiChario - Nicola Griffith - Pete Young - Peter F. Hamilton - Randy Asplund - Robert J. Sawyer - Selina Rosen - Steve Gutterman - Susan Ellison - Susan Kahn - William Tienken

Convention series started or ended:

Dum-Dum - Sodacon

Onetime conventions:

Bids:

Chicago in '60 - DC in 1960 - Mordor in '64 - Philadelphia in 1960 - Pittsburgh in '60

Publications started or ended:

A Fanzine for Karen Anderson - A Few Words About Bilbo Bentcliffe - A L'Abandon - Ad Astra - Amble - Aporrheta - Ascent of Next to Nothing - Atoz - BSFA Newsletter - Bastion - Blunt - Bronc! - Burgess' Lights - Convention Annual - dubious - Dynatron - Eldritch Dream Quest - Ex-Inchmery Fan Diary - Eye Tracks - Fans & Ethics - Fantastic Universe Science Fiction - Fix - Future Science Fiction - Gardyloo - Griffin - Ground Zero - Habakkuk - Haverings - Hobo - Hocus - Hungry - I Palantir - Kipple - Klein Bottle - Ktp - Lesser Flea - MI - Mirage - Nazgul's Bane - Norb's Notes - Parsection - Polestar Chapbooks - Que Pasado - Random - Requiem for a Fake Fan - SAM - STF and FSY Songbook - Satan's Child - Scatalog - Science Fantasy News - Science Fiction Club of London Club Combozine - Science-Fiction Age - Scribble - Space Diversions - Stymie - TAFF Baedeker - TAFF Tales - The Southern Fan - Twig - Twilight Zine - Vert - Vorpal Glass - YSFRG Newsletter

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1960 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1960 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1960 Best Novel Hugo - 1960 Best Professional Magazine Hugo - 1960 Best Short Fiction Hugo - 1960 Hugos - Best Short Fiction Hugo - George Nims Raybin Award

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Medway Science and Fantasy Club - Science Fiction Club of London - The Fellowship of the Ring - Young Science Fiction Reading Group

Fan History:

1960 WSFS Minutes - Lensman saga - Sam Moskowitz' Pittcon Reminiscence - The Fanzine Foundation - The Raybin Story

Miscellaneous:

The Fanzine Foundation

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Asia:

Pete Young

Australia:

Britain:

A Few Words About Bilbo Bentcliffe - Amble - Aporrheta - Ascent of Next to Nothing - Atoz - BSFA Newsletter - Bastion - Blunt - Burgess' Lights - Chris Baker - Colin Harvey - Dave Hutchinson - Eldritch Dream Quest - Eric Brown - Ex-Inchmery Fan Diary - Eye Tracks - Fans & Ethics - Fix - Hobo - Hungry - Ian McDonald - Inchmery Fandom - Jane Johnson - John Russell Fearn - Lesser Flea - London - MI - Medway Science and Fantasy Club - Michelle Paver - Nazgul's Bane - Neil Gaiman - Nicola Griffith - Pete Young - Peter F. Hamilton - Random - Satan's Child - Science Fantasy News - Science Fiction Club of London - Science Fiction Club of London Club Combozine - Scribble - Space Diversions - Susan Ellison - TAFF Tales - The Fanzine Foundation - The Fellowship of the Ring - The Penitentiary - Vert - YSFRG Newsletter - Young Science Fiction Reading Group

Canada:

A L'Abandon - Que Pasado - Robert J. Sawyer

Europe:

Ireland:

The Raybin Story

New Zealand:

US:

1959 Eastern Science Fiction Conference - 1960 WSFS Minutes - A Canticle For Leibowitz - A Fanzine for Karen Anderson - Aaron Allston - Ad Astra - Adam-Troy Castro - Bob Eggleton - Boycon - Bronc! - Charles Dye - Charles E. Gannon - Chicago in '60 - Convention Annual - DC in 1960 - Dafydd ab Hugh - Disclave 6 - dubious - Dum-Dum - Dynatron - Fantastic Universe Science Fiction - Florence Magarian - Flowers for Algernon - Future Science Fiction - Gardyloo - George Nims Raybin Award - Griffin - Ground Zero - Habakkuk - Haverings - Hocus - Holly Lisle - I Palantir - Jim Huang - John Taine - Kij Johnson - Kipple - Klein Bottle - Kristine Kathryn Rusch - Ktp - Lawrence Sterne Stevens - Lensman saga - Linda Nagata - Lori Wolf - Lunacon 4 - Melissa Scott - Michael Mason - Midwestcon 11 - Mirage - Myriad - Nicholas A. DiChario - Norb's Notes - Parsection - Philadelphia in 1960 - Philcon 1960 - Pittcon - Sam Moskowitz' Pittcon Reminiscence - Pittsburgh in '60 - Polestar Chapbooks - Randy Asplund - Requiem for a Fake Fan - SAM - STF and FSY Songbook - Scatalog - Science-Fiction Age - Selina Rosen - Sodacon - Steve Gutterman - Stymie - Susan Ellison - Susan Kahn - TAFF Baedeker - The Fellowship of the Ring - The Musquite Kid Rides Again - The Southern Fan - Twig - Twilight Zine - Vorpal Glass - William Tienken - Zeepsday

Rest of the World: