1962

Easter	Ronvention (Eastercon)
August 31–September 3 (Labor Day)	Chicon III (Worldcon).
	Ethel Lindsay TAFF trip.
October 16–28	Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Births and Deaths:

Alan Rosenthal - Alaya Dawn Johnson - Alexander James Adams - Annette Lotz - Chris Riddell - Dave Weingart - David Wake - Dick Calkins - George Sylvester Viereck - Julie Hise - Karl Schroeder - Kathryn Cramer - Kevin J. Anderson - Laura Resnick - Mark Hodder - Michelle Muijsert - Neale Mittenshaw-Hodge - Newton Ewell - Nils Helmer Frome - Olexandr Vasylkivsky - Pat McMurray - Rachel Caine - Ralph M. Holland - Roberto Quaglia - Sam Gafford - Stephan Martinière - Stephen Palmer - Stina Leicht - Suzanne Collins - Todd Cameron Hamilton - Ulrika O'Brien - Velma Bowen - Will McIntosh

Convention series started or ended:

Nihon SF Taikai

Onetime conventions:

Bids:

Chicago in 1962 - San Francisco in '64

Publications started or ended:

A Fanzine for Jim Caughran - A Key to the Terminology of S-F Fandom - A Sense of FAPA - A Trip to Hell - A. Merrit's Fantasy Magazine - ASP - Alces/Amer - An Egoboo a Day from All Over - Anduril - Astra's Tower - Avon Science Fiction Reader - Bane - Bastion - Beauty and the Beast - Bete Noire - Big Deal - Binary - Bixel - Castle of Frankenstein - Chicken Wagon - Comics, Cinema, and Collecting - Coventranian Gazette - Cthulhu - Dark Star - Differential - Discord - Dolphin - Double:Bill - Enfocado - Engram - Ergo Ego - Etwas - Focus - Free Radical - Go to HEL - Go to Hel - Gradus Ad Parnassum - Gyronny - Homunculus - Hungry - Ipso Facto - Jetstream - Just Another Dream Going By - Knowable - Last of a Series - Loki - Ludicrous Portraits - Luna - Mirth and Irony - Neofund - Niekas - Orion - Outpost - Packrat - Parker's Peregrinations - Prose of Kilimanjaro - Rackhamart - Rhodomagnetic Digest - Salamander - Sally-Port - Science Fiction Parade - Shadowfax - Si-Fan - Silver Dusk - Son of the Fanalytic Eye - Star*Dust - Starspinkle - Tensor - The East Fanglian Times - The Skyreck Newsletter - The Southern Fan - The Squirrel's Tale - The Wall - Topaze - Vox - Whatsit - Within

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1962 Hugos

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Forest Fields Science Fiction Society - NotFans - Oxford University Speculative Fiction Group - Stourbridge Circle

Fanhistory:

Convention Annual No. 2 - Dave Kyle's Chicon 3 Reminiscence - Mathom House

New fanspeak coined:

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Nihon SF Taikai

Australia:

Focus - Michelle Muijsert

Britain:

Bastion - Big Deal - Binary - Chris Riddell - Cthulhu - David Wake - Enfocado - Ergo Ego - Forest Fields Science Fiction Society - Go to HEL - Go to Hel - Hungry - IPSO - Ipso Facto - Jetstream - Just Another Dream Going By - Mark Hodder - Neale Mittenshaw-Hodge - NotFans - Orion - Outpost - Oxford University Speculative Fiction Group - Packrat - Parker's Peregrinations - Pat McMurray - Prose of Kilimanjaro - Rackhamart - Ronvention - Sally-Port - Son of the Fanalytic Eye - Stephen Palmer - Stourbridge Circle - Tensor - Tenth Anniversary Willis Fund - The East Fanglian Times - The Skyreck Newsletter - The Squirrel's Tale - The Wall - Whatsit

Canada:

Alan Rosenthal - Differential - Karl Schroeder - Nils Helmer Frome

Europe:

Olexandr Vasylkivsky - Roberto Quaglia

Ireland:

New Zealand:

Michelle Muijsert

US:

1962 Open ESFA - A Fanzine for Jim Caughran - A Key to the Terminology of S-F Fandom - A Sense of FAPA - A Trip to Hell - A. Merrit's Fantasy Magazine - ASP - Alan Rosenthal - Alaya Dawn Johnson - Alces/Amer - Alexander James Adams - An Egoboo a Day from All Over - Anduril - Annette Lotz - Astra's Tower - Avon Science Fiction Reader - Bane - Beauty and the Beast - Bete Noire - Bixel - Castle of Frankenstein - Chicago in 1962 - Chicken Wagon - Chicon III - Chicon III Program - Comics, Cinema, and Collecting - Convention Annual No. 2 - Coventranian Gazette - Dark Star - Dave Kyle's Chicon 3 Reminiscence - Dave Weingart - Dick Calkins - Disclave 8 - Discord - Dolphin - Double:Bill - Engram - Etwas - Free Radical - George Sylvester Viereck - Gradus Ad Parnassum - Gyronny - Homunculus - Julie Hise - Kathryn Cramer - Kevin J. Anderson - Knowable - Last of a Series - Laura Resnick - Loki - Ludicrous Portraits - Luna - Lunacon 6 - Mathom House - Midwestcon 13 - Mirth and Irony - Neofund - Newton Ewell - Niekas - Rachel Caine - Ralph M. Holland - Rhodomagnetic Digest - Salamander - Sam Gafford - San Francisco in '64 - Science Fiction Parade - Shadowfax - Si-Fan - Silver Dusk - Star*Dust - Starspinkle - Stephan Martinière - Stina Leicht - Suzanne Collins - Tenth Anniversary Willis Fund - The Eighth Stage of Fandom - The Southern Fan - Todd Cameron Hamilton - Topaze - Ulrika O'Brien - Velma Bowen - Vox - Westercon 15 - Will McIntosh - Within

Rest of the World: