1962

Easter	Ronvention
31 Aug - 3 Sept (Labor Day)	Chicon III (Worldcon)
	Ethel Lindsay TAFF trip

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Births and Deaths:

Alaya Dawn Johnson - Alexander James Adams - Alexander Vasilkovsky - Annette Lotz - Chris Riddell - Dave Weingart - David Wake - Julie Hise - Karl Schroeder - Kathryn Cramer - Kevin J. Anderson - Laura Resnick - Mark Hodder - Michelle Muijsert - Neale Mittenshaw-Hodge - Newton Ewell - Rachel Caine - Ralph M. Holland - Roberto Quaglia - Sam Gafford - Stephan Martinière - Stephen Palmer - Stina Leicht - Suzanne Collins - Todd Cameron Hamilton - 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 - ASP - Anduril - Bane - Bastion - Big Deal - Binary - Bixel - Castle of Frankenstein - Comics, Cinema, and Collecting - Coventranian Gazette - Cthulhu - Dark Star - Discord - Double:Bill - Enfocado - Ergo Ego - Focus - Free Radical - Go to Hel - Goojie Publications - Gradus Ad Parnassum - Gyronny - Hungry - Ipso Facto - Jetstream - Just Another Dream Going By - Loki - Ludicrous Portraits - Luna - Mirth and Irony - Niekas - Orion - Parker's Peregrinations - Prose of Kilimanjaro - Rackhamart - Rhodomagnetic Digest - Salamander - Sally-Port - Science Fiction Parade - Shadowfax - 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 - Whatsit

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1962 Best Novel Hugo - 1962 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1962 Best Professional Magazine Hugo - 1962 Best Short Fiction Hugo - 1962 Hugos

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

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

Fan History:

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

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 - Hungry - IPSO - Ipso Facto - Jetstream - Just Another Dream Going By - Mark Hodder - Neale Mittenshaw-Hodge - NotFans - Orion - Oxford University Speculative Fiction Group - Parker's Peregrinations - 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:

Karl Schroeder

Europe:

Alexander Vasilkovsky - Roberto Quaglia

Ireland:

New Zealand:

Michelle Muijsert

US:

1962 Open ESFA - A Fanzine for Jim Caughran - ASP - Alaya Dawn Johnson - Alexander James Adams - Anduril - Annette Lotz - Bane - Bixel - Castle of Frankenstein - Chicago in 1962 - 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 - Disclave 8 - Discord - Double:Bill - Free Radical - Goojie Publications - Gradus Ad Parnassum - Gyronny - Julie Hise - Kathryn Cramer - Kevin J. Anderson - Laura Resnick - Loki - Ludicrous Portraits - Luna - Lunacon 6 - Midwestcon 13 - Mirth and Irony - Newton Ewell - Niekas - Rachel Caine - Ralph M. Holland - Rhodomagnetic Digest - Salamander - Sam Gafford - San Francisco in '64 - Science Fiction Parade - Shadowfax - Star*Dust - Starspinkle - Stephan Martinière - Stina Leicht - Suzanne Collins - Tenth Anniversary Willis Fund - The Eighth Stage of Fandom - The Man in the High Castle - The Southern Fan - Todd Cameron Hamilton - Topaze - Velma Bowen - Westercon 15 - Will McIntosh

Rest of the World: