1966
| January | Central Ohio Science Fiction Society founded |
| March 2 | Roger Phillips Graham dies |
| March 12 | First Skylark Award given out |
| March | First Marcon held |
| Easter | Yarcon |
| April 11 | First Bubonicon held |
| April 15 | Columbia University Science Fantasy Society chartered |
| May 1 | SCA founded |
| August 29 -- | Thomas Schluck TAFF trip. |
| September 1-5 (Labor Day) | Tricon (Worldcon) |
| November 25 | Minn-Stf founded |
| Ontario Science Fiction Club founded |
Births and Deaths:
Alastair Reynolds - Ann Leckie - Basil Davenport - Charles Willard Diffin - Cordwainer Smith - Dr. David H. Keller - Earl Binder - Ed Wyman - Erik Olson - Gordon Van Gelder - Heidi Lyshol - Howard Miller - Kate Forsyth - Keith Brooke - Larry Dixon - Lawrence Keating - Malcolm Smith - Maxfield Parrish - Michael Carroll - Neil Clarke - Nina Allan - Phillip Reeve - Rog Phillips - Sarah Zettel - Tananarive Due - Wil McCarthy
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Publications started or ended:
Amble - Another One - Australian Science Fiction Review - Bad News - Blitz - Blue Jaunte - Brennschluss - Burp - Deadwood - Directory of Science Fiction Fandom - Eclipse - Effell - Entropy - Famous Science Fiction - Fusion - Geiger - Green Dragon - Grimwab - Helmuth - Horrib - Hugin and Munin - Kobold - Link - Mannderings - Merk-Mag - Murther - Nexus - Norb's Notes - Orbit - Peace on Sol III - Proteus - QRM - Rally! - Sirruish - Tangent - The New Unknown - The Unknown - Thud-F - Wizard
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
1966 Best All-Time Series Hugo - 1966 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1966 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1966 Best Novel Hugo - 1966 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1966 Best Professional Magazine Hugo - 1966 Best Short Fiction Hugo - 1966 Hugos - Best All-Time Series Hugo - Best Short Fiction Hugo - Forry Award - Skylark Award
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
Alastair Reynolds - Amble - Bad News - Brennschluss - Burp - Deadwood - Directory of Science Fiction Fandom - Eclipse - Effell - Entropy - Fusion - Grimwab - Keith Brooke - Kobold - Link - Nexus - Nina Allan - Orbit - Phillip Reeve - Proteus - The Fanzine Foundation - Thud-F - Yarcon
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
1966 Open ESFA - ALA-APA - Ann Leckie - Basil Davenport - Blitz - Blue Jaunte - Boskone 2 - Boskone 3 - Burlingame in '66 - Carnegie Mellon Science Fiction Society - Charles Willard Diffin - Cleveland in '66 - Cordwainer Smith - DeepSouthCon 4 - Delasalle High School Fan Enclave - Disclave 10 - Dr. David H. Keller - Earl Binder - Ed Wyman - Erik Olson - Famous Science Fiction - Fandom at Columbia - Forry Award - Geiger - Gordon Van Gelder - Green Dragon - Helmuth - Horrib - Howard Miller - Larry Dixon - Lawrence Keating - Lunacon 9 - Malcolm Smith - Mannderings - Marcon - Marcon I - Maxfield Parrish - Merk-Mag - Midwestcon 17 - Minn-StF - Murther - NESFA Index - Nebula Award Weekend - Neil Clarke - Norb's Notes - Ozarkon - Ozarkon I - Philcon 1966 - Puddleby-on-the-Marsh Irregulars - QRM - Rally! - Rog Phillips - Sarah Zettel - Sirruish - Skylark Award - Syracuse in '66 - Tananarive Due - Tangent - Technology Amateur Press Association - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - The New Unknown - The Science-Fantasy Publishers - The Universes of E. E. Smith - The Unknown - Tricon - Cory Seidman Panshin's Tricon Reminiscence - Fred Pohl's Tricon Reminiscence - Virgilio Ice Cream & Soda Party - Westercon 19 - Wil McCarthy - Wizard
Rest of the World:
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