1970
January 1-3 | First Syncon held |
Easter | SCI-CON 70 |
August 15 | First Phoenix Award given out |
August 20-24 | Heicon '70 (Worldcon) |
September 4-7 | First Mythcon held |
TAFF (Eastbound) Elliot Shorter | |
SFRA founded. | |
BCSFA founded |
Births and Deaths:
Al Andrews - Chris Roberson - Colson Whitehead - Erle Stanley Gardner - Evelyn Harrison - Gareth L. Powell - George Nims Raybin - Inga Stephens - James Knapp - John Giunta - Kevin Hearne - Leslie Perri - Michael A. Burstein - Pat Terry - Robert Shearman - Syne Mitchell - Walter Murdoch - Warren Johnson
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Publications started or ended:
Australian Science Fiction Monthly - Belladonna's Broadsheet - Convention: Newsmagazine for SF Convention Planners - Crabapple - Cynic - Cypher - Detours - Egg - Embelyon - Endeavor - Energumen - Erebus - Fouler - Free Orbit - Gamma - German Con News - Great Art Should Never Be Mushed Up - Helmuth - Homewood - Hostigos - I'll Be Damned - Info - Laser - Magic Is Afoot - Mallorn - Mathom - Maya - Mini-Mag - Moth - Mythprint - Norstrilian News - Oak Leaves - Org - Outworlds - Pagan - Pertinence - Phantasia - Philosophical Gas - Potlatch - Quicksilver - Son of a Beach - Sorcerer's Apprentice - Spockanalia - Stardock - Store of Assininity - The Grim Reaper - The Metaphysical Review - The Scarr - Third Foundation - Tolkien Society Bulletin - Venture - Yggdrasil - Yrch! - Zine
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
1970 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1970 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1970 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1970 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1970 Best Novel Hugo - 1970 Best Novella Hugo - 1970 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1970 Best Professional Magazine Hugo - 1970 Best Short Story Hugo - 1970 Hugos - Golden Caterpillar Awards - Pat Terry Award for Humour in SF - Phoenix Award - Pilgrim Award - Sampo Award
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Australian Science Fiction Monthly - Golden Caterpillar Awards - Melbourne University Science Fiction Association - Ninth Australian Science Fiction Convention - Norstrilian News - Pat Terry - Pat Terry Award for Humour in SF - Philosophical Gas - Syncon - Syncon '70 - The Metaphysical Review - Walter Murdoch - Yggdrasil
Britain:
Belladonna's Broadsheet - Crabapple - Cynic - Cypher - Egg - Fantasy Centre - Fouler - Free Orbit - Gamma - Gannets - Gareth L. Powell - Info - Mallorn - Maya - Moth - Pertinence - Quicksilver - Robert Shearman - SCI-CON 70 - SFRA Conference - Science Fiction Foundation - Speculation Conferences - The Scarr - Tolkien Society Bulletin - Zine
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
1970 Open ESFA - APA:NESFA - APANAGE - Al Andrews - Avalon - Balticon 4 - Baton Rouge Science Fiction League - Bermuda in 1970 - Boskone 7 - Bouchercon - Brophy - Bubonicon 2 - Cepheid Comics and Trade Convention - Chris Roberson - Colson Whitehead - Concordance to Cordwainer Smith - Convention: Newsmagazine for SF Convention Planners - DeepSouthCon 8 - Detours - Disclave 14 - Embelyon - Endeavor - Erebus - Erle Stanley Gardner - Evelyn Harrison - George Nims Raybin - Great Art Should Never Be Mushed Up - Helmuth - Homewood - Hostigos - I'll Be Damned - Inga Stephens - Inside 2001: A Space Opera - James Knapp - John Giunta - Kevin Hearne - Leslie Perri - Lunacon 13 - Magic Is Afoot - Marcon V - Mathom - Michael A. Burstein - Mini-Mag - Minicon 3 - More Issues at Hand - Mythcon - Mythcon I - Mythprint - Norwestercon I - Oak Leaves - OctoCon II - Org - Outworlds - Ozarkon V - Pagan - Partycon - Pecon - Pecon 1 - PgHLANGE II - Phantasia - Philcon 1970 - Phoenix Award - Pilgrim Award - Potlatch - PresiCon - RAPS - SFRA Conference - Sampo Award - San Diego Comic-Con - Science Fiction Book Review Index - Scott Imes Video Archive - Secondary Universe III - Son of a Beach - Sorcerer's Apprentice - Spockanalia - Stardock - Store of Assininity - Syne Mitchell - The Eye of Argon - The Grim Reaper - The Symposium - Third Foundation - Venture - Warren Johnson - Westercon 23 - Wondaycon - Yrch!
Rest of the World:
1969 | 1970 | 1971 |