1972

Easter	Chessmancon
July 12	Minneapa founded
September 1-4 (Labor Day)	L.A.con I
December 14	Apollo 17 lifts off from the Moon's surface, ending the real world travel of men to the Moon
	St. Louis SF Society founded
	DUFF started: Lesleigh Luttrell (South)
	NESFA Press started
	First BYOB-Con
	First Eurocon

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Births and Deaths:

Adrian Tchaikovsky - Andy Weir - Charles Schneeman - China Miéville - Chris McGrath - Dirce S. Archer - Fran Wilde - Fredric Brown - Graham Sleight - K. J. Bishop - Laurence Manning - N. K. Jemisin - Noel Jenkin - Norman Knight - Paolo Bacigalupi - S. P. Meek - Sarah Pinborough - Tad Dembinski - Tammy Coxen - Ted Carnell - The Turd - Thomas Calvert McClary - Una McCormack

Convention series started or ended:

Advention - Alberta Science Fiction Society Open House - BYOB-Con - ConQuesT - Eastercon - Eurocon - Italcon - Lexicon - MidAmerica-Con - Ozarkon - Pecon - Pulpcon - Speculation Conferences

Onetime conventions:

BYO-Con - Fantasy Films International

Bids:

Baycon II in '72 - LA in '72

Publications started or ended:

4 Poems - 4M - A Little Music, A Little Magic - A Silly Millimeter Longer - AFricAN - Aberration - Amon Hen - An - Anduril - Arctic Village Echoes - Ashes to Ashes - Awry - BSFA Bulletin - BeABohema - Binary - Bletherings - Bundalohn Quarterly - Chunder! - Correlate - Dallascon Bulletin - Eternity Science Fiction - FIAWOL - Fanthology 64 - Finders Keepers - Focal Point - Fouler - Foundation - Free Orbit - Gallimaufry - Gamma - Gannet Science Fiction Review - Gates of Eden - Greatest Sensation of the Century - Green Dragon - Gross-Out - HPL - Horrible Stories - Hot Shit - Idiocy Couchant - Iseult - It Comes in the Mail - John W. Campbell -- An Australian Tribute - Little Shoppe of Horrors - Lurk - Macrocosm - Madame Frog's Catalogue of the Occult - Madcap - Malfunction - Maule's Well - Mdrgl - Mechta - Midword - Mythcon II Proceedings - Nadir - Natterings - Nazgul - Nemesis - Nutterings - OAFS - OSFIC Quarterly - Organlegger - Pablo - Paranoid - Penultimate Blimp - Phoenix - Private Cellar Club - Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! - Rats! - Rotsler's Rocks - Rubber Duckie - SF Arena - Sanders - Siddhartha - The Fanarchist - The Great Horned Toad - The Incompleat Terry Carr - The Legal Rules - The Lesser Typewriter - The Media - Viewpoint

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1972 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1972 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1972 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1972 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1972 Best Novel Hugo - 1972 Best Novella Hugo - 1972 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1972 Best Professional Magazine Hugo - 1972 Best Short Story Hugo - 1972 Hugos - Best Professional Magazine Hugo - European SF Award - Prix Apollo - Saturn Award

Stores opened or closed:

A Change of Hobbit - Bakka Books

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Fan History:

Fanzine Review Board - Fred Pohl's LAcon I Reminiscence - The Turd

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Advention - Advention 1 - Anti-Fan - BYO-Con - Bundalohn Quarterly - Chunder! - DUFF - Eastercon '72 - Eastercon - John W. Campbell -- An Australian Tribute - K. J. Bishop - Penultimate Blimp - Private Cellar Club - Syncon 2 - The Fanarchist

Britain:

4M - Adrian Tchaikovsky - Amon Hen - Anduril - Ashes to Ashes - BSFA Bulletin - Binary - Bletherings - Chessmancon - China Miéville - Fouler - Foundation - Free Orbit - Gamma - Gannet Science Fiction Review - Graham Sleight - Idiocy Couchant - Iseult - Lurk - Macrocosm - Madcap - Malfunction - Maule's Well - Mdrgl - Nadir - Nazgul - Novacon 2 - Pablo - Paranoid - SF Arena - Sarah Pinborough - Siddhartha - Speculation Conferences - Ted Carnell - Una McCormack - Viewpoint

Canada:

Alberta Science Fiction Society Open House - Bakka Books - Canadapa - DUFF - Laurence Manning - OSFIC Quarterly - The Lesser Typewriter - V-Con 2

Europe:

An - Eurocon - Eurocon 1 - European SF Award - Italcon - Prix Apollo - SfanCon 3

Ireland:

New Zealand:

DUFF - Noel Jenkin

US:

4 Poems - A Change of Hobbit - A Little Music, A Little Magic - A Silly Millimeter Longer - APA-Pi - Aberration - AggieCon III - Andy Weir - Arctic Village Echoes - Awry - BYOB-Con - BYOB-Con 1 - BYOB-Con 2 - Balticon 6 - Baycon II in '72 - BeABohema - Boskone 9 - Bubonicon 4 - ChambanaCon 2 - Charles Schneeman - Chris McGrath - Con-Fusion - ConQuesT - Correlate - DUFF - Dallascon Bulletin - Dangerous Visions - DeepSouthCon 10 - Destiny - Dirce S. Archer - Disclave 16 - Equicon '72 - Eternity Science Fiction - FIAWOL - Fantasy Films International - Fanthology 64 - Finders Keepers - Focal Point - Fran Wilde - Fredric Brown - Gallimaufry - Gates of Eden - Greatest Sensation of the Century - Green Dragon - Gross-Out - HPL - Horrible Stories - Hot Shit - It Comes in the Mail - L.A.Con I - Fred Pohl's LAcon I Reminiscence - LA in '72 - Lexicon - Little Shoppe of Horrors - Lunacon 15 - Madame Frog's Catalogue of the Occult - Marcon VII - Mechta - Mid-America Con 1 - MidAmerica-Con - MidAmerica-Con 2 - Midwestcon 23 - Midword - MileHiCon 4 - Minicon 6 - Minneapa - Mythcon II Proceedings - Mythcon III - N. K. Jemisin - Natterings - Nemesis - Noel Jenkin - Norman Knight - Norwestercon II - Nutterings - OAFS - Organlegger - Ozarkon - Ozarkon VII - Paolo Bacigalupi - Pecon - Pecon 3 - PgHLANGE IV - Philcon 1972 - Phoenix - Pulpcon - Pulpcon 1972 - Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! - Rats! - Rotsler's Rocks - Rubber Duckie - S. P. Meek - Sanders - Saturn Award - Science Fiction Book Review Index - Secondary Universe V - Tad Dembinski - Tammy Coxen - The Conan Grimoire - The Great Horned Toad - The Incompleat Terry Carr - The Legal Rules - The Media - The Turd - Thomas Calvert McClary - UpperSouthClave II - Westercon 25

Rest of the World:

AFricAN