1974
| January | First issue of Karass published |
| Easter | Tynecon |
| July | MCFI founded |
| August 29 - September 2 (Labor Day) | Discon II (Worldcon) |
| October 13 | P. Schuyler Miller dies |
| October 25-27 | First TusCon |
| October 25-27 | Windycon started |
| December | IF merged into Galaxy |
| BSFA refounded | |
| Peter Weston TAFF trip | |
| DUFF: Leigh Edmonds (North) |
Births and Deaths:
Alma Hill - Anne Gray - Arthur J. Burks - Arthur Louis Joquel II - Ben Keifer - Carl Swanson - Charles R. Tanner - David Mason - Dominic Harman - Felix Gilman - Jim C. Hines - Joe Abercrombie - Joseph W. Ferman - Libia Brenda - Liesel Schwarz - Luke Ski - Nnedi Okorafor - Otto Binder - P. Schuyler Miller - Sarah E. Harder - Sarah Monette - Shane Jiraiya Cummings - Steph Swainston
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
'Ayn Ran' Is Narnya Spelled Backwards - 'Til the Cows Come Home - 61 Cygni C - AmiZine Stories - Anomaly - Antares - Antithesis - Aurora - Big Scab - Black Hole - Blitz - Boonfark - Bumf - Chimera - Clear Ether! - Cullowhee Comments - Cypher - Dragon Teeth - Dreamtree - Empire - Emu Tracks Over America - Eternity Road - FIAWOL - Fanew Sletter - Fantasy Worlds - Flatulence - Friends of Kilgore Trout - Guying Gyre - Howl of Feedback - Iseult - Karass - Laughing Osiris - Legends - Lesleigh's Adventures Down Under - Mad Muses - Madcap - Mathom - Midnight Sun - Mom's Home Made Apple Fanzine - Mysterious Spring Valley Triangle - Mythologies - NESFiG Newsletter - Nebula - No-Eyed Monster - Owlexandrian Initiate - Personal Notes - Peter Roberts' "Little Gem Guide to SF Fanzines" - Phantasmicom - Pulp - Purple Hours - Random - Red Planet Earth - Requiem - Ritblat/Grim News - Rune - SFinctor - Scab - Scicon - Science Fiction Lechers and Alcholics Gluttone and Gambling Society Anonymous - Science Fiction Monthly - Scientifriction - Southern Fandom Confederation Handbook - Spang Blah - Spanish Inquisition - Spi - Swoon - Sylmarillion - Synapse - TTBA - The Fractured Mongoose - The Haunter of the Mail - The New SF Bulletin: SF Books 1974 - Thoughts of Chairman Maule - Treaders of Starlight - Unicorn - Wark - Whatsit - Witchcraft and Sorcery - Wrinkled Shrew
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
1974 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1974 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1974 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1974 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1974 Best Novelette Hugo - 1974 Best Novella Hugo - 1974 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1974 Best Professional Editor Hugo - 1974 Best Short Story Hugo - 1974 Campbell Award - 1974 Hugos - Gandalf Award - Inkpot Award - Jupiter Award - Lewis Grant, Jr. Memorial Award - Melbourne Science Fiction Club Achievement Award - Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
61 Cygni C - AmiZine Stories - Big Scab - Black Hole - Bumf - Chimera - Cypher - Dominic Harman - Fantasy Worlds - Felix Gilman - Flatulence - Friends of Kilgore Trout - Howl of Feedback - Iseult - Joe Abercrombie - Legends - Mad Muses - Madcap - Mathom - NESFiG Newsletter - Nebula - North East Science Fiction Group - Novacon 4 - One Tun - Oxonmoot - Oxonmoot 1974 - Peter Roberts' "Little Gem Guide to SF Fanzines" - Purple Hours - Ritblat/Grim News - Scab - Science Fiction Monthly - Serious Scientific Talks - Spi - Steph Swainston - TTBA - The Fanzindex - The Globe - Thoughts of Chairman Maule - Tynecon - Tynecon 74 - Wark - Whatsit - Wrinkled Shrew
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
'Ayn Ran' Is Narnya Spelled Backwards - A Directory of SF&F Publishing Houses and Book Dealers - A2 Relax Icon - APA-NYU - APA-Q - APA:Anarchon - Agacon - AggieCon V - Akon 2 - Al Schuster's International Star Trek Convention - Alma Hill - Anne Gray - Anomaly - Antithesis - Arthur J. Burks - Arthur Louis Joquel II - Aurora - Balticon 8 - Ben Keifer - Benecia - Blitz - Boonfark - Boskone 11 - Bubonicon 6 - Cal Tech Conference - Capra - Carl Swanson - ChambanaCon 4 - Charles R. Tanner - Clear Ether! - Cullowhee Comments - DC in '74 - David Mason - DeepSouthCon 12 - Desertcon II - Disclave 18 - Discon II - Dave Kyle's Discon II Reminiscence - Flash Sheridan's Discon II Reminiscence - Dorsai Irregulars - Dragon Teeth - Empire - Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy - Enterprise - Equicon '74 - Eternity Road - Eyecon - FIAWOL - FRED - Gandalf Award - Guying Gyre - Half-A-Con 2 - Infinity - Infinity 74 - Inkpot Award - Jim C. Hines - Joseph W. Ferman - Jupiter Award - KWEST*Con - KWEST*Con - Karass - Kubla Khan Too - Laughing Osiris - Lesleigh's Adventures Down Under - Lewis Grant, Jr. Memorial Award - Liesel Schwarz - Luke Ski - Lunacon 17 - Mae Strelkov's Friends Fund - Marcon IX - Medievalcon - Midnight Sun - Midwestcon 25 - MileHiCon 6 - Minicon 8 - Minicon 9 - Mom's Home Made Apple Fanzine - Mysterious Spring Valley Triangle - Mythcon V - Mythologies - NYCon 4 Bid - New York Science Fiction Association - New York in '74 - Nnedi Okorafor - No-Eyed Monster - Otto Binder - Owlexandrian Initiate - P. Schuyler Miller - Personal Notes - PgHLANGE VI - Phantasmicom - Philcon 1974 - Portland Society of Strangers - Pulp - Pulpcon 3 - Random - Red Planet Earth - Requiem - Rune - SF Symposium - SF3 - SFinctor - San Francisco in '78 - Sarah E. Harder - Sarah Monette - Scicon - Science Fiction Lechers and Alcholics Gluttone and Gambling Society Anonymous - Scientifriction - Smofcon 0 - South Virginia Con - Southern Fandom Confederation Handbook - Spang Blah - Spanish Inquisition - Star Base Andromeda - Swoon - Sylmarillion - TANSTAAFL - The Fandoliers, or the King of BaraTAFFia - The Fractured Mongoose - The Haunter of the Mail - The Mimeo Man - The New SF Bulletin: SF Books 1974 - Thursday - TusCon - TusCon I - Uncle Hugo's - Unicorn - UpperSouthClave IV - Westercon 27 - Windycon - Windycon I - Witchcraft & Sorcery SF Convention - Witchcraft and Sorcery - Wyocon - Wyocon 1
Rest of the World:
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