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)

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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:

Agacon - Convention Nationale Français de Science-Fiction - Infinity - KWEST*Con - Oxonmoot - Smofcon - TusCon - Tynecon - Windycon - Witchcraft & Sorcery SF Convention - Wyocon

Onetime conventions:

APA:Anarchon - Al Schuster's International Star Trek Convention - Benecia - Cal Tech Conference - Eyecon - Infinity 74 - Medievalcon - SF Symposium

Bids:

DC in '74 - Montreal in 74 - NYCon 4 Bid - New York in '74 - San Francisco in '78

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 - Personal Notes - Peter Roberts' "Little Gem Guide to SF Fanzines" - Phantasmicom - Pulp - Purple Hours - Random - Requiem - Rune - SFinctor - Scab - Scicon - Science Fiction Monthly - Scientifriction - 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:

Uncle Hugo's

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Dorsai Irregulars - FRED - Friends of Kilgore Trout - New York Science Fiction Association - North East Science Fiction Group - Portland Society of Strangers - SF³ - Star Base Andromeda - TANSTAAFL - Thursday

Fan History:

Dave Kyle's Discon II Reminiscence - Flash Sheridan's Discon II Reminiscence - Secret Handgrip of Fandom

Miscellaneous:

Dungeons and Dragons

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Asia:

Australia:

Emu Tracks Over America - Fanew Sletter - Melbourne Science Fiction Club Achievement Award - Ozcon - Shane Jiraiya Cummings

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 - 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:

Montreal in 74 - Synapse - V-Con III

Europe:

'Til the Cows Come Home - Antares - Beneluxcon 2 - Convention Nationale Français de Science-Fiction - Eurocon 2 - Fancon 2 - Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire - SfanCon 5

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 - 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 - P. Schuyler Miller - Personal Notes - PgHLANGE VI - Phantasmicom - Philcon 1974 - Portland Society of Strangers - Pulp - Pulpcon 3 - Random - Requiem - Rune - SF Symposium - SF³ - SFinctor - San Francisco in '78 - Sarah E. Harder - Sarah Monette - Scicon - Scientifriction - Smofcon 0 - South Virginia Con - 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 - The Tuck Encyclopedia - 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:

Libia Brenda - Mae Strelkov's Friends Fund