1984
| January 20-22 | First Rustycon |
| early | Constellation bankruptcy |
| February 4 | Olon F. Wiggins dies |
| March 30-April 1 | First Istacon held |
| Easter | Seacon '84 |
| June 8-10 | First ConQuistador held |
| August 30-Sept 3 (Labor Day) | L.A.Con III (Worldcon) |
| August 30-September 20 | Rob Hansen TAFF trip |
| September 21-23 | First OVFF held |
| September 21-23 | First Pegasus Awards given out |
| October 12-14 | First Smofcon |
| October 27 | 50th Anniversary of LASFS |
| Corflu founded | |
| World dictatorship averted | |
| DUFF: Jack Herman (North) | |
| GUFF: Justin Ackroyd (North) |
Births and Deaths:
A. Bertram Chandler - Amal El-Mohtar - Art Wilson - Bill "The Galactic" Fesselmeyer - Bill Berg - Charles Ford Hansen - Dan McPhail - Ejler Jakobsson - Hao Jingfang - Joan Lindsay - Joe Harnage - Kenneth Arnold - Max Gladstone - Mike Wood - Mike Zaharakis - Norbert Couch - Olon F. Wiggins - Robert Jackson Bennett - Sam Martinez - Sherry Fesselmeyer - Sophie Wenzel Ellis - Tim Daniels - Toby Froud - William Crawford
Convention series started or ended:
Australian National Doctor Who Convention - ClipperCon - Con-Juration - Con-Version - ConQuistador - Corflu - Cymrucon - Faircon - Fantasy Faire - Istacon - Keycon - Kinkon - Maxicon - Mexicon - Munchcon - Norcon - Novacon - OVFF - Questicon - Rain - Rustycon - Skycon - Spacecon - Texarkon - Vulkon - X-Con
Onetime conventions:
Bable Con - Brave New Con - Capcon - Circle Con - Concentric '84 - Esotericon - Harrycon - LASFS 50th Anniversary Banquet - Onocon '84 - Petuniacon - R-Con - Space-Ex 1984 - Wamcon - Western Recon - Who-Do 84
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
A Elbereth Gilthoniel! - Abdump - Acnestis - Ad Nauseam - Alex's Restaurant - Back Brain Recluse - Cactus Times - Calaban - Door Into George - Drunkard's Talk - Ele: Leaves from Forlond - Elemental - FROM THE DEPTHS - Fantasmagoria - Fantasy Review - Fanzines in Theory and Practice - Gris-Gris - Helpmaboab - Intuition - KTF Xmas Card - Kalien - Karmetari Bulletin - Killing Time - Kith - Land of Laughs - Longbottom Leaf - MSTO - Morlug - New Wave Video Snacks - Nuisance Value Only - Odonian - Ogotyra - Orcish Bugle - Phantasy Press - Phlogiston - Raffles - Rastus - Rataplan - Risque Stories - Rot - Shallow End - Small Friendly Dog - Snail's Countdown and the Rat's Revenge - South on Peachtree - Still Life - Tasarion - The 1984 Eurocon Press Report - The Australian Horror & Fantasy Magazine - The Book of Mazarbul - The Farthing - The Little Fandom That Could - The Mad 3 Party - The Magazine of Speculative Poetry - The Northfarthing Post - This Farce - Vortex (Keogh) - Waldo - Weathertop - Whistleberry - Zed
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
1984 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1984 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1984 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1984 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1984 Best Non-Fiction Book Hugo - 1984 Best Novel Hugo - 1984 Best Novelette Hugo - 1984 Best Novella Hugo - 1984 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1984 Best Professional Editor Hugo - 1984 Best Short Story Hugo - 1984 Campbell Award - 1984 Hugos - Australian Science Fiction Media Awards - Best Semiprozine Hugo - Double Gammas - Gilgames Award - Past President of the Fan Writers of America - Pegasus Award
Stores opened or closed:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
A Elbereth Gilthoniel! - A. Bertram Chandler - Australian National Doctor Who Convention - Australian Science Fiction Media Awards - Black Hole - Circulation Three - Double Gammas - Eureka!con - Harrycon - Joan Lindsay - Kalien - Kinkon - Medtrek '84 - Perth in '84 - Rataplan - Swancon 9a - Swancon Nine - The Australian Horror & Fantasy Magazine - Vortex (Keogh) - Who-Do 84
Britain:
Abdump - Acnestis - Ad Nauseam - Albacon 84 - Alex's Restaurant - Amon Sûl - Art Wilson - Back Brain Recluse - Cactus Times - Calaban - Corflu - Cymrucon - Cymrucon 1984 - Door Into George - Dor-en-ernil - Drunkard's Talk - Ele: Leaves from Forlond - Elemental - FROM THE DEPTHS - Faircon - Faircon '84 - Fantasmagoria - Fantasycon IX - Fanzines in Theory and Practice - Gris-Gris - Helpmaboab - Hobbiton - KTF Xmas Card - Karmetari Bulletin - Land of Laughs - Longbottom Leaf - MSTO - Mexicon - Morlug - Novacon 14 - Nuisance Value Only - Odonian - Orcish Bugle - Oxcon 84 - Oxonmoot 1984 - Picocon 2 - Rastus - Rot - Seacon '84 - Shallow End - Shoestringcon 6 - Silicon 8 (UK) - Small Friendly Dog - Snail's Countdown and the Rat's Revenge - Space-Ex 1984 - Still Life - Tasarion - The 1984 Eurocon Press Report - The Book of Mazarbul - The Farthing - The Leaky Establishment - The Northfarthing Post - This Farce - Toby Froud - Tynecon II - Waldo - Weathertop - Whistleberry
Canada:
Ad Astra IV - Amal El-Mohtar - Boréal '84 - Con-Version - Con-Version I - Corflu - Derelicts - Halcon 7 - Keycon - Keycon 1 - Maplecon 6 - New Wave Video Snacks - Noncon 7 - OSFiC - Rain - Rain Finale - VCON 12 - Vancouver in '84 - World Fantasy Convention 1984
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
APA-DSC - AggieCon XV - Archon 8 - ArmadilloCon 6 - Atlanta Fantasy Fair 1984 - Bable Con - Balticon 18 - BayFilk II - Bill "The Galactic" Fesselmeyer - Bill Berg - Boskone 21 - Brave New Con - Bubonicon 16 - Capcon - Capricon 4 - ChambanaCon 14 - Charles Ford Hansen - Chattacon IX - Circle Con - ClipperCon - Coastcon '84 - Codclave X - Con*Stellation II.V - Con*Stellation III - Con*Tretemps 3 - Con-Juration - ConClave IX - ConQuesT 15 - ConQuistador - ConQuistador 1 - ConTact 2 - Concave 5 - Concentric '84 - Contradiction 4 - CopperCon 4 - Corflu - Corflu 1 - Costume-Con 2 - DC in '84 - Dan McPhail - Darkover Grand Council 7 - DeepSouthCon 22 - Disclave 28 - Dunegate - Earthcon IV - Edgar Rice Burroughs Amateur Press Association - Ejler Jakobsson - Empiricon V - Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy - Esotericon - Fantasy Faire - Fantasy Review - Genuine ConFusion - Gulag in '84 - Hatcon I - Hexacon 7 - I-Con III - ICFA 5 - ICON 9 - InConJunction IV - Intuition - Istacon - Istacon 1 - Joe Harnage - Kenneth Arnold - Kent in 1984 - Killing Time - Kith - Kubla's Dirty Dozen - L.A.con II - Greg Thokar's L.A.con II Reminiscence - LA in 1984 - LASFS 50th Anniversary Banquet - LepreCon 10 - Loscon Eleven - Lunacon 27 - Marcon XIX - Max Gladstone - Maxicon - Maxicon 2 - Metrofen - MidSouthCon 3 - Midwestcon 35 - Mike Wood - Mike Zaharakis - MileHiCon 16 - MilwAPA - Minicon 18 - MosCon VI - Munchcon - Munchcon 4 - MystiCon III - Mythcon 1984 - Mythcon XV - Necon 5 - Necronomicon '84 - Norbert Couch - Norwescon VII - Nova 9 - Novacon - Novacon II - OKon 7 - OVFF - OVFF 1 - Octocon 21 - Ogotyra - Olon F. Wiggins - Omacon 4 - Onocon '84 - OryCon '84 - Pegasus Award - Petuniacon - Phantasy Press - Philcon 1984 - Phoenix in 1984 - Portland in 1984 - Pulpcon 13 - Questicon - R-Con - Raffles - Risque Stories - Rivercon IX - Robert Jackson Bennett - Roc*Kon 9 - Rovacon 9 - Rustycon - Rustycon 1 - Sam Martinez - Sci-Con 6 - Sherry Fesselmeyer - Skycon - Skycon 4 - Smofcon 1 - Sophie Wenzel Ellis - South on Peachtree - Spacecon - Spacecon 6 - Spokon '84 - StellarCon IX - Sunuvacon 1 - Texarkon - Texarkon '84 - The Little Fandom That Could - The Mad 3 Party - The New York Feud - The Wild Hunt - Tim Daniels - Treasurecon 2 - Tropicon III - TusCon 11 - Unicon '84 - UpperSouthClave XIV - Valleycon 9 - Vikingcon 5 - Vulkon - Wamcon - Westercon 37 - Western Recon - William Crawford - Windycon XI - WisCon 8 - X-Con - X-Con 8 - Xanadu 1.5 - Zed
Rest of the World:
| 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
