1985

February 1	Walt Liebscher dies
Easter	Yorcon III
July 21	Jack Gaughan dies
August 22-26	Aussiecon Two (Worldcon)
August 30-September 2 Labor Day	LoneStarCon (NASFiC)
September 15	New Southern Friends in Space first meeting
	Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden TAFF trip.
	DUFF: Marty & Robbie Cantor (South)
	FFANZ: Nigel Rowe (West)
	SFSFS organized

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Births and Deaths:

Beresford Smith - Bill Evans - Dave Clements - George Charters - Jack Gaughan - Jim Martin - Larry Shaw - Orson Welles - Paul Ernst - S. A. Chakraborty - T. L. Sherred - Tamsyn Muir - Theodore Sturgeon - Walt Liebscher - Walter Gibson

Convention series started or ended:

Advention - August Party - Empiricon - Eucon - Genericon - Hatcon - Istacon - Lazlar Lyricon - LoneStarCon - Not Just Another Con - Nova - Panopticon West - Polcon - Treasurecon - Whatcon

Onetime conventions:

Alti-Ego's - Capriconwest - Chimeracon - Con Amore - Paranoiacon - Silicone - Spawncon - Take My Con...Please - Triangulum - Tribute to the Master

Bids:

Albuquerque in '85 - Austin in '85 - Breckenridge in '85 - Columbus in 1985 - Detroit in '85 - Falkon '85 - Indianapolis in '91 - Melbourne in '85 - Nashville in '91 - Sacramento in '85 - Seattle in '85 - Sydney in '91 - Wigwam Village

Publications started or ended:

A Floor So Cunningly Laid That No Matter Where You Stood It Was Underneath Your Feet - A Foreign Fanzine - Acrylic - BECCON: The Fanzine - Beyond - Cast Iron - Clear Ether! - Conrunner - Crank - Dreddnaught - Duffbury Tales - egoscan - Epsilon - Eternity Road - Ethel the Aardvark - FTT - Foetus - For Paranoids Only - From the Cockpit 2 - Gallimaufry - Genre Plat - Gloria Mundi - Ichthyosaurus - Illyria - It Goes on the Shelf - Jane's Fighting Smofs - Legend - Mathom - Mathom - Microwave - Mince - Mirror Crack'd - Mythos - Pig on the Wall - Plastic Rubble - Potsherd - Psychedelic Fruit Juice - Quaint - Raa - SFSFS Shuttle - Skel's A Poppin - Spung - Taffeta - Taffluvia - That Was the Year That Was - The Naked Id - The Southern Star - The Transatlantic Hearing Aid - Tiger Tea - To Craunch the Marmoset - Warhoon - Worm Cravings

Publishers founded or closed:

Beccon Publications

Awards made, started or ended:

1985 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1985 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1985 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1985 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1985 Best Novel Hugo - 1985 Best Novelette Hugo - 1985 Best Novella Hugo - 1985 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1985 Best Professional Editor Hugo - 1985 Best Short Story Hugo - 1985 Campbell Award - 1985 Hugos - Chesley Award - (Coveted) Balrog Award - Silver Swan Award - Writers of the Future

Stores opened or closed:

Space Age Books

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Dartford Tolkien Society - International Costumers' Guild - New Southern Friends in Space - SFSFS

Fan History:

Archon Tax Exemption Problems - Hal Clement's Aussiecon 2 Reminiscence

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Advention - Advention '85 - Hal Clement's Aussiecon 2 Reminiscence - Aussiecon Two - Con Amore - Ethel the Aardvark - Mathom - Melbourne in '85 - Paranoiacon - Seattle in '85 - Silver Swan Award - Space Age Books - Swancon X - Sydney in '91 - The Shaw Fund - Tribute to the Master

Britain:

Acrylic - Albacon 85 - BECCON '85 - BECCON: The Fanzine - Beccon Publications - Camcon - Cast Iron - Conrunner - Dartford Tolkien Society - Dragoncon 3 - Dreddnaught - Epsilon - FTT - Fantasycon X - Foetus - For Paranoids Only - Gloria Mundi - Ichthyosaurus - Illyria - Lazlar Lyricon - Lazlar Lyricon I - Legend - Mathom - Microwave - Mince - Mirror Crack'd - New Southern Friends in Space - Novacon 15 - Oxonmoot 1985 - Picocon Pi - Pig on the Wall - Plastic Rubble - Psychedelic Fruit Juice - Raa - Shoestringcon 7 - Silicon 9 (UK) - Silicone - Skel's A Poppin - Spock in Manacles - Spung - Tamsyn Muir - The Southern Star - The Transatlantic Hearing Aid - Tiger Tea - To Craunch the Marmoset - Yorcon III

Canada:

Ad Astra V - Boréal '85 - Con-Version II - Genre Plat - Halcon 8 - Keycon 2 - Maplecon 7 - VCON 13

Europe:

A Foreign Fanzine - Leicon - Norcon 6 - Polcon

Ireland:

George Charters

New Zealand:

Windycon I

US:

1985 NASFiC Site Selection - 1985 World Fantasy Convention - A Floor So Cunningly Laid That No Matter Where You Stood It Was Underneath Your Feet - APA:Tax - AggieCon XVI - Albuquerque in '85 - Alti-Ego's - Archon 9 - ArmadilloCon 7 - Atlanta Fantasy Fair 1985 - August Party - Austin in '85 - Balticon 19 - Baycon '85 - Beresford Smith - Beyond - Bill Evans - Boskone 22 - Breckenridge in '85 - Bubonicon 17 - Capricon 5 - Capriconwest - ChambanaCon 15 - Chattacon X - Chesley Award - Chimeracon - Clear Ether! - Coastcon VIII - Columbus in 1985 - Con*Stellation IV - Con*Tretemps 4 - ConChord 2 - ConClave X - ConQuesT 16 - ConQuistador II - ConTact 3 - Concave 6 - CopperCon 5 - Corflu 2 - Costume-Con 3 - (Coveted) Balrog Award - Crank - Darkover Grand Council 8 - Dave Clements - Decadent ConFusion - DeepSouthCon 23 - Detroit in '85 - Disclave 29 - Duffbury Tales - Earthcon V - egoscan - Empiricon - Empiricon 6 - Equicon '85 - Eternity Road - Eucon - Eucon '85 - Fantasy Worlds Festival '85 - From the Cockpit 2 - Gallimaufry - Genericon - Genericon I - Hatcon - Hatcon 3 - Hexacon 8 - I-Con IV - ICFA 6 - ICON 10 - InConJunction V - Indianapolis in '91 - Intercourse - International Costumers' Guild - Istacon - Istacon 2 - It Goes on the Shelf - Jack Gaughan - Jane's Fighting Smofs - Jim Martin - Kubla the 13th - LASTCon T'ree - Larry Shaw - LepreCon 11 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 3 - LoneStarCon - Loscon 12 - Lunacon 28 - Marcon XX - MidSouthCon 4 - Midwestcon 36 - MileHiCon 17 - Minicon 20 - Molt Brothers - MosCon VII - MystiCon Pi - Mythcon VI - Mythcon XVI - Mythos - Nashville in '91 - Necon 6 - Necronomicon '85 - Norwescon VIII - Not Just Another Con - Not-Anokon '85 - Nova - Nova 10 - OKon 8 - Octocon 22 - Omacon 5 - Orson Welles - OryCon '85 - Panopticon West - Paul Ernst - Potsherd - Pulpcon 14 - Quaint - Rivercon X - Roc*Kon 10 - Rustycon 2 - S. A. Chakraborty - SFSFS - SFSFS Shuttle - Sacramento in '85 - Smofcon 2 - Spawncon - Spokon '85 - StellarCon X - Taffeta - Taffluvia - Take My Con...Please - That Was the Year That Was - The Naked Id - Theodore Sturgeon - Treasurecon - Treasurecon 3 - Triangulum - Tropicon IV - TusCon 12 - Unicon 10 - UpperSouthClave 15 - Valleycon 10 - Vikingcon 6 - Walt Liebscher - Walter Gibson - Warhoon - Westercon 38 - Whatcon - Whatcon III - Wigwam Village - Windycon XII - WisCon 9 - Writers of the Future - Xanadu II

Rest of the World:

Falkon '85