1986

(Go here for the Fannish musical, “1986”)

January	Renaissance Science Fiction League founded
February 14-16	First Gaughan Award give out
February	HUMANALO disbanded
March	First Millennicon held
March	Queen's University Belfast Science Fiction & Fantasy Society founded
Easter	Albacon III
June 20-22	First Fourth Street Fantasy
August 22-25	The first Rubicon held
August 28 - September 1 (Labor Day)	ConFederation (Worldcon)
	Greg Pickersgill TAFF trip
	DUFF: Nick Stathopoulos, Lewis Morley, and Marilyn Pride (North)
	FFANZ: Roger Weddall (East)

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Births and Deaths:

Bill Maraschiello - Catherine Webb - Chesley Bonestell - Clyde S. Kilby - Dale Tarr - Deedee Lavender - Foz Meadows - Frank Herbert - Jack Binder - Jerry Jacks - John D. MacDonald - Jorge Luis Borges - Judy-Lynn del Rey - K. Martin Carlson - L. Ron Hubbard - Manly Banister - Manly Wade Wellman - Ricky Slavin - Robert P. Mills - Roy V. Hunt - Theodora Du Bois - Thomas N. Scortia

Convention series started or ended:

ChimneyCon - Cinclave - Convergence - Crescent City Con - Dreamcon - FilkCon - Finncon - Fourth Street Fantasy Convention - Hexacon - LASTCon - Magnum Opus Con - Millennicon - MisCon - Mythcon - Nicon - Not-Anokon - Phoenixcon - Picnicon - Rubicon - SfanCon - SoonerCon - Toronto Trek Celebration - Unicon

Onetime conventions:

4E 2B 70 - Fifteencon - Scicon - XIIcon

Bids:

Atlanta in '86 - Contravention - DC in '86 - NY in '86 - Philadelphia in '86 - Phoenix in '86 - San Diego in '86 - Trans World Con in 1991 - Vancouver in '86

Publications started or ended:

A Bit Potty - A Bit of the Other One - Aboriginal SF - Aphelion - Attack of the Gypsy Moths - Cheap Truth - Chuch - Consequences: An Unreliable History of the British SF Convention - Crank - Drumming the Beating Heart - Eric the Mole - Framsburg - Glitch - Godzilla's Dental Floss - Hebedare - Hobgoblin - Idomo - International Conspiracy Journal - Ithildin - K. Martin Carlson - Karmetari - Laurinque - Letters from Prison - Life and Death in Haverfordwest - Lip - Logos - Maw - Mexicon 2 -- The Fanzine - Mythologies - New Toy - No Previous Convictions - Outsider - Prevert - Pulp - Pulse Pounding Adventure Stories - Ron's Raygun - Sat'd'y Barfly - Sic Biscuit Disinergraaf - Spung - Stomach Pump - Strumpet - Taffeta - Ten for the Mexicon - The Australian Horror & Fantasy Magazine - The MarsBid Chronicles - The Naked Id - The Northfarthing News - Time and Again - Weathertop - Wiz - Yeti - Yrch! - Yum! - Yuppie Terrorist Reprisals Hit Bristol

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1986 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1986 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1986 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1986 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1986 Best Non-Fiction Book Hugo - 1986 Best Novel Hugo - 1986 Best Novelette Hugo - 1986 Best Novella Hugo - 1986 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1986 Best Professional Editor Hugo - 1986 Best Short Story Hugo - 1986 Campbell Award - 1986 Hugos - Gaughan Award - Hamilton Memorial Award - ISFiC Writers Contest

Stores opened or closed:

The Science Fiction Shop

Clubs founded or disbanded:

HUMANALO - Periannath - Queen's University Belfast Science Fiction & Fantasy Society - The Norse Alliance - The Really Interesting Fun Filled Independent Dungeon Society

Fan History:

Dave Kyle's ConFederation Reminiscence - Consequences: An Unreliable History of the British SF Convention

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Aphelion - Foz Meadows - Galactic Tours Convention - Kinkon 2 - Swancon XI - Syncon '86 - The Australian Horror & Fantasy Magazine - Unicon - Yeti

Britain:

A Bit Potty - A Bit of the Other One - Albacon III - Catherine Webb - Chuch - ConSept - Consequences: An Unreliable History of the British SF Convention - Contravention - Drumming the Beating Heart - Eric the Mole - Fantasycon XI - Fifteencon - FilkCon - Framsburg - Glitch - Hebedare - Idomo - International Conspiracy Journal - Ithildin - Karmetari - Laurinque - Life and Death in Haverfordwest - Lip - Logos - Mexicon 2 - Mexicon 2 -- The Fanzine - Mythcon - No Previous Convictions - Novacon 16 - Outsider - Oxonmoot 1986 - Periannath - Picocon 4 - Prevert - Pulp - Ron's Raygun - Rubicon - Rubicon I - Sat'd'y Barfly - Shoestringcon 8 - Sic Biscuit Disinergraaf - Spung - Stomach Pump - Strumpet - Ten for the Mexicon - The Norse Alliance - The Northfarthing News - The Really Interesting Fun Filled Independent Dungeon Society - Weathertop - XIIcon - Yrch! - Yum! - Yuppie Terrorist Reprisals Hit Bristol

Canada:

Ad Astra VI - Boréal '86 - Con-Version III - Halcon 9 - Keycon 3 - Maplecon 8 - New Toy - Toronto Trek Celebration - VCON 14 - Vancouver in '86

Europe:

Ballcon - FilkCon - Finncon - Finncon 1986 - SF-Projekt - SfanCon - SfanCon 15

Ireland:

Nicon - Nicon 86 - Queen's University Belfast Science Fiction & Fantasy Society

New Zealand:

Godzilla's Dental Floss - Halleycon

US:

12th World Fantasy Convention - 4E 2B 70 - APA:Bingy - Aboriginal SF - AggieCon XVII - Archon 10 - ArmadilloCon 8 - Atlanta Fantasy Fair 1986 - Atlanta in '86 - Attack of the Gypsy Moths - Balticon 20 - BayFilk III - Baycon '86 - Bill Maraschiello - Boskone 23 - Bubonicon 18 - Capricon 6 - ChambanaCon 16 - Chattacon XI - Cheap Truth - Chesley Bonestell - ChimneyCon - ChimneyCon 1 - Cinclave - Clyde S. Kilby - Coastcon IX - Con*Stellation V - ConClave XI - ConFederation - Dave Kyle's ConFederation Reminiscence - ConQuesT 17 - ConQuistador III - ConTact 4 - Concave 7 - Contradiction 6 - Convergence - Convergence I - CopperCon 6 - Corflu 3 - Costume-Con 4 - Crank - Crescent City Con - Czarkon 4 - DC in '86 - Dale Tarr - Darkover Grand Council 9 - Deedee Lavender - DeepSouthCon 24 - Disclave 30 - Dreamcon - Dreamcon 1 - Earthcon VI - Equicon '86 - FilkCon - Fourth Street Fantasy 1986 - Fourth Street Fantasy Convention - Frank Herbert - Gaughan Award - Genericon II - HUMANALO - Hamilton Memorial Award - Hexacon - Hexacon 9 - Hobgoblin - I-Con V - ICFA 7 - ICON 11 - ISFiC Writers Contest - InConJunction VI - Jack Binder - Jerry Jacks - John D. MacDonald - Jorge Luis Borges - Judy-Lynn del Rey - K. Martin Carlson - Kubla Silicon - L. Ron Hubbard - LASTCon - LASTCon Fore - LepreCon 12 - Letters from Prison - Life, the Universe, & Everything 4 - Loscon 13th - Lunacon 29 - Magnum Opus Con - Manly Banister - Manly Wade Wellman - Marcon XXI - Maw - MidSouthCon 5 - Midwestcon 37 - MileHiCon 18 - Millennicon - Millennicon -15 - Minicon 21 - MisCon - MisCon 1 - Mythcon 1986 - Mythcon XVII - Mythologies - NJAC 2 - NY in '86 - Necronomicon '86 - Norwescon IX - Not-Anokon - Not-Anokon 8 - OKon 9 - OVFF 2 - Octocon 23 - Omacon 6 - OryCon '86 - Perpetual ConFusion - Philadelphia in '86 - Philcon 1986 - Phoenix in '86 - Phoenixcon - Phoenixcon 1 - Picnicon - Pulpcon 15 - Pulse Pounding Adventure Stories - Ricky Slavin - Rivercon XI - Robert P. Mills - Roc*Kon 11 - Rovacon 11 - Roy V. Hunt - Rustycon 3 - San Diego in '86 - Sci-Con 8 - Scicon - Smofcon 3 - SoonerCon - SoonerCon 1 - SoonerCon 2 - Spokon '86 - StellarCon XI - Taffeta - The MarsBid Chronicles - The Naked Id - The Science Fiction Shop - Theodora Du Bois - Thomas N. Scortia - Time and Again - Tropicon V - TusCon 13 - Unicon Unicontinuity Party - UpperSouthClave 16 - Valleycon 11 - Vikingcon 7 - Westercon 39 - Wimpy Zone Fan Fund - WisCon 10 - Wiz - Xanadu III

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