1997
Easter | Intervention |
April 15 | Sam Moskowitz dies. |
May 25 | the Disclave Flood and end of Disclave. |
August 28 | Conrad H. Ruppert dies |
August 28 -- September 1 (Labor Day) | LoneStarCon II (Worldcon) |
September 21 | 6000th anniversary of the creation of the world (IA) |
November 12 | Ross Pavlac dies. |
CUFF: R. Graeme Cameron | |
DUFF: Janice Murray (South) |
Births and Deaths:
Bill Rotsler - Brian Burgess - Carl Jacobi - Charles de Vet - Conrad H. Ruppert - Ed Cox - G. Harry Stine - George Hay - George Turner - James Coleman Nelson - James Kepner - Judith Merril - Larry Stewart - Mildred Clingerman - Paul Edwin Zimmer - Raymond J. Healy - Ross Pavlac - Sam Moskowitz - Sheldon Wesson - Ted Pauls
Convention series started or ended:
Anthrocon - Basicon - Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - ChimneyCon - ConCerto - Conestoga - Conspiracy - Disclave - FilkContinental - HurriCon - Hypotheticon - ICon - Outsidecon - Rikon - TrinCon
Onetime conventions:
Publications started or ended:
Ailocate - Apparatchik - Attitude - BW - Bumper Snuffkin - Bumper Snufkin - Charmed Lives - Daisnaid - Double Plus Drunk - Famous for Fifteen Minutes - Floating Fan - Galacto-Celtic Newsflash - Gasworks - Götterdämmerunng - Harry Warner Jr, Fan of Letters - Highball - Infinity Plus - K - Midnight Graffiti - Minstrel's Hall of Filk - New Worlds - Omni - Pigs Can Fly - Psi Phi - Railings - SF Eye - Shangri L'Affaires - Squiggledy Hoy - The LibertyCon Newsletter - The Max Ernst Memorial Oneshot - Thunderbox - TommyWorld - Vincentian - Wallbanger
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
1997 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 1997 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 1997 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 1997 Best Fanzine Hugo - 1997 Best Non-Fiction Book Hugo - 1997 Best Novel Hugo - 1997 Best Novelette Hugo - 1997 Best Novella Hugo - 1997 Best Original Artwork Hugo - 1997 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 1997 Best Professional Editor Hugo - 1997 Best Semiprozine Hugo - 1997 Best Short Story Hugo - 1997 Campbell Award - 1997 Hugos - Archon Hall of Fame Award - Best Original Artwork Hugo - Teaspoon Awards
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fan History:
Miscellaneous:
Australia:
Animal X - Basicon - Basicon 2 - Force 2 - George Turner - Swancon 22 - Teaspoon Awards
Britain:
Ailocate - ArmadaCon IX - Attitude - BW - Bladerunner - Brian Burgess - Britain in '97 - Bumper Snuffkin - Bumper Snufkin - Charmed Lives - Coachcon - Convocation - Daisnaid - Double Plus Drunk - Famous for Fifteen Minutes - FanHistoriCon Fan Fund - Floating Fan - George Hay - Götterdämmerunng - HarmonIX - Hypotheticon - Hypotheticon I - iO - Infinity Plus - Intervention - K - Memory Hole Annex - Microcon 17 - Minstrel's Hall of Filk - New Worlds - Novacon 27 - Oxonmoot 1997 - Picocon 14 - Pigs Can Fly - Railings - Squiggledy Hoy - The Encyclopedia of Fantasy - The Wellington - Thunderbox - TommyWorld - Wallbanger
Canada:
Europe:
New Zealand:
US:
1997 World Fantasy Convention - AggieCon XXVIII - Albacon 1997 - Anaconism Jr. - Anthrocon - Apparatchik - Arcana 27 - Archon Hall of Fame Award - Arisia '97 - ArmadilloCon 19 - Astronomicon 6 - Balticon 31 - Baycon '97 - Bill Rotsler - Borderlands Books - Boskone 34 - Bubonicon 29 - CONduit 7 - Capricon 17 - Carl Jacobi - ChambanaCon 27 - Charles de Vet - Chattacon XXII - ChimneyCon - Coastcon XX - Con*Stellation XVI - Con-Dor 5 - ConCerto - ConChord 12 - ConClave XXII - ConComCon 4 - ConFusion-17 - ConQuesT 28 - ConTact 15 - Concat 9 - Concave 18 - Conestoga - Conestoga '97 - Confluence 10 - Conrad H. Ruppert - Context X - CopperCon 17 - Corflu 14 - Costume-Con 15 - Darkover Grand Council 20 - DeepSouthCon 35 - DemiCon 8 - Disclave - Disclave 41 - Ditto 10 - Diversicon 5 - DucKon VI - Echo's Children - Ed Cox - FanHistoriCon 6 - FanHistoriCon Fan Fund - Friends of Gary - G. Harry Stine - Gasworks - Genericon X - Highball - History of Concave - HurriCon - I-Con XVI - ICFA 18 - ICON 22 - InCon '97 - InConJunction XVII - Interfilk - James Coleman Nelson - James Kepner - Kaleidoscope V - Kubla Khan XXV - La-Di-Da Con - Larry Stewart - LepreCon 23 - LibertyCon 11 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 15 - LoneStarCon 2 - Loscon XXIV - Lunacon 40 - Marcon 32 - MidSouthCon 16 - Midnight Graffiti - Midwestcon 48 - Mildred Clingerman - MileHiCon 29 - Millennicon -4 - Minicon 32 - MisCon 12 - MosCon XIX - Mythcon XXVIII - NJAC 13 - Necon 17 - NecronomiCon, 3rd Edition - Necronomicon '97 - New Futurians - Nexus - Norwescon XX - Not-A-ReinCONation - OASIS 10 - OVFF 13 - Omni - OryCon 19 - Outsidecon - Paul Edwin Zimmer - Philcon 1997 - Potlatch 6 - Psi Phi - Pulpcon 26 - RadCon 2A - Raymond J. Healy - Readercon 9 - Rivercon XXII - Ross Pavlac - Rustycon 14 - SF Eye - Sam Moskowitz - San Antonio in '97 - Sci-Con 19 - Shangri L'Affaires - Sheldon Wesson - Silicon 2.3 - Smofcon 15 - SoonerCon 13 - St. Louis in '97 - StellarCon 21 - Tales from the White Hart - Ted Pauls - The LibertyCon Newsletter - The Max Ernst Memorial Oneshot - The Pirates of Fenzance - The Second ConCerto - The Secret Garden - Tra-La-La Con - Tropicon XVI - TusCon 24 - Valleycon 22 - Vikingcon 18 - Vincentian - Westercon 50 - WindyCon XXIV - WisCon 21
Rest of the World:
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