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)

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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:

Atlantis '97 - Nexus - Quartercon

Bids:

Britain in '97 - Hong Kong in 1997 - San Antonio in '97 - Sarnia in 1997 - St. Louis in '97

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:

Borderlands Books - Tales from the White Hart

Clubs founded or disbanded:

iO

Fan History:

Disclave 41 - History of Concave

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - Hong Kong in 1997 - ICon - Sheldon Wesson

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:

Ad Astra XVII - CAN*CON '97 - Con*Cept '97 - Con-Version 14 - Falcon III - FilKONtario 7 - Harry Warner Jr, Fan of Letters - Judith Merril - Keycon 14 - Noncon (Canada) XX - Primedia - Sarnia in 1997 - VCON 22 - Wolfcon 008

Europe:

CozyCon 2 - FilkContinental - FilkContinental 1997 - Finncon 1997 - Galacto-Celtic Newsflash - Hispacon XV - Quartercon - Rikon - ShadowCon 97

Ireland:

Octocon 8 - TrinCon - TrinCon 2

New Zealand:

Conspiracy - Conspiracy I

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

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