2002

Easter	Helicon 2
April 15th	Damon Knight dies.
May 9th	Bruce Pelz dies.
August 29 - September 2 (Labor Day)	ConJose (Worldcon)
	Tobes Valois TAFF trip.
	CUFF: Colin Hinz
	DUFF: Julian Warner (North)
	NAFF: Emma Hawkes

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Births and Deaths:

Annette Lotz - Betsy Curtis - Bruce Pelz - Cele Goldsmith - Charles Sheffield - Cherry Wilder - Chuck Jones - Dal Coger - Damon Knight - Donald Franson - Donn P. Brazier - Felix C. Gotschalk - George Alec Effinger - Harry Nadler - Ivor Rogers - Jack C. Haldeman II - Jon Gustafson - Lloyd Biggle, Jr. - Mal Ashworth - Martha Beck - Nancy Rapp - R. A. Lafferty - Richard Cowper - Robert L. Forward - Ron Walotsky - Suzanne Vick - Tom Ölander - Walt Cole - Wynne Whiteford

Convention series started or ended:

Aussie Gather - ConCarolinas - ConDFW - Conjecture - Convergence - GenghisCon - InCon - Kubla Khan - Midwest Construction - Not Just Another Con - Octocon

Onetime conventions:

Damn Fine Convention - Further Confusion 2002 - Reminiscon Fifty

Bids:

Bay Area in 2002 - Berlin in 2002 - How to Start a Worldcon Bid in 24 Hours or Less - Roswell in 2002 - San Francisco in 2002 - Seattle in 2002

Publications started or ended:

3SF - Album - Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine - Back Brain Recluse - Chunga - Convers[at]ions - Dark Animus - Fnord - Here Come the Hardy Boys - Joie De Vivre - Littlebrook - MidFanzine - Old Toys: A Tarable Collection - Out of the Bin - PKD Otaku - Scopus:3007 - Splotch - The Great Haiku Shoot-Out - The Great and Terrible Voice of Oz - The Official Philip Jose Farmer Home Page - The Plokta News Newt - Thyme - Zoo Nation

Publishers founded or closed:

Agog! Press

Awards made, started or ended:

2002 Best Dramatic Presentation Hugo - 2002 Best Fan Artist Hugo - 2002 Best Fan Writer Hugo - 2002 Best Fanzine Hugo - 2002 Best Novel Hugo - 2002 Best Novelette Hugo - 2002 Best Novella Hugo - 2002 Best Professional Artist Hugo - 2002 Best Professional Editor Hugo - 2002 Best Semiprozine Hugo - 2002 Best Short Story Hugo - 2002 Best Web Site Hugo - 2002 Campbell Award - 2002 Hugos - 2005 Best Web Site Hugo - Best Web Site Hugo - Peter McNamara Achievement Award - Sir Julius Vogel Awards

Stores opened or closed:

Phantasia Science Fiction & Mystery Bookshop

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Northampton SF Writers Group - Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand, Inc.

Fan History:

How to Start a Worldcon Bid in 24 Hours or Less

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

Agog! Press - Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine - Aussie Gather - Convergence - Convergence 2002 - Dark Animus - GenghisCon - How to Start a Worldcon Bid in 24 Hours or Less - Out of the Bin - Peter McNamara Achievement Award - Phantasia Science Fiction & Mystery Bookshop - Swancon 2002 - Thyme - Victorian Science Fiction Conventions Inc. - Wynne Whiteford

Britain:

2002: A Discworld Odyssey - 3SF - Album - ArmadaCon 14 - Back Brain Recluse - Contabile Fortean - ConteXXt - Convers[at]ions - Damn Fine Convention - Fantasycon XXVI - Fnord - HarmUni 2 - Harry Nadler - Helicon 2 - Joie De Vivre - Mal Ashworth - Microcon 22 - Northampton SF Writers Group - Novacon 32 - Oxonmoot 2002 - Picocon 19 - plokta.con 2.0 - Reminiscon Fifty - Richard Cowper - The Plokta News Newt - Zoo Nation

Canada:

Ad Astra 2002 - Boréal 2002 - Con*Cept 2002 - Con-Version 19 - Ditto 15 - FilKONtario 12 - Keycon 19 - Old Toys: A Tarable Collection - Rotation plan - VCON 27

Europe:

Berlin in 2002 - ConFuse 2002 - ConSaint - FilkContinental 2002 - Parcon 2002 - ShadowCon 7 - Tom Ölander

Ireland:

MeCon V - Octocon 2002

New Zealand:

Cherry Wilder - Con With the Wind - Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand, Inc. - Sir Julius Vogel Awards

US:

2002 World Fantasy Convention - AggieCon XXXIII - Albacon 2002 - Annette Lotz - Arcana 32 - Archon 26 - Arisia '02 - ArmadilloCon 24 - Astronomical ConFusion - Astronomicon 2002 - Balticon 36 - Bay Area in 2002 - Betsy Curtis - Boskone 39 - Bruce Pelz - Bubonicon 34 - CONduit 12 - CONsume / Relaxacon 2002 - Capclave 2002 - Capricon 22 - Cele Goldsmith - ChambanaCon 32 - Charles Sheffield - Chattacon XXVII - Chuck Jones - Chunga - Coastcon XXV - Con*Stellation XXI - Con-Dor IX - ConCarolinas - ConChord 16 - ConClave XXVII - ConComCon 9 - ConDFW - ConDFW I - ConJose - ConQuesT 33 - Conagerie - Concave 23 - Conestoga 6 - Confluence 14 - Conglomeration 2002 - Conjecture - Conjecture 1 - Consonance 2002 - Contata 3 - Context XV - CopperCon 22 - Corflu 19 - Costume-Con 20 - Dal Coger - Damon Knight - Darkover Grand Council 25 - DeepSouthCon 40 - DemiCon 13 - Diversicon 10 - Donald Franson - Donn P. Brazier - DucKon XI - EerieCon 4 - Felix C. Gotschalk - Foolscap IV - Further Confusion 2002 - GAFilk 2002 - Genericon XV - George Alec Effinger - Here Come the Hardy Boys - I-Con XXI - ICFA 23 - ICON 27 - InCon - InConJunction XXII - Interfilk - Ivor Rogers - Jack C. Haldeman II - JerseyDevilCon 2 - Jon Gustafson - Kubla Khan - Kubla Khan XXX - LepreCon 28 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 20 - Littlebrook - Lloyd Biggle, Jr. - Loscon 29 - Lovers 50th Anniversary Celebration - Lunacon 45 - Marcon 37 - MarsCon 2002 - Martha Beck - MidFanzine - MidSouthCon 20 - Midwest Construction - Midwest Construction I - Midwestcon 53 - MileHiCon 34 - Millennicon 16 - Minicon 37 - MisCon 16 - Mythcon XXXIII - NJAC 2002 - Nancy Rapp - Necon 22 - Necronomicon '02 - NonCon 2 - Norwescon XXV - Not Just Another Con - OASIS 15 - OVFF 18 - Octocon - Octocon 38 - Odyssey Con II - OryCon 24 - PKD Otaku - Philcon 2002 - Potlatch 11 - Pulpcon 31 - R. A. Lafferty - RadCon 3B - Readercon 14 - Robert L. Forward - Ron Walotsky - Roswell in 2002 - Rotation plan - Rustycon 19 - San Francisco in 2002 - Scopus:3007 - Seattle in 2002 - Smofcon 20 - So-La-La Con - Splotch - StellarCon 26 - Suzanne Vick - The Great Haiku Shoot-Out - The Great and Terrible Voice of Oz - Trinoc*coN 2002 - TusCon 29 - Valleycon 27 - Walt Cole - WillyCon IV - Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention 2 - WindyCon XXIX - WisCon 26

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