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| − | The earliest organized fandom in Minneapolis (which includes St. Paul and the entire metropolitan region) seems to have been the [[Minneapolis SFL]], a chapter of the [[SFL]] organized by [[Oliver Saari]] and [[Douglas Blakely]] in 1936, but the [[Minneapolis Fantasy Society]], organized in 1939 was longer-lived.
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| − | The [[MFS]] was organized by [[Phil Bronson]], [[Oliver Saari]], [[Morrie Dollens]], [[John Gergen]], [[Samuel D. Russell]], and [[Manson Brackney]]. After the [[war]], it was resurrected by [[Clifford Simak]] and [[John Chapman]], under the name of [[Tomorrow Incorporated]], but this was quickly reorganized under the name [[MFS]]. The MFS -- which included luminaries such as [[Redd Boggs]] and [[Poul Anderson]] -- seems to have been focused on discussions and other [[fannish]] talk, and sort of just petered out sometime in the early 50s. With the exception of [[Ruth Berman]]'s short-lived [[Twin Cities Fantasy Society]] in the late 50s, there was little or no organized [[fanac]] in Minneapolis until the Modern Era dawned with the organization of [[Minn-Stf]] on November 25, 1966.
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| − | [[Frank Stodolka]] and [[Fred Haskell]] were Twin Cities teenagers who had been comic book readers, and learned of fandom by reading a letter from [[Rick Norwood]] in ''Strange Adventures''. In 1964, Stodolka and Haskell, plus two other teenagers, [[John Kusske]] from Alexandria, MN, and [[Gil Lamont]] from Beloit, WI met at Haskell's parents' house for an informal get-together that was dubbed by Stodolka as "the first annual '''PAINcon'''." The produced a one-shot [[fanzine]] resulted, and Stodolka began thinking about putting together a new club, which he intended to call the '''North Central Fan Group'''. Though it never was actually organized, seeds had been planted for a new Twin Cities [[club]] that would be based on an informal approach, without "a predilection for long, boring business meetings" as Haskell would later remember
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| − | While [[Minn-Stf]] was founded at the University of Minnesota, it quickly became a local club rather than a college club. [[Minn-Stf]]'s Floundering Fathers were [[Ken Fletcher]], [[Nate Bucklin]], [[Frank Stodolka]] (who was elected first president), [[Jim Young]], and [[Fred Haskell]] (who claimed he was actually out getting a sandwich at the time).
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| − | [[Minn-Stf]] quickly organized [[Minicon 1]] which was a one day [[convention]] held January 6, 1968 on campus followed by the full weekend convention [[Minicon 2]] in the [[Andrews Hotel]] in downtown Minneapolis.
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| − | Minicon grew and thrived until the mid to late 90s when it ran into the same sorts of problems of uncontrollable growth that Boskone had run into a decade earlier (see [[Mark Olson]]'s [[Rise and Fall of the Giant Boskones]]). Minn-StF faced the problem openly, but reaped the same consequences [[NESFA]] did when it downsized [[Boskone]]. [[Minicon (MN) |Minicon]] continues, but a number of other conventions have sprung up in the Minneapolis area.
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| − | Other [[clubs]] and [[conventions]] which have existed in the Minneapolis area include: [[MISFITS]], the [[Nocres SF Social Club]], the [[Rivendell Group]] of [[The Mythopoeic Society]], the [[Fourth Street Fantasy Convention]], [[The Minnesota Tolkien Society]], [[Corflu 6]], [[Invention]], [[CONvergence (Minneapolis)|CONvergence]], [[Ditto 12]], and [[Second Foundation]].
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| − | Besides [[Minn-Stf]] itself, probably the most enduring organization to appear in the Minneapolis area is [[Minneapolis in '73]] which started out as a serious bid to bring the 1973 [[Worldcon]] to Minneapolis (it lost to [[Toronto in '73]]) and has continued since, not as a [[hoax bid]], but as a serious [[bid]] to bring the [[1973 Worldcon]] to Minneapolis. (Not to be confused with the [[Minneapolis in 2073]] [[bid]].)
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| − | [[Fanzines]] and other things associated with Minneapolis: ''[[Rune]]'', ''[[Einblatt]]'', ''[[Stipple-APA]]'', [[Blue's Apa]], [[Lou's Apa]], [[Minneapa]].
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| − | For many years, Minneapolis has stood out by having two of the best [[SF Bookstores]] in the world: [[Uncle Hugo's]] and [[Dreamhaven]] (which for a time switched to online only).
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