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This is a list of [[fan]] memoirs and reminiscences available in [[Fancyclopedia]], on [[Fanac.org]] and elsewhere online.  
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This is a list of '''fanoirs''' ([[fan]] memoirs) and reminiscences available in [[Fancyclopedia 3]], on [[Fanac.org]] and elsewhere online.  
  
  
 
==1920s and ’30s==
 
==1920s and ’30s==
  
*[[Baltadonis]], [[Goudket]], [[Kyle]], [[Madle]], [[John J. Newton|Newton]], [[Pohl]], [[Rothman]], [[Ossie Train|Train]]: ''[[Phoxphyre]]'' (on the [[First Convention]])
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*[[John V. Baltadonis]], [[Herb Goudket]], [[Dave Kyle]], [[Bob Madle]], [[John J. Newton]], [[Fred Pohl]], [[Milt Rothman]], [[Ossie Train]]: ''[[Phoxphyre]]'' (on the [[First Convention]])
 
*[[Allen Glasser]]: “[[Allen Glasser's History of the Scienceers|History of the Scienceers]]”
 
*[[Allen Glasser]]: “[[Allen Glasser's History of the Scienceers|History of the Scienceers]]”
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* [[Dave Kyle]]: [https://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m19/kyle.htm “Those Wonderful Turbulent Thirties”]
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* [[Robert A. W. Lowndes]]: [https://fanac.org/fanzines/Outworlds/Outworlds49.pdf “Understandings: Hugo Gernsback’s Science Fiction League”] (''[[Outworlds]]'' 49, April 1987, p. 1620)
 
*[[Aubrey MacDermott]]: [[Aubrey MacDermott on the Origins of Fandom|On the Origins of Fandom]]
 
*[[Aubrey MacDermott]]: [[Aubrey MacDermott on the Origins of Fandom|On the Origins of Fandom]]
 
*[[Sam Moskowitz]]: ''[[The Immortal Storm]]''  
 
*[[Sam Moskowitz]]: ''[[The Immortal Storm]]''  
 
*[[Jack Speer]]: ''[[Up to Now]]''  
 
*[[Jack Speer]]: ''[[Up to Now]]''  
*[[Harry Warner, Jr.]]: [http://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m29/warner.htm “The Summer of ’39”]
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*[[Harry Warner, Jr.]]: [https://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m29/warner.htm “The Summer of ’39”]
*[[Donald A. Wollheim]]: [http://fanac.org/fanzines/Fan_Slants/fans3.pdf#page=5 “The Origin of Fandom”] (''[[Fan Slants]]'' 3, June 1944)
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*[[Donald A. Wollheim]]: [https://fanac.org/fanzines/Fan_Slants/fans3.pdf#page=5 “The Origin of Fandom”] (''[[Fan Slants]]'' 3, June 1944)
 
*[[T. Bruce Yerke]]: ''[[Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan]]''
 
*[[T. Bruce Yerke]]: ''[[Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan]]''
  
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*[[Harry Harrison]]: [[Nycon 1 Reminiscence (Harrison)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Harry Harrison]]: [[Nycon 1 Reminiscence (Harrison)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Charles D. Hornig]]: [[Nycon 1 Reminiscence (Hornig)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Charles D. Hornig]]: [[Nycon 1 Reminiscence (Hornig)|Reminiscence]]
*[[Dave Kyle]] [[Nycon 1 Reminiscence (Kyle)|Reminiscence]]
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*[[Dave Kyle]]:
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**[[Nycon 1 Reminiscence (Kyle)|Reminiscence]]
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** [https://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m06/kyle.htm “The Great Exclusion Act of 1939”]
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**[https://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m22/kyle.htm “Caravan to the Stars”]
 
*[[Sam Moskowitz]]: [[Nycon 1 Reminiscence (Moskowitz)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Sam Moskowitz]]: [[Nycon 1 Reminiscence (Moskowitz)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Milt Rothman]]: [[Nycon 1 Reminiscence (Rothman)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Milt Rothman]]: [[Nycon 1 Reminiscence (Rothman)|Reminiscence]]
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==1940s==
 
==1940s==
 
*[[Redd Boggs]]: “[[The Purple Dawn]]”
 
*[[Redd Boggs]]: “[[The Purple Dawn]]”
*[[Joe Kennedy]]:  
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* [[Chick Derry]]: “[[Primordial WSFA by Chick Derry|Primordial WSFA]]
** [http://fanac.org/fanzines/Sense_of_FAPA/New_York_Fan_History_1.html “Before the Bomb”] (New York)
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*[[Joe Kennedy]]: “[[New York Fan History]]”
** [http://fanac.org/fanzines/Sense_of_FAPA/New_York_Fan_History_2.html “After the Atom”] (New York)
 
 
*[[Francis Towner Laney]]: ''[[Ah! Sweet Idiocy!]]'' (Los Angeles)
 
*[[Francis Towner Laney]]: ''[[Ah! Sweet Idiocy!]]'' (Los Angeles)
*[[Chas. Stuart Metchette]]: [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Spacewarp/Spacewarp42-72.html “Michigan Memories”]
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*[[Chas. Stuart Metchette]]: [https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Spacewarp/Spacewarp42-72.html “Michigan Memories”]
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* [[Jack Speer]]: “[[Fancyclopedia Forever!]]”
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* [[Stranger Club|The Stranger Club]] (Boston):
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** [[Russell Chauvenet]]: “[[Tales of a Stranger]]”
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** [[G. Timothy Orrok]]: “[[The Stranger Club by Timothy Orrok|The Stranger Club]]”
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** [[Harry Stubbs]]: “[[Strangers (by Harry Stubbs)]]”
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**[[Art Widner]]: “[[The Stranger Club by Art Widner|The Stranger Club]]”
 
*[[Harry Warner, Jr.]]: ''[[All Our Yesterdays]]''  
 
*[[Harry Warner, Jr.]]: ''[[All Our Yesterdays]]''  
*[[Art Widner]]: ''[[The Stranger Club by Art Widner|The Stranger Club]]'' (Boston)
 
  
 
===[[Chicon]] (1940)===
 
===[[Chicon]] (1940)===
 
*[[Forrest J Ackerman]]: [[Chicon I Reminiscence (Ackerman)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Forrest J Ackerman]]: [[Chicon I Reminiscence (Ackerman)|Reminiscence]]
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* [[Dave Kyle]]: [https://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m08/kyle.htm “Chicon, Ho!”]
  
 
===[[Denvention]] (1941)===
 
===[[Denvention]] (1941)===
 
*[[Forrest J Ackerman]]: [[Denvention I Reminiscence (Ackerman)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Forrest J Ackerman]]: [[Denvention I Reminiscence (Ackerman)|Reminiscence]]
*[[Rusty Hevelin]]: [http://www.fanac.org/Denvention3/denvention1report.html Con report]
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*[[Rusty Hevelin]]: [https://www.fanac.org/Denvention3/denvention1report.html Con report]
*[[T. Bruce Yerke]]: [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Damn_Thing/Damn_Thing06.pdf Con report]
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*[[T. Bruce Yerke]]: [https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Damn_Thing/Damn_Thing06.pdf Con report]
  
 
===[[World War II]] (1942–45)===
 
===[[World War II]] (1942–45)===
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===[[Philcon I|Philcon]] (1947)===
 
===[[Philcon I|Philcon]] (1947)===
 
*[[Milt Rothman]]: [[Philcon I Reminiscence (Rothman)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Milt Rothman]]: [[Philcon I Reminiscence (Rothman)|Reminiscence]]
*[http://files.fancyclopedia.org/Philcon%20II/Memory%20Book.pdf Memory Book]
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*[https://files.fancyclopedia.org/Philcon%20II/Memory%20Book.pdf Memory Book]
  
 
===[[Torcon]] (1948)===
 
===[[Torcon]] (1948)===
*[[Leslie A. Croutch]]: [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Light/Light36.pdf “Torcon Memories”] (''[[Light]]'' 36)
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*[[Leslie A. Croutch]]: [https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Light/Light36.pdf “Torcon Memories”] (''[[Light]]'' 36)
 
*[[Lloyd Eshbach]]: [[Torcon I Reminiscence (Eshbach)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Lloyd Eshbach]]: [[Torcon I Reminiscence (Eshbach)|Reminiscence]]
  
 
===[[Cinvention]] (1949)===
 
===[[Cinvention]] (1949)===
 
*[[Lloyd Eshbach]]: [[Cinvention Reminiscence (Eshbach)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Lloyd Eshbach]]: [[Cinvention Reminiscence (Eshbach)|Reminiscence]]
*[[Don Ford]]: [http://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/ford.htm “Post Mortem”]
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*[[Don Ford]]: [https://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/ford.htm “Post Mortem”]
*[[Roy Lavender]]: [http://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/lavender.htm “The Cinvention Scene Dimly”]
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*[[Roy Lavender]]: [https://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/lavender.htm “The Cinvention Scene Dimly”]
*[[Rog Phillips]]: [http://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/phillips.htm Comments on Sinvention]
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*[[Rog Phillips]]: [https://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/phillips.htm Comments on Sinvention]
*[[Stan Skirvin]]: {{link | website=http://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/skirvin.htm | text=“Wha' Hoppened”}}
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*[[Stan Skirvin]]: {{link | website=https://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/skirvin.htm | text=“Wha' Hoppened”}}
  
 
==1950s==
 
==1950s==
* [[Jim Benford|Jim]] & [[Greg Benford]]: [http://jophan.org/mimosa/m30/benford.htm “Gerfandom Days”]
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* [[Jim Benford|Jim]] & [[Greg Benford]]: [https://jophan.org/mimosa/m30/benford.htm “Gerfandom Days”]
 
*[[Vin¢ Clarke]]: ''[[Ex-Inchmery Fan Diary]]''
 
*[[Vin¢ Clarke]]: ''[[Ex-Inchmery Fan Diary]]''
 
*[[Juanita Coulson]]: [[Juanita Coulson's Reminiscence of Fandom in 1953|Fandom in 1953]]
 
*[[Juanita Coulson]]: [[Juanita Coulson's Reminiscence of Fandom in 1953|Fandom in 1953]]
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*[[W. Paul Ganley]]: [https://www.kenkruegertribute.com/2012/08/22/ken-and-me/ “Ken and Me”]
 
*[[Robert Silverberg]]: [[Robert Silverberg Comments on Juanita Coulson's 1953 Article|Comments on Juanita Coulson's 1953 Article]]
 
*[[Robert Silverberg]]: [[Robert Silverberg Comments on Juanita Coulson's 1953 Article|Comments on Juanita Coulson's 1953 Article]]
 
*[[Harry Warner, Jr.]]: ''[[A Wealth of Fable]]''
 
*[[Harry Warner, Jr.]]: ''[[A Wealth of Fable]]''
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===[[Chicon 2]] (1952)===
 
===[[Chicon 2]] (1952)===
 
*[[Lloyd Eshbach]]: [[Chicon II Reminiscence (Eshbach)|Chicon II Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Lloyd Eshbach]]: [[Chicon II Reminiscence (Eshbach)|Chicon II Reminiscence]]
*[[Roger Sims]]: [http://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m26/sims.htm “Remembrances of Chicon II”]
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*[[Roger Sims]]: [https://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m26/sims.htm “Remembrances of Chicon II”]
 
*[[Walt Willis]]: ''[[The Harp Stateside]]''
 
*[[Walt Willis]]: ''[[The Harp Stateside]]''
  
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===[[NyCon II]] (1956)===
 
===[[NyCon II]] (1956)===
*[[Forrest J Ackerman]]: [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28535 “Out of This World Convention”]
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*[[Forrest J Ackerman]]: [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28535 “Out of This World Convention”]
 
*[[Dave Kyle]]: [[NyCon II Reminiscence (Kyle)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Dave Kyle]]: [[NyCon II Reminiscence (Kyle)|Reminiscence]]
  
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*[[Dave Kyle]]: [[Loncon I Reminiscence (Kyle)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Dave Kyle]]: [[Loncon I Reminiscence (Kyle)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Robert Madle]]: ''[[A Fake Fan in London]]''
 
*[[Robert Madle]]: ''[[A Fake Fan in London]]''
*[[James White]]: [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Hyphen/Hyphen19.pdf “The Quinze-y Report”] (''[[Hyphen]]'' 19)
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*[[James White]]: [https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Hyphen/Hyphen19.pdf “The Quinze-y Report”] (''[[Hyphen]]'' 19)
  
 
===[[Solacon]] (1958)===
 
===[[Solacon]] (1958)===
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===[[Detention]] (1959)===
 
===[[Detention]] (1959)===
 
*[[Sam Moskowitz]]: [[Detention Reminiscence (Moskowitz)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Sam Moskowitz]]: [[Detention Reminiscence (Moskowitz)|Reminiscence]]
*[[Roger Sims]]: [http://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m16/sims.htm “But, Again, That’s Another Story”]
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*[[Roger Sims]]: [https://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m16/sims.htm “But, Again, That’s Another Story”]
  
 
==1960s==
 
==1960s==
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*[[Fred Pohl]]: [[NyCon3 Reminiscence (Pohl)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Fred Pohl]]: [[NyCon3 Reminiscence (Pohl)|Reminiscence]]
  
===[[Baycon]] (1968)===
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===[[Baycon (Worldcon)]] (1968)===
 
*[[Fred Pohl]]: [[Baycon Reminiscence (Pohl)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Fred Pohl]]: [[Baycon Reminiscence (Pohl)|Reminiscence]]
  
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===[[Iguanacon II]] (1978)===
 
===[[Iguanacon II]] (1978)===
  
* [[Bruce D. Arthurs]]: “[[Iguanacon Blues]]” and “[[Iguanacon Blues Redux]]”
 
 
*[[Gary Farber]]: [[Iguanacon II Reminiscence (Farber)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Gary Farber]]: [[Iguanacon II Reminiscence (Farber)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Mike Glyer]] con report: {{file770 | issue=7 | page=1}}.
 
*[[Mike Glyer]] con report: {{file770 | issue=7 | page=1}}.
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===[[LoneStarCon]] (1985)===
 
===[[LoneStarCon]] (1985)===
*Various: [http://fanac.org/fanzines/File770/File77055-07.html Con reports]
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*Various: [https://fanac.org/fanzines/File770/File77055-07.html Con reports]
  
 
===[[ConFederation]] (1986)===
 
===[[ConFederation]] (1986)===
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===[[Conspiracy '87]]===
 
===[[Conspiracy '87]]===
 
*[[Dave Kyle]]: [[Conspiracy '87 Reminiscence (Kyle)|Reminiscence]]
 
*[[Dave Kyle]]: [[Conspiracy '87 Reminiscence (Kyle)|Reminiscence]]
*[[Dave Langford]]: [https://taff.org.uk/ebooks/DontTryThis.pdf#page81 “Strange Vibrations”]
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*[[Dave Langford]]: [https://taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?x=DontTryThis see p81: “Strange Vibrations”]
  
 
===[[Nolacon II]] (1988)===
 
===[[Nolacon II]] (1988)===
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===[[Intersection]] (1995)===
 
===[[Intersection]] (1995)===
*[[David Langford]]: [https://taff.org.uk/ebooks/DontTryThis.pdf#page131 “The Scottish Convention”]
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*[[David Langford]]: [https://taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?x=DontTryThis see p131 “The Scottish Convention”]
  
 
==2000s==
 
==2000s==
  
 
===[[Torcon 3]] (2003)===
 
===[[Torcon 3]] (2003)===
*[[David Langford]]: [https://taff.org.uk/ebooks/DontTryThis.pdf#page81 “Another Convention Diary”]
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*[[David Langford]]: [https://taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?x=DontTryThis see p81 “Another Convention Diary”]
  
 
===[[Noreascon 4]] (2004)===
 
===[[Noreascon 4]] (2004)===
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==2010s==
 
==2010s==
===LoneStarCon 3 (2013)===
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===[[LoneStarCon 3]] (2013)===
 
*[[Jim Mowatt]]: ''[[Wherever I Lay My Hat]]''
 
*[[Jim Mowatt]]: ''[[Wherever I Lay My Hat]]''
  
 
===[[Loncon 3]] (2014)===
 
===[[Loncon 3]] (2014)===
*[[David Langford]]: [https://taff.org.uk/ebooks/DontTryThis.pdf#page224 “Glimpses of London”]
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*[[David Langford]]: [https://taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?x=DontTryThis see p224 “Glimpses of London”]
  
 
==Other==
 
==Other==
*[[Howard DeVore]], [[Lynn Hickman]] and [[Roger Sims]]: [http://jophan.org/mimosa/m10/sims.htm “The Further Adventures of Midwest Fandom”]
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* [[Phil Castora]]: ''[[Who Knows What Ether Lurks in the Minds of Fen?]]''
*[[David Langford]]: ''[[Don’t Try This at Home]]'' ([[con reports]])
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*[[Howard DeVore]], [[Lynn Hickman]] and [[Roger Sims]]: [https://jophan.org/mimosa/m10/sims.htm “The Further Adventures of Midwest Fandom”]
*[[Roy Lavender]]: [http://www.cfg.org/history/retro/passages/fiawol.htm “Fandom Is A Way Of Life”]
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*[[David Langford]]: ''[[Don't Try This At Home]]'' ([[con reports]])
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*[[Roy Lavender]]: [https://www.cfg.org/history/retro/passages/fiawol.htm “Fandom Is A Way Of Life”]
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*[[Len Moffatt]]: ''[[Califania Tales]]''
 
*[[Jack Speer]]: ''[[Fancestral Voices]]''
 
*[[Jack Speer]]: ''[[Fancestral Voices]]''
 
*Various: ''[https://taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?x=GC-Conreps Running Amok in the Fun Factory]'' ([[U.K.]] [[con reports]])  
 
*Various: ''[https://taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?x=GC-Conreps Running Amok in the Fun Factory]'' ([[U.K.]] [[con reports]])  

Latest revision as of 07:18, 12 April 2024

This is a list of fanoirs (fan memoirs) and reminiscences available in Fancyclopedia 3, on Fanac.org and elsewhere online.


1920s and ’30s[edit]

NyCon (1939)[edit]

1940s[edit]

Chicon (1940)[edit]

Denvention (1941)[edit]

World War II (1942–45)[edit]

Pacificon (1946)[edit]

Philcon (1947)[edit]

Torcon (1948)[edit]

Cinvention (1949)[edit]

1950s[edit]

NorWesCon (1950)[edit]

Nolacon (1951)[edit]

Chicon 2 (1952)[edit]

Philcon II (1953)[edit]

SFCon (1954)[edit]

Clevention (1955)[edit]

NyCon II (1956)[edit]

Loncon I (1957)[edit]

Solacon (1958)[edit]

Detention (1959)[edit]

1960s[edit]

Pittcon (1960)[edit]

Seacon (1961)[edit]

Chicon III (1962)[edit]

Discon (1963)[edit]

Pacificon II (1964)[edit]

Loncon (1965)[edit]

Fred Pohl: Reminiscence

Tricon (1966)[edit]

NyCon 3 (1967)[edit]

Baycon (1968)[edit]

St. Louiscon (1969)[edit]

Dave Kyle: Reminiscence

1970s[edit]

Heicon '70[edit]

Noreascon (1971)[edit]

L.A.con (1972)[edit]

Torcon 2 (1973)[edit]

Discon II (1974)[edit]

Aussiecon (1975)[edit]

MidAmeriCon (1976)[edit]

SunCon (1977)[edit]

Iguanacon II (1978)[edit]

Seacon '79[edit]

NorthAmericon '79[edit]

1980s[edit]

Noreascon II (1980)[edit]

Denvention Two (1981)[edit]

Chicon IV (1982)[edit]

ConStellation (1983)[edit]

L.A.con II (1984)[edit]

Aussiecon Two (1985)[edit]

LoneStarCon (1985)[edit]

ConFederation (1986)[edit]

Conspiracy '87[edit]

Nolacon II (1988)[edit]

1990s[edit]

Intersection (1995)[edit]

2000s[edit]

Torcon 3 (2003)[edit]

Noreascon 4 (2004)[edit]

2010s[edit]

LoneStarCon 3 (2013)[edit]

Loncon 3 (2014)[edit]

Other[edit]



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