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− | This is a list of [[fan]] memoirs and reminiscences available in [[Fancyclopedia 3]], on [[Fanac.org]] and elsewhere online. | + | 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. | + | *[[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]]” | ||
+ | * [[Dave Kyle]]: [https://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m19/kyle.htm “Those Wonderful Turbulent Thirties”] | ||
+ | * [[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.]]: [ | + | *[[Harry Warner, Jr.]]: [https://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m29/warner.htm “The Summer of ’39”] |
− | *[[Donald A. Wollheim]]: [ | + | *[[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]] | + | *[[Dave Kyle]]: |
+ | **[[Nycon 1 Reminiscence (Kyle)|Reminiscence]] | ||
+ | ** [https://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m06/kyle.htm “The Great Exclusion Act of 1939”] | ||
+ | **[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]]” | ||
− | * | + | * [[Chick Derry]]: “[[Primordial WSFA by Chick Derry|Primordial WSFA]]” |
− | *[[Joe Kennedy]]: | + | *[[Joe Kennedy]]: “[[New York Fan History]]” |
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*[[Francis Towner Laney]]: ''[[Ah! Sweet Idiocy!]]'' (Los Angeles) | *[[Francis Towner Laney]]: ''[[Ah! Sweet Idiocy!]]'' (Los Angeles) | ||
− | *[[Chas. Stuart Metchette]]: [ | + | *[[Chas. Stuart Metchette]]: [https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Spacewarp/Spacewarp42-72.html “Michigan Memories”] |
+ | * [[Jack Speer]]: “[[Fancyclopedia Forever!]]” | ||
* [[Stranger Club|The Stranger Club]] (Boston): | * [[Stranger Club|The Stranger Club]] (Boston): | ||
** [[Russell Chauvenet]]: “[[Tales of a Stranger]]” | ** [[Russell Chauvenet]]: “[[Tales of a Stranger]]” | ||
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===[[Chicon]] (1940)=== | ===[[Chicon]] (1940)=== | ||
*[[Forrest J Ackerman]]: [[Chicon I Reminiscence (Ackerman)|Reminiscence]] | *[[Forrest J Ackerman]]: [[Chicon I Reminiscence (Ackerman)|Reminiscence]] | ||
+ | * [[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]]: [ | + | *[[Rusty Hevelin]]: [https://www.fanac.org/Denvention3/denvention1report.html Con report] |
− | *[[T. Bruce Yerke]]: [ | + | *[[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]] | ||
− | *[ | + | *[https://files.fancyclopedia.org/Philcon%20II/Memory%20Book.pdf Memory Book] |
===[[Torcon]] (1948)=== | ===[[Torcon]] (1948)=== | ||
− | *[[Leslie A. Croutch]]: [ | + | *[[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]]: [ | + | *[[Don Ford]]: [https://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/ford.htm “Post Mortem”] |
− | *[[Roy Lavender]]: [ | + | *[[Roy Lavender]]: [https://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/lavender.htm “The Cinvention Scene Dimly”] |
− | *[[Rog Phillips]]: [ | + | *[[Rog Phillips]]: [https://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/phillips.htm Comments on Sinvention] |
− | *[[Stan Skirvin]]: {{link | website= | + | *[[Stan Skirvin]]: {{link | website=https://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/skirvin.htm | text=“Wha' Hoppened”}} |
==1950s== | ==1950s== | ||
− | * [[Jim Benford|Jim]] & [[Greg Benford]]: [ | + | * [[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]] | ||
+ | *[[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]]: [ | + | *[[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]]: [ | + | *[[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]]: [ | + | *[[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]]: [ | + | *[[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)=== | + | ===[[Baycon (Worldcon)]] (1968)=== |
*[[Fred Pohl]]: [[Baycon Reminiscence (Pohl)|Reminiscence]] | *[[Fred Pohl]]: [[Baycon Reminiscence (Pohl)|Reminiscence]] | ||
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===[[LoneStarCon]] (1985)=== | ===[[LoneStarCon]] (1985)=== | ||
− | *Various: [ | + | *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 | + | *[[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 | + | *[[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 | + | *[[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)=== | + | ===[[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 | + | *[[David Langford]]: [https://taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?x=DontTryThis see p224 “Glimpses of London”] |
==Other== | ==Other== | ||
− | *[[Howard DeVore]], [[Lynn Hickman]] and [[Roger Sims]]: [ | + | * [[Phil Castora]]: ''[[Who Knows What Ether Lurks in the Minds of Fen?]]'' |
− | *[[David Langford]]: ''[[ | + | *[[Howard DeVore]], [[Lynn Hickman]] and [[Roger Sims]]: [https://jophan.org/mimosa/m10/sims.htm “The Further Adventures of Midwest Fandom”] |
− | *[[Roy Lavender]]: [ | + | *[[David Langford]]: ''[[Don't Try This At Home]]'' ([[con reports]]) |
+ | *[[Roy Lavender]]: [https://www.cfg.org/history/retro/passages/fiawol.htm “Fandom Is A Way Of Life”] | ||
+ | *[[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]
- 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: “History of the Scienceers”
- Dave Kyle: “Those Wonderful Turbulent Thirties”
- Robert A. W. Lowndes: “Understandings: Hugo Gernsback’s Science Fiction League” (Outworlds 49, April 1987, p. 1620)
- Aubrey MacDermott: On the Origins of Fandom
- Sam Moskowitz: The Immortal Storm
- Jack Speer: Up to Now
- Harry Warner, Jr.: “The Summer of ’39”
- Donald A. Wollheim: “The Origin of Fandom” (Fan Slants 3, June 1944)
- T. Bruce Yerke: Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan
NyCon (1939)[edit]
- Forry Ackerman: Reminiscence
- John V. Baltadonis: Reminiscence
- Lloyd Eshbach Reminiscence
- Harry Harrison: Reminiscence
- Charles D. Hornig: Reminiscence
- Dave Kyle:
- Sam Moskowitz: Reminiscence
- Milt Rothman: Reminiscence
- Julius Schwartz: Reminiscence
- Various: Con reports
1940s[edit]
- Redd Boggs: “The Purple Dawn”
- Chick Derry: “Primordial WSFA”
- Joe Kennedy: “New York Fan History”
- Francis Towner Laney: Ah! Sweet Idiocy! (Los Angeles)
- Chas. Stuart Metchette: “Michigan Memories”
- Jack Speer: “Fancyclopedia Forever!”
- The Stranger Club (Boston):
- Harry Warner, Jr.: All Our Yesterdays
Chicon (1940)[edit]
Denvention (1941)[edit]
World War II (1942–45)[edit]
Pacificon (1946)[edit]
Philcon (1947)[edit]
Torcon (1948)[edit]
Cinvention (1949)[edit]
- Lloyd Eshbach: Reminiscence
- Don Ford: “Post Mortem”
- Roy Lavender: “The Cinvention Scene Dimly”
- Rog Phillips: Comments on Sinvention
- Stan Skirvin: “Wha' Hoppened”
1950s[edit]
- Jim & Greg Benford: “Gerfandom Days”
- Vin¢ Clarke: Ex-Inchmery Fan Diary
- Juanita Coulson: Fandom in 1953
- W. Paul Ganley: “Ken and Me”
- Robert Silverberg: Comments on Juanita Coulson's 1953 Article
- Harry Warner, Jr.: A Wealth of Fable
NorWesCon (1950)[edit]
Nolacon (1951)[edit]
Chicon 2 (1952)[edit]
- Lloyd Eshbach: Chicon II Reminiscence
- Roger Sims: “Remembrances of Chicon II”
- Walt Willis: The Harp Stateside
Philcon II (1953)[edit]
SFCon (1954)[edit]
Clevention (1955)[edit]
NyCon II (1956)[edit]
Loncon I (1957)[edit]
- Dave Kyle: Reminiscence
- Robert Madle: A Fake Fan in London
- James White: “The Quinze-y Report” (Hyphen 19)
Solacon (1958)[edit]
Detention (1959)[edit]
1960s[edit]
- Ron Ellik: The Squirrel's Tale
- Don Ford: TAFF Baedeker
- Harry Warner, Jr.: “Most of My Days Before Yesterday”
Pittcon (1960)[edit]
Seacon (1961)[edit]
Chicon III (1962)[edit]
Discon (1963)[edit]
Pacificon II (1964)[edit]
Loncon (1965)[edit]
Tricon (1966)[edit]
NyCon 3 (1967)[edit]
Baycon (1968)[edit]
St. Louiscon (1969)[edit]
1970s[edit]
- Lesleigh Luttrell: Lesleigh's Adventures Down Under
- Bill Patterson: “The Little Fandom That Could” (Phoenix fandom, 1968–Iguanacon, 1978)
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]
- Gary Farber: Reminiscence
- Mike Glyer con report: File 770 7, p. 1.
- Tim Kyger: “How Iguanacon Came to Be”
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]
- Various: Con reports
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]
- Phil Castora: Who Knows What Ether Lurks in the Minds of Fen?
- Howard DeVore, Lynn Hickman and Roger Sims: “The Further Adventures of Midwest Fandom”
- David Langford: Don't Try This At Home (con reports)
- Roy Lavender: “Fandom Is A Way Of Life”
- Len Moffatt: Califania Tales
- Jack Speer: Fancestral Voices
- Various: Running Amok in the Fun Factory (U.K. con reports)
- Various: TAFF Trip Report Anthology
- Peter Weston: With Stars in My Eyes'’
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