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*[[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.]]: [http://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m29/warner.htm “The Summer of ’39”]
 
*[[T. Bruce Yerke]]: ''[[Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan]]''
 
*[[T. Bruce Yerke]]: ''[[Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan]]''
  
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==1940s==
 
==1940s==
 
*[[Joe Kennedy]]:  
 
*[[Joe Kennedy]]:  
** [http://fanac.org/fanzines/Sense_of_FAPA/New_York_Fan_History_1.html Before the Bomb](New York)
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** [http://fanac.org/fanzines/Sense_of_FAPA/New_York_Fan_History_1.html “Before the Bomb”] (New York)
** [http://fanac.org/fanzines/Sense_of_FAPA/New_York_Fan_History_2.html After the Atom](New York)
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** [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]]: [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Spacewarp/Spacewarp42-72.html “Michigan Memories”]
 
*[[Harry Warner, Jr.]]: ''[[All Our Yesterdays]]''  
 
*[[Harry Warner, Jr.]]: ''[[All Our Yesterdays]]''  
 
*[[Art Widner]]: ''[[The Stranger Club by Art Widner|The Stranger Club]]'' (Boston)
 
*[[Art Widner]]: ''[[The Stranger Club by Art Widner|The Stranger Club]]'' (Boston)
  
 
===[[Chicon]] (1940)===
 
===[[Chicon]] (1940)===
*[[Forrest J Ackerman]]:[[Chicon I Reminiscence (Ackerman)|Reminiscence]]
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*[[Forrest J Ackerman]]: [[Chicon I Reminiscence (Ackerman)|Reminiscence]]
  
 
===[[Denvention]] (1941)===
 
===[[Denvention]] (1941)===
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===[[Torcon]] (1948)===
 
===[[Torcon]] (1948)===
*[[Leslie A. Croutch]]: [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Light/Light36.pdf Torcon Memories]
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*[[Leslie A. Croutch]]: [http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Light/Light36.pdf “Torcon Memories”]
 
*[[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]]: [http://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]]: [http://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]
 
*[[Rog Phillips]]: [http://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=http://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]]: [http://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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===[[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]]: [http://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]]: [http://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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===[[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]]: [http://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m16/sims.htm “But, Again, That’s Another Story”]
  
 
==1960s==
 
==1960s==
*[[Harry Warner, Jr.]]: [https://efanzines.com/WarnerPelf7.htm Most of My Days Before Yesterday]
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*[[Harry Warner, Jr.]]: [https://efanzines.com/WarnerPelf7.htm “Most of My Days Before Yesterday”]
  
 
===[[Pittcon]] (1960)===
 
===[[Pittcon]] (1960)===
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==1970s==
 
==1970s==
*[[Bill Patterson]]: ''[[The Little Fandom That Could]]'' (Phoenix fandom, 1968–[[Iguanacon]], 1978)
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*[[Bill Patterson]]: [[The Little Fandom That Could]](Phoenix fandom, 1968–[[Iguanacon]], 1978)
 
   
 
   
 
===[[Heicon '70]]===
 
===[[Heicon '70]]===
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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/DontTryThis.pdf#page81 “Strange Vibrations”]
  
 
===[[Nolacon II]] (1988)===
 
===[[Nolacon II]] (1988)===
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==1990s==
 
==1990s==
 
===[[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/DontTryThis.pdf#page131 “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/DontTryThis.pdf#page81 “Another Convention Diary”]
  
 
===[[Noreascon 4]] (2004)===
 
===[[Noreascon 4]] (2004)===
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===[[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/DontTryThis.pdf#page224 “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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*[[Howard DeVore]], [[Lynn Hickman]] and [[Roger Sims]]: [http://jophan.org/mimosa/m10/sims.htm “The Further Adventures of Midwest Fandom”]
 
*[[David Langford]]: ''[[Don’t Try This at Home]]'' ([[con reports]])
 
*[[David Langford]]: ''[[Don’t Try This at Home]]'' ([[con reports]])
 
*[[Roy Lavender]]: “[http://www.cfg.org/history/retro/passages/fiawol.htm Fandom Is A Way Of Life]”
 
*[[Roy Lavender]]: “[http://www.cfg.org/history/retro/passages/fiawol.htm Fandom Is A Way Of Life]”
 
*[[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]])  
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*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=TAFFanth TAFF Trip Report Anthology]
 
*Various: [https://taff.org.uk/ebooks.php?x=TAFFanth TAFF Trip Report Anthology]
 
*[[Peter Weston]]: ''[[With Stars in My Eyes]]'’  
 
*[[Peter Weston]]: ''[[With Stars in My Eyes]]'’  

Revision as of 21:38, 30 August 2020

This is a list of fan memoirs and reminiscences available in Fancyclopedia, 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]

  1. Dave Kyle: Reminiscence
  2. Dave Langford: “Strange Vibrations”

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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