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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.]]: | + | *[[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) |
− | ** | + | ** [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]]: | + | *[[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]] | + | *[[Forrest J Ackerman]]: [[Chicon I Reminiscence (Ackerman)|Reminiscence]] |
===[[Denvention]] (1941)=== | ===[[Denvention]] (1941)=== | ||
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===[[Torcon]] (1948)=== | ===[[Torcon]] (1948)=== | ||
− | *[[Leslie A. Croutch]]: | + | *[[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]]: | + | *[[Don Ford]]: [http://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/ford.htm “Post Mortem”] |
− | *[[Roy Lavender]]: | + | *[[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]]: | + | *[[Stan Skirvin]]: {{link | website=http://www.cfg.org/history/cinvention/mb/skirvin.htm | text=“Wha' Hoppened”}} |
==1950s== | ==1950s== | ||
− | * [[Jim Benford|Jim]] & [[Greg Benford]]: | + | * [[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]]: | + | *[[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 | + | *[[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]]: | + | *[[Roger Sims]]: [http://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m16/sims.htm “But, Again, That’s Another Story”] |
==1960s== | ==1960s== | ||
− | *[[Harry Warner, Jr.]]: | + | *[[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]]: | + | *[[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]]: | + | #[[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]]: | + | *[[David Langford]]: [https://taff.org.uk/ebooks/DontTryThis.pdf#page131 “The Scottish Convention”] |
==2000s== | ==2000s== | ||
===[[Torcon 3]] (2003)=== | ===[[Torcon 3]] (2003)=== | ||
− | *[[David Langford]]: | + | *[[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]]: | + | *[[David Langford]]: [https://taff.org.uk/ebooks/DontTryThis.pdf#page224 “Glimpses of London”] |
==Other== | ==Other== | ||
− | *[[Howard DeVore]], [[Lynn Hickman]] and [[Roger Sims]]: | + | *[[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]]) | + | *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]
- Baltadonis, Goudket, Kyle, Madle, Newton, Pohl, Rothman, Train: Phoxphyre (on the First Convention)
- Allen Glasser: “History of the Scienceers”
- Aubrey MacDermott: On the Origins of Fandom
- Sam Moskowitz: The Immortal Storm
- Jack Speer: Up to Now
- Harry Warner, Jr.: “The Summer of ’39”
- 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 Reminiscence
- Sam Moskowitz: Reminiscence
- Milt Rothman: Reminiscence
- Julius Schwartz: Reminiscence
1940s[edit]
- Joe Kennedy:
- “Before the Bomb” (New York)
- “After the Atom” (New York)
- Francis Towner Laney: Ah! Sweet Idiocy! (Los Angeles)
- Chas. Stuart Metchette: “Michigan Memories”
- Harry Warner, Jr.: All Our Yesterdays
- Art Widner: The Stranger Club (Boston)
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
- 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]
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]
Tricon (1966)[edit]
NyCon 3 (1967)[edit]
Baycon (1968)[edit]
St. Louiscon (1969)[edit]
1970s[edit]
- 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]
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]
- 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”
- 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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