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The actual title of the book [[Ben Singer|Singer]] carried thru customs during that witch-hunt was ''The War Between Christianity and [[Communism]]''. It was, however, decorated with a livid red jacket, and the outstanding blurb on this was the quoted "Banish Gods from the Skies and Capitalists from the Earth". | The actual title of the book [[Ben Singer|Singer]] carried thru customs during that witch-hunt was ''The War Between Christianity and [[Communism]]''. It was, however, decorated with a livid red jacket, and the outstanding blurb on this was the quoted "Banish Gods from the Skies and Capitalists from the Earth". | ||
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| + | The list below includes [[conventions]] held in Greater Detroit, [[clubs]], and notable life events for prominent Detroit-related [[fans]]. | ||
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| − | Year || Events | + | '''Year''' || '''Events''' |
1941 || First [[Michiconference]] held in [[Jackson, MI]]. | 1941 || First [[Michiconference]] held in [[Jackson, MI]]. | ||
| − | || The [[Galactic Roamers]], a southern Michigan [[Doc Smith]] [[club]] formed by fans from [[Jackson, MI]], and [[Battle Creek]] | + | || The [[Galactic Roamers]], a southern Michigan [[Doc Smith]] [[club]] formed by [[fans]] from [[Jackson, MI]], and [[Battle Creek]] |
| − | 1943 || [[Slan Shack]] | + | || [[Bridges Kuhn|Bridges]] and [[Richard Kuhn]] begin [[pubbing]] ''[[Eclipse]]'' |
| − | ||[[Walt Liebscher]] [[ | + | 1943 || '''[[Slan Shack]] formed in Battle Creek''' |
| − | 1946 || '''[[Ray Nelson]] invents the [[Propeller Beanie]]''' in Cadillac, MI | + | ||[[Walt Liebscher]] [[pubbed]] first [[ish]] of ''[[Chanticleer]]'' from Battle Creek |
| + | || '''[[Detroit Science Fictioneers]] formed''' | ||
| + | 1944 || [[SI/ASFA]] founded in Detroit | ||
| + | || [[Detroit Hyperborean Society]] [[club]] formed | ||
| + | 1946 || '''[[Ray Nelson]] invents the [[Propeller Beanie]]''' in Cadillac, MI | ||
| + | || [[Andy Porter]] born | ||
| + | 1947 || [[Carl Lundgren]] born | ||
1948 || '''[[Michigan Science Fiction Society]] (Misfits) formed''' | 1948 || '''[[Michigan Science Fiction Society]] (Misfits) formed''' | ||
| + | || [[Detroit Hyperborean Society]] [[club]] ends | ||
| + | || [[DeCon]] held | ||
| + | || [[Larry Tucker]] born | ||
1949 || The [[Blowup]] in [[Saginaw, MI]] | 1949 || The [[Blowup]] in [[Saginaw, MI]] | ||
| + | || [[DSFL]] formed | ||
| + | || [[Roger Sims]] discovers [[fandom]] | ||
| + | 1950 || [[Martin Alger]] coins “[[Real Soon Now]]” | ||
| + | || [[Randy Bathurst]] born | ||
| + | 1952 || [[Detroit in '53]] [[Worldcon bid]] fizzles | ||
1953 || [[Joel Nydahl]] [[gafiates]] | 1953 || [[Joel Nydahl]] [[gafiates]] | ||
| + | 1954 || [[Detroit in 1955]] [[Worldcon bid]] fails | ||
mid-50s || [[Beerfandom]] founded by [[Art Rapp]] | mid-50s || [[Beerfandom]] founded by [[Art Rapp]] | ||
| + | 1957 || [[Octocon (OH)]] founded as a collaboration among [[fans]] in [[Detroit]], [[Toledo]], [[Cleveland]] and [[Cincinnati]] | ||
| + | 1958 || [[Detroit in '59]] [[Worldcon bid]] wins at [[Solacon]] beating [[Big 'D' in '59]] and [[Chicago: 1959]] | ||
| + | 1959 || '''[[Detention]] ([[Worldcon]]) held''' | ||
| + | || [[TAFF]] winner [[John Berry]] visits | ||
late 50s || [[Misfits]] has become a bowling league | late 50s || [[Misfits]] has become a bowling league | ||
| + | 1960-65 || [[The Fanzine Foundation]] operated by [[Alan J. Lewis]] and stored in Detroit by [[Howard DeVore]] | ||
1963 ||[[MSU Fantasy & Science Fiction Society]] formed | 1963 ||[[MSU Fantasy & Science Fiction Society]] formed | ||
| − | 1974 ||[[KWEST*Con]] held in [[Kalamazoo, MI]] | + | mid-60s || '''[[Wayne Third Foundation]] founded''' |
| − | 1977 ||[[Great Combined Milford and Clarion Decennial Jubilee, Colloquium and Beer Bash]] in [[East Lansing]] | + | 1964 || [[Cleveland in '66]] bid begins as an inchoate thing including Detroit |
| + | 1965 || [[Detroit Triple Fan Fair]] held | ||
| + | 1966 || [[Tricon]] ([[Worldcon]]) held in [[Cleveland]] with Detroit as co-host | ||
| + | 1968 || fl [[Neo-Numenor]] || colspan="2"| | ||
| + | || [[Hal Shapiro]] pubs ''[[Harlan Ellison: The Man, The Writer]]'' | ||
| + | 1970 || [[Dum-Dum]] Banquet held in Detroit in conjunction with [[Detroit Triple Fan Fair]] | ||
| + | 1970s || [[Oak Park High School Science Fiction Club]] active | ||
| + | 1973 || '''[[Stilyagi Air Corps]] founded in [[Ann Arbor]]''' | ||
| + | || [[Leah Zeldes]] finds fandom | ||
| + | || [[Nova (MI)|Novacon]] launched | ||
| + | 1974 || [[A2 Relax Icon]] held in [[Ann Arbor]] | ||
| + | ||[[KWEST*Con]] held in [[Kalamazoo, MI]] | ||
| + | mid-70s || [[Sid Altus]] becomes active | ||
| + | 1975 || [[ConFusion 13]], the first annual, held | ||
| + | || [[Larry Tucker]] finds fandom and starts videotaping it | ||
| + | || [[MISHAP]] founded | ||
| + | 1976 || [[Detroit in '79]] [[hoax]] [[Westercon bid]] | ||
| + | || [[EMUSFS]] formed | ||
| + | || [[Martin Alger]] dies | ||
| + | || '''[[AutoClave 1]], the first [[fanzine]] [[convention]], held''' | ||
| + | || [[ConClave I]] held | ||
| + | 1977 || Final [[Detroit Triple Fan Fair]] held | ||
| + | || [[Contagion II]] held | ||
| + | ||[[Great Combined Milford and Clarion Decennial Jubilee, Colloquium and Beer Bash]] held in [[East Lansing]] | ||
| + | 1978 || [[Phantasia Press]] founded | ||
| + | late 70s || [[Wayne Third Foundation]] ends as a formal [[club]] | ||
| + | || [[Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association]] created by [[Nancy Tucker]], [[Jean Barnard]], [[Larry Tucker]] and [[Leah Zeldes]] | ||
| + | 1980 || [[Detroit in '82]] [[Worldcon bid]] loses to [[Chicago in 1982]] | ||
| + | || [[FilkCon II]] (in Toledo) organized by [[Ann Arbor]] fans | ||
| + | 1983 || [[Larry Tucker]] premieres ''[[Faans (video)]]'' at [[ConFusion 101]] | ||
| + | || [[Detroit in '85]] [[NASFiC]] [[bid]] loses to [[Austin in '85]] at [[Constellation]] | ||
| + | || [[AASFA]] War | ||
| + | 1984 || [[Genuine ConFusion]], the 10th annual and last under the original [[AASFA]] auspices, held | ||
| + | 1985 || [[Leah Zeldes Smith]] moves to [[Chicago]] | ||
| + | || [[ConClave X]] held | ||
| + | 1989 || [[Phantasia Press]] shuts down | ||
| + | 1994 || [[ConFusion XX]] held | ||
| + | || [[Ditto 7]] held in [[Ann Arbor]] | ||
| + | 1995 || [[ConClave XX]] held | ||
| + | 2000 || [[Nancy Tucker Shaw]] dies | ||
| + | || [[ConClave XXX]] held | ||
| + | 2003 || [[Penguicon]] launched | ||
| + | || [[Midwest Construction]] held in [[Ann Arbor]] | ||
| + | 2004 || [[ConFusion XXX]] held | ||
| + | || [[Mythcon XXXV]] held in [[Ann Arbor]] | ||
| + | 2005 || [[Howard DeVore]] dies | ||
| + | 2009 || [[Randy Bathurst]] dies | ||
| + | 2012 || [[Ben Singer]] dies | ||
| + | || [[SFRA Conference]] held in Detroit | ||
| + | 2013 || [[Detroit in 2014]] [[NASFiC]] [[bid]] wins at [[LSC3]] beating [[Phoenix in 2014]] | ||
| + | || [[Larry Tucker]] dies | ||
| + | 2014 || '''[[Detcon1]] ([[NASFiC]]) held''' | ||
| + | || [[Legendary ConFusion]], 40th annual, held | ||
| + | 2016 || [[Fred Prophet]] dies | ||
| + | || [[ConClave 40]] held | ||
| + | 2017 || [[The Continuum]] held | ||
| + | 2020 || [[Tom Barber]] dies of [[Covid-19]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:18, 6 August 2021
(Did you mean The Michifan fanzine?)
“Michigan is never a dull place to conduct your fan activity.”
—Bob Tucker, Science Fiction News Letter (March 1952).
Michifen (Michigan fandom) have hosted Michicon, Detroit Triple Fan Fair, ConFusion, AutoClave, ConClave and Penguicon, plus a Worldcon, Detention, and a NASFiC, Detcon 1.
Detroit, Ann Arbor and Houghton have been its principal fan centers, with some activity, especially more media-centered groups, in Kalamazoo and Lansing. Battle Creek and Jackson, MI, were important in the 1940s, and Saginaw, home to Art Rapp, in the ’50s.
The propeller beanie was invented there, and the original Slan Shack was located there. The 1940s and ’50s were especially active, with the Misfits as a major force. Nydahl's Disease originated in the U.P.
See also: Midwest Fandom, Blowup.
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| Fans in Michigan, nacherly. Most of them live in or near Detroit, if you can call that living, tho formerly the MSFS blanketed the state. Their chief recent organization, the Detroit SFL, is a notorious example of how not to run a local fanclub.
The Detroit fans were visitors at the old Slan Shack in Battle Creek, but didn't form the Detroit Science Fictioneers till 1943. In 1945 they became the Hyperboreans, who discussed small amounts of stf and played a lot of chess. Ben Singer broke up the club by leaving atheistic pamphlets lying about the meeting-place (a public library) and by some atheistic tirades in public. When Art Rapp and Bill Groover met the remnants of the Hyperboreans 30 January 1948 the Michigan Science Fiction Society was formed, Singer doing most of the organization work. (George Young promptly formed the name "Misfits" for the group.) The uniqueness of the MSFS among Michifan groups lay in attempting to provide fan activities for everybody in the state, not just the Detroit area. During its two years of life MSFS members coined expressions (Fanspeak, Real Soon Now), pioneered in fannish publishing and philosophy (Spacewarp, Sexocracy), set fashions for the Microcosm ("Home of the Original Helicopter Beanie") and were involved in such antics as Singer's attempt to cross the Canadian border during a Red hunt carrying a prominently displayed copy of Banish Gods From the Skies and Capitalists from the Earth. After the Blowup and Rapp's resignation local Detroiters formed the DSFL, which existed in a fashion for several years, giving off splinter groups like the Morgan Botts Foundation. Return of some members from service after the Korean War led to a renascence in which the 1959 convention was held in the Motor City. What will come after your scholiast knows not. from Fancyclopedia 2 Supplement ca. 1960: The actual title of the book Singer carried thru customs during that witch-hunt was The War Between Christianity and Communism. It was, however, decorated with a livid red jacket, and the outstanding blurb on this was the quoted "Banish Gods from the Skies and Capitalists from the Earth". |
The list below includes conventions held in Greater Detroit, clubs, and notable life events for prominent Detroit-related fans.
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