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February 4 ||[[Henry Kuttner]] dies | February 4 ||[[Henry Kuttner]] dies | ||
February 23 ||<black> [[WSFS, Inc.]] formally incorporated in New York</black> | February 23 ||<black> [[WSFS, Inc.]] formally incorporated in New York</black> | ||
| − | February 24 ||''[[Fanac (Carr | + | February 24 ||''[[Fanac (Carr)|Fanac]]'' by [[Terry Carr]] and [[Ron Ellik]] begins publication |
early ||Mutual lawsuits between [[Dave Kyle]] and the [[Frank Deitz|Dietz]]-[[Raybin]] faction over [[WSFS, Inc.]] | early ||Mutual lawsuits between [[Dave Kyle]] and the [[Frank Deitz|Dietz]]-[[Raybin]] faction over [[WSFS, Inc.]] | ||
March 15 || 2000th anniversary of the death of Julius Caesar | March 15 || 2000th anniversary of the death of Julius Caesar | ||
Revision as of 10:16, 4 February 2020
Things for Mark to do What do you want do to about the bordered in black stuff?
1958 was known as The Year of the Jackpot because of the previously unheard-of number of deaths.
| February | <bordered in black> Ackerman publicizes "sci-fi" in Famous Monsters of Filmland #1 </bordered in black> |
| February 4 | Henry Kuttner dies |
| February 23 | <black> WSFS, Inc. formally incorporated in New York</black> |
| February 24 | Fanac by Terry Carr and Ron Ellik begins publication |
| early | Mutual lawsuits between Dave Kyle and the Dietz-Raybin faction over WSFS, Inc. |
| March 15 | 2000th anniversary of the death of Julius Caesar |
| March 21 | Cyril Kornbluth dies |
| March | CRAP formed |
| Easter | Cytricon IV, British Science Fiction Association organized |
| June 8 | F. Towner Laney dies |
| mid | Second Futurian Society of New York formed |
| July 6 | Dallas Futurian Society disbanded |
| August 29 - September 1 (Labor Day) | Solacon (Worldcon) |
| August 31 | WSFS, Inc. effectively killed by Anna Moffatt at Solacon |
| December 2 | E. E. Evans dies |
| Ron Bennett TAFF trip |
Births and Deaths:
Al Katerinsky - Alan Dorey - Alan Gutierrez - Alex Stewart - Allen M. Steele - Amy Thomson - Bobbie DuFault - Bradley Denton - Brett Cox - C. M. Kornbluth - Carl Brandon - Carl Slaughter - Catherine Pickersgill - Clive Newall - Colleen Savitzky - Danny Flynn - Debbie Hughes - Diana Harlan Stein - Don Ayres - Dorothy Macardle - E. Everett Evans - Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink - Ellen 'Blade' McMicking - Francis Towner Laney - Frank Catalano - Gary Farber - Henry Jenkins - Henry Kuttner - Hiroaki Inoue - Ian Gunn - Isobelle Carmody - James Branch Cabell - James Gurney - Jean Thompson - Jeff Canfield - Jody Lee - Johanna Sinisalo - John Blaker - John G. McDaid - John Whitbourn - Julie Bell - Karen Schaffer - Kate Elliott - Kate Worley - Keith Parkinson - Ken Josenhans - Kent Moomaw - Leah Dillon Gadzikowski - Les Robertson - Leslie Smith - Lindsay Crawford - Lisa Snellings Clark - Lou Aronica - LynC - Marc Schirmeister - Marie Stopes - Mark Rich - Nic Farey - Pat Sayre McCoy - Patty Peters - Paul Cherry - Peter Watts - Phil Ware - R. DeWitt Miller - Richard Binzel - Roslee Orndorff - S. T. Joshi - Simon Clark - Steve Davidson - Steve Kyte - Suzanne Feldman - Terri Windling - Tim Marion - Vernon McCain - Vladimír Veverka - Wayne Barlowe
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
A David English Sketchbook - A Foggy Day - A L'Abandon - A Propos de Rien - AWOL - Agamenon Weekly - Ambrosia - Aporrheta - BEM - BEM - Bell the Cat - Best of Fandom - Brillig - Burroughsania - Canadian Fandom - Chula - Chux Own - Cole Fax - Comedy of Errors - CriFanAc - Daily Dynamic - Detention - Diablerie - Djellabah - Driftwood - FIJAGH - Fafhrd - Fafhrd - Famous Monsters of Filmland - Fanac - FANannIA - Fantasi - ffm - Fhan SF Fanzine - Fix - Fout - Fringe - Futuristic Science Stories - GAFIA Recovery Administration - Gafia - Goojie Publications - Green Expression - Henry Kuttner: A Memorial Symposium - Hi - How! - I Wish I Knew What 'Nuces Tibi' Meant - Imagination - Impasse - Impossible - Incompleat Burbee - Infinity Science Fiction - Innavigable Mouth - Laundry - Lighthouse - Limbo - Loco - Mammon - Marsolo - Moorpark - Movie Music - Munich Round Up - New Futurian - Noise Level - Northlight - Ob - Off the Cuff for Gertrude - Pamphrey - Peals - Peregrinations in Blue - Perihelion - Perindeus - Pot Pourri - ProFANity - Prodigal - RUR - Road Bash - Rumble - SF - Satellite - Satellite - Science Fiction Nytt - Science Fiction Quarterly - Science Fiction Times - Some Important Information Concerning Unicorn Productions - Space Travel - Spasmodic - Star Dust - Sulfuryic - Super-Fantasi - Tales from the Oubliette - Teddy Bear - The Bosses Songbook - The Fantasy Collector - The Hairy Beast - The Last Splotch - The Purple Pastures - This - Tra-La - Umglick - Vanguard Science Fiction - Vector - Vile Deeds at Midnight - Voice of the Prophet - When a Trufan Dies - Who Is This Man? - Woz - Zymic
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fanhistory:
New fanspeak coined:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
AWOL - Alan Dorey - Alex Stewart - Aporrheta - BEM - BSFA - BSFA membership 1958 - Burroughsania - Catherine Pickersgill - Chux Own - Clacton SF Group - Comedy of Errors - Cytricon IV - Danny Flynn - Driftwood - Fix - Fringe - Futuristic Science Stories - How! - I Wish I Knew What 'Nuces Tibi' Meant - Jean Thompson - John Whitbourn - Loco - Marie Stopes - Movie Music - New Futurian - Nic Farey - Noise Level - Northlight - Off the Cuff for Gertrude - Perihelion - Perindeus - Prodigal - Satellite - Satellite - Simon Clark - Spasmodic - Steve Kyte - Sulfuryic - Tales from the Oubliette - The Old Mill Stream - Vector - Zymic
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
1958 Open ESFA - A David English Sketchbook - A Foggy Day - Agamenon Weekly - Al Katerinsky - Alan Gutierrez - Alice in Thrillingwonderland - Allen M. Steele - Ambrosia - Amy Thomson - BEM - Bell the Cat - Best of Fandom - Bobbie DuFault - Bradley Denton - Brett Cox - Brillig - C. M. Kornbluth - CRAP - Carl Brandon - Carl Slaughter - Chula - Cole Fax - Colleen Savitzky - CriFanAc - Daily Dynamic - Dallas Futurian Society - Debbie Hughes - Detention - Diablerie - Diana Harlan Stein - Djellabah - Don Ayres - E. Everett Evans - Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink - Ellen 'Blade' McMicking - FIJAGH - Fafhrd - Fafhrd - Famous Monsters of Filmland - Fanac - Fanarcon - Fapacon - Forry-FortyTwo Con - Fout - Francis Towner Laney - Frank Catalano - Gafia - Gary Farber - Goojie Publications - Henry Jenkins - Henry Kuttner - Henry Kuttner: A Memorial Symposium - Hi - Illwiscon - Imagination - Impasse - Impossible - Incompleat Burbee - Infinity Science Fiction - James Branch Cabell - James Gurney - Jeff Canfield - Jody Lee - John Blaker - John G. McDaid - Julie Bell - Karen Schaffer - Kate Elliott - Kate Worley - Keith Parkinson - Ken Josenhans - Kent Moomaw - Laundry - Leah Dillon Gadzikowski - Leslie Smith - Lighthouse - Limbo - Lindsay Crawford - Lisa Snellings Clark - Lou Aronica - Lunacon 2 - Mammon - Marc Schirmeister - Mark Rich - Marsolo - MegaCon 1 - Metrocon - Metrocon II - Metrofen - Midwestcon 9 - Moorpark - NYSFCircle - Nic Farey - Ob - Outstanding Movie Hugo - Pat Sayre McCoy - Patty Peters - Paul Cherry - Peals - Philcon 1958 - ProFANity - R. DeWitt Miller - RUR - Race to the Stars - Richard Binzel - Road Bash - Roslee Orndorff - Rumble - S. T. Joshi - SF - Science Fiction Quarterly - Sodacon - Solacon - Sam Moskowitz' Solacon Reminiscence - Some Important Information Concerning Unicorn Productions - South Gate in '58 - Southwestercon VI - Space Travel - Steve Davidson - Suzanne Feldman - Teddy Bear - Terri Windling - The Bosses Songbook - The Fantasy Collector - The Purple Pastures - This - Tim Marion - Tra-La - Travelcon to the Solacon - Umglick - Vanguard Science Fiction - Vernon McCain - Vile Deeds at Midnight - Voice of the Prophet - WAW and Mate to the Gate in '58 - Wayne Barlowe - Who Is This Man?
Rest of the World:
| 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
