1993

January 26	West Coast Science Fiction Association incorporated.
March 5-7	First ConDor in San Diego.
Easter	Helicon (Eastercon).
May 10	Lester del Rey dies.
September 2-6 (Labor Day)	ConFrancisco (Worldcon).
	TAFF Abigail Frost.
	DUFF: Dick Smith & Leah Zeldes Smith (South).
	FFANZ: Ian Gunn & Karen Pender-Gunn (East).
November 1	Maastricht Treaty enters into force, creating European Union.

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Births and Deaths:

Anthony Burgess - Avram Davidson - Baird Searles - Bill Austin - Chad Oliver - Chris Steinbrunner - Drew Whyte - Ella Parker - Gerry de la Ree - Jean Bogert - Julius Postal - Keith Laumer - L. Jerome Stanton - Lester del Rey - Nancy Moore - Neil A. Lafferty, Jr. - Richard Sale - Robert E. Gilbert - Roland Adlerberth - Rose Alberti - Sandy Sanderson - Scott Meredith - Tom Clareson - Tommy Tomkins - Trevor Jones - Walter Breen - Walter Kubilius

Convention series started or ended:

5Con - ANZAPACon - Circulation - ConDor - Conterpoint - Crackercon - Diversicon - Harmonicon - Helicon - Hubcon - HurriCon - I-Con - Lucon - NecronomiCon Providence - Phoenixcon - Roc*Kon - Silvercon - Supercon

Onetime conventions:

Boise Fantasy Arts Convention - Con-Troll - Conflation - Conquest - Conyac - CupCon - Magic Carpet Con - Nocon - S. T. Con 93

Bids:

Constipation - Phoenix in '93 - San Francisco in '93 - Zagreb in 1993

Publications started or ended:

Absolute Magnitude - Artychoke - Astromancer Quarterly - Bandersnatch - Beer Cat Scratching - Black Hole - Blackbird's Egg - Born in the UK - Cactus Times - Challenger - Chernobylization - Consenting Adults of Darkover - Crank! - DUFFacto - DV8 - Discordia Revisited - Drivel and Drool - FFANZ Across the Water - Fandboken - Figment - Filklore - Folly - From the Prying FFANZ into the Foyer - Galacto-Celtic Newsflash - Gdo - Horrorshow - Incompleat Burbee - Infanity's Notebook - Les Souris Dansent - Let's Fanac - Light Stuff - Monkey Mind - Never Quite Arriving - Nexus - Obsessions - Outlaw Mutation Boogie - Platypus - Plus ca change, plus la meme chose - Pulphouse Magazine - Quipu - Rastus Johnson's Cakewalk - Riverside Quarterly - Sirius Visions - Snarkin' Surfari - Southern Gothic - Spud - Spudnut - Startled Bunny - Stratus SF SIG News - The Best of ANZAPA - The Bleary Eyes - The Brentford Mercury - The Esoteric Order of Dagon - The Fantasy Collector - The Fanzine Sampler - The Misanthropic Digest - The Stylus - The Whole Fanzine Catalog - The Wollongong Pig Breeders' Gazette - Tom Digby Along Fantasy Way - Vanamonde - Vapourware - Wild Heirs - Wing Window

Publishers founded or closed:

DNA Publications - Flowinglass Music - Love Song Productions - Owlswick Press

Awards made, started or ended:

1993 Hugos

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

MUSFS - The Esoteric Order of Dagon

Fanhistory:

New fanspeak coined:

Afrofuturism - Standlee

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

1993 DUFF Race - ANZAPACon - ANZAPACon 2 - Artychoke - Bandersnatch - Circulation - Circulation 6 - CupCon - FFANZ Across the Water - Les Souris Dansent - Swancon 18 - The Best of ANZAPA - The Esoteric Order of Dagon - The Wollongong Pig Breeders' Gazette - Vapourware

Britain:

Acnestis - Anthony Burgess - ArmadaCon V - Beer Cat Scratching - Black Hole - Blackbird's Egg - Born in the UK - Cactus Times - DV8 - Drivel and Drool - Ella Parker - Fantasycon XVIII - Filklore - Gdo - Helicon - Horrorshow - Light Stuff - Lucon - Lunicon - Masque II - Mexicon 5 - Microcon 13 - Midnight Rose - Never Quite Arriving - Nexus - Novacon 23 - Obsessions - Outlaw Mutation Boogie - Oxonmoot 1993 - Pentatonic - Picocon 11 - Platypus - Plus ca change, plus la meme chose - Rastus Johnson's Cakewalk - Sandy Sanderson - Smofcon 10 - Startled Bunny - The Bleary Eyes - The Brentford Mercury - The Fanzine Sampler - Trevor Jones

Canada:

Ad Astra 13 - CAN*CON '93 - Con*Cept '93 - Conquest - Conversion 10 - FilKONtario 3 - I-Con - Keycon 10 - Urban Tapestry - VCON 20 - Wolfcon VI

Europe:

Chernobylization - Con-Yak - Conscience '93 - Conyac - Fandboken - Finncon '93 - Galacto-Celtic Newsflash - Roland Adlerberth - Zagreb in 1993

Ireland:

Octocon 1993

New Zealand:

DefCon - From the Prying FFANZ into the Foyer

US:

1993 DUFF Race - 1993 World Fantasy Convention - 5Con - APA-TECH - APA-V - Absolute Magnitude - AggieCon XXIV - Arcana 23 - Archon 17 - Arisia '93 - ArmadilloCon 15 - Astromancer Quarterly - Astronomicon 2 - Avram Davidson - Baird Searles - Balticon 27 - Baycon '93 - Bill Austin - Boise Fantasy Arts Convention - Boskone 30 - Bubonicon 25 - CONduit 3 - Capricon 13 - Chad Oliver - Challenger - ChambanaCon 23 - Chattacon XVIII - Chris Steinbrunner - Coastcon XVI - Con*Stellation XII - Con-Dor 1 - Con-Troll - ConChord 9 - ConClave 18 - ConDor - ConFrancisco - ConTact 11 - Concat 5 - Concave 14 - Conflation - Confluence '93 - Congenial V - Consenting Adults of Darkover - Consonance 1993 - Constipation - Conterpoint - Conterpoint 1993 - Context VI - Continuity '93 - Contradiction 13 - CopperCon 13 - Corflu 10 - Costume-Con 11 - Crackercon - Crackercon 2 - Crank! - Czarkon 10 - DNA Publications - DUFFacto - Darkover Grand Council 16 - DeepSouthCon 31 - DefCon - DemiCon 4 - Disclave 37 - Discordia Revisited - Ditto 6 - Diversicon - Diversicon 1 - Dreamcon 8 - Drew Whyte - DucKon II - Figment - Flowinglass Music - Folly - Gerry de la Ree - Harmonicon - Harmonicon I - Hubcon - HurriCon - HurriCon 1 - I-Con XII - ICFA 14 - ICON 18 - InCon '93 - InConJunction XIII - Incompleat Burbee - Infanity's Notebook - Jean Bogert - Julius Postal - Keith Laumer - Khumming of Age - L. Jerome Stanton - LepreCon 19 - Lester del Rey - Let's Fanac - LibertyCon 7 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 11 - Loscon 20 - Love Song Productions - Lunacon 36 - MUSFS - Magic Carpet Con - Magnum Opus Con 1 - Magnum Opus Con 8 - Marcon 28 - MidSouthCon 12 - Midwestcon 44 - MileHiCon 25 - Millennicon -8 - Minicon 28 - MisCon 8 - Monkey Mind - MosCon XV - Musicon 2 - Mythcon XXIV - NJAC 9 - Nancy Moore - Necon 13 - NecronomiCon Providence - NecronomiCon, 1st Edition - Necronomicon '93 - Neil A. Lafferty, Jr. - Neocon 4 - New Orleans SF & Fantasy Festival '93 - Nocon - Norwescon XVI - OASIS 6 - OVFF 9 - Octocon 30 - OryCon 15 - Owlswick Press - Philcon 1993 - Phoenix in '93 - Phoenixcon - Phoenixcon 8 - Potlatch 2 - Pulpcon 22 - Pulphouse Magazine - Quipu - RadCon 1A - Readercon 6 - ReinCONation 3 - Richard Sale - Rivercon XVIII - Riverside Quarterly - Robert E. Gilbert - Roc*Kon - Roc*Kon 17 - Rose Alberti - Rustycon 10 - S. T. Con 93 - San Francisco in '93 - Sandy Sanderson - Scott Meredith - Silvercon - Silvercon 2 - Sirius Visions - Smofcon 11 - Snarkin' Surfari - SoonerCon 9 - Southern Gothic - Spud - Spudnut - Stargazing Contraption - StellarCon 17 - Stratus SF SIG News - Supercon - Supercon 2 - Technicon 10 - The Fantasy Collector - The Misanthropic Digest - The Recent Future - The Secret Garden - The Stylus - The Whole Fanzine Catalog - Tom Clareson - Tom Digby Along Fantasy Way - Tommy Tomkins - Transcendental ConFusion - Travelling Fete III - Tropicon XI - TusCon 20 - UpperSouthClave 23 - Valleycon 18 - Vanamonde - Vikingcon 14 - Walter Breen - Walter Kubilius - Westercon 46 - Wild Heirs - Windycon XX - Wing Window - WisCon 17 - Xanadu VII

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