Fan Memoirs
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This is a list of fan memoirs and reminiscences available in Fancyclopedia 3, 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”
- Donald A. Wollheim: “The Origin of Fandom” (Fan Slants 3, June 1944)
- 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
- Various: Con reports
1940s[edit]
- Redd Boggs: “The Purple Dawn”
- Chick Derry: “Primordial WSFA”
- 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”
- The Stranger Club (Boston):
- Harry Warner, Jr.: All Our Yesterdays
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]
- Dave Kyle: Reminiscence
- Robert Madle: A Fake Fan in London
- James White: “The Quinze-y Report” (Hyphen 19)
Solacon (1958)[edit]
Detention (1959)[edit]
1960s[edit]
- Ron Ellik: The Squirrel's Tale
- Don Ford: TAFF Baedeker
- Harry Warner, Jr.: “Most of My Days Before Yesterday”
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]
- Lesleigh Luttrell: Lesleigh's Adventures Down Under
- 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]
- Gary Farber: Reminiscence
- Mike Glyer con report: File 770 7, p. 1.
- Tim Kyger: “How Iguanacon Came to Be”
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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