1968

January 6	First Minicon.
January 27	Ron Ellik dies.
February 17	PenSFA formed.
Easter	Thirdmancon.
April 4	Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated.
April 6	Steve Stiles commences TAFF trip.
April 29	Anthony Boucher dies.
May 10	Locus begins publication as a Boston in 71 bidzine.
May	WPSFA founded.
May	Science Fiction Club of London disbands.
July	New Orleans Science Fiction Association holds its first election.
August	Myriad founded.
August 29–September 2 (Labor Day)	Baycon (Worldcon).
October	ANZAPA first mailing.
October 12	The first BSFA ceases.
Late December	John Michel dies.
December 21	DASFA founded.

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Births and Deaths:

A. M. Dellamonica - Anthony Boucher - Charles Lee Riddle - Chris Moriarty - Clare Winger Harris - Cornell Woolrich - D. Alberti - Dave McIntee - Dave Mcintee - David Speakman - Ed Dravecky - Farah Mendlesohn - Frank Owen - Gavin Smith - Gerald Kersh - Groff Conklin - Harl Vincent - Howard Tayler - J. Lloyd Eaton - Jeff VanderMeer - Jesse Sheidlower - John B. Michel - John Bray - Justina Robson - Karen Lord - Kate Orman - Kelley Armstrong - Ken McIntyre - Kurt Miller - Laurie Penny - Lee Jacobs - Lewis Grant, Jr. - Marcel Theroux - Mark Bould - Mark Nelson - Max Keasler - Melissa Gay - Mervyn Peake - Mike Brotherton - Omar Rayyan - Paul Melko - Peadar Ó Guilín - Peter Eisler - Ron Ellik - Sergey Lukianenko - Shane Tourtellotte - Suzanne Palmer - Travis S. Taylor - Tricia Sullivan - Vox Day - Warren Ellis

Convention series started or ended:

Clarion - Eastercon - FUNcon - Fan Fair - London Minicon - Minicon - Octocon - Secondary Universe

Onetime conventions:

1968 Belknap College Tolkien Conference - Melbourne Science Fiction Conference - NEOSFS New Years Con

Bids:

Baltimore in '71 - Bay Area in '68 - Chicago in '73 - Las Vegas in '68 - PanPacificon - Seattle in '68

Publications started or ended:

A Handbook of the Current Middle Ages - ASP - Advocates of the Infinite - Arioch - Ash-Wing - Badinage - Barefoot Contessa - BeABohema - Bixel - Bybyn-Bubyn - Cacoethes - Checkpoint - Cinder - Cinquefoil - Coprofile - Coprophile - David Malone's SF Fanzine - Debb'nshire Crame and Scrumpy - Den Haag Niewsblaadje - Dipsomania - Ecco - Eclipse - Effell - Egoboo - Einblatt! - Elbereth - Ennui - Eos - FMZ - First Fandom News Letter - Flip - Freewheelin' - Glamdring - Granfalloon - Grimwab - Grok - Harlan Ellison: The Man, The Writer - Haunted - Holbytla - Hotel of Usher - Hydrophobia - Hyperdrive - I. Barad - Id - It Ain't Me Babe - Kevas and Trillium - L'Ange Jacque - Little Supo Deluxe - Locus - Loki - Lowdown - Marzabul - Mazarbul - Meteor - Mondaily Guru - Nargothrond - Neutron - Not Much'a Nothin' - Nozdrovia - Nyarlathotep - OS - Orcrist - Oxo-Beppo - Pablo - Pegasus - Periphrasis - Plinth - Poems to Astronauts - Pot Pourri - Quendi - Rataplan - Replay - Return of Imk - Rosemary - Ruffcut - Rune - ST-Phile - Science Fantasy News Bulletin - Selected Writings of Lee Jacobs - Snorkel - Son of New Futurian - Son of Tightbeam - Songs from the Isenfiri - Star Trek Concordance - Stardock - Syzygy - TAFF Progress Report - Tension - The Ecco Ryder - The Legal Rules - The MISFITS Bulletin - The Middle Earthworm - The New Millennial Harbinger - The S. F. Critic - The Vorpal Sword - Thirdmancon Combozine - Tomorrow And... - Unicorn - Wadezine - Weirdbook - Yac'sone - Yrch!

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

1968 Hugos - Best Novella Hugo

Stores opened or closed:

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Bristol and District Group - Bristol and District SF Club - Dallas SF Society - Fanatics - MASF - Monash University Science Fiction Association - Peninsula Science Fantasy Association - Science Fiction Club of London - Science Fiction Forum - Syracuse University Science Fiction Society

Fanhistory:

1968 Hugo Ceremony Transcript - Fred Pohl's Baycon Reminiscence - Convention Annual No 4 - Gaughan Amendment - I've Had No Sleep and I Must Giggle - Increase in Convention Sizes in the 1970s - Return With Us Now

New fanspeak coined:

Kipple

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Coprophile - PanPacificon - Trans Oceanic Fan Fund

Australia:

ANZAPA - Eos - Kate Orman - Little Supo Deluxe - Mark Nelson - Melbourne Science Fiction Conference - Monash University Science Fiction Association - PanPacificon - Pat Terry Fan Fund - Peter Eisler - Rataplan - The New Millennial Harbinger

Britain:

Badinage - Bristol and District Group - Bristol and District SF Club - Bybyn-Bubyn - Checkpoint - Dave McIntee - Dave Mcintee - Debb'nshire Crame and Scrumpy - Eclipse - Effell - Farah Mendlesohn - Freewheelin' - Gavin Smith - Gerald Kersh - Grimwab - John Bray - Justina Robson - Ken McIntyre - Laurie Penny - London Minicon - London Minicon 2 - Marcel Theroux - Mark Bould - Mark Nelson - Mervyn Peake - Meteor - Pablo - Plinth - Rosemary - Ruffcut - Science Fiction Club of London - Son of New Futurian - The Middle Earthworm - Thirdmancon - Thirdmancon Combozine - Tricia Sullivan - Wadezine - Warren Ellis - Yac'sone

Canada:

A. M. Dellamonica - Fan Fair - Fan Fair I - Kelley Armstrong - Kevas and Trillium - Lowdown - Secondary Universe

Europe:

Den Haag Niewsblaadje - Sergey Lukianenko - Stockon 6

Ireland:

Peadar Ó Guilín - Pot Pourri

New Zealand:

ANZAPA

US:

1968 Belknap College Tolkien Conference - 1968 Detroit Triple Fan Fair - 1968 Hugo Ceremony Transcript - 1968 Open ESFA - 1968 Southwestercon - A Handbook of the Current Middle Ages - ASP - Advocates of the Infinite - Alpha * Omega: A New Year's Convention - Anthony Boucher - Arioch - Ash-Wing - Balticon 2 - Baltimore in '71 - Barefoot Contessa - Bay Area in '68 - Baycon - Fred Pohl's Baycon Reminiscence - BeABohema - Bixel - Blue's Apa - Boskone 5 - Cacoethes - Charles Lee Riddle - Chicago in '73 - Chris Moriarty - Cinder - Cinquefoil - Clare Winger Harris - Clarion - Convention Annual No 4 - Coprofile - Cornell Woolrich - D. Alberti - Dallas SF Society - David Malone's SF Fanzine - David Speakman - DeepSouthCon 6 - Dipsomania - Eastercon - Ecco - Ed Dravecky - Egoboo - Einblatt! - Elbereth - Ennui - FMZ - FUNcon - FUNcon 1 - Fanatics - First Fandom News Letter - Flip - Frank Owen - Gerald Kersh - Gestalt - Glamdring - Granfalloon - Groff Conklin - Grok - Harl Vincent - Harlan Ellison: The Man, The Writer - Haunted - Holbytla - Hotel of Usher - Howard Tayler - Hydrophobia - Hyperdrive - I've Had No Sleep and I Must Giggle - I. Barad - Id - Increase in Convention Sizes in the 1970s - It Ain't Me Babe - J. Lloyd Eaton - Jeff VanderMeer - Jesse Sheidlower - John B. Michel - Kurt Miller - L'Ange Jacque - Las Vegas in '68 - Lee Jacobs - Lewis Grant, Jr. - Locus - Loki - Lunacon 11 - MASF - Marcon III - Marzabul - Max Keasler - Mazarbul - Melissa Gay - Meskcon - Midwestcon 19 - Mike Brotherton - Minicon - Minicon 1 - Mondaily Guru - NEOSFS New Years Con - Nargothrond - Neutron - Not Much'a Nothin' - Nozdrovia - Nyarlathotep - OS - Octocon - Omar Rayyan - Orcrist - Oxo-Beppo - Ozarkon III - PanPacificon - Paul Melko - Pegasus - Peninsula Science Fantasy Association - Periphrasis - Philcon 1968 - Quendi - Replay - Return With Us Now - Return of Imk - Ron Ellik - Rune - ST-Phile - Science Fantasy News Bulletin - Science Fiction Forum - Seattle in '68 - Secondary Universe - Secondary Universe I - Selected Writings of Lee Jacobs - Shane Tourtellotte - Snorkel - Son of Tightbeam - Star Trek Concordance - Stardock - Suzanne Palmer - Syracuse University Science Fiction Society - Syzygy - TAFF Progress Report - Tension - The Ecco Ryder - The Hill - The Index of Science Fiction Magazines 1951-1965 - The Legal Rules - The MISFITS Bulletin - The S. F. Critic - The Vorpal Sword - Tomorrow And... - Trans Oceanic Fan Fund - Travis S. Taylor - Unicorn - Vox Day - Weirdbook - Yrch!

Rest of the World:

Karen Lord