1974
| January | First issue of Karass published. |
| February 15–17 | A2 Relax Icon, prequel to ConFusion, held. |
| Easter | Tynecon (Eastercon). |
| April 30 | Fall of Saigon ends Vietnam War. |
| August 8 | U.S. President Richard Nixon resigns. |
| August 29–September 2 (Labor Day) | Discon II (Worldcon). |
| October 25–27 | First TusCon held. |
| Windycon started. | |
| December | IF merged into Galaxy. |
| BSFA refounded. | |
| TAFF: Peter Weston. | |
| DUFF: Leigh Edmonds (North). |
Births and Deaths:
Al Ashley - Alma Hill - Anne Gray - Arthur J. Burks - Arthur Louis Joquel II - Ben Keifer - Carl Swanson - Charles R. Tanner - Christopher J. Garcia - David Mason - Dominic Harman - Doña Campbell - Felix Gilman - George Ebey - Georgette Heyer - Gideon Marcus - Gillon Field - James Bacon - Jason B. Sizemore - Jim C. Hines - Joe Abercrombie - John Kippax - Joseph W. Ferman - Kate Hatcher - Libia Brenda - Liesel Schwarz - Luke Ski - Marjorie Z. Wright - Nnedi Okorafor - Otto Binder - P. Schuyler Miller - Ralph Fluette - Rory Faulkner - Sarah E. Harder - Sarah Monette - Shane Jiraiya Cummings - Steph Swainston - Sully Roberds
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
'Ayn Ran' Is Narnya Spelled Backwards - 'Til the Cows Come Home - 61 Cygni C - A Flying What? - A Winter Solstice Greeting - AmiZine Stories - Anomaly - Antares - Antithesis - Aurora - Big Scab - Black Hole - Blitz - Boonfark - Bumf - Chimaeran Review - Chimera - Clear Ether! - Coitus Interruptus - Cosmeg - Cullowhee Comments - Cypher - Day*Star - Devlins Review - Dragon Teeth - Dreamtree - Eilat for Early Risers - Eli Among the Ice Floes - Empire - Emu Tracks Over America - Eternity Road - FIAWOL - Fanew Sletter - Fantasy Collector's Annual 1974 - Fantasy Worlds - Fijagh - Flatulence - Guying Gyre - HPL - Hell - Howl of Feedback - Iseult - Karass - Laughing Osiris - Legends - Lesleigh's Adventures Down Under - Mad Muses - Madcap - Mathom - Midnight Sun - Mom's Home Made Apple Fanzine - Mysterious Spring Valley Triangle - Mythologies - NESFiG Newsletter - Nebula - No-Eyed Monster - Notes from Arinam - Outsider - Owlexandrian Initiate - Palantir - Personal Notes - Peter Roberts' "Little Gem Guide to SF Fanzines" - Phantasmicom - Philistine Quarterly - Pulp - Random - Red Planet Earth - Requiem - Ritblat/Grim News - Rune - SF Syntes - SFinctor - Scab - Scicon - Science Fiction Monthly - Scientifriction - Second Degenerate - Shangri-LA - Sheep May Safely - Simon - Sirius XIV - Southern Fandom Confederation Handbook - Spang Blah - Spanish Inquisition - Spi - Superamalgamation - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Swoon - Sylmarillion - Synapse - Syzygy - TTBA - The Fractured Mongoose - The Haunter of the Mail - The New SF Bulletin: SF Books 1974 - The Poison Maiden & The Great Bitch - The Science Fiction Lechers and Alcoholics Gluttony and Gambling Society, Anonymous - The Tucker Bag - Thoughts of Chairman Maule - Treaders of Starlight - Treponema Pallidum - Trismus - Tucker Bag 4-1/2 - Twas Ever Thus - Unicorn - Wark - Whichness of the Why - Willy - Witchcraft and Sorcery - Word Balloons - Wrinkled Shrew - Xenophile - Zine Fan
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Aardvark Writing Group - Dorsai Irregulars - FRED - New York Science Fiction Association - Nocres SF Social Club - Reading SF Club - Rivendell Group - SF3 - Science Fiction Cirklen - Star Base Andromeda - TANSTAAFL - The Science Fiction Lechers and Alcoholics Gluttony and Gambling Society, Anonymous - Thursday
Fanhistory:
New fanspeak coined:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
61 Cygni C - AmiZine Stories - Big Scab - Black Hole - Bumf - Chimera - Coitus Interruptus - Cosmeg - Cypher - Dominic Harman - Fantasy Worlds - Felix Gilman - Flatulence - Georgette Heyer - Gillon Field - Hell - Howl of Feedback - Iseult - James Bacon - Joe Abercrombie - John Kippax - Legends - Mad Muses - Madcap - Mathom - NESFiG Newsletter - Nebula - Novacon 4 - Oxonmoot - Oxonmoot 1974 - Peter Roberts' "Little Gem Guide to SF Fanzines" - ROMPA - Reading SF Club - Ritblat/Grim News - Scab - Science Fiction Monthly - Sheep May Safely - Spi - Steph Swainston - TTBA - The Fanzindex - The Purple Hours - Thoughts of Chairman Maule - Trismus - Twas Ever Thus - Tynecon - Tynecon 74 - Wark - Wrinkled Shrew
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
'Ayn Ran' Is Narnya Spelled Backwards - A Directory of SF&F Publishing Houses and Book Dealers - A Flying What? - A Winter Solstice Greeting - A2 Relax Icon - APA-50 - APA-NYU - APA-Q - APA:Anarchon - Aardvark Writing Group - Agacon - AggieCon V - Akon 2 - Al Ashley - Al Schuster's International Star Trek Convention - Alma Hill - Anne Gray - Anomaly - Antithesis - Arthur J. Burks - Arthur Louis Joquel II - Aurora - Balticon 8 - Ben Keifer - Benecia - Blitz - Boonfark - Boskone 11 - Bubonicon 6 - Cal Tech Conference - Capra - Carl Swanson - ChambanaCon 4 - Charles R. Tanner - Chimaeran Review - Christopher J. Garcia - Clear Ether! - ConFusion - Cullowhee Comments - DC in '74 - David Mason - Day*Star - DeepSouthCon 12 - Desertcon II - Devlins Review - Disclave 18 - Discon II - Dave Kyle's Discon II Reminiscence - Flash Sheridan's Discon II Reminiscence - Dorsai Irregulars - Doña Campbell - Dragon Teeth - Dreamtree - Eilat for Early Risers - Empire - Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy - Enterprise - Equicon '74 - Eternity Road - Eyecon - FIAWOL - FRED - Fantasy Collector's Annual 1974 - Gandalf Award - George Ebey - Gideon Marcus - Guying Gyre - HPL - Half-A-Con 2 - Infinity 74 - Inkpot Award - Jason B. Sizemore - Jim C. Hines - Joseph W. Ferman - Jupiter Award - KWEST*Con - KWEST*Con - Karass - Kate Hatcher - Kubla Khan Too - Laughing Osiris - Lesleigh's Adventures Down Under - Lewis Grant, Jr. Memorial Award - Liesel Schwarz - Luke Ski - Lunacon 17 - Mae Strelkov's Friends Fund - Marcon IX - Marjorie Z. Wright - Medievalcon - Midnight Sun - Midwestcon 25 - MileHiCon 6 - Minicon 8 - Minicon 9 - Mom's Home Made Apple Fanzine - Mysterious Spring Valley Triangle - Mythcon V - Mythologies - NYCon 4 Bid - New York Science Fiction Association - New York in '74 - Nnedi Okorafor - No-Eyed Monster - Nocres SF Social Club - Notes from Arinam - Orbit Books - Otto Binder - Outsider - Owlexandrian Initiate - P. Schuyler Miller - Palantir - Personal Notes - PgHLANGE VI - Phantasmicom - Philcon 1974 - Philistine Quarterly - Pulp - Pulpcon 3 - Ralph Fluette - Random - Red Planet Earth - Requiem - Rivendell Group - Rory Faulkner - Rune - SF Symposium - SF3 - SFinctor - San Francisco in '78 - Sarah E. Harder - Sarah Monette - Scicon - Scientifriction - Second Degenerate - Shangri-LA - Sirius XIV - Smofcon 0 - South Virginia Con - Southern Fandom Confederation Handbook - Spang Blah - Spanish Inquisition - Star Base Andromeda - Sully Roberds - Superamalgamation - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Swoon - Sylmarillion - Syzygy - TANSTAAFL - The Avocado Pit - The Fandoliers, or the King of BaraTAFFia - The Fractured Mongoose - The Haunter of the Mail - The Mimeo Man - The New SF Bulletin: SF Books 1974 - The Poison Maiden & The Great Bitch - The Science Fiction Lechers and Alcoholics Gluttony and Gambling Society, Anonymous - The Tucker Bag - Thursday - Treponema Pallidum - Tucker Bag 4-1/2 - TusCon - TusCon I - Uncle Hugo's - Unicorn - UpperSouthClave IV - Westercon 27 - Whichness of the Why - Willy - Windycon - Windycon I - Witchcraft & Sorcery SF Convention - Witchcraft and Sorcery - Word Balloons - Wyocon - Wyocon 1 - Xenophile
Rest of the World:
| 1973 | 1974 | 1975 |
