1966
January | Central Ohio Science Fiction Society founded |
March 2 | Roger Phillips Graham dies |
March 12 | First Skylark Award given out |
March | First Marcon held |
Easter | Yarcon |
April 11 | First Bubonicon held |
April 15 | Columbia University Science Fantasy Society chartered |
May 1 | SCA founded |
August 29 -- | Thomas Schluck TAFF trip. |
September 1-5 (Labor Day) | Tricon (Worldcon) |
November 25 | Minn-Stf founded |
The Ontario Science Fiction Club founded |
Births and Deaths:
Alastair Reynolds - Ann Leckie - Ariane von Orlow - Basil Davenport - Bryan Berry - Carolyn D. Doyle - Charles Willard Diffin - Cordwainer Smith - Dale Hart - David H. Keller - Earl Binder - Ed Wyman - Erik Olson - Gordon Van Gelder - Heidi Lyshol - Helen Cloukey - Howard Miller - Ian Randal Strock - Kate Forsyth - Keith Brooke - Larry Dixon - Lawrence Keating - Malcolm Smith - Michael Carroll - Neil Clarke - Nina Allan - Philip Reeve - Rog Phillips - Sarah Zettel - Tananarive Due - Terry Burns - Tracy Benton - Wil McCarthy
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Publications started or ended:
A Fanzine for Jack Harness - Amble - Another One - Ansible - Australian Science Fiction Review - Bad News - Binx - Blitz - Blue Jaunte - Brennschluss - Burp - By Strange Unseen Gods - Compass - Deadwood - Dipsomania - Directory of Science Fiction Fandom - Eclipse - Effell - Entmoot - Entropy - Expletive - Famous Science Fiction - Fantasia - Forry! - Fusion - Galoot - Geiger - Good Housekeeping - Green Dragon - Grimwab - Helmuth - Hero - Horrib - Hugin and Munin - Häpna! - I Palantir - John Dickson Carr Bibliophile - Knowable - Kobold - L - LASFuss - LeeH - Link - Mannderings - Merk-Mag - Murther - Next 70,000 Years of Society - Nexus - Norb's Notes - OPO - One Page Only - Peace on Sol III - Pepsi-coma - Probably Something - Proteus - QRM - Rally! - Rebel - Rump L stiltskin - Sirruish - Skandifandom Annual - Specialink - Stroon - Syracon Sentinel - Tangent - The House of the Games - The MITSFS Mitigator - The New Unknown - The Red Lantern - The Unknown - The Village Idiot - Thud-F - Trivia - Troat - Wizard - Zingaro - ВАЛДАЫ
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:
Alastair Reynolds - Amble - Ansible - Bad News - Brennschluss - Bryan Berry - Burp - Compass - Deadwood - Directory of Science Fiction Fandom - Eclipse - Effell - Entropy - Fusion - Grimwab - Hero - Keith Brooke - Kobold - Link - Nexus - Nina Allan - Peace on Sol III - Philip Reeve - Proteus - Specialink - The Horror Film Club of Great Britain's Convention - Thud-F - Yarcon
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
1966 Open ESFA - 1966 Southwestercon - A Fanzine for Jack Harness - ALA-APA - Ann Leckie - Basil Davenport - Binx - Blitz - Blue Jaunte - Boskone 2 - Boskone 3 - Burlingame in '66 - By Strange Unseen Gods - Carnegie Mellon Science Fiction Society - Carolyn D. Doyle - Central Ohio Science Fiction Society - Charles Willard Diffin - Cleveland in '66 - Cordwainer Smith - Dale Hart - David H. Keller - DeepSouthCon 4 - Delasalle High School Fan Enclave - Dipsomania - Disclave 10 - Earl Binder - Ed Wyman - Entmoot - Erik Olson - Expletive - Famous Science Fiction - Fandom at Columbia - Fantasia - Forry Award - Forry! - Galoot - Geiger - Good Housekeeping - Gordon Van Gelder - Green Dragon - Helen Cloukey - Helmuth - Horrib - Howard Miller - I Palantir - Ian Randal Strock - John Dickson Carr Bibliophile - Knowable - L - LASFuss - Larry Dixon - Lawrence Keating - LeeH - Lunacon 9 - Malcolm Smith - Mannderings - Marcon - Marcon I - Merk-Mag - Midwestcon 17 - Minn-StF - Murther - NESFA Index - Nebula Award Weekend - Nebula Awards - Neil Clarke - Next 70,000 Years of Society - Norb's Notes - OPO - One Page Only - Ozarkon - Ozarkon I - Pepsi-coma - Philcon 1966 - Probably Something - Puddleby-on-the-Marsh Irregulars - QRM - Rally! - Rebel - Rog Phillips - Rump L stiltskin - SCA - Sarah Zettel - Sirruish - Skylark Award - Stroon - Syracon Sentinel - Syracuse in '66 - Tananarive Due - Tangent - Technology Amateur Press Association - Terry Burns - The Fanzine Foundation - The House of the Games - The MITSFS Mitigator - The New Unknown - The Red Lantern - The Science-Fantasy Publishers - The Universes of E. E. Smith - The Unknown - The Village Idiot - Tracy Benton - Tricon - Cory Seidman (Panshin)'s Tricon Reminiscence - Fred Pohl's Tricon Reminiscence - Trivia - Troat - Virgilio Ice Cream & Soda Party - Westercon 19 - Wil McCarthy - Wizard - Zingaro - ВАЛДАЫ
Rest of the World:
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