1979
| January 18 | Stone Hill Science Fiction Association founded |
| February 11 | Ron Graham dies |
| Easter | Yorcon |
| May 11–13 | First ArmadilloCon |
| July | HUMANALO founded |
| July 17 | Walter Gillings dies |
| July 20-22 | First Spacecon |
| August 23-26 | Seacon '79 (Worldcon) |
| August 30-September 3, Labor Day | NorthAmericon 79 (NASFiC) |
| September 28-30 | Final PghLANGE held |
| October 19-22 | Wellcon (first New Zealand Natcon) |
| Autumn | First Shoestringcon held |
| Science Fiction Chronicle by Andy Porter begins publication | |
| Terry Hughes TAFF trip | |
| DUFF: Ken Fletcher & Linda Lounsbury (South) | |
| GUFF: John Foyster (North) |
Births and Deaths:
Allen Bernstein - Catherynne M. Valente - Donald B. Thompson - Emily St. John Mandel - Frank Wilimczyk - J. O. Bailey - James H. Madole - Joseph J. Fortier - Leif Andersson - Richard C. Meredith - Roby Wentz - Ronald E. Graham - Russell M. Wood - Sally Rand - Sarah Gulde - Stephen J. Takacs - Tobias S. Buckell - Walter H. Gillings - Yoon Ha Lee
Convention series started or ended:
Ambercon - ArmadilloCon - Artkane - Congrès Boréal - Dubuquon - FilkCon - Foolcon - Future Party - Hexacon - Imagicon - Intervention - Maplecon - Moncon - MosCon - New Zealand Natcon - Nutria Con - Orangecon - PgHLANGE - Rain - Scancon - Sci-Con - Shoestringcon - Spacecon - URCON - UpperSouthClave - Whatcon
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
A Fine Mess - Adsum - Airel - Amanita - Amor - Anduril - Another Bloody Fanzine - Ansible - Arglebargle - Ariel - Benzine - Bunchy Watches Fanzines - By British - CONACS - Checkpoint - Cheep - Closer to the Edge - Conventional Fanzine - Critical Mass - Dipping into ANZAPA - Do Not Laugh - Dr Faustenstein - Echo Beach Quarterly - Egeo Sextarius - Extro - Family Relationships - Fanfare - Fantasy Media - Fast and Loose - Focus - For a Few Fanzines More - Future Retrospective - GUFF Fundies - Ganzi - Gatherings and Happenings - Giant Wombo - Gothic - Grue - Grundoon - Guying Gyre - Gypsy - Harlan's Side - Holier Than Thou - Honor to Finuka - Inca - Inside N3F - Introducing Ken and Linda - Knights - Kwazar - Les Spinge - Licks - Lofgeornost - Love Makes the World Go Awry - Malfunction - Mood 70: The Best of British Fanwriting 1970-79 - Nighthawks - O'Ryan - Ocelot - Ogre - Out of the Blue - Panels - Past, Present & Future - Peripheral Visions - Periphery - Phoenix - Procrustean Papers - Q36 - Quendi - Red Shift - Requiem - Rubber Crab - Ruptured Roo - SFanzine Review - Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review - Science Fiction Chronicle - Science Fiction Media News - Science Fiction World - Scribe - Seamonsters - Seeing-Stone - Shockwave - Sikander - Skiffy Bag - Slater's Witness - Space Junk - Spectre - Starfan - Starling - Stomach Pump - Summer Morn - T Negative - Tertiary Syphilis - The Best of Elmer T. Hack - The Complete BoSh - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - The Potomac River Science Fiction Society Newsletter - The Purple Procrastinator - The Seacon Abstractor & Recorder - Tripe Picker's Journal - Tripe Pickers' Journal - Tweet - Under the Influence - What Spare Time - Wrinkled Shrew - Ycz
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Astra - Auckland University Science Fiction Society - Central Catholic Science Fiction Society - ChUSFA - Jacqueline Lichtenberg Appreciation Society - MUSFS - New York University Science Fiction Society - OMNI - Science Fiction Association of Victoria - Sf3 - Stone Hill Science Fiction Association - Surrey Limpwrists - Swansea SF Group
Fanhistory:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
APES - Airel - Ariel - Bunchy Watches Fanzines - Dipping into ANZAPA - Eastercon '79 - Echo Beach Quarterly - GUFF - GUFF Fundies - Giant Wombo - Grundoon - Introducing Ken and Linda - Past, Present & Future - Procrustean Papers - Q36 - Quasarcon - Ronald E. Graham - Ruptured Roo - Sikander - Son of Tau Ceti - Spectre - Syncon '79 - The Phantom Zine - Unicon V - Waycon '79 - ZAPA
Britain:
A Fine Mess - Adsum - Amanita - Amor - Anduril - Another Bloody Fanzine - Ansible - Benzine - Britain in '79 - By British - Checkpoint - Checkpoint Fan Poll - Cheep - Closer to the Edge - Coulsons to Newcastle - Dr Faustenstein - Egeo Sextarius - Extro - Faancon 4 - Faircon '79 - Fantasy Media - Fantasycon 5 - FilkCon - Focus - For a Few Fanzines More - GUFF - Harry Harrison's Seacon '79 Reminiscence - Inca - Jacqueline Lichtenberg Appreciation Society - Les Spinge - Licks - London in '84 - Malfunction - Metropole Hotel - Mood 70: The Best of British Fanwriting 1970-79 - Novacon 9 - O'Ryan - Ocelot - Out of the Blue - Oxonmoot 1979 - Periphery - Red Shift - Rubber Crab - SFanzine Review - Science Fiction Media News - Scribe - Seacon '79 - Seamonsters - Seeing-Stone - Shoestringcon - Shoestringcon 1 - Slater's Witness - Starfan - Stomach Pump - Surrey Limpwrists - Swansea SF Group - Tertiary Syphilis - The Best of Elmer T. Hack - The Complete BoSh - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - The Seacon Abstractor & Recorder - Tripe Picker's Journal - Tripe Pickers' Journal - Tweet - UK-APA - Walter H. Gillings - Wrinkled Shrew - Ycz - Yorcon
Canada:
Europe:
AAAPA - Do Not Laugh - FilkCon - GUFF - Leif Andersson - Norcon III - Scancon
New Zealand:
US:
1979 NASFiC Site Selection - 20th Century Books - 4th International SF Festival - 5th World Fantasy Convention - APA-TECH - APA-VCR - AZAPA - AggieCon X - Allen Bernstein - Ambercon - Ambercon 1 - Anokon 2 - Apa Filk - Apaloosa - Apasition - Apatite - Apricon 2 - Archon 3 - Arglebargle - ArmadilloCon - ArmadilloCon 1 - Artkane - Astra - BYOB-Con 9 - Background Noise - Balticon 13 - Boskone 16 - Bubonicon 11 - CONACS - Catherynne M. Valente - Central Catholic Science Fiction Society - ChUSFA - ChambanaCon 9 - Chicago in '79 - Chicago in 1982 - Coastcon '79 - Codclave V - ConClave IV - Conebulus III - Conventional Fanzine - Costume-Mania - Coulsons to Newcastle - (Coveted) Balrog Award - Critical Mass - DeepSouthCon 17 - Denver in '79 - Disclave 23 - Donald B. Thompson - Dubuquon - Dubuquon II - E/c2 ConFusion - Family Relationships - Fanfare - Fantasy Faire IX - Fast and Loose - FilkCon - FilkCon I - Fool-Con II - Foolcon - Formerly Artkane - FortCon - Frank Wilimczyk - Future Party - Future Party '79 - Future Retrospective - Ganzi - Gatherings and Happenings - Gothic - Grue - Guying Gyre - Gypsy - Halfacon '79 - Harlan's Side - Hexacon - Hexacon 1 - Holier Than Thou - Honor to Finuka - ICON 4 - Imagicon - Increase in Convention Sizes in the 1970s - Inside N3F - Intervention - Intervention 1 - J. O. Bailey - James H. Madole - Joseph J. Fortier - Just Imagicon - Kampuscon - Knights - Kubla Khan Ception - KulaCon - Kwazar - Leif Andersson - LepreCon 5 - Lofgeornost - Loscon 6 - Louisville in '79 - Lunacon 22 - MUSFS - Marcon XIV - Midwestcon 30 - MileHiCon 11 - Minicon 15 - Minicon-Apa - Moncon - Moncon III - Moonstone Bookcellar - MosCon - MosCon '79 - Mythcon X - Nashville in '79 - New Orleans in '79 - New York University Science Fiction Society - Nighthawks - NorthAmericon '79 - Steve and Sue Francis' NorthAmericon '79 Reminiscence - Norwescon II - Nova 4 - Novacon 9 West - Nutria Con - Nutria Con '79 - OKon 3 - OMNI - Octocon 16 - Ogre - Orangecon - Orangecon '79 - OryCon 1 - Othercon II - Palo Alto in '79 - Panels - Paracon II - Penulticon '79 - Peripheral Visions - PgHLANGE - PgHLANGE XI - Philcon 1979 - PollyAPA - PosthumusCon - Pulpcon 8 - Pyramid Books - Quakecon - Quendi - Requiem - Richard C. Meredith - Riva-Con - Roby Wentz - Roc*Kon 3 - Roc*Kon 4 - Russell M. Wood - SF Weekend - SF and Space Expo - SF/O - SFCon '73 - Sally Rand - Sarah Gulde - Sci-Con - Sci-Con 1 - Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review - Science Fiction Chronicle - Sf3 - Shockwave - Skiffy Bag - Space Junk - Spacecon - Spacecon 1 - Starling - StellarCon IV - Stellarcon '79 - Stephen J. Takacs - Stone Hill Science Fiction Association - Summer Morn - T Negative - TAPADANCE - Tales from the White Hart - The Connection - The Decomposers - The Fantasy Symposium - The International Science Fiction Yearbook - The Potomac River Science Fiction Society Newsletter - The Purple Procrastinator - Tobias S. Buckell - Tropicon - TusCon 6 - URCON - URCON I - Under the Influence - Unicon 5 - UpperSouthClave - UpperSouthClave IX - Valleycon 4 - Vidapa - Westercon 32 - What Spare Time - Whatacon - Whatcon - Whatcon I - Windycon VI - WisCon 3 - X-Con '79 - Yoon Ha Lee
Rest of the World:
| 1978 | 1979 | 1980 |
