1999
January 8-10 | First GAFilk |
February 19 | Buck Coulson dies |
March 24-26 | First WillyCon |
Easter | ReConvene |
April 16-18 | First EerieCon |
June 11 | First Foolscap |
August 23 | James White dies |
August 26-29 | Conucopia (NASFiC) |
September 2-6 (Labor Day) | Aussiecon Three (Worldcon) |
September 13 | Moon ejected from orbit. (Space 1999) |
October 20 | Walt Willis dies |
Chuck Harris dies | |
Velma Bowen TAFF trip | |
CUFF: Garth Spencer | |
DUFF: Janice Gelb (South) | |
FFANZ: Linnette Horne (West) | |
GUFF: Paul Kincaid (South) |
Births and Deaths:
Alan Hershey - Andrew Brown - Art Saha - Buck Coulson - Charles Hornig - Chris Boyce - Chuck Harris - Claire P. Beck - D. R. Smith - David Duncan - Del Close - Doris Currier - Earl Singleton - Ed Connor - Eddie Jones - Gary Louie - George "Lan" Laskowski - Gus Willmorth - Hal Shapiro - Hellen Tullis - Howard Browne - James Parkhill Rathbone - James Turner - James White - Jean Grennell - Jim Avery - Jim Broderick - Jim Keith - Joanne Burger - John M. Cunningham - John Roles - Joseph H. Delaney - Joy Hibbert - Larry Sternig - Marion Zimmer Bradley - Marjii Ellers - Mary Evelyn Rogers - Naomi Mitchison - Norman Shorrock - Phyllis Economou - Sture Lönnerstrand - Ted Engel - Walt Willis
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
A Brighton Belle Meets Skippy - A GUFF Spotter's Handbook - ABV - Artemis Magazine - Australian Fan History 1953-1966 - BEM - Balloons Over Bristol - Best of Cyberspace - Black Gate - CounterClock - Covert Communications from Zeta Corvi - Crifanac - Dark Matter - Dragons Tale - Dreamers on the Sea of Fate - Everlasting Lamentables - FANAC Updates - Fables of Irish Fandom - Floating Fan - Guffaw - Harbinger - Hot Ansible Action - Hyphen Tribute Thumbnail - Idiosyncracy - Janthology - LiveJournal - Never Quite Aboriginal - New Routes in America - Oh to be in England, In the Summertime, With my Love - Ok Ken? - On & Off the Road Again - Orb - Out of the Kaje - Parakeet - Pigs Can Fly - QuasiQuote - Raindrops on Roses... - Space-Time Buccaneers - The Adventures of Hemlock Soames (and Flotsam) - The Crooner Takes a Solo - The Lost Club Journal - The Planet of the Eggs - This Here... - Time Traveller's Journal - Zander's Little Book of Filks
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fanhistory:
New fanspeak coined:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Andrew Brown - Aussiecon Three - Australia in 1999 - Australian Fan History 1953-1966 - Bounty Trail - Force Three - Harbinger - Manifest - Never Quite Aboriginal - Oh to be in England, In the Summertime, With my Love - Orb - Out of the Kaje - PS Publishing - Space-Time Buccaneers - Spaced Out - SpawnCon Two - Swancon 24 - The Auld Lang Fund - The Planet of the Eggs - Thylacon 3
Britain:
A Brighton Belle Meets Skippy - A GUFF Spotter's Handbook - ABV - Adelphi Hotel - ArmadaCon 1999 - Balloons Over Bristol - Best of Cyberspace - Chris Boyce - Chuck Harris - D. R. Smith - Dragons Tale - Dreamers on the Sea of Fate - Eddie Jones - Everlasting Lamentables - Fantasycon 23 - Filklore Award - Floating Fan - Guffaw - Idiosyncracy - James Parkhill Rathbone - James White - John Roles - Joy Hibbert - Masque - Masque 7 - Microcon 19 - Naomi Mitchison - Never Quite Aboriginal - New Routes in America - Norman Shorrock - Novacon 29 - Ok Ken? - Oxonmoot 1999 - PS Publishing - Parakeet - Picocon 16 - Pigs Can Fly - QuasiQuote - Raindrops on Roses... - Reconvene - Redemption - Redemption '99 - SECCON - SECCON - The Adventures of Hemlock Soames (and Flotsam) - The Auld Lang Fund - The Crooner Takes a Solo - Time Traveller's Journal - Walt Willis - Wincon - Wincon V - XIlophone - Zander's Little Book of Filks
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
1999 NASFiC Site Selection - 25th World Fantasy Convention - ABV - AggieCon XXX - Alan Hershey - Albacon 1999 - Alcatraz in '99 - Arcana 29 - Archon 23 - Arisia '99 - ArmadilloCon 21 - Art Saha - Artemis Magazine - Balticon 33 - Baycon 1999 - Black Gate - Boskone 36 - Boston in 1999 - Bubonicon 31 - Buck Coulson - CONduit 9 - Capricon 19 - Carl Brandon Society - ChambanaCon 29 - Charles Hornig - Chattacon XXIV - Claire P. Beck - Coastcon XXII - Con*Stellation XVIII - Con-Dor 7 - ConCertino '99 - ConClave XXIV - ConComCon 6 - ConQuesT 30 - Concat 11 - Concave 20 - Concord in '80 - Conestoga '99 - Congenial - Consonance 1999 - Context XII - Conucopia - CopperCon 19 - Corflu 16 - Costume-Con 17 - Crifanac - Dark Matter - DarkCon 2 - Darkover Grand Council 22 - David Duncan - DeepSouthCon 37 - Del Close - DemiCon 10 - Diversicon 7 - Doris Currier - DucKon VIII - Earl Singleton - Ed Connor - EerieCon - EerieCon 1 - Empirecon - Endeavour Awards - FANAC Updates - Foolscap - Foolscap I - GAFilk - GAFilk 1 - Gary Louie - Genericon XII - George "Lan" Laskowski - Gus Willmorth - Hal Shapiro - Hawaii in 1999 - Hellen Tullis - High Halleck - Hot Ansible Action - Howard Browne - Hyphen Tribute Thumbnail - I-Con XVIII - ICFA 20 - ICON 24 - InCon '99 - InConJunction XIX - Infinity, Ltd. - James Turner - Janthology - Jean Grennell - Jim Avery - Jim Broderick - Jim Keith - Joanne Burger - John M. Cunningham - Joseph H. Delaney - Kettleman City in '99 - Larry Sternig - LepreCon 25 - LibertyCon 13 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 17 - Los Angeles in 1999 - Loscon XXVI - Lunacon 42 - Marcon 34 - Marion Zimmer Bradley - Marjii Ellers - MarsCon - MarsCon 1999 - Mary Evelyn Rogers - MidSouthCon 17 - Midwestcon 50 - MileHiCon 31 - Millenium Fallcon - Millennicon -2 - Minicon 34 - MisPlacedCon 13½ - MosCon XXI - Mythcon XXX - Necon 19 - NecronomiCon, 4th Edition - Necronomicon 1999 - Norwescon XXII - OASIS 12 - OVFF 15 - Octocon 36 - On & Off the Road Again - Ooo-La-La Con - OryCon 21 - Parthecon XXVII - Philcon 1999 - Phoenix in 1999 - Phyllis Economou - Pioneers of Wonder - Potlatch 8 - Pulpcon 28 - RadCon 2C - Ramble House - Readercon 11 - Rivercon XXIV - Rustycon 16 - Santa Clara in 1999 - Smofcon 17 - StellarCon 23 - Ted Engel - The Lost Club Journal - The Travelling Fete - This Here... - Travelling Fete VI - Tropicon XVIII - Trufen - TusCon 26 - Valleycon 24 - Vintage ConFusion - WillyCon - WillyCon I - WindyCon XXVI - WisCon 23
Rest of the World:
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