2002

Easter	Helicon 2
April 15th	Damon Knight dies.
May 9th	Bruce Pelz dies.
August 29 - September 2 (Labor Day)	ConJosé (Worldcon)
	Tobes Valois TAFF trip.
	CUFF: Colin Hinz
	DUFF: Julian Warner (North)
	NAFF: Emma Hawkes

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Births and Deaths:

Annette Lotz - Bennett Sims - Betsy Curtis - Bruce Pelz - Cele Goldsmith - Charles Sheffield - Cherry Wilder - Chuck Jones - Dal Coger - Damon Knight - Dave Van Arnam - Dave Van Ronk - Donald Franson - Donn P. Brazier - Emrys Evans - Felix C. Gotschalk - Florence Russell - Frances Helen Sykora - George Alec Effinger - George Tullis - Harry Nadler - I. M. Vinter - Ivor Rogers - Jack C. Haldeman II - Jim Theis - Jon Gustafson - Lloyd Biggle, Jr. - Mal Ashworth - Marlene Broderick - Martha Beck - Millie Taurasi - Nan Meskys - Nancy Rapp - R. A. Lafferty - Richard Cowper - Robert F. Jones - Robert L. Forward - Ron Walotsky - Suzanne Vick - Tom Ölander - Walt Cole - Wynne Whiteford

Convention series started or ended:

5Con - Aussie Gather - ConCarolinas - ConDFW - Conjecture - Contraption - Convergence - GenghisCon - InCon - JerseyDevilCon - Kubla Khan - Midwest Construction - Not Just Another Con - Octocon - Omegacon

Onetime conventions:

Damn Fine Convention - Further Confusion 2002 - Reminiscon Fifty

Bids:

Arizona in 2002 - Bay Area in 2002 - Berlin in 2002 - How to Start a Worldcon Bid in 24 Hours or Less - Roswell in 2002 - San Francisco in 2002 - Seattle in 2002

Publications started or ended:

3SF - A Bright Particular Star - Album - All the Mailing Comments That Fit in Print - All the Quotes That Didn't Fit Anywhere Else part five - Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine - Ankus - Back Brain Recluse - Burstzine - Chunga - Convers[at]ions - Dark Animus - Earisheen - Fnord - Gnat's Testicles - Happy Birthday, LeeH! - Here Come the Hardy Boys - Jean and Eric 'Avalook at the UK - Joie De Vivre - Littlebrook - Long-Legged Tramp - MidFanzine - Nebula Science Fiction: 1952-1959 - Neither Rain, Noir Murder... - Old Toys: A Tarable Collection - Out of the Bin - PKD Otaku - Parakeet - Science Fiction Fandom in Melbourne as I Remember It - scopus:3007 - Splotch - The Great Haiku Shoot-Out - The Great and Terrible Voice of Oz - The Official Philip Jose Farmer Home Page - They Made Us Do It - Thyme - Tobes Stole My Brain - Travelers Tales - Velleity - Weasel Crossing - Zoo Nation

Publishers founded or closed:

Awards made, started or ended:

2002 Hugos - Best Web Site Hugo - Peter McNamara Achievement Award - Sir Julius Vogel Awards - Southeastern SF Achievement Awards

Stores opened or closed:

Phantasia Science Fiction & Mystery Bookshop

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Northampton SF Writers Group - Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand, Inc. - World SF: An Organization of SF Professionals

Fanhistory:

How to Start a Worldcon Bid in 24 Hours or Less

New fanspeak coined:

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

Australia:

A Bright Particular Star - Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine - Aussie Gather - Convergence - Convergence 2002 - Dark Animus - GenghisCon - How to Start a Worldcon Bid in 24 Hours or Less - Jean and Eric 'Avalook at the UK - Out of the Bin - Peter McNamara Achievement Award - Phantasia Science Fiction & Mystery Bookshop - Science Fiction Fandom in Melbourne as I Remember It - Swancon 2002 - Thyme - Velleity - Victorian Science Fiction Conventions Inc. - Wynne Whiteford

Britain:

2002: A Discworld Odyssey - 3SF - Album - ArmadaCon 14 - Back Brain Recluse - Charles Sheffield - Contabile Fortean - ConteXXt - Convers[at]ions - Damn Fine Convention - Fantasycon XXVI - Florence Russell - Fnord - Gnat's Testicles - HarmUni 2 - Harry Nadler - Helicon 2 - I. M. Vinter - Joie De Vivre - Long-Legged Tramp - Mal Ashworth - Microcon 22 - Nebula Science Fiction: 1952-1959 - Northampton SF Writers Group - Novacon 32 - Oxonmoot 2002 - Parakeet - Picocon 19 - plokta.con 2.0 - Reminiscon Fifty - Richard Cowper - They Made Us Do It - Tobes Stole My Brain - Zoo Nation

Canada:

Ad Astra 2002 - Boréal 2002 - Con*Cept 2002 - Con-Version 19 - Ditto 15 - FilKONtario 12 - Keycon 19 - Old Toys: A Tarable Collection - Rotation plan - VCON 27

Europe:

Berlin in 2002 - ConFuse 2002 - ConSaint - FilkContinental 2002 - Parcon 2002 - ShadowCon 7 - Tom Ölander

Ireland:

Earisheen - MeCon V - Octocon 2002

New Zealand:

Cherry Wilder - Con With the Wind - Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand, Inc. - Sir Julius Vogel Awards

US:

2002 World Fantasy Convention - 5Con - 5Con X - AggieCon XXXIII - Albacon 2002 - All the Mailing Comments That Fit in Print - All the Quotes That Didn't Fit Anywhere Else part five - Ankus - Annette Lotz - Arcana 32 - Archon 26 - Arisia '02 - Arizona in 2002 - ArmadilloCon 24 - Astronomical ConFusion - Astronomicon 2002 - Balticon 36 - Bay Area in 2002 - Bennett Sims - Betsy Curtis - Boskone 39 - Bruce Pelz - Bubonicon 34 - Burstzine - CONduit 12 - CONsume / Relaxacon 2002 - Capclave 2002 - Capricon 22 - Cele Goldsmith - ChambanaCon 32 - Charles Sheffield - Chattacon XXVII - Chuck Jones - Chunga - Coastcon XXV - Con*Stellation XXI - Con-Dor IX - ConCarolinas - ConChord 16 - ConClave XXVII - ConComCon 9 - ConDFW - ConDFW I - ConJosé - ConQuesT 33 - Conagerie - Concave 23 - Conestoga 6 - Confluence 14 - Conglomeration 2002 - Conjecture - Conjecture 1 - Consonance 2002 - Contata 3 - Context XV - Contraption - CopperCon 22 - Corflu 19 - Costume-Con 20 - Dal Coger - Damon Knight - Darkover Grand Council 25 - Dave Van Arnam - Dave Van Ronk - DeepSouthCon 40 - DemiCon 13 - Diversicon 10 - Donald Franson - Donn P. Brazier - DucKon XI - EerieCon 4 - Emrys Evans - Felix C. Gotschalk - Florence Russell - Foolscap IV - Frances Helen Sykora - Further Confusion 2002 - GAFilk 2002 - Genericon XV - George Alec Effinger - George Tullis - Happy Birthday, LeeH! - Here Come the Hardy Boys - I-Con XXI - ICFA 23 - ICON 27 - InCon - InConJunction XXII - Ivor Rogers - Jack C. Haldeman II - JerseyDevilCon - JerseyDevilCon 2 - Jim Theis - Jon Gustafson - Kubla Khan - Kubla Khan XXX - LepreCon 28 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 20 - Littlebrook - Lloyd Biggle, Jr. - Loscon 29 - Lovers 50th Anniversary Celebration - Lunacon 45 - Marcon 37 - Marlene Broderick - MarsCon 2002 - Martha Beck - miNiCon - MidFanzine - MidSouthCon 20 - Midwest Construction - Midwest Construction I - Midwestcon 53 - MileHiCon 34 - Millennicon 16 - Millie Taurasi - Minicon 37 - MisCon 16 - Mythcon XXXIII - NJAC 2002 - Nan Meskys - Nancy Rapp - Necon 22 - Necronomicon '02 - Neither Rain, Noir Murder... - NonCon 2 - Norwescon XXV - Not Just Another Con - OASIS 15 - OVFF 18 - Octocon - Octocon 38 - Odyssey Con II - Omegacon - OryCon 24 - PKD Otaku - Philcon 2002 - Potlatch 11 - Pulpcon 31 - R. A. Lafferty - RadCon 3B - Readercon 14 - Robert F. Jones - Robert L. Forward - Roc*Kon 2002 - Ron Walotsky - Roswell in 2002 - Rotation plan - Rustycon 19 - San Francisco in 2002 - scopus:3007 - Seattle in 2002 - Smofcon 20 - So-La-La Con - Southeastern SF Achievement Awards - Splotch - StellarCon 26 - Suzanne Vick - The Great Haiku Shoot-Out - The Great and Terrible Voice of Oz - The Official Philip Jose Farmer Home Page - Travelers Tales - Trinoc*coN 2002 - TusCon 29 - Valleycon 27 - Vikingcon 19 - Walt Cole - Weasel Crossing - WillyCon IV - Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention 2 - WindyCon XXIX - WisCon 26

Rest of the World: