1950

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April 30 First Disclave held.
May 20–21 The first Midwestcon, a relaxacon, held.
June 25 North Korea invades South Korea, starting Korean War.
August Lee Hoffman's Quandry, the focal point fanzine of Sixth Fandom begins publication.
Labor Day NorWesCon (Worldcon).
October Galaxy starts publication.
VAPA ends.



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...And Follow Slowly1950 Open ESFA1950 Worldcon Site SelectionA. Merritt's Fantasy MagazineAAAAA PlusActivity PartyAl SniderAleph-NullAlex VitekAlfred KorzybskiAll Aboard for the BuffloconAll-WarpedAlpha and OmegaAltairAmbrosiaAmy SeftonAndrea DubnickAnn C. CrispinArchon 16Asenath HammondAsmodeusBEMBar-RagBeelzebubBen SolonBill KunkelBizarreBobolingsBruce CovilleBruce DaneCapicon in '50ChabotageChallengeCharles Lee Jackson IICry of the NamelessDavid BrinDean Wesley SmithDestinyDisclaveDisclave 1Don BaileyDouglas E. WinterEdgar Rice BurroughsEgoboo: Or The Time Traveler's TravailElyse S. RosensteinEric MayerEvelyn LeeperFanatic FanzineFantastic Story QuarterlyFantasy-ScopeFanvarietyFanvetsFran SchererFuturistG. Sutton BreidingGalaxy Science FictionGale BurnickGalen PeoplesGem TonesGigi DaneGreg BennettHurkleHydraconISFAImaginationImpossibleInvisible Little Man AwardIrene RadfordIrusabenJames KillusJames P. BlaylockJanice BogstadJay KinneyJeff SmithJessica Amanda SalmonsonJohn D. BerryJohn KesselJomil MulveyJoyce ScrivnerK. W. JeterKaren Joy FowlerKathleen ConatKathryn DaughertyKevin O'Donnell, Jr.La PetiteLewis ShinerLoren J. MacGregorLoren MacGregorLouis FallertLynnhaventionMark LeeperMark LinnemanMary Doria RussellMelinda SnodgrassMercedes LackeyMichael CapobiancoMichael J. WalshMichael M. LevyMichael SwanwickMichael WhelanMichaela RoessnerMidwestconMidwestcon 1MockNan MeskysNebulaNew York Fan HistoryNew York in '50NorWesConForrest J Ackerman's NorWesCon ReminiscenceNudityOrbOut of this World AdventuresOwen K. LaurionPatia von SternbergPaul NovitskiPhilcon 1950Philosophical Dissertation on Abtruse Phenomena...Portland in 1950QuandryRandy BathurstRebecca PriceRenascenceRichard PiniRobert TaylorSTEFCARDScience Fiction NewsscopeScience Fiction WeeklySeeteeSinisterraSpacewarpSteve MillerSteve Rasnic TemSuzanne TompkinsTerran SocietyTerry HughesThe CommitteemanThe Detroit StfanThe InsiderThe Michigan FantasiteTimewarpTom MorleyUniversal FanvarietyUniversal Musketeers NewsUniverseUniversity of Chicago Science Fiction ClubVAPAWastebasketWeird ScienceWeird Tales IndexWeird Unsolved MysteriesWestercon 3Western StarWolverine InsurgentsWorlds Beyond

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