1956

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Easter Cytricon II
May First Feghoot published in F&SF
Aug 31 -- Sept 3 (Labor Day) Nycon II (Worldcon)
Nov 18 First meeting of the Lunarians
Advent:Publishers started
Damon Knight's In Search of Wonder published by Advent:Publishers
Lee Hoffman TAFF trip



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1956 Open ESFAABstractAl von RuffAlexander J. L. BouchardAlexander SamalmanAmitav GhoshBalcony InsurgentsBill JohnsonBill LaubenheimerBill RoperBill WillinghamBob OlsenCaitlin BestlerCarol AnndyCindy ManshipConfabContactDavid ManshipDavid MattinglyDiana Pavlac GlyerDouble WhammyEarl Cooley IIIEasterconEd HutnikElton Elliotteluki bes shaharF. Orlin TremaineFangFanhistoryFapaconFletcher PrattGalleryGround ZeroHarold HerseyHoward WandreiIn Search of WonderInnuendoJ. K. PotterJack WomackJefferson SwycafferJennell JaquaysJoan SlonczewskiJohn G. HemryJordin KareK. T. FitzSimmonsKISMETKaren MeschkeKarina GirsdanskyKatharine Eliska KimbrielKatie WaitmanLast and First FenLee BillingsLeslie DavidLindy LaurentLise EisenbergLunariansLyndon BaughMag NetManaMark BernsteinMichael PeraltaMidwestcon 7Mike RogersMilfordMystic MagazineNew York in 1956Nite CryNullconNyCon IIDave Kyle's NyCon II ReminiscencePaula Helm MurrayPeter DavidPhil FoglioPhilcon 1956Philip R. FriedmanRebecca M. MeluchRebecca MoestaRelaxaconRick FossRiverside DiveRobert NeagleRobert ReedSEConSECon IISam ScheinerSata IllustratedSatellite Science FictionScience Fiction ParadeSheila WilliamsSheldon TeitelbaumSkerrySteve JohnsonTara BarberTendril TowersTeresa Nielsen HaydenThe Science & Fiction Critics ClubThumpTodd McCaffreyTransuranicTwigUgly BirdWestercon 9Wolf FossZetta Dillie

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