1984

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January 20–22 First Rustycon.
January 27–29 First Corflu.
early Constellation bankruptcy.
February 4 Olon F. Wiggins dies.
March 30-April 1 First Istacon held.
April 4 Winston Smith began his diary.
Easter Seacon '84 (Eastercon).
June 8–10 First ConQuistador.
August 30–September 3 (Labor Day) L.A.Con III (Worldcon). Wimpy Zone controversy began.
August 30–September 20 Rob Hansen TAFF trip.
September 21–23 First OVFF. First Pegasus Awards given out.
October 12–14 First Smofcon.
October 27 50th Anniversary of LASFS.
D. West pubbed Fanzines in Theory and Practice.
DUFF: Jack Herman (North).
GUFF: Justin Ackroyd (North).
OSFiC disbanded.
MilwApa began.
World dictatorship averted.



Publications started or ended:

A Elbereth Gilthoniel!AbdumpAcnestisAd NauseamAeonAlex's RestaurantAlgolBack Brain RecluseBest Semiprozine HugoBuzzCactus TimesCalabanConvention Girls' DigestCorruption of the InnocentDoor Into GeorgeDreams and False AlarmsDrunkard's TalkEle: Leaves from ForlondElementalEttleEureka!FROM THE DEPTHSFandom Is a Way of DeathFantasy NewsletterFantasy ReviewFanzines in Theory and PracticeFoolsgoldGreetings from SmofvilleGris-GrisHelpmaboabIntuitionKTF Xmas CardKalienKarmetari BulletinKilling TimeKithLand of LaughsLobster TalesLongbottom LeafLove's Prurient InterestMSTOMorlugNew Wave Video SnacksNuisance Value OnlyOdonianOgotryaOgotyraOrcish BuglePeripheryPhantasy PressPhlogistonRafflesRastusReally Late SevenRisque StoriesRotSFEARScarTShallow EndSing Me a Song I KnowSmall Friendly DogSnail's Countdown and the Rat's RevengeSon of Death RaysSouth on PeachtreeSpace JunkSpaghetti JunctionStill LifeSweetness and LightTales from the BeaverbankTales from the Slag HeapTasarionTen for the MexiconThe 1984 Eurocon Press ReportThe Australian Horror & Fantasy MagazineThe Book of MazarbulThe FarthingThe HeadThe Little Fandom That CouldThe Mad 3 PartyThe Magazine of Speculative PoetryThe Northfarthing PostThe Valacirca ChroniclesThis FarceTotally WiredTrivial PursuitsVortex (Keogh)WaldoWeathertopWet BeaversWhistleberryWilwarinWoonsocketZedZine Grey

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APA-DSCAeonAggieCon XVAlgolArchon 8ArmadilloCon 6Art WilsonAtlanta Fantasy Fair 1984Bable ConBalticon 18BayFilk IIBeresford SmithBill "The Galactic" FesselmeyerBill BergBob StudleyBoskone 21Brave New ConBubonicon 16CapconCapricon 4Catherine Anastasia NelsonChambanaCon 14Charles Ford HansenCharles G. FinneyChattacon IXCircle ConClipperConCoastcon '84Codclave XCon*Stellation II.VCon*Stellation IIICon*Tretemps 3Con-JurationConClave IXConQuesT 15ConQuistadorConQuistador 1ConTact 2Concave 5Concentric '84Contradiction 4Convention Girls' DigestCopperCon 4Corflu 1Corruption of the InnocentCostume-Con 2DC in '84Dan McPhailDarkover Grand Council 7DeepSouthCon 22Disclave 28Earthcon IVEdgar Rice Burroughs Amateur Press AssociationEjler JakobssonEmpiricon VEncyclopedia of Science Fiction and FantasyEsotericonEttleEureka!Fandom Is a Way of DeathFantasy FaireFantasy NewsletterFantasy ReviewGenuine ConFusionGulag in '84Hatcon IHexacon 7I-Con IIIICFA 5ICON 9InConJunction IVInconclusive .55555IntuitionIstaconIstacon 1Jack McKnightJane TuckerJoe HarnageKenneth ArnoldKent in 1984Killing TimeKithKubla's Dirty DozenL.A.con IIGreg Thokar's L.A.con II ReminiscenceLA in 1984LASFS 50th Anniversary BanquetLarry NielsonLepreCon 10Lobster TalesLoscon ElevenLove's Prurient InterestLunacon 27Marcon XIXMax GladstoneMaxicon 2MetrofenMidSouthCon 3Midwestcon 35Mike CouchMike ZaharakisMileHiCon 16MilwAPAMinicon 18MosCon VIMunchconMunchcon 4MystiCon IIIMythcon 1984Mythcon XVNecon 5Necronomicon '84Norbert CouchNorwescon 7.5Norwescon VIINova 9NovaconNovacon IIOKon 7OVFFOVFF 1Octocon 21OgotryaOgotyraOlon F. WigginsOmacon 4Onocon '84OryCon '84Pegasus AwardPetuniaconPhantasy PressPhilcon 1984Phoenix in 1984Portland in 1984Pulpcon 13QuesticonR-ConRafflesRisque StoriesRivercon IXRobert Jackson BennettRovacon 9RustyconRustycon 1Sam MartinezScarTSci-Con 6Sherry FesselmeyerSkyconSkycon 4Smofcon 1Sophie Wenzel EllisSouth on PeachtreeSpace JunkSpaceconSpacecon 6SpoCon '84StellarCon IXSunuvacon 1Texarkon '84The BurrahobbitsThe HeadThe Little Fandom That CouldThe Mad 3 PartyThe New York FeudThe Wild HuntTim DanielsTotally WiredTreasurecon 2Trivial PursuitsTropicon IIITusCon 11Unicon '84Valleycon 9Vikingcon 5Virgil PartchVulkonWamconWestercon 37Western Re-Con IIWilliam CrawfordWilwarinWimpy ZoneWindycon XIWisCon 8X-Con 8Xanadu 1.5ZedZine Grey

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