2018

January	Don Cook dies
January 23	Ursula K. Le Guin dies
February 12	Bill Crider dies
February 13	Victor Milán dies
March 3	Lars-Olov Strandberg dies
March 5	Peter Nicholls dies
March 8	Kate Wilhelm dies
March 17	Karen Kruse Anderson dies
March 20	Earl Cooley III dies
Easter, April 1	Follycon
May 27	Gardner Dozois dies
May 31	June Moffatt dies
June 7	Lucy Zinkiewicz dies
June 9	Shelby Vick dies
June 28	Harlan Ellison dies
July 1	Jack Gonzalez dies
August 3	Vicky Wyman dies
August 16-20	Worldcon 76 in San Jose
October 18	Pat Lupoff dies
October 26	Harold Stein dies
November 4	Bertil Mårtensson dies
November 12	Fred Patten dies
December 4	Claire Anderson dies
December 8	Gary Tesser dies
December 26	Fred Isaacs dies
	TAFF: Johan Anglemark
	DUFF: Marlee Jane Ward
	GUFF: Marcin Klak

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Births and Deaths:

Al Babcock - Anne Cox - Bertil Mårtensson - Betty Rosenblum - Bill Crider - Christopher Stasheff - Claire Anderson - Dave Duncan - David Bischoff - David Palter - Don Cook - Earl Cooley III - Eddy C. Bertin - Fred Isaacs - Fred Patten - Gardner Dozois - Gary Nelson - Gary Tesser - Graham Connor - Harlan Ellison - Harold Stein - Jack Gonzalez - Jack Ketchum - June Moffatt - Jörgen Peterzén - Karen Kruse Anderson - Kate Wilhelm - Lars-Olov Strandberg - Lee Billings - Lucy Zinkiewicz - Mary Rosenblum - Maurine Dorris - Michael Scott Rohan - Ned McKeown - Pat Lupoff - Peter Coene - Peter Eisler - Peter Nicholls - Shelby Vick - Stan Lee - Steve Lopata - Steve Sneyd - Ursula K. Le Guin - Vicky Wyman - Victor Milán - Walter Velez - Wendy Freeman

Convention series started or ended:

CoKoCon - Conclave - Durhamcon - Nine Worlds - Scintillation - Speculate - StellarCon - The Continuum

Onetime conventions:

CONtrapunkt - YACon

Bids:

New Orleans in 2018 - Westercon 71: The Denver Bid

Publications started or ended:

CAPTAIN FLASHBACK - Doctored Papers - Exhibition Hall - Films Fantastic - First Fandom Experience - Lontar - Lulzine - Origin - SF Site - The Cathartic Route - The Science Fiction Fanzine Reader: Focal Points 1930-1960 - The Wild Goose - Wherever I Lay My Hat

Publishers founded or closed:

First Fandom Experience - Pendragon Press

Awards made, started or ended:

1943 Retro Hugos - 2018 Hugos - Leo Awards - Lodestar Award - The David Gemmell Awards For Fantasy

Stores opened or closed:

Zardoz Books

Clubs founded or disbanded:

Lunarians - University of York Science Fiction and Fantasy Society - Utah Fandom Organization

Fanhistory:

New fanspeak coined:

Miscellaneous:

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Asia:

HAL-CON 2018

Australia:

Conflux 14 - Continuum XIV - Lucy Zinkiewicz - Peter Eisler - Peter Nicholls - Speculate - Swancon 2018 - The Wild Goose - YACon

Britain:

Armadacon 2018 - Betty Rosenblum - Bristol-Con 2018 - Discworld Convention 2018 - Durhamcon - Durhamcon 2 - Enharmonicon - FantasyCon 2018 - Follycon - Graham Connor - Lulzine - Michael Scott Rohan - Nine Worlds - Nine Worlds 2018 - Novacon 48 - Oxonmoot 2018 - Pendragon Press - Picocon 35 - Satellite 6 - Steve Sneyd - The David Gemmell Awards For Fantasy - TitanCon 2018 - University of York Science Fiction and Fantasy Society - Wendy Freeman - Wherever I Lay My Hat - Zardoz Books

Canada:

Ad Astra 2018 - Boréal 2018 - CAN*CON 2018 - Corflu 35 - Dave Duncan - David Palter - Doctored Papers - FilKONtario 28 - Keycon 35 - Ned McKeown - SFContario 9 - Scintillation - Scintillation 1 - VCON 42 - When Words Collide 2018

Europe:

Bertil Mårtensson - CONtrapunkt - DFDF 2018 - Eddy C. Bertin - Fantasticon 2018 - Fantasticon 2020 - Fantastika 2018 - Finncon 2018 - IceCon 2018 - Jörgen Peterzén - Lars-Olov Strandberg - Nemo 2018 - Peter Coene - SFeraKon 2018

Ireland:

Octocon 2018 - TitanCon 2018

New Zealand:

Conclave - Conclave 3

US:

AggieCon 49 - Al Babcock - Anne Cox - Archon 42 - Arisia '18 - ArmadilloCon 40 - Balticon 52 - Baycon 2018 - Bill Crider - Boskone 55 - Bubonicon 50 - CAPTAIN FLASHBACK - CONtraflow VIII - COSine 2018 - Capclave 2018 - Capricon 38 - Chambanacon 48 - Chattacon 43 - Chessiecon 2018 - Christopher Stasheff - Claire Anderson - CoKoCon - CoKoCon 2018 - Coastcon 41 - ConCertino 2018 - ConComCon 25 - ConDFW XVII - ConDor XXV - ConFusion Through the Looking Glass - ConGregate 5 - ConQuesT 49 - ConStellation 9 - Concave 39 - Conflikt 11 - Confluence 2018 - Conglomeration 2018 - Consonance 2018 - David Bischoff - DemiCon 29 - Diversicon 26 - Don Cook - Earl Cooley III - Exhibition Hall - FOGcon 8 - FenCon XV - Films Fantastic - First Fandom Experience - Fourth Street Fantasy 2018 - Fred Isaacs - Fred Patten - GAFilk 2018 - Gardner Dozois - Gary Nelson - Gary Tesser - Genericon XXXI - HELIOsphere 2018 - Harlan Ellison - Harold Stein - ICFA 39 - ICON 43 - IllogiCon vii - InConJunction XXXVIII - Jack Gonzalez - Jack Ketchum - JordanCon X - June Moffatt - Karen Kruse Anderson - Kate Wilhelm - LaffCon 3 - Lee Billings - Leo Awards - LepreCon 44 - LibertyCon 31 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 2018 - Lodestar Award - Lontar - Lunarians - Marcon 53 - MarsCon 2018 - Mary Rosenblum - Maurine Dorris - MidSouthCon 36 - Midwestcon 69 - MileHiCon 50 - Minicon 53 - MisCon 32 - MystiCon 2018 - Mythcon 49 - Necronomicon 2018 - New Orleans in 2018 - Norwescon 41 - OVFF 34 - Origin - OryCon 40 - Pat Lupoff - Philcon 2018 - PulpFest 2018 - Rainbow Con 2.1 - RavenCon 13 - RavenCon 13.5 - Readercon 29 - Rustycon 35 - SF Site - Shelby Vick - Smofcon 36 - SoonerCon 27 - Stan Lee - StellarCon - StellarCon 2018 - Steve Lopata - Steve Sneyd - The Cathartic Route - The Continuum - The Science Fiction Fanzine Reader: Focal Points 1930-1960 - Traincon 4 - TusCon 45 - Ursula K. Le Guin - Utah Fandom Organization - Valleycon 44 - Vicky Wyman - Victor Milán - Walter Velez - Westercon 71 - Westercon 71: The Denver Bid - WillyCon XX - Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention 18 - Windycon 45 - WisCon 42 - World Fantasy Convention 2018 - Worldcon 76 in San Jose

Rest of the World: