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This page covers Greater Detroit including the city itself, but also the surrounding suburbs.  It additionally includes [[Ann Arbor]] (which see for its own article) and Detroit-associated events as far as Lansing.
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'''Greater Detroit''' includes the city itself, and the surrounding suburbs such as '''Oak Park, Southfield''' and '''Troy''', [[Michigan]].  
  
During the 1950s through the 70s, at least, Detroit was a [[fannish]] powerhouse. In more recent years, the center of fannish activity has moved outwards to the nearby college town of [[Ann Arbor]].
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See also: [[Ann Arbor]] and [[Michifen]], which cover Detroit-associated events, as well.
  
The list below includes conventions held in Greater Detroit, clubs, and notable life events for prominent Detroit-related fans.
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==History==
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During the 1950s through the ’70s, at least, Detroit was a [[fannish]] powerhouse. In more recent years, the center of [[fannish]] activity has moved outwards to the nearby college town of [[Ann Arbor]].
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The [[Detroit]] [[fans]] were visitors at the old [[Slan Shack]] in [[Battle Creek]], but didn't form the [[Detroit Science Fictioneers]] till 1943. In 1945, they became the [[Hyperboreans]], who discussed small amounts of [[stf]] and played a lot of chess. [[Ben Singer]] broke up the club by leaving [[Atheism|atheistic]] [[pamphlets]] lying about the meeting-place (a public library) and by some atheistic tirades in public.
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When [[Art Rapp]] and [[Bill Groover]] met the remnants of the [[Hyperboreans]] 30 January 1948 the [[Michigan Science Fiction Society]], a state-wide, though Detroit centered [[club]], was formed, [[Ben Singer|Singer]] doing most of the [[organization]] work. ([[George Young]] promptly formed the name "[[Misfits]]" for the group.)
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After the [[Blowup]] and [[Saginaw]]-based [[Art Rapp]]'s resignation from the [[Misfits|MSFS]], local Detroiters formed the [[DSFL]], which existed in a fashion for several years, giving off splinter groups like the [[Morgan Botts Foundation]]. Return of some members from service after the Korean War led to a renaissance in which [[Detention]] was held in the Motor City.
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In the late 1960s and ’70s, Detroit [[fandom]] centered on the [[Wayne Third Foundation]].
  
<tab head=top>
 
colspan="2"| A Detroit Timeline
 
Year ||Events
 
1943 ||[[Detroit Science Fictioneers]] formed
 
1944 ||[[sisfa|SI/ASFA]] founded in Detroit
 
||[[Detroit Hyperborean Society]] [[club]] formed
 
1946 ||[[Ray Nelson]] invents the [[Propeller Beanie]]
 
|| [[Andy Porter]] born
 
1948 ||[[Michigan Science Fiction Society]] formed
 
|| [[Detroit Hyperborean Society]] [[club]] ends
 
1947 ||[[Carl Lundgren]] born
 
1948 ||[[Larry Tucker]] born
 
1949 ||The [[Blowup]]
 
||[[Roger Sims]] Discovers [[fandom]]
 
1950 ||[[Martin Alger]] coins [[Real Soon Now]]
 
||[[Randy Bathurst]] born
 
1952 ||[[Detroit in '53]] [[Worldcon bid]] fizzles
 
1954 ||[[Detroit in 1955]] [[Worldcon bid]] fails
 
mid-50s ||[[Beerfandom]] founded by [[Art Rapp]]
 
1958 ||[[Detroit in '59]] [[Worldcon bid]] wins at [[Solacon]] beating [[Big 'D' in '59]] and [[Chicago: 1959]]
 
1959 ||[[Detention]] ([[Worldcon]]) held
 
|| [[TAFF]] winner [[John Berry]] visits
 
late 50s ||[[Misfits]] has become a blowing league
 
1960-65 ||[[The Fanzine Foundation]] operated by [[Alan J. Lewis]]
 
mid-60s ||[[Wayne Third Foundation]] founded
 
1964 ||[[Cleveland in '66]] bid begins as an inchoate thing including Detroit
 
1965 ||[[1965 Detroit Triple Fan Fair]] held
 
1966 ||[[Tricon]] ([[Worldcon]]) held in [[Cleveland]] with Detroit as co-host
 
1968 ||[[1968 Detroit Triple Fan Fair]] held
 
||fl [[Neo-Numenor]] ||colspan="2"|
 
1969 ||[[1969 Detroit Triple Fan Fair]] held
 
1970 ||[[Dum-Dum Banquet]] held in Detroit
 
1970s ||[[Oak Park High School Science Fiction Club]] active
 
1973 ||[[Stilyagi Air Corps]] founded in [[Ann Arbor]]
 
||[[Leah Zeldes Smith]] finds fandom
 
1974 ||[[A^2 Relax Icon]] held
 
mid-70s ||[[Sid Altus]] becomes active
 
1975 ||[[ConFusion 13]] held
 
mid-late 70s ||[[MISHAP]] exists
 
1976 ||[[Detroit in '79]] [[hoax]] [[Westercon bid]]
 
||[[EMUSFS]] formed
 
||[[ConFusion 12]] held
 
||[[Martin Alger]] dies
 
||[[AutoClave 1]] held
 
||[[ConClave I]] held
 
1977 ||[[ConClave II]] held
 
||[[ConFusion 14]] held
 
||[[AutoClave 2]] held
 
||[[Contagion II]] held
 
||[[Great Combined Milford and Clarion Decennial Jubilee, Colloquim and Beer Bash]] held in [[East Lansing]]
 
1978 ||[[Phantasia Press]] founded
 
||[[EMUSFS]] ends
 
||[[ConClave 3]] held
 
||[[ConFusion Pi]] held
 
||[[AutoClave 3]] held
 
late 70s ||[[Wayne Third Foundation]] ends
 
||[[Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association]] created by the [[Stilyagi Air Corps]]
 
1979 ||[[Mass ConFusion]] held
 
||[[ConClave IV]] held
 
1980 ||[[Detroit in '82]] [[Worldcon bid]] loses to [[Chicago in 1982]]
 
||[[ConFusion 6 and/or 7]] held
 
||[[FilkCon II]] (in Toledo) organized by [[Ann Arbor]] fans
 
||[[ConClave V]] held
 
1981 ||[[Nine Billion Names of ConFusion]] held
 
||[[ConClave VI]] held
 
1982 ||[[ConFusion 11]] held
 
||[[ConClave VII]] held
 
1983 ||[[Detroit in '85]] [[NASFiC]] [[bid]] loses to [[Austin in '85]] at [[Constellation]]
 
||[[ConFusion 101]] held
 
||[[ConClave VIII]] held
 
1984 ||[[ConClave IX]] held
 
||[[Genuine ConFusion]] held
 
1985 ||[[Leah Zeldes Smith]] moves to [[Chicago]]
 
||[[ConClave X]] held
 
||[[Decadent ConFusion]] held
 
1986 ||[[Perpetual ConFusion]] held
 
||[[ConClave XI]] held
 
1987 ||[[Stark Raving ConFusion]] held
 
||[[ConClave XII]] held
 
1988 ||[[Ambulatory ConFusion]] held
 
||[[ConClave XIII]] held
 
1989 ||[[Phantasia Press]] shuts down
 
||[[ConClave XIV]] held
 
||[[ConFusion 102]] held
 
1990 ||[[ConClave 15]] held
 
||[[State of ConFusion]] held
 
1991 ||[[ConClave 16]] held
 
||[[Immaculate ConFusion]] held
 
1992 ||[[ConClave 17]] held
 
||[[Hardwired ConFusion]] held
 
1993 ||[[ConClave 18]] held
 
||•[[Transcendental ConFusion]] held
 
1994 ||[[ConFusion XX]] held
 
||[[ConClave XIX]] held
 
||[[Ditto 7]] held in [[Ann Arbor]]
 
1995 ||[[ConClave XX]] held
 
||[[ConFusion 10101]] held
 
1996 ||[[ConClave XXI]] held
 
||[[Deviant ConFusion]] held
 
1997 ||[[ConClave XXII]] held
 
||[[ConFusion-17]] held
 
1998 ||[[ConClave XXIII]] held
 
||[[ConFusion of the Winnebagos]] held
 
1999 ||[[ConClave XXIX]] held
 
||[[Vintage ConFusion]] held
 
2000 ||[[Nancy Tucker Shaw]] dies
 
||[[ConClave XXX]] held
 
||[[ConFusion 19100]] held
 
2001 ||[[ConClave XXVI]] held
 
||[[Mystery God ConFusion]] held
 
2002 ||[[ConClave XXVII]] held
 
||[[Astronomical ConFusion]] held
 
2003 ||[[ConClave XXVIII]] held
 
||[[ConFusion and Her Friends]] held
 
||[[Midwest Construction]] held in [[Ann Arbor]]
 
2004 ||[[ConClave XXIX]] held
 
||[[ConFusion XXX]] held
 
||[[Mythcon XXXV]] held in [[Ann Arbor]]
 
2005 ||[[Howard DeVore]] dies
 
||[[31 Flavors of ConFusion]] held
 
2006 ||[[Synthetic ConFusion]] held
 
2007 ||[[MoonBase ConFusion]] held
 
||[[ConClave 32]] held
 
2008 ||[[High Voltage ConFusion]] held
 
2009 ||[[Cryptic ConFusion]] held
 
||[[Randy Bathurst]] dies
 
2010 ||[[I See By My ConFusion]] held
 
2011 ||[[This ConFusion Is Not Yet Rated]] held 
 
2012 ||[[Ben Singer]] dies
 
||[[Epic ConFusion]] held
 
||[[SFRA Conference]] held in Detroit
 
2013 ||[[Detroit in 2014]] [[NASFiC]] [[bid]] wins at [[LSC3]] beating [[Phoenix in 2014]]
 
||[[Larry Tucker]] dies
 
||[[Immortal ConFusion]] held
 
||[[Mythcon 44]] held in [[East Lansing]]
 
2014 ||[[Detcon1]] ([[NASFiC]]) held
 
||[[Legendary ConFusion]] held
 
2015 ||[[ConClave 39]] held
 
||[[Back to the ConFusion]] held
 
2016 ||[[Fred Prophet]] dies
 
||[[ConClave 40]] held
 
||[[Life, the Universe, and ConFusion]] held
 
2017 ||[[The Continuum]] held
 
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Latest revision as of 22:15, 6 August 2021

Greater Detroit includes the city itself, and the surrounding suburbs such as Oak Park, Southfield and Troy, Michigan.

See also: Ann Arbor and Michifen, which cover Detroit-associated events, as well.

History[edit]

During the 1950s through the ’70s, at least, Detroit was a fannish powerhouse. In more recent years, the center of fannish activity has moved outwards to the nearby college town of Ann Arbor.

The Detroit fans were visitors at the old Slan Shack in Battle Creek, but didn't form the Detroit Science Fictioneers till 1943. In 1945, they became the Hyperboreans, who discussed small amounts of stf and played a lot of chess. Ben Singer broke up the club by leaving atheistic pamphlets lying about the meeting-place (a public library) and by some atheistic tirades in public.

When Art Rapp and Bill Groover met the remnants of the Hyperboreans 30 January 1948 the Michigan Science Fiction Society, a state-wide, though Detroit centered club, was formed, Singer doing most of the organization work. (George Young promptly formed the name "Misfits" for the group.)

After the Blowup and Saginaw-based Art Rapp's resignation from the MSFS, local Detroiters formed the DSFL, which existed in a fashion for several years, giving off splinter groups like the Morgan Botts Foundation. Return of some members from service after the Korean War led to a renaissance in which Detention was held in the Motor City.

In the late 1960s and ’70s, Detroit fandom centered on the Wayne Third Foundation.



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