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This is a list of fanoirs (fan memoirs) and reminiscences available in Fancyclopedia 3, on Fanac.org and elsewhere online.
1920s and ’30s
- John V. Baltadonis, Herb Goudket, Dave Kyle, Bob Madle, John J. Newton, Fred Pohl, Milt Rothman, Ossie Train: Phoxphyre (on the First Convention)
- Allen Glasser: “History of the Scienceers”
- Dave Kyle: “Those Wonderful Turbulent Thirties”
- Robert A. W. Lowndes: “Understandings: Hugo Gernsback’s Science Fiction League” (Outworlds 49, April 1987, p. 1620)
- Aubrey MacDermott: On the Origins of Fandom
- Sam Moskowitz: The Immortal Storm
- Jack Speer: Up to Now
- Harry Warner, Jr.: “The Summer of ’39”
- Donald A. Wollheim: “The Origin of Fandom” (Fan Slants 3, June 1944)
- T. Bruce Yerke: Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan
NyCon (1939)
- Forry Ackerman: Reminiscence
- John V. Baltadonis: Reminiscence
- Lloyd Eshbach Reminiscence
- Harry Harrison: Reminiscence
- Charles D. Hornig: Reminiscence
- Dave Kyle:
- Sam Moskowitz: Reminiscence
- Milt Rothman: Reminiscence
- Julius Schwartz: Reminiscence
- Various: Con reports
1940s
- Redd Boggs: “The Purple Dawn”
- Chick Derry: “Primordial WSFA”
- Joe Kennedy: “New York Fan History”
- Francis Towner Laney: Ah! Sweet Idiocy! (Los Angeles)
- Chas. Stuart Metchette: “Michigan Memories”
- Jack Speer: “Fancyclopedia Forever!”
- The Stranger Club (Boston):
- Harry Warner, Jr.: All Our Yesterdays
Chicon (1940)
Denvention (1941)
World War II (1942–45)
Pacificon (1946)
Philcon (1947)
Torcon (1948)
Cinvention (1949)
- Lloyd Eshbach: Reminiscence
- Don Ford: “Post Mortem”
- Roy Lavender: “The Cinvention Scene Dimly”
- Rog Phillips: Comments on Sinvention
- Stan Skirvin: “Wha' Hoppened”
1950s
- Jim & Greg Benford: “Gerfandom Days”
- Vin¢ Clarke: Ex-Inchmery Fan Diary
- Juanita Coulson: Fandom in 1953
- W. Paul Ganley: “Ken and Me”
- Robert Silverberg: Comments on Juanita Coulson's 1953 Article
- Harry Warner, Jr.: A Wealth of Fable
NorWesCon (1950)
Nolacon (1951)
Chicon 2 (1952)
- Lloyd Eshbach: Chicon II Reminiscence
- Roger Sims: “Remembrances of Chicon II”
- Walt Willis: The Harp Stateside
Philcon II (1953)
SFCon (1954)
Clevention (1955)
NyCon II (1956)
Loncon I (1957)
- Dave Kyle: Reminiscence
- Robert Madle: A Fake Fan in London
- James White: “The Quinze-y Report” (Hyphen 19)
Solacon (1958)
Detention (1959)
1960s
- Ron Ellik: The Squirrel's Tale
- Don Ford: TAFF Baedeker
- Harry Warner, Jr.: “Most of My Days Before Yesterday”
Pittcon (1960)
Seacon (1961)
Chicon III (1962)
Discon (1963)
Pacificon II (1964)
Loncon (1965)
Tricon (1966)
NyCon 3 (1967)
Baycon (1968)
St. Louiscon (1969)
1970s
- Lesleigh Luttrell: Lesleigh's Adventures Down Under
- Bill Patterson: “The Little Fandom That Could” (Phoenix fandom, 1968–Iguanacon, 1978)
Heicon '70
Noreascon (1971)
L.A.con (1972)
Torcon 2 (1973)
Discon II (1974)
Aussiecon (1975)
MidAmeriCon (1976)
SunCon (1977)
Iguanacon II (1978)
- Gary Farber: Reminiscence
- Mike Glyer con report: File 770 7, p. 1.
- Tim Kyger: “How Iguanacon Came to Be”
Seacon '79
NorthAmericon '79
1980s
Noreascon II (1980)
Denvention Two (1981)
Chicon IV (1982)
ConStellation (1983)
L.A.con II (1984)
Aussiecon Two (1985)
LoneStarCon (1985)
- Various: Con reports
ConFederation (1986)
Conspiracy '87
Nolacon II (1988)
1990s
Intersection (1995)
2000s
Torcon 3 (2003)
Noreascon 4 (2004)
2010s
LoneStarCon 3 (2013)
Loncon 3 (2014)
Other
- Phil Castora: Who Knows What Ether Lurks in the Minds of Fen?
- Howard DeVore, Lynn Hickman and Roger Sims: “The Further Adventures of Midwest Fandom”
- David Langford: Don't Try This At Home (con reports)
- Roy Lavender: “Fandom Is A Way Of Life”
- Len Moffatt: Califania Tales
- Jack Speer: Fancestral Voices
- Various: Running Amok in the Fun Factory (U.K. con reports)
- Various: TAFF Trip Report Anthology
- Peter Weston: With Stars in My Eyes'’
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