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- 16:35, 2 April 2024 John Uri Lloyd (hist) [652 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(April 19, 1849 – April 9, 1936) '''John Uri Lloyd''', a U.S. chemist and author, is chiefly known for his 1895 Lost World novel, ''Etidorhpa, or The End of...")
- 09:44, 2 April 2024 LASFS Poker (hist) [830 bytes] Mlo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "LASFS was a club with a lot of gaming, both card games and board games, but Poker was the most enduring. Brunce Pelx wrote that "at the expensive table ... swings of $...")
- 05:24, 1 April 2024 Gilda Blitzer (hist) [483 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(April 19, 1929 – ) '''Gilda Blitzer''', a New York fan, attended Philcon, the 1947 Worldcon, and Metrocon 1 in New York in 1954, where she was mentio...")
- 04:52, 1 April 2024 John Dyke (hist) [223 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? – ) '''John Dyke''' was a young British fan active in the 1950s and ’60s. He was a member of NotFans, the sf club at Nottingham University. {{per...")
- 04:50, 1 April 2024 Jacqui Bratton (hist) [218 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? – ) '''Jacqui Bratton''' was a young British fan active in the 1950s. She was a member of NotFans, the sf club at Nottingham University. {{person|b...")
- 04:34, 31 March 2024 Vote Early and Vote Often (hist) [672 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''''Vote early and vote often: Dick & Leah for DUFF''''' is an 8-page, mimeoed one-shot pubbed by Dick and Leah Smith in fall 1992 from Wheel...")
- 05:43, 27 March 2024 Peter West (hist) [5,999 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? – ) '''Peter A. West''' was a fan and photographer from London, and for a time Cardiff and Norfolk, from the 1950s. A reference in ''Hyphen'' #19...") originally created as "Pete West"
- 04:08, 27 March 2024 Ian Hill (hist) [383 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? – ) '''Ian Hill''' was a fan from Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1950s and 1960s and possibly later. He was a member of the BSFA, appearing on its first membe...")
- 05:46, 24 March 2024 Pete Cooke (hist) [482 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? – ) '''Peter Cooke''' (or possibly '''Peter Cook''') was a British fan active in the 1950s. He was listed as a member of the British Teenage Fantasy and Sci...")
- 05:43, 24 March 2024 Gordon de Lacy (hist) [451 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? – ) '''Gordon de Lacy''' was a British fan active in the 1950s. He was listed as a member of the British Teenage Fantasy and Science Fiction Society in ''...")
- 05:41, 24 March 2024 Mike Crowdsown (hist) [568 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? – ) '''Mike Crowdsown''' (or possibly '''Mike Crowdson''') was a British fan active in the 1950s. He was listed as a member of the British Teenage Fantasy a...")
- 05:36, 24 March 2024 Howard Griffiths (hist) [363 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? – ) '''Howard Griffiths''' was a British fan active in the 1950s. He was listed as a member of the British Teenage Fantasy and Science Fiction Society in...")
- 05:30, 24 March 2024 Tony Klein (hist) [1,499 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? -- ) '''Tony Klein''' was a British fan from London active in the 1950s and 1960s. He was listed as a member of the British Teenage Fantasy and Science Fi...")
- 04:58, 24 March 2024 Dai Barker (hist) [547 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? -- ) '''Dai Barker''' was a British fan briefly active in the early 1950s. He was listed as a member of the British Teenage Fantasy and Science Fiction Societ...")
- 04:44, 24 March 2024 Philip Duerr (hist) [1,533 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? – ) '''Philip Duerr''' (or possibly '''Phillip Duerr''') was a UK fan from London active in the 1950s. He was a regular attendee at conventions and was a memb...")
- 21:12, 23 March 2024 Science Fiction Happening (hist) [1,940 bytes] Edward Finneran (talk | contribs) (Science Fiction Happenings in Western Massachusetts)
- 20:15, 23 March 2024 Western Massachusetts (hist) [712 bytes] Edward Finneran (talk | contribs) (Created Western Massachusetts as a locale)
- 04:22, 19 March 2024 Cyril Evans (hist) [1,202 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? –) '''Cyril Evans''' was a UK fan from Manchester in the 1950s. He was responsible for almost accidentally giving away the Joan W. Carr hoax. He...")
- 18:26, 18 March 2024 Contabile 35 (hist) [403 bytes] Mlo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Contabile 35 is a filk convention to be held February 7-9, 2025 at "some central UK venue". The GoHs will be Michael "Moonwulf" Longc...")
- 18:20, 18 March 2024 BristolCon 2024 (hist) [318 bytes] Mlo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "BristolCon 2024 is a convention to be held October 26-27, 2024 at the Hilton DoubleTree Hotel in Bristol, UK. The GoHs will be Peter F Hamilton and Joanne...")
- 08:18, 17 March 2024 Alicia Feather (hist) [1,300 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? – ????) '''Alicia Feather''' was a fan from Anglesey in Wales in the 1930s and '40s. She likely qualifies as the first known female fan in the UK. ''No...")
- 04:53, 17 March 2024 Galilean Science Fiction Society (hist) [1,011 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Galilean Science Fiction Society''' was a UK sf club of the early 1950s. ''Science Fantasy News'' reported in March 1952 that Ken Potter was trying...")
- 04:30, 17 March 2024 Shirley Marriott (hist) [2,602 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? –) '''Shirley Marriott''' was a fan from the UK, originally from Bournemouth and later London, active from 1951 to the late 1950s. She was listed as one...")
- 10:43, 15 March 2024 Wolf Foss (hist) [215 bytes] Shsilver (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(1956 -- ) Wolf Foss is an LA fan. His brother is fellow fan Rick Foss. {{recognition}} * 1992 -- Toastmaster and Fan GoH at Windycon XIX {{person|born...")
- 07:48, 14 March 2024 Isabel Burbee (hist) [1,208 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(December 8, 1915 – October 31, 2003) thumb|[[Helen B. Dewey, left, and Isabel Burbee, 1954. Photo by Dave Rike.]] '''Isabel E...")
- 05:48, 14 March 2024 COSine 2025 (hist) [391 bytes] Mlo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "COSine 2025 is a convention to be held January 24-26, 2025 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Colorado Springs, CO. The GoHs will be Lawrence Watt-Evans,...")
- 08:31, 13 March 2024 Jimmy Clay (hist) [936 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? –) '''James Clay''' was a UK fan from London active in the 1940s. He attended the meeting that led to the formation of the Science Fantasy Society and...")
- 08:12, 13 March 2024 Frank Fears (hist) [1,352 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? –) '''Francis R. Fears''' was a UK fan from London active in the 1940s and 1950s. He attended the meeting that led to the formation of the Science Fanta...")
- 07:59, 13 March 2024 Owen Plumridge (hist) [1,468 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? –) '''Owen D. Plumridge''' was a UK fan from Mitcham in Surrey active in the 1940s and 1950s. He hosted the meeting that led to the formation of the Science...")
- 05:34, 13 March 2024 Kay Brickman (hist) [334 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? – ) '''Kay Brickman''' was a New York fan active in the 1940s and ’50s. She was a regular at the QSFL and belonged to ESFA and the N3F. She att...")
- 03:27, 13 March 2024 Diane Berry (hist) [257 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(???? - ????) '''Diane Berry''', a fan from Northern Ireland in the 1950s, was a contributor to ''Femizine''. She was married to John Berry. {{person|born=...")
- 17:49, 12 March 2024 Early Femmefen (hist) [23,781 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "</noinclude>{| class="wikitable" |- ='''The Women Fen Don’t See''' <br>or, Women in Fandom Before Tricon= |'''By Leah Zeldes Smith'''<br>Reprinted from ''Unsettled''...")
- 17:05, 12 March 2024 Corflu 42 (hist) [295 bytes] Mlo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Corflu 42 is a fannish, fanzine-oriented convention to be held April 11-13, 2025 at the Chequers Hotel in Newbury, UK. It will be chaired by Dave Hodson...")
- 17:02, 12 March 2024 Dorothy Quick (hist) [669 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(September 1, 1896 – March 15, 1962) '''Dorothy Gertrude Quick Mayer''' was an early writer of sf, fantasy and horror whose genre work first appeared in 1924....")
- 12:59, 12 March 2024 Rilla Heslin (hist) [422 bytes] Shsilver (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(March 1, 1952 - March 10, 2024) An American filker who performed with the group Windbourne at conventions throughout North America. She co-wrote “Safe Harbor” and “Elf...")
- 07:46, 12 March 2024 Hyacinthe Hill (hist) [1,264 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(May 24, 1920 – March 25, 1989) '''Hyacinthe Hill''' was the penname of '''Virginia Rose Anderson'''<ref>Not to be confused with Virginia Combs Anderson, aka Nanek....")
- 07:22, 12 March 2024 Pleasure Units (hist) [551 bytes] Mlo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An apazine published by Gordon Eklund for SAPS. <tab head=top> Issue || Date || Pages || SAPS Mailing || Notes #1 V1.1 || 6 || April 1962 || 59 || #2 V1.2 |...")
- 09:14, 10 March 2024 Richard Smith, Jr. (hist) [236 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''(Did you mean Dick Smith from Chicago or the American Richard Smith, Jr.?)'' (???? – ) A Leeds fan active in the 1950s. {{person|born=????}} Catego...")
- 09:00, 10 March 2024 Collected Poems of G. M. Carr (hist) [257 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''''Collected Poems of G. M. Carr''''' is a 1957 fanthology of poetry by Gertrude M. Carr, which she published in SAPS #40. {{publication|year=1957}}...")
- 08:54, 10 March 2024 NFFF As It Could Be? (hist) [124 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A 1952 one-shot about the N3F by G. M. Carr. {{publication |year=1952}} Category:fanzine Category:US")
- 07:21, 9 March 2024 Fandom's Firsts (hist) [3,351 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "=Events= ==Conventions== *First SF convention, 1936. *Other first convention, 1937. **Which Was the First SF Convention? *...")
- 04:01, 8 March 2024 Neffer's Guide to Current Fanzines (hist) [342 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A fanzine index started by Ralph Holland for the N3F and completed by his sister, Dora Holland, after his death in 1962. [https://fanac.org/fanzines/Refe...")
- 05:56, 7 March 2024 Gee (hist) [358 bytes] Mlo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A fanzine published by William J. Calabrese (publisher) and W. Jacques Bellygrease (editor). <tab head=top> Issue || Date || Pages || Notes || June 1953 || 20 || Ma...")
- 05:51, 7 March 2024 Girn (hist) [259 bytes] Mlo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A fanzine published by Robert E. Gilbert. <tab head=top> Issue || Date || Pages || Notes 1 || 1957? || 22 || </tab> * {{fanzineindex |name={{PAGENAME}} |dir=}} {{...")
- 08:52, 28 February 2024 Mayhem Annex (hist) [705 bytes] Mlo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An apazine published by Felice Rolfe and Ed Meskys for APA-L. <tab head=top> Issue || Date || Pages || APA-L Mailing || Notes 1 || April 1965 || 2 || 29...")
- 08:33, 28 February 2024 Energy (hist) [330 bytes] Mlo (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An apazine published by Marc Ortlieb for ANZAPA. <tab head=top> Issue || Date || Pages || ANZAPA mailing || Notes || August 1992 || 8 || 147 || || December...")
- 03:23, 28 February 2024 LAZiness (hist) [150 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A dittoed apazine by Leah A. Zeldes in the 1970s. {{publication |year=1970s}} Category:fanzine Category:apazine Category:US")
- 08:31, 20 February 2024 The Cymrades (hist) [585 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Cymrades''' were likely the first sf club in Wales. The name is derived from Cymru, the Welsh name for Wales. While there were earlier known Welsh fans the...")
- 07:24, 20 February 2024 Gary L. Plumlee (hist) [322 bytes] Leah Zeldes Smith (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(October 4, 1954 – May 3, 2020) '''Gary Plumlee''' was a longtime fan from Indianapolis, IN. He was a member of the CFG and the [[Southern Fandom Confederation]...")
- 11:43, 19 February 2024 Every Place I Read Your Goddamn Fanzine (hist) [720 bytes] Mark Plummer (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''''Every Place I Read Your Goddamn Fanzine''''' is a mostly PDF fanzine by Peter Young first published in February 2024. Each issue is a letter of comment on ano...")