1930
January | Astounding first published by Clayton under Harry Bates' editorship. |
February 18 | Pluto discovered. |
July | The first fanzine: The Planet begins publication. |
September 27 | The First Feud: The Scienceers split in two and cease to function as an organized club |
October 27 | Ilford Science Literary Circle founded in the UK |
Births and Deaths:
Agnes Harook - Ardath Mayhar - Art Castillo - Arthur Conan Doyle - Bob Briggs - Bryan Berry - C. Stewart Metchette - Calvin Thomas Beck - Carol Ballard - Cherry Wilder - D. G. Compton - Darko Suvin - Dean Dickensheet - Denny Cowen - Diane Terwilleger - Dick Ellington - Doll Gilliland - Donald Malcolm - Doreen Parker Rogers - Edward D. Hoch - Ellis Mills - Erwin Scudla - Florence Russell - Frank Denton - Fred Saberhagen - Gahan Wilson - George H. Young - George Sjöberg - Hal Shapiro - Ivor Rogers - J. G. Ballard - Jack Gaughan - Jim Warren - Joe Schaumburger - John Birchby - Larry Stewart - Lin Carter - Lionel Blue - Marion Zimmer Bradley - Norb Reinsel - Noreen Shaw - Paul Lehr - Rita Krohne - Robert Stallman - Roger Sims - Russ Woodman - Ruth Kyle - Stephen Fabian - Steven Schultheis - Terri Pinckard - Tom Boardman - Walter Breen
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Asia:
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US:
Agnes Harook - Amateur Science Fiction Correspondent - Ardath Mayhar - Art Castillo - Astounding Science Fiction - Bob Briggs - Boys' Scientifiction Club - C. Stewart Metchette - Calvin Thomas Beck - Carol Ballard - Cosmology - D. G. Compton - Dean Dickensheet - Diane Terwilleger - Dick Ellington - Doll Gilliland - Edward D. Hoch - Ellis Mills - Fantasy Fictioneer - Florence Russell - Frank Denton - Fred Saberhagen - Gahan Wilson - George H. Young - Hal Shapiro - Ivor Rogers - Jack Gaughan - Jim Warren - Joe Schaumburger - Larry Stewart - Lin Carter - Marion Zimmer Bradley - Norb Reinsel - Noreen Shaw - Paul Lehr - Rita Krohne - Robert Stallman - Roger Sims - Russ Woodman - Ruth Kyle - Stephen Fabian - Steven Schultheis - Terri Pinckard - The Asteroid - The Asteroid - The Planet - Walter Breen - Which Was the First Club? - Wonder Stories Quarterly
Rest of the World:
1929 | 1930 | 1931 |