Denver, CO

Denver, Colorado (including nearby Colorado Springs and Boulder) had a fannish culture surprisingly early -- Olon F. Wiggins of Denver wrote letters to prozines beginning in 1932, helped found the Colorado Fantasy Society in 1940 and in 1941 brought home the third Worldcon, Denvention. World War II ended organized fandom in Denver, but the Colorado Fantasy Society was revived at the War's end and lasted into the 1960s.

After a split in the Colorado Fantasy Society, Camille Cazadessus helped found a new club, the Denver Area Science Fiction Association, DASFA, which was founded in December 1968 which sponsored MileHiCon beginning in 1969.

Clubs

• Denver Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club
• Colorado Fantasy Society
• Denver Area Science Fiction Association (DASFA)
• Denver Science Fictioneers
• First Friday Fandom
• IBECC
• Misty Mountains
• Colorado State University Science Fiction and Fantasy Club
• CSU Anti-Martian Society

Conventions

• MileHiCon
• Donnercon
• COSine
• Penulticon
• Anaconism
• Smofcon 16
• Mythcon XXXIII
• Mythcon XXVII
• Mythcon 46
• The Undiscovered Country
• Yuccacon
• Costume-Con 31
• SF Symposium

Worldcons and Worldcon bids

• Denver in 1941 --> Denvention
• Denver in '81 --> Denvention Two
• Denver in 2008 --> Denvention 3
• Breckenridge in '85

Fanzines and APAs

• Denver Amateur Press Association (D'APA)
• Lungfish
• Fanity Fare
• Dasfolk Filk-Rock
• Denfen Droppings
• The Alchemist
• Tasa

Fans

• Olon F. Wiggins
• Stanley Mullen
• Lew Martin
• Donald C. Thompson
• Suzanne Carnival
• Norm Metcalf
• Kent Bloom
• Mary Morman
• Kathleen Sloan
• Bob Peterson
• Connie Willis
• Mike Pins
• Bob Johnson
• Camille Cazedessus, Jr.

Other

• Lois Newman Books
• Gauntlet Press
• Centipede Press
• WordFire Press

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