Difference between revisions of "2020"
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May 29 || [[Uncle Hugo's]] [[bookstore]] burnt down and [[DreamHaven]] vandalized in [[Minneapolis]] riots. | May 29 || [[Uncle Hugo's]] [[bookstore]] burnt down and [[DreamHaven]] vandalized in [[Minneapolis]] riots. | ||
July 29–August 2 ||[[CoNZealand]], the first virtual [[Worldcon]]. | July 29–August 2 ||[[CoNZealand]], the first virtual [[Worldcon]]. | ||
| + | August 21–23 || Virtual [[Columbus 2020 NASFiC]]. | ||
November || 506-page posthumous ''[[Outworlds]]'' 71 issued by friends of the late [[Bill Bowers]]. | November || 506-page posthumous ''[[Outworlds]]'' 71 issued by friends of the late [[Bill Bowers]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:10, 1 August 2023
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 31 | Brexit. |
| March 31 | Brian Varley is first fan to die of Covid-19. Many conventions cancelled because of the pandemic. |
| Easter | Eastercon canceled. |
| May 29 | Uncle Hugo's bookstore burnt down and DreamHaven vandalized in Minneapolis riots. |
| July 29–August 2 | CoNZealand, the first virtual Worldcon. |
| August 21–23 | Virtual Columbus 2020 NASFiC. |
| November | 506-page posthumous Outworlds 71 issued by friends of the late Bill Bowers. |
Births and Deaths:
Al Fitzpatrick - Ariel Cinii - Barry Newton - Ben Bova - Bo Stenfors - Bob Laurent - Brian Jordan - Brian Varley - Christopher J. R. Tolkien - D. J. Rowe - Dan Goodman - Dave Britton - David Burton - David Ivey - Debra Doyle - Earl Kemp - Elyse S. Rosenstein - Frank Lunney - Gary L. Plumlee - Gene Reed - Glen Warminger - Glenn Chambers - Hugh Casey - Jael - James Gunn - Jeffrey N. Appelbaum - Jennifer Bankier - JoAnn Wood - John Bangsund - Jomil Mulvey - Karen Babcock - Kate Hatcher - Lindy Laurent - Lois Lavender - M. A. Foster - Marge Nuttall - Marshall B. Tymn - Merv Binns - Michael Bernander - Michael Svensson - Mike Resnick - Miriam Carr - Monica Stevens - Naomi Pardue - Neale Mittenshaw-Hodge - Neil Kaden - P. J. Beese - Patrick Tilley - Paul Barnett - Phil Ware - Phyllis Eisenstein - Reed Andrus - Richard C. West - Richard Lupoff - Ro Nagey - Robert Enzmann - Steve Stiles - Susan Ellison - Tim White - Tom Barber - Tony Cratz - Wayne Dionne
Convention series started or ended:
Onetime conventions:
Bids:
Publications started or ended:
Concellation - Dark Matter Magazine - Hong Kong, Worldcon and Beyond! - Language at Midnight - Lightning Round - Little Blue Number - Octothorpe - Perryscope - Pluglunk - SFScope - Small Steps Across a Foreign Land - St. Petersburg Gazette and Dawson's Landing Herald - The Complete BoSh - Virtual Paper - Vita Transplantare
Publishers founded or closed:
Awards made, started or ended:
Stores opened or closed:
Clubs founded or disbanded:
Fanhistory:
New fanspeak coined:
Miscellaneous:
Asia:
Australia:
Britain:
Al Fitzpatrick - ArmadaCon 2020 - Brian Jordan - Brian Varley - Bristol-Con 2020 - Christopher J. R. Tolkien - Concentric - D. J. Rowe - Dave Britton - DemiSemiQuaver - Discworld Convention 2020 - FantasyCon 2020 - Glen Warminger - Marge Nuttall - Neale Mittenshaw-Hodge - Octothorpe - Oxonmoot Online 2020 - Patrick Tilley - Paul Barnett - Picocon 37 - Punctuation - Punctuation 1 - Redemption 2020 - Ro Nagey - Susan Ellison - The Complete BoSh - Tim White - TitanCon 2020 - Vita Transplantare
Canada:
Europe:
Ireland:
New Zealand:
US:
1971 Conference on Middle Earth - 2020 NASFiC Site Selection - 2020 SFWA Nebula Conference - Al Fitzpatrick - Albacon 2020 - Amber Unicorn Bookshop - Ariel Cinii - Arisia '20 - ArmadilloCon 42 - Asimov Centennial Meetup - Balticon 54 Virtual - Barry Newton - Ben Bova - Bob Laurent - Boskone 57 - Buboni-Virtual Con - C'monfluence - CONtraflow 2020 - COSine 2020 - Capclave 2020 - Capricon 40 - Chattacon 45 - Chessiecon 2020 - Christmas in Boston in 2020 - CoKoCon 2020 - Coastcon 43 - Columbus 2020 NASFiC - Columbus in 2020 - ConGregate 2020 - ConQuesT 51 - ConStellation Online 2021 - Concave 41 - Conflikt 13 - Confluence 2020 - Conglomeration - Conglomeration 2020 - Consonance 2020 - Corflu 37 - Costume-Con 38 - Crescent City Con 10 - Dan Goodman - Dark Matter Magazine - David Burton - David Ivey - Debra Doyle - DemiCon 31 - Earl Kemp - Elyse S. Rosenstein - FOGcon 10 - Fan History Zoom Series - Festival of the Living Rooms - Foolscap 22 - Fourth Street Fantasy 2020 - Frank Lunney - GAFilk 2020 - Gary L. Plumlee - Gene Reed - Genericon XXXIII - Glenn Chambers - GrangeCon12 - HELIOsphere 2020 - Heliosphere 2020 - How to Train Your ConFusion - Hugh Casey - ICFA 41 - Jael - James Gunn - Jeffrey N. Appelbaum - JoAnn Wood - Jomil Mulvey - JordanCONline - Karen Babcock - Kate Hatcher - LepreCon 46 - Life, the Universe, & Everything 38 - Lightning Round - Lindy Laurent - Lois Lavender - M. A. Foster - Marcon 55 - MarsCon 2020 - Marshall B. Tymn - Mike Resnick - MileHiCon 52 - Miriam Carr - MisCon 34 - Monica Stevens - MystiCon - Mysticon 2020 - NEFilk 2020 - Naomi Pardue - Necronomicon 2020 - Neil Kaden - OVFF 36 - Or-E-Con 1 - P. J. Beese - Penguicon 2020 - Phyllis Eisenstein - Pluglunk - Providence in 2020 - PulpFest 2020 - RadCon 8 - Readercon 31 - Reed Andrus - Richard C. West - Richard Lupoff - Ro Nagey - Robert Enzmann - SFScope - Seattle in 2020 - St. Petersburg Gazette and Dawson's Landing Herald - Steve Stiles - Susan Ellison - Symposium 1971 - Tom Barber - Tony Cratz - Tulkon 2022 - Valleycon 46 - Virtual Paper - Wayne Dionne - WillyCon XXII - Windycon 47 in 2020 - WisCon 44 - World Fantasy Convention 2020
Rest of the World:
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
