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| − | The earliest organized [[fandom]] in Baltimore seems to have been the [[Baltimore SFL|Baltimore chapter of the SFL]] in the mid 30s and this chapter survived the fall of the [[SFL]] and continued to meet into the 40s, and apparently was a casualty of the [[War]].
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| − | The [[Baltimore Science Fiction Forum]] flourished in the mid-50s.
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| − | On January 3, 1963 '''BSFS''' was founded on the back of a Trailways bus by people returning from a meeting of [[WSFA]]. It began running [[Balticon]] in 1967 but the club died on October 12, 1968. The current '''BSFS''' was re-founded in 1974 and continues to the present.
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| − | Other [[fannish]] [[clubs]], [[conventions]], and organizations in the area include [[HOPSFA]], [[Baltimore Worldcon 1998, Inc.]], [[BWAWA]], [[BWSMOF]], [[Darkovercon]]/[[Chessiecon]], [[Conterpoint]], and the [[Guilford Gafia]]. [[Tales from the White Hart]] was a long-time [[sf bookstore]] in the area. There have also been [[World Fantasy Conventions]] in the city.
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| − | Baltimore has launched a number of [[Worldcon bids]], some of which have won. (See [[Baltiwash Worldcons]] for more detail.)
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| − | * 1967 -- [[Baltimore in '67]]
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| − | * 1980 -- [[Baltimore in '80]]
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| − | * 1983 -- [[Baltimore in '83]] which won and ran [[Constellation]], the 1983 [[Worldcon]]
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| − | * 1998 -- [[Baltimore in '98]] which won and ran [[BucConeer]], the 1998 [[Worldcon]]
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| − | * 2007 -- [[Baltimore in 2007]]
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