Lachman, Marvin

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Title
Copyright
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Making of a Mystery Fan by Edward D. Hoch
Preface
Early Mystery Fandom
	1. Fandom Before “The Revolution”
		Sherlockian Fandom (1934–)
		The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore (1923–)
		Happy Hours Magazine (1925–1936) and Dime Novel Round-Up (1931–)
		The Saint Club (1936–)
		The Pulp Era (1950–1971, 1993)
		Patricia Wentworth Fan Club (1961)
		JDM Bibliophile (1965–1999)
		Bronze Shadows (1965–1968)
		Edgar Wallace Organizations (1965–)
		The Praed Street Irregulars and The Pontine Dossier (1966–)
		The John Dickson Carr Bibliophile (1966)
		The Journal of Popular Culture (1967–)
	2. The Armchair Detective (1967–1997)
	3. The Mystery Lover’s/Reader’s Newsletter (1967–1973)
	4. Mystery Readers’ Parties (1969–1976)
	5. Other Fan Magazines & Organizations: 1960s
		The Rohmer Review (1968–1981)
		DAST-Magazine (1968–)
		The Queen’s Canon Bibliophile (1968–1971)
The Nineteen-Seventies
	6. The First Bouchercon: 1970
	7. Bouchercon: 1970s
		1971: Los Angeles
		1972: Los Angeles
		1973: Boston
		1974: Oakland
		1975: Chicago
		1976: Culver City, CA
		1977: New York City
		1978: Chicago
		1979: Universal City, CA
	8. DAPA-EM (1973–)
	9. Mystery*File (1974–)
	10. The Mystery FANcier (1976–1992)
	11. The Poisoned Pen (1978–1987)
	12. Other Fan Magazines, Organizations, & Conventions: 1970s
		Pulp (1970–1981)
		The Mystery Trader (1971–1980)
		Jury (1971–)
		Pulpcon, Paperbacks and Other Media Conventions (1972–)
		James Bond Clubs (1972–)
		Other Doc Savage Magazines (1973–1991)
		Xenophile (1974–1980)
		Baker Street Miscellanea (1975–1995)
		The Mystery Nook (1975–1981)
		Nero Wolfe Fandom (1975–)
		The Thorndyke File (1976–?) and John Thorndyke’s Journal
		Simenon Organizations (1976–)
		The Dorothy L. Sayers Society (1976–)
		Mohonk Mystery Weekend (1977–)
		The August Derleth Society (1977–)
		Notes for the Curious: A John Dickson Carr Memorial Journal (1978)
		The Holmesian Federation (1978–1980)
		The Not So Private Eye (1978–198?)
		Paperback Quarterly (1978–1982)
		813: Les Amis de la Littérature Policière (1979–)
		The John Buchan Society (1979–)
		Mystery (1979–1982)
The Nineteen-Eighties
	13. Bouchercon: 1980s
		1980: Washington DC
		1981: Milwaukee
		1982: San Francisco
		1983: New York City
		1984: Chicago
		1985: San Francisco
		1986: Baltimore
		1987: Minneapolis
		1988: San Diego
		1989: Philadelphia
	14. Mystery Readers International (1981–)
	15. Mystery News (1982–)
	16. The Drood Review of Mystery (1982–)
	17. Mystery & Detective Monthly (1984–2003)
	18. CADS (1985–)
	19. Mystery Scene (1985–)
	20. Other Fan Magazines & Organizations: 1980s
		Clues (1980–)
		The Wilkie Collins Society (1980–)
		Cloak and Pistol and Pulpette (1981–198?)
		The Bony Bulletin (1980–1988)
		The Maltese Falcon Societies (1981–)
		The Crime File (1982–1991)
		The Thieftaker Journals
		Echoes (1982–2004)
		The Elizabeth Linington Society and Linington Lineup (1984–2004)
		I Love a Mystery (1984–)
		Stephen Wright’s Mystery Notebook and Whitechapel Journal (1984–2000)
		Hardboiled and Detective Story Magazine (1985–)
		Paperback Parade (1986–)
		The Criminal Record (1986–1996)
		Agatha Christie Fandom (1986–)
		The Short Sheet (1987–1988)
		The Margery Allingham Society and The Bottle Street Gazette (1988–)
		Pulp Vault (1988–1996)
		Historical Mystery Fandom (1988–2002)
	21. Malice Domestic (1989–)
The Nineteen-Nineties and Twenty-First Century
	22. Midwest Mystery & Suspense Convention (1990–1992)
	23. Bouchercon: 1990s
		1990: London
		1991: Pasaden
		1992: Toronto
		1993: Omaha
		1994: Seattle
		1995: Nottingham
		1996: Saint Paul, Minnesota
		1997: Monterey, CA
		1998: Philadelphia
		1999: Milwaukee
	24. Left Coast Crime (1991–)
	25. ClueFest (1992–2003)
	26. Deadly Pleasures (1993–)
	27. Magna Cum Murder (1994–)
	28. Other Conventions
		Mid-Atlantic Mystery Book Fair and Convention (1991–)
		Shots on the Page (1992–1997) and Crime Scene (2000–)
		Southwest Mystery/Suspense Convention (1993)
		St. Hilda’s Crime & Mystery Weekend (1994–)
		BuffCon (1995)
		EyeCon (1995, 1999)
		Historicon (1995, 1999)
		AZ Murder Goes… (1996–)
		Dead on Deansgate (1998–2003)
		Other Regional Conventions (1999–)
	29. Other Fan Magazines & Organizations: 1990s & 21st Century
		Australian Fan Magazines (1990–2003)
		Mostly Murder (1990–1998)
		Perry Mason Fandom (1990–2000)
		Mystery Review (1992–2003)
		Murder & Mayhem (1993–1994)
		Shots (1994–) and Crime Time/CT (1995–)
		Mystery Collectors’ Bookline (1995–1999) and Firsts (1990–)
		Tangled Web (1995–1999)
		Mysterious Women (1995–)
		Murder Most Cozy (1995-2004)
		The Ngaio Marsh Society International (1996–2004)
		The Friends of Chester Himes (1996–)
		The Harry Stephen Keeler Society (1996–)
		Daphne du Maurier Festival of Arts and Literature (1998–)
		Dastardly Deeds (1999-2000)
		The International Sister Fidelma Society (2000–)
		The James Hilton Society (2000–)
		Partners in Crime (2002–2005)
		Old-Time Detection (2002–)
		The Nineteen-Nineties and Twenty-First Century
		Crime Spree Magazine (2004–)
	30. Bouchercon: 21st Century
		2000: Denver
		2001: Washington, DC
		2002: Austin, Texas
		2003: Las Vegas
		2004: Toronto
Aspects of Mystery Fandom
	31. Famous Fans
	32. Scholarship by Fans
	33. Mystery Fandom in Cyberspace
	34. The Future of Mystery Fandom
	About the Author
	Index