Inflation was at 7.62%
Average cost of a new house: $54,800
Average income: $17,000
Gasoline: $0.63 a gallon
Movie ticket: $1.50
The Hugo is won by Frederik Pohl for Gateway.
The Campbell Award Orson Scott Card for best new SF Writer.
Worst year for fashion ever! Leisure Suits, Silk shirts, open collars, gold chains, moon shoes. Disco is sweeping the world.
The Galaxy 2000 is opened in South Charleston. It’s a dance club with lighted floor just like Saturday Night Fever. The Bee Gees tear up Billboard and I actually notice. I like their music. It will be years before I start liking heavier stuff. It will be a few years before I set foot in the place and by then the Disco craze is past.
