The Terrans

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(For other earthlings, see Terrans.)


The Terrans, also known as the Cleveland Science Fantasy Society, the CSFS, and the Cleveland SF Association, was a club in Cleveland, Ohio, in the early 1950s. It sponsored the Clevention, the 1955 Worldcon. Its clubzine was the Bulletin of the Cleveland Science Fantasy Society, edited for a while by Harlan Ellison.

In 1954–55 (the year of the Clevention), their active membership included: Noreen Falasca (President), Ron Cernosky (VP), Honey Wood (Secretary), Don Anthony, Bill Berger, E. J. Burden, Vaughn Burden, Nick Falasca, Bea Gittery, Jessamine Greer, Roy Hemple, Ben Jason, Val Lang, Philis Light, Ray Light, David Marshall Massaro, George Olsson, Michael Palko, Richard Palko, Eugene Pallet, Ed Petras, Warren Rayle, Steve Schultheis, Betty Sullivan, and Richard Ward.

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
From Terrans – The Cleveland SF Association, now Incorporated. They put on the very successful Clevention.


The Terrans’ ad for their Cleveland in '55 Worldcon bid.



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