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'''Anna Katharine Sinclare Moffatt''', nicknamed “'''Stfanna''',” was an [[LA area]] [[fan]]. She [[chaired]] [[SoLaCon]], the 1958 [[Worldcon]]. (At that [[convention]] she made [[fannish]] history by killing the controversial [[WSFS, Inc.]], announcing firmly, “This is the [[Business Meeting]] of the Sixteenth World Science Fiction Convention,” to wild applause.) | '''Anna Katharine Sinclare Moffatt''', nicknamed “'''Stfanna''',” was an [[LA area]] [[fan]]. She [[chaired]] [[SoLaCon]], the 1958 [[Worldcon]]. (At that [[convention]] she made [[fannish]] history by killing the controversial [[WSFS, Inc.]], announcing firmly, “This is the [[Business Meeting]] of the Sixteenth World Science Fiction Convention,” to wild applause.) | ||
| − | She was [[Secretary]] of the [[Outlanders]], a member of [[LASFS]] and of the [[N3F]]. | + | She was [[Secretary]] of the [[Outlanders]], a member of [[LASFS]] and of the [[N3F]]. She was one of the original associate members of [[Carboniferous Amateur Press Alliance|CAPA]]. She was the first wife of fellow [[fan]] [[Len Moffatt]], whom she married February 17, 1951, and divorced in 1964. |
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| − | {{person | born=1931|died=2009}} | + | {{person | born=1931|died=2009|locale=Los Angeles, CA}} |
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Latest revision as of 05:24, 21 April 2023
(January 17, 1931 – February 8, 2009)
Anna Katharine Sinclare Moffatt, nicknamed “Stfanna,” was an LA area fan. She chaired SoLaCon, the 1958 Worldcon. (At that convention she made fannish history by killing the controversial WSFS, Inc., announcing firmly, “This is the Business Meeting of the Sixteenth World Science Fiction Convention,” to wild applause.)
She was Secretary of the Outlanders, a member of LASFS and of the N3F. She was one of the original associate members of CAPA. She was the first wife of fellow fan Len Moffatt, whom she married February 17, 1951, and divorced in 1964.
- The Outlander [1952–54] (two issues)
- Science Fiction Parade
- Selected Writings of Rick Sneary
- Shangri-LA
| Person | 1931—2009 |
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