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'''Arthur L. Selikowitz''', an early [[New York]] [[fan]], attended the [[First Worldcon]] in 1939. He was a founding member of the [[Brooklyn SFL]], joining at age 11, and on the staff of its [[clubzine]], ''[[The Brooklyn Reporter]],'' as well as associate [[editor]] of the ''[[International Observer]]''. | '''Arthur L. Selikowitz''', an early [[New York]] [[fan]], attended the [[First Worldcon]] in 1939. He was a founding member of the [[Brooklyn SFL]], joining at age 11, and on the staff of its [[clubzine]], ''[[The Brooklyn Reporter]],'' as well as associate [[editor]] of the ''[[International Observer]]''. | ||
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[[File:Selikowitz-clipping.jpeg|frame|center|''From [https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52839142/?terms=Arthur%20L.%20Selikowitz&match=1 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (February 16, 1936).]'']] | [[File:Selikowitz-clipping.jpeg|frame|center|''From [https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52839142/?terms=Arthur%20L.%20Selikowitz&match=1 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (February 16, 1936).]'']] | ||
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Revision as of 17:59, 31 August 2021
(December 5, 1920 – February 24, 2019)
Arthur L. Selikowitz, an early New York fan, attended the First Worldcon in 1939. He was a founding member of the Brooklyn SFL, joining at age 11, and on the staff of its clubzine, The Brooklyn Reporter, as well as associate editor of the International Observer.
Frederik Pohl described him as “a tall, skinny polymath who entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute not long after at the age of thirteen.”
In 1936, Selikowitz was director of the Albany SFL and a member of the ILSF.
He was among the youngest students ever to matriculate at RPI, according to an article about him in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (February 16, 1936, p. 25), which called him a “genius.” He told the paper that, after chemistry, he preferred fantastic fiction: “What is termed fantastic fiction today may be fact tomorrow.”
He was reported, in a private family genealogy, to have died on February 24, 2019, but it has not been possible to verify this information in any official records.
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