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A [[British]] [[fanzine fan]] and [[convention fan]] who has worked on numerous [[UK]] [[conventions]] frequently doing publications-related jobs.  He helped set up [[Silicon (UK)|Silicon]] and was a member of [[OUSFG]], and [[NESFiG]] ([[North East Science Fiction Group]]).  He is one of the administrators of [[Corflu Fifty]] and chaired [[Corflu 38]].
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Rob Jackson is a [[British]] [[fanzine fan]] and [[convention fan]] who has worked on numerous [[UK]] [[conventions]] frequently doing publications-related jobs.  He helped set up [[Silicon (UK)|Silicon]] and was a member of [[OUSFG]], and [[NESFiG]] ([[North East Science Fiction Group]]).  He is one of the administrators of [[Corflu Fifty]], chaired [[Corflu Cobalt]], and will be chairing [[Corflu 38]] in 2021.
  
 
He was a member of the [[Britain in '79]] [[Worldcon bid]] and edited ''[[Frontier Crossings]]'' for [[Conspiracy '87]].
 
He was a member of the [[Britain in '79]] [[Worldcon bid]] and edited ''[[Frontier Crossings]]'' for [[Conspiracy '87]].
  
In [[fanzines]], he published ''[[Maya]]'' 1975-78 and ''[[Inca]]'' in 1979.  He was nominated for the [[1978 Best Fanzine Hugo]] and the [[1979 Best Fanzine Hugo]] for ''[[Maya]]'' coming in second both times. He had a [[fanzine]] review column in ''[[Matrix]]'' in 1979-81 and ran the [[Memory Hole]] mailing list in 2001-2. He also published ''[[Bumf]]'' (with [[Ian Maule]]), the ''[[Little Dictionary]]'', and the [[apazine]] ''[[Flatulence]]''. He was one of the editors of ''[[Gannetscrapbook]]''.  In 1980 he published ''[[The Complete BoSh]]'', a collection of [[Bob Shaw]]'s [[fan writing]]. In 2015 he edited and introduced [[Tyne Capsule]], a [[fanthology]] by and about [[Gannetfandom]].
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He was nominated for the [[1978 Best Fanzine Hugo]] and the [[1979 Best Fanzine Hugo]] for ''[[Maya]]'' coming in second both times.
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He had a [[fanzine]] review column in ''[[Matrix]]'' in 1979-81 and ran the [[Memory Hole]] mailing list in 2001-2. In 1980 he published ''[[The Complete BoSh]]'', a collection of [[Bob Shaw]]'s [[fan writing]]. In 2015 he edited and introduced [[Tyne Capsule]], a [[fanthology]] by and about [[Gannetfandom]].
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* ''[[Bellissimo -- The Harry Bell Fan Art Anthology]]'' [2006]
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* ''[[Bumf]]'' [1974-74] (with [[Ian Maule]])
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* ''[[The Complete BoSh]]'' Vol 1: ''The Best of the Bushel'' and Vol 2: ''The Eastercon Speeches'' [1980]
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* ''[[Flatulence]]'' [1974-75] (with multiple titles)
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* ''[[Gannetscrapbook]]'' [1973] (one issue)
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* ''[[Inca]]'' [1979, 2007-present]
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* ''[[Little Dictionary of SF Fan Terms]]''
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* ''[[Maya]]'' [1975-78]
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* ''[[The Transatlantic Hearing Aid]]'' [1986] (for [[Dave Langford]])
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* ''[[Tyne Capsule]]'' [2015]
  
 
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* 1976 -- [[Nova Award]] for Best Fanzine
 
* 1976 -- [[Nova Award]] for Best Fanzine
 
* 1977 -- [[FAAn Award]] for Best Fan Editor and Best Fanzine Single Issue
 
* 1977 -- [[FAAn Award]] for Best Fan Editor and Best Fanzine Single Issue
* 1978 -- [[FAAn Award]] for Best Fan Editor and Best Fanzine Single Issue
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* 1978 -- [[FAAn Award]] for Best Fan Editor and Best Fanzine Single Issue, [[1978 Best Fanzine Hugo]] nomination
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* 1979 -- [[1979 Best Fanzine Hugo]] nomination
  
 
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Revision as of 14:28, 4 May 2020

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Rob Jackson is a British fanzine fan and convention fan who has worked on numerous UK conventions frequently doing publications-related jobs. He helped set up Silicon and was a member of OUSFG, and NESFiG (North East Science Fiction Group). He is one of the administrators of Corflu Fifty, chaired Corflu Cobalt, and will be chairing Corflu 38 in 2021.

He was a member of the Britain in '79 Worldcon bid and edited Frontier Crossings for Conspiracy '87.

He was nominated for the 1978 Best Fanzine Hugo and the 1979 Best Fanzine Hugo for Maya coming in second both times.

He had a fanzine review column in Matrix in 1979-81 and ran the Memory Hole mailing list in 2001-2. In 1980 he published The Complete BoSh, a collection of Bob Shaw's fan writing. In 2015 he edited and introduced Tyne Capsule, a fanthology by and about Gannetfandom.

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