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• The History of Irish Fandom
  An occasional feature in the [[fanzine]] ''[[Hyphen]]'' edited by [[Walt Willis]] and others, in which despite the grandiose title regular contributors fro ''[[Hyphen]]'' 17 || [[Madeleine Willis]]
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• Oopsla!
  ...EN]], it is due to the fact that it usually contains more [[writing]] by [[Willis]] than does his own magazine. This is an absolute <u>must</u>. What more ca ...60 ||first anniversary issue with [[Robert Bloch]], [[Bob Tucker]], [[Walt Willis]], [[Richard Geis]] and others.
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• Ghoodminton
  ...me at 170 Upper Newtownards Road in [[Belfast]]. It was born while [[Walt Willis]] was recovering from pneumonia after his 1952 trip to the US. .... Players include [[Willis]] Himself, [[James White]], [[Bob Shaw]] and [[John Berry]].
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• Booklist
  ...the [[British Fantasy Library]] (BFL) by first [[Ron Holmes]] and later [[John Gunn]]. According to [[Rob Hansen]] in ''[[Then]]'' it 'contained more news ...r for the first issue of ''[[Slant]]''. Receiving no reply to his letters, Willis offered to mail ''Booklist'' himself and receive 200 copies and a mailing l
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• John Russell Fearn
  '''John Francis Russell Fearn''', a [[British]] [[author]], was one of the first [[ ...s '''[[Volsted Gridban]], Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross, Geoffrey Armstrong, John Cotton, Dennis Clive, Ephriam Winiki''', and '''Astron Del Martia'''.
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• British Fantasy Library
  ...replied, sending BFL material and a copy of ''Operation Fantast'' leading Willis to contact Slater. Holmes dropped out of fandom in 1948 and [[John Gunn]] took over ''Booklist''. Lindsay also became less involved and the BF
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• Red Letter Day
  A [[hoax]] book (allegedly by [[Walt Willis]]) which was reviewed by [[John Berry]] in a [[hoax]] issue of ''[[Smoke]]''.
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• OryCon 10
  ...r in Portland, OR. [[GoHs]]: [[Lucius Shepard]], [[John Varley]], [[Connie Willis]] ([[Pros]]) & [[Mona Clee]] (Special [[Susan Petrey]] Guest). It was [[ch
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• John Berry
  ''(See [[John D. Berry]] for the [[U.S.]] [[fan]] and typographer.)'' ...[Irish Fandom]] (The [[Wheels of IF]]) and Berry became active, along with Willis, [[Bob Shaw]], and [[James White]]. (His English and police background mad
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• Nova
  ...ll]] to stories written on old themes which breathed new life into them. [[John W. Campbell|JWC]] dropped it even quicker than he did "[[mutant]]", with a In [[fannish]] terms, referring to [[Willis Conover]], [[Sam Moskowitz]] defined a ''nova'' in ''[[The Immortal Storm]]
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• John Gunn
  '''John Gunn''' was a [[UK]] [[fan]] from [[Nottingham]] active in the 1940s and ea ...'. Gunn didn't reply although ''Booklist'' continued to appear. Eventually Willis wrote to Gunn offering to mail ''Booklist'' (and ''Slant'') himself and on
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• Oblique House
  ...nd Bryan Willis by courtesy. Presumably the name will carry over to [[Walt Willis|Walt]]'s new place, now he's moved. ...ally, it was not returned. Instead the last shuttlecock was picked up by [[John Berry]] and reverently removed to its final resting place, a time capsule d
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• 1997 Best Short Story Hugo
  * '''"The Soul Selects Her Own Society"''' by [[Connie Willis]] [''[[Asimov's]]'' Apr 1996] * "Gone" by [[John Crowley]] [''[[F&SF]]'' Sep 1996]
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• 1993 Best Novel Hugo
  1. (tie) '''''Doomsday Book''''' by [[Connie Willis]] ([[Bantam Spectra]], 1992) 5. ''Steel Beach'' by [[John Varley]] ([[Ace/Putnam]], 1992)
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• Wheels of IF
  The '''Wheels of [[Irish Fandom]]''' began with [[Walt Willis]], [[James White]] and [[Bob Shaw]], three [[fanzine fans]] living in [[Bel ...covered that they were both [[fans]] who collected the [[prozines]]. Soon Willis acquired a [[typewriter]] and started writing amateur [[sf]]. The following
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• Balticon 42
  ...Hunt Valley in [[Hunt Valley, MD]]. The [[GoH]]s were [[Connie Willis]], [[John Jude Palencar]] & [[Urban Tapestry]]. [[Douglas Adams]] was [[Ghost of Hono
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• Warhoon
  ...me published in 1978 and is a complete anthology of the writings of [[Walt Willis]], editor of ''[[Slant]]'' and ''[[Hyphen]]''. ...rner, Jr.]], [[Charles Wells]], [[James White]], [[Ted White]], and [[Walt Willis]].
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• FANAC
  [[John-Henri Holmberg]] [[published]] the [[Swedish]] [[newszine]] '''''FANAC''''' ...olmberg later remembered, "I wasn't particularly inspired by [[Walt Willis|Willis]] or [[Irish Fandom]], but instead was totally fascinated by the [[fannish]
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• Second Eastern States Science Fiction Convention
  * [[John B. Michel]], [[Secretary]] ...tz]], [[William S. Sykora]], [[Robert G. Thompson]], [[Mort Weisinger]], [[John J. Weir]], [[Donald A. Wollheim]]
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• 1947
  August 26 ||[[Walt Willis]] meets [[James White]] and [[Irish Fandom]] is born. ...surfaces with new [[alias]], [[Claude Degler#Claude Degler, Man of Mystery|John Paul Chrisman]], and new [[zine]], ''[[Weird Unsolved Mysteries]]''.
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• 1992 Best Short Story Hugo
  * "In the Late Cretaceous" by [[Connie Willis]] ([[Asimov's]] mid-Dec 1991) * "Buffalo" by [[John Kessel]] (''Fires of the Past'', 1991; [[F&SF]] Jan 1991)
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• Belfast, UK
  ...any famous fans, like [[Walt Willis]], [[Bob Shaw]], [[James White]] and [[John Berry]].
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• Conalope
  ...ntell]], [[Ron Ontell]], and [[Tim Griffin]]. Additionally, [[Bjo]] and [[John Trimble]] were Special Media GoHs.
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• MagiCon
  ...ce]] ([[pro]]), [[Vincent Di Fate]] ([[artist]]) and [[FGoH]]: [[Walter A. Willis]]. [[Spider Robinson]] was [[Toastmaster]], but [[Mike Resnick]] acted as [ ...course themed around [[The Enchanted Duplicator]] in honor of Fan GoH Walt Willis.
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• Pat Terry Award for Humour in SF
  1970 ||[[John Sladek]] for ''Mechasm'' (also known as ''The Reproductive System'') 1981 ||[[Walt Willis]]
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• Christmas Card
  ...e circulated in our [[microcosm]] was [[Walt Willis|Walt]] and [[Madeleine Willis]]' [[annual]] Xmas Card, ''[[Peace on Sol III]]'', which took the form of a We should also mention [[John Roles]]' edible Xmas Card, ''[[Yum (Roles)|Yum]]''. The crew at [[Incinerat
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• London SF Con
  ...n on Friday 30 May where out-of-town fans included [[James White]], [[Walt Willis]], [[Fred Robinson]], [[Alan Hunter]], [[Dave Cohen]] and first-timer [[Rob ...l Fantasy Awards]] were announced on Sunday, ''Fancies And Goodnights'' by John Collier and ''The Exploration of Space'' by Arthur C Clarke.
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• Robert A. Heinlein Award
  2009 ||[[Joe Haldeman]], [[John Varley]] 2011 ||[[Connie Willis]]
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• Robert Silverberg Comments on Juanita Coulson's 1953 Article
  ...my own] ''[[Spaceship]]'' by name, or note that [[Lee Hoffman]] and [[Walt Willis]], two of the biggest [[fan]] names of the era, failed to attend the con [t ..., [[Redd Boggs]]'s ''[[SkyHook]]'', [[Joel Nydahl]]'s ''[[Vega]]'', [[Walt Willis]]'s ''[[Slant]]'', [[Gregg Calkins]]' ''[[Oopsla]]'', and my own ''[[Spaces
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• The Science Fiction Fanzine Reader: Focal Points 1930-1960
  The Amateur Editor ||[[Walter A. Willis]] Comj: In, the Water's Lovely! ||[[Walter A. Willis]]
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• InCon
  [[InCon '98]] || October 16-18, 1998 || [[Connie Willis]], [[Alan Clark]], Kevin Siembieda [[InCon 2000]] || 2000 || [[John Dalmas]], [[Nene Thomas]], [[John Hertz]]
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• Hoaxes
  ** [[John A. Bristol]] ...the [[Great Staple War]], and another nearly cost him his job, while the [[Willis Death Hoax]] almost ruined the [[WAW With the Crew in '52]] campaign.
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• Vikingcon
  [[Vikingcon 11]] || February 19-21, 1990 || [[John Dalmas]], Joel Davis, [[Jon Gustafson]] [[Vikingcon 13]] || August 7-9, 1992 || [[John G. Cramer]], [[Edward Bryant]], Freeman Dyson
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• Best Novella Hugo
  [[1979 Best Novella Hugo|1979]] ||''The Persistence of Vision'' by [[John Varley]] [[1985 Best Novella Hugo|1985]] ||''Press Enter []'' by [[John Varley]]
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• 1994 Hugos
  ...Best Short Story Hugo|Best Short Story]]: "Death on the Nile" by [[Connie Willis]] ...Non-Fiction Book Hugo]]: ''[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]'' by [[John Clute]] and Peter [[Nicholls]]
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• The Best of Fandom 1957
  [[John Berry]] ||"Oil Get By" ||''[[Void]] #10'' [[John Quagliano]] ||"So You Want to Be a Pseudo" ||''[[Quagmire]] #1''
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• Fred Hunter
  ...ioned in the same category as [[John Berry]], [[Colin Freeman]] and [[Walt Willis]], but ''I'' think he’s just as funny.
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• Hugo In Memoriam Scroll 2013
  * [[John Piggott]], Fan * [[John N. Marx]], Bookseller
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• ConDor
  ...ruary 24-26, 1995 ||Town & Country ||[[Jennifer Roberson]], Jerry Doyle, [[John Iacovelli]] [[ConDor XII]] ||March 25-27, 2005 ||Marriott Mission Valley ||[[John Varley]]
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• 1954 Retro Hugos
  * [[1954 Best Professional Editor Retro Hugo|Best Professional Editor]]: [[John W. Campbell, Jr.]] ...1954 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo|Best Fanzine]]: ''[[Slant]]'' ed. by [[Walter Willis]] and art editor [[James White]]
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• 2008 Hugos
  ...8 Best Novella Hugo|Best Novella]]: "All Seated on the Ground" by [[Connie Willis]] * [[2008 Best Fan Writer Hugo|Best Fan Writer]]: [[John Scalzi]]
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• ConStellation
  [[ConStellation (NE) IV]] || April 19-21, 2013 || [[Connie Willis]], Tara Ruepling [[ConStellation (NE) 9]] || April 20-22 2018 || [[John Picacio]], Christopher R. Mihm, [[Barbara Hayford]]
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• 2006 Hugos
  * [[2006 Best Novella Hugo|Best Novella]]: "Inside Job" by [[Connie Willis]] * [[2006 Campbell Award|Campbell Award]]: [[John Scalzi]]
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• DemiCon
  ...George Alec Effinger]], [[William J. Hodgson]], [[Marshall Willis]], [[Dee Willis]] ...il 29 - May 1, 2011 || [[Sarah Prineas]], [[Sarah Clemens]], [[John Garner|John]] & [[Denise Garner]]
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• Loncon
  ...tember 6–9, 1957, in [[London, UK]], at the King's Court Hotel. [[GoH]]: [[John W. Campbell, Jr.]] [[Chairman]]: [[Ted Carnell]]. *[[John Wyndham]] -- [[President]] (an honorary title)
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• Finncon
  [[Finncon 1989]] || 1989 || [[John Brunner]], [[Tom Ölander]] [[Finncon 1999]] || 1999 || [[Connie Willis]], [[Philip Pullman]]
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• Best Short Story Hugo
  [[1982 Best Short Story Hugo|1982]] ||''The Pusher'' by [[John Varley]] [[1993 Best Short Story Hugo|1993]] ||''Even the Queen'' by [[Connie Willis]]
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• Les Spinge
  ...ues each week. Contributors to this issue included [[Michael Moorcock]], [[John Berry]], [[Charles Platt]], and [[George O. Smith]].
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• Jack Williamson Lectureship
  6 || 1982 || John Newport || America's Continuing Controversy over Humanism 18 || 1994 || [[Frederik Pohl]], [[Connie Willis]], [[Charles N. Brown]] || A Century of Science Fiction: 1926-2026
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• Beyond Fandom
  # The Voice of America ([[Willis Conover]]) # The Painters ([[John Grossman]] and [[Mike Hinge]])
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• Best Novel Hugo
  [[1969 Best Novel Hugo|1969]] ||''Stand on Zanzibar'' by [[John Brunner]] ...ire Upon the Deep'' by [[Vernor Vinge]] and ''Doomsday Book'' by [[Connie Willis]]
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• FenCon
  [[FenCon IV]] || September 21-23, 2007 || [[Connie Willis]], [[Tom Smith]], [[Vincent Di Fate]], [[David Mattingly]], [[Kathleen Sloa ...[[Maya Bohnhoff]], [[Kevin Roche]], [[Andrew Trembley]], [[John Picacio]], John Randall
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• Ansible Editions
  ...ons with [[Chris Priest]] in 2003, publishing sf by [[David Masson]] and [[John Sladek]] as ebooks and later as print-on-demand co-published with [[Wildsid ...llected or unpublished work by [[Brian Aldiss]], [[Algis Budrys]] again, [[John Sladek]] again, [[Peter Nicholls]] (with proceeds to the ''[[Encyclopedia o
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• Chicon II
  [[File:Willis-Hoffman-Keasler.jpeg|thumb|left|'''From left, [[Walter Willis]] as Southern Fan, [[Lee Hoffman]] as ''[[Quandry]]'' (she printed her [[fa ...back]] received long ovations before and after his [[GoH]] speech. [[Walt Willis]] was a [[special guest]], courtesy of [[WAW With the Crew in '52]], the fi
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• Forry Award
  1999 ||[[Connie Willis]] 2005 ||[[John DeChancie]]
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• International Fantasy Award
  ...d, and a precursor of the [[Hugo Award]]. It was created and promoted by [[John Wyndham]], [[Frank Cooper]], [[G. Ken Chapman]] and [[Leslie Flood]]. ...Davenport]], [[August Derleth]], [[Judith Merril]], [[Sigvard Ostlund]], [[John Beynon Harris]], [[Wilson Tucker]], [[Willy Ley]]. Not all of them served
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• 1957: The First UK Worldcon
  ...Taurasi]], [[Arthur Thomson]], [[Wally Weber]], [[James White]] and [[Walt Willis]]. ...ine]]), [[John W. Campbell]] (for ''[[Astounding]]'', best US prozine) and John Victor Peterson (representing the editors of ''[[Science Fiction Times|Scie
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• Chuck Harris
  With [[Walt Willis]] he was a founding editor of the distinguished [[fanzine]] ''[[Hyphen]]'' * ''[[This Goon for Hire]]'' [1956] one-shot with [[John Berry]] for [[FAPA]] and [[OMPA]] #8
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• Dave Langford
  ...ford is noted for his parodies, including two novels in collaboration with John Grant ([[Paul Barnett]]): ''Earthdoom!'' (1987) and ''Guts'' (2001), parody ** ''[[Willis Discovers America]] and other fan fiction'' (2021) by [[Walt Willis]]
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• Conestoga
  [[Conestoga '98]] ||June 26-28, 1998 ||[[Connie Willis]], [[David A. Cherry]], [[Jim Satterfield]], [[Susan Satterfield]], and [[C [[Conestoga 11]] ||July 20-22, 2007 ||[[Laurell K. Hamilton]], [[John Picacio]], [[Richard Zellich]], [[Michelle Zellich]], and [[Eric Flint]]
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• Millennicon
  [[Millennicon -1]] || March 2000 || [[Connie Willis]] [[Millennicon 23]] || Mar 20-22, 2009 || [[John Scalzi]]
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• MileHiCon
  [[MileHiCon 20]] || October 21-23, 1988 || [[Jack Chalker]], [[Connie Willis]], [[Donald C. Thompson]] [[MileHiCon 25]] || October 22-24, 1993 || [[George R. R. Martin]], [[Connie Willis]], [[Steven Brust]], [[S. P. Somtow]], [[Erin McKee]]
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• Bubonicon
  [[Bubonicon 20]] || August 26-28, 1988 || [[John E. Stith]], [[Geoffrey C. Everts]] [[Bubonicon 29]] || August 22-24, 1997 || [[John Barnes]], Joy Marie Ledet
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• Skyrack
  ...years included [[Ella Parker]] (for her [[fanzine]] ''[[Orion]]''), [[Walt Willis]], [[Ethel Lindsay]], and ''[[Hyphen]]''. ''Skyrack'' won its own fan poll ...publication in 1968, with one more issue in 1971 to cover the deaths of [[John W. Campbell, Jr.]] and [[August Derleth]].
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• Insurgents
  ...full. (At various times [[Redd Boggs]], [[Al Ashley]], [[Rog Phillips]], [[John Van Couvering]], [[Syd Stibbard]], and [[Rick Sneary]] cooperated in Insurg ...they may be only at feud with chosen targets. And sometimes, as in [[Walt Willis]]' [[Serious Constructive Insurgentism]], the word is a tag to indicate tha
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• Shirley Marriott
  She attended the [[Medcon]] and [[Coroncon]] in 1953. [[Walt Willis]] described her as: ...crammed into it. Do not ask me how, but I do know that some of the time [[John Owen]] and I were ''under'' the bed. It was the only unoccupied place. If I
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• OASIS
  [[OASIS 6]] || May 14-16, 1993 || [[Connie Willis]], [[Michael Whelan]] [[OASIS 21]] || May 26 – 28, 2006 || [[David Gerrold]], [[John Scalzi]], [[Paul Vincenti]], [[Bill Sutton|Bill]] and [[Brenda Sutton]]
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• International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
  [[ICFA 2]] || March 18-21, 1981 || John Barth, [[Brian W. Aldiss]] [[ICFA 20]] || March 17-21, 1999 || [[Brian W. Aldiss]], [[John Clute]]
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• fwa
  [[Corflu 17]], 2000 || [[Geri Sullivan]] || [[Walt Willis]], 1952 [[Corflu 19]], 2002 || [[Eve Harvey]] and [[John Harvey]] ||
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• British Teenage Fantasy and Science Fiction Society
  ...ed to deleted it from the [[programme]] and insisted they go ahead. [[Walt Willis]] described it in ''[[Hyphen]]'' #4: * [[John Brunner]]
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• Capclave
  [[Capclave 2010]] || October 22-24, 2010 || [[Connie Willis]], [[Ann VanderMeer]], [[Jeff VanderMeer]] [[Capclave 2012]] || October 12-14, 2012 || [[John Scalzi]], [[Nick Mamatas]]
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• ATom
  He was staff artist on ''[[Hyphen]]'' (edited by [[Walt Willis]] & [[Chuck Harris]]) from issue 12 (December 1954), he also contributed [[ * ''[[Veritas]]'' (with [[John Berry]] for [[OMPA]])
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• First Fandom Hall of Fame
  1971 || || [[John W. Campbell, Jr.]] 1998 || [[Jack Agnew]], [[John Baltadonis]], [[Milton Rothman]] || [[Oswald V. Train]], [[T. L. Sherred]]
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• Fancyclopedia 2
  ...[Dean Grennell]], [[Bob Pavlat]], [[Art Rapp]], [[Bob Tucker]], and [[Walt Willis]]=== ...]", [[Dick Geis]], [[Chuck Harris]], [[Damon Knight]], [[Boyd Raeburn]], [[John Roles]], [[Bill Rotsler]], [[Larry Shaw]], [[Rick Sneary]], [[Larry Stark]]
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• Sam Moskowitz' Nycon 1 Reminiscence
  ...Correspondent]]'', at that moment in time the leading [[fan magazine]]; [[John J. Weir]], publisher of a [[fantasy]]-oriented [[fan magazine]], ''[[Fantas ...d or issued by the committee. Within a year, both [[Willis Conover]] and [[John J. Weir]], two of the original committee members, had dropped from activity
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• Ajay
  ...1915 and 1923, and thus indirectly influenced [[Donald A. Wollheim]] and [[John B. Michel]] to found [[fandom]]'s first [[apa]], the [[Fantasy Amateur Pres ...people who do things for the love of doing them. And, paraphrasing [[Walt Willis]], those who hold that professionals are invariably superior to amateurs ar
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• List of Australian Authors part 8
  Danny Willis ''(Vic.)'' ...=website}} {{link | website=https://fordstreetpublishing.com/authors/danny-willis/ | text=bio}}
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• TASFIC Program
  [[John W. Campbell, Jr.]] ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]''<br> [[Walter A. Willis]] ''[[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland|N. Ireland]]''<br>
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• Context
  [[Context 17]] || October 1-3, 2004 || [[Connie Willis]], [[Andrea Dale]] ...26]] || September 27-29, 2013 || [[Jack McDevitt]], [[Elizabeth Bear]], [[John Joseph Adams]], [[Dr. Bradley T. Lepper]]
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• Loscon
  ...m Party|parties]] at the 1999 [[Loscon XXVI]] had shut down by midnight, [[John Hertz]], [[Becky Thomson]] and [[Tom Veal]] decided to do something about i ...November 25-27, 1983 || [[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]], [[Fuzzy Pink Niven]], [[John Myers Myers]] ||
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• Chicon III Program
  2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Reception in honor of [[Walt Willis]], Park View Room ..., [[Dean A. Grennell]], [[Vic Ryan]], [[Ethel Lindsay]] ([[TAFF]]), [[Walt Willis]], [[Harry Warner, Jr.]], [[Phyllis Economou]], [[Ruth Berman]], Florentine
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• Lee Hoffman
  [[File:Willis-Hoffman-Keasler.jpeg|thumb|left|'''From left, [[Walter Willis]] as Southern Fan, Hoffman as ''[[Quandry]]'' (she printed her [[fanzine]] ...ocal point]] [[fanzine]] of its period. It was the main venue where [[Walt Willis]] wrote and gained his massive influence and popularity. ''[[Quandry]]'' wa
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• Rick Sneary
  ...]]. (His last name was pronounced "Snary" rhyming with "Mary".) [[Walter Willis]] called him “'''The Great Illiterateur'''” and his many misspellings b ...ollection]] in 1993. After his death, Len Moffatt, [[June Moffatt]] and [[John Hertz]] published ''[[Button Tack: The Rick Sneary Memorial Fanzine]]''.
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• LepreCon
  [[LepreCon 26]] || May 22-24, 2000 || [[Lubov]], [[John deChancie]], [[Larry Vela]], [[Marilyn Miller]] ...7-9, 2004 || [[Donato Giancola]], [[David Drake]], Sylvana Andershon-Gish, John Eaves, [[Mara Brener]]
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• V-Con
  [[V-Con 8]] || May 23-25, 1980 || [[Roger Zelazny]], [[John Byrne]], [[George Metzger]] [[VCON 13]] || May 24-26, 1985 || [[Robert Bloch]], [[John D. Berry]]
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• ConQuesT
  [[ConQuesT 18]] || May 1987 || [[John Varley]], [[Don Maitz]] [[ConQuesT 22]] || May 24-26, 1991 || [[John Kessel]], [[Dan Patterson]], [[Laura LeHew]]
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• Archon
  ...[Ed Bryant]], [[Victor Milan]], [[Walton Simons]], [[Leanne C. Harper]], [[John J. Miller]], [[Melinda Snodgrass]], [[Stephen Leigh]], [[Gail Miller]], [[W [[Archon 16]] || July 10-12, 1992 || [[John Varley]], [[Don Maitz]], [[Roger Tener]]
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• I-CON
  [[I-Con XXIII]] || March 26-28, 2004 || [[Connie Willis]] 1998 ||[[John L. Coker III]]
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• A History of Fandom in 100 Documents
  ...[First Fan Letter with Address]],<br>''[[Amazing Stories]]'' (August) || [[John Mackay]] || The first [[loc|letter]] written to a [[prozine]] [[letter colu ...[1937]]|| First [[mailing]] of [[FAPA]] (August) ||[[Don Wollheim ]] and [[John Michel]]|| The first [[fan]] [[apa]].
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• Ad Astra
  [[Ad Astra 9]] || June 9-11, 1989 || [[John Varley]], [[Kerry O'Quinn]] [[Ad Astra XVII]] || June 13-15, 1997 || [[Steven Brust]], [[Tim Powers]], [[John Clute]]
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• Norwescon
  ...chaired]] by [[Greg Bennett]]. [[Theodore Sturgeon]] was the Author GoH, [[John Berry]] the Fan GoH, and [[Alan E. Nourse]] the [[Toastmaster]]. Except for [[Norwescon 1]] || March 24-26, 1978 || [[Theodore Sturgeon]], [[John D. Berry]]
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• Nebula Award Weekend
  ...ril 16-18, 1993 || Holiday Crowne Plaza || [[New Orleans, LA]] || [[Connie Willis]] || A. J. Smith ...993 || April 22-24, 1994 || Valley River Inn || Eugene, Oregon || [[Connie Willis]], [[Edward Bryant]] || K. Eric Drexler
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• Ozark Science Fiction Association
  ...b Schoenfeld]], [[Doc Clark]], [[Chester Malon]], [[Donn Brazier]], [[Paul Willis]], [[Sim Pierce]], [[Jim Theis]], [[Gary Mattingly]] and [[Ron Whittington] In 1967, its [[president]] was [[John Steele]]; [[Douglas O. Clark]] was prez in 1970.
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• OMPA
  1957/58 || [[John Roles]] * [[John Bangsund]] -- ''[[Philosophical Gas]]''
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• Australian Natcon
  ...Science Fiction Convention]] || Melbourne || [[Lee Harding]] and (fan) [[John Foyster]] 12 || August 17-19, 1973 || [[Advention 2]] || [[Adelaide]] || [[John Foyster]]
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• Capricon
  ...on 14]] || February 1994 || [[Wyndham Hamilton]] || Itasca, IL || [[Connie Willis]], [[Mary Lynn Skirvin]], [[David Dyer-Bennet]] ...] || Arlington Heights, IL || [[James P. Hogan]], [[Shaenon K. Garity]], [[John Morse]]
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• DeepSouthCon
  ...n 40]] || June 14-16, 2002 || Huntsville, AL || [[Allen Steele]], [[Connie Willis]], [[Vincent Di Fate]], [[Nicki Lynch|Nicki]] & [[Rich Lynch]] ...27, 2003 || Chattanooga, TN || [[S. M. Stirling]], [[Darrell K. Sweet]], [[John Ringo]], [[Darryl Elliott]]
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• Initialese
  ...stounding Science Fiction]] (and it's sometimes [[aSF]], after 1948 when [[John W. Campbell|JWC]] began to de-emphasize the first word); [[AmQ]], [[Amazing ...d Out Of Your Armpit; FLEAC [[Fandom]]'s Leading Expert And Critic ([[Walt Willis]]); LNF Little Name [[Fan]]; LMJ Loudmouthed Jackass; SCF [[Serious Constru
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• 1998 FAAn Awards
  2 || ''[[Attitude]]'', edited by [[Michael Abbott]], [[John Dallman]] and [[Pam Wells]] || 63 15 (tie) || ''[[Gasworks]]'', edited by [[Steve Swartz]] and [[John D. Berry]] || 8
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• OryCon
  [[OryCon 1]] || November 9-11, 1979 || [[John Varley]], [[Richard Geis]] || Lloyd Center Sheraton ...] || November 11-13, 1988 || [[Lucius Shepard]], [[John Varley]], [[Connie Willis]], [[Mona Clee]] || Red Lion/Doubletree Columbia River
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• Eastercon
  5 || [[Supermancon]] || [[Manchester]] || June 5-6, 1954 (Whitsunday) || [[John Russell Fearn]] 18 || [[Briscon]] || [[Bristol]] || March 24-26, 1967 || [[John Brunner]]
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• Swancon
  [[Swancon X]] || [[John McDouall]] || Jan 25-28, 1985 || Airways Hotel || [[Ian Nichols]] ...on 12]] || [[David Simmons]] || Feb 28 - Mar 2, 1987 || Airways Hotel || [[John McDouall]]
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• Mythcon
  ...7 || Marquette University, [[Milwaukee, WI]] || [[Christopher Tolkien]], [[John Bellairs]] [[Mythcon XXXIII]] || July 26-29, 2002 || [[Boulder, CO]] || [[Connie Willis]], [[Alexei Kondratiev]]
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• Richard Bergeron
  ...ably-[[mimeographed]] compilation of the [[fannish]] [[writing]] of [[Walt Willis]] &mdash; an astonishing feat. (One well-known [[fan]] called it "the best ...lived at 1 West 72nd Street, the famous "Dakota" apartment building where John Lennon and Yoko Ono also lived, and in front of which Lennon was assassinat
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• Nebula Awards
  1992 ||[[Connie Willis]] ||''Doomsday Book'' 2010 ||[[Connie Willis]] ||''Blackout'' and ''All Clear''
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• TAFF
  ...th American affair) – the [[WAW With the Crew in '52]] Campaign for [[Walt Willis]] to the [[Chicon II]]. That, in turn, was inspired by the [[Big Pond Fund] [[1952 TAFF Race|1952]] || << [[Walt Willis]] || none – one-purpose [[WAW With the Crew in '52]] || Not a race, and T
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• Ed Bryant
  ...[[Wil McCarthy]], [[Bruce Holland Rogers]], [[Dan Simmons]], and [[Connie Willis]]. He was a senior editor of Wormhole Books. In addition, Bryant has facil
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• Noreascon 3 Committee
  ** Assistant [[John Lorentz]] ...aterson]], Stephen Whitmore, [[Marlene Willauer]], [[Sara Willig]], [[John Willis]], [[Lew Wolkoff]], [[Paul Wrigley]], [[Kate Yule]]
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• World Fantasy Convention
  ...November 1, 1992 || Pine Mountain, [[Georgia|GA]] || [[Michael Bishop]], [[John Farris]], [[Martin H. Greenberg]], [[Anne McCaffrey]], [[Robert Gould]] ...on]] || October 28-31, 1993 || [[Bloomington, MN]] || [[Poul Anderson]], [[John Crowley]], [[Roger Zelazny]], [[Tom Canty]], Basil Copper
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• Peter West
  ...m the 1950s. In the [[Loncon&nbsp;I]] report in ''[[Hyphen]]'' #19, [[Walt Willis]] described him as 'a naturalised [[Czech]] with the fine old Bohemian name ...es how [[Roger Robinson]] got hold of a photo album that had belonged to [[John Roles]]:
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• Ed Wood
  ...ent side. Ed had once boasted of having thrown away every issue of [[Walt Willis]]'s classic [[fannish]] [[fanzine]] ''[[Hyphen]]'', unread. ...han [[Campbellian]].” Among Wood's many acts of generosity, he persuaded [[John W. Campbell]] not to reject [[Doc Smith]]'s ''Children of the Lens'' (1947)
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• Balticon
  ...on 15]] || April 17-19, 1981 || Hunt Valley Inn|| [[Hunt Valley, MD]] || [[John Varley]] ...08 || Marriott's Hunt Valley|| [[Hunt Valley, MD]] || [[Connie Willis]], [[John Jude Palencar]] & [[Urban Tapestry]]
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• Arthur C. Clarke
  ...most prominent physiognomic feature.” He used the [[pennames]] '''Charles Willis''' and '''E. G. O'Brien'''. He was [[GoH]] at [[NYCon II]]. ...n three [[prozine]] editors: [[Harry Bates]], [[F. Orlin Tremaine]], and [[John W. Campbell]]. In this 1989 [[autobiography]], Clarke also gives his reacti
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• Harlan Ellison
  [[File:7fandom.jpeg|thumb|'''[[7th Fandom]]ites [[Bill Dignin]], [[John Magnus]] and Harlan Ellison, from left, at [[Clevention]] in 1955.''' ''Pho ...'''[[Cheech|Phil "Cheech" Beldone]], Jay Charby, Sley Harson, Ellis Hart, John Magnus, Paul Merchant, Pat Roeder, Ivar Jorgenson, Derry Tiger, Harlan Elli
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• Fan Memoirs
  *[[John V. Baltadonis]], [[Herb Goudket]], [[Dave Kyle]], [[Bob Madle]], [[John J. Newton]], [[Fred Pohl]], [[Milt Rothman]], [[Ossie Train]]: ''[[Phoxphyr *[[John V. Baltadonis]]: [[Nycon 1 Reminiscence (Baltadonis)|Reminiscence]]
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• WisCon
  [[WisCon 3]] || February 2–4, 1979 || [[Suzy McKee Charnas]], [[John Varley]], [[Gina Ellis Clarke|Gina Clarke]] [[WisCon 11]] || February 20–22, 1987 || [[Connie Willis]], [[Samuel R. Delany]], [[Avedon Carol]]
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• Westercon
  ...Westercon 19]] || July 1-4, 1966 || [[San Diego]] || [[Harlan Ellison]], [[John Trimble]], [[Bjo Trimble]] 42 || [[Conosaurus]] || June 30-July 4, 1989 || [[Anaheim]] || [[John Varley]], [[Arthur Hlavaty]]
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• List of Australian Illustrators
  John Banitsiotis John Stewart
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• Boskone
  [[Boskone 3]] || October 1-3, 1966 || MIT, [[Cambridge, MA]] || [[John W. Campbell]], [[Oliver Selfridge]] || 68 ...one 14]] || February 18-20, 1977 || [[Sheraton Boston]] || [[Ben Bova]], [[John Schoenherr]] || 1010
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• Philcon
  [[Philcon 1972]] || November 17-17 1972 || [[John Brunner]] [[Philcon 2002]] || December 13-15, 2002 || [[Connie Willis]], [[Donato Giancola]], [[David Gerrold]], [[Nalo Hopkinson]], [[Spider Rob
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• Worldcon
  ...August 30–September 1, 1947 || [[Philadelphia]] || [[Milton Rothman]] || [[John W. Campbell, Jr.]] || 200 ...er 3–6, 1954 || [[San Francisco]] || [[Lester Cole]], [[Gary Nelson]] || [[John W. Campbell, Jr.]] || 700
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• Cry of the Nameless
  ...on]] personalities such as [[Ellison]], [[Asimov]], [[Silverberg]], [[Walt Willis]], and [[Harry Warner, Jr.]]. Becoming a ''Cry'' [[letterhack]] was a kind ...Renfrew Pemberton]]"), the "Fandom Harvest" column by [[Terry Carr]] and [[John Berry]]'s serialized 1959 North American trip report "[[The Goon Goes West]
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• Numerical Fandoms
  ...tively took the place of [[Fantasy Magazine]] until Wollheim, along with [[John B. Michel]], started the [[Fantasy Amateur Press Association]] in August 19 ...ering on the [[New York Futurian Society]] (including but not limited to [[John B. Michel]] and [[Donald A. Wollheim]], whom their enemies and followers ca
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• Washington Science Fiction Association
  ...ans]], [[Chick Derry]], [[Dick Eney]], [[Nelson Griggs]], [[Ted White]], [[John Magnus]], and various others at times. [[WSFA]]ns have played a prominent p 2010 ||[[Capclave 2010]] ||[[Connie Willis]] ||''Fire Watch''
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• Knights of St. Fantony
  ...st concentration of [[fans]] and most of the writers ([[Arthur Clarke]], [[John Wyndham]], [[Sam Youd]], [[Bill Temple]] and so on), the editors, publisher ...g members. Close behind was [[Liverpool]], where [[Norman Shorrock]] and [[John Roles]] were leading lights in starting the [[Liverpool Science Fiction Soc
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• Bruce Pelz
  ...ey]]: they rented a house in the hillside area above LA civic center, 'til John married [[Bjo]] in July, 1960. (Pelz published ''[[A Fanzine for Bjohn]]'' John Trimble wrote: "As might be expected, with [[fans]] packed beyond critical
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• Bob Tucker
  '''Pong''' The surname given such Tuckerish [[pen-names]] as John W. Pong, Jr., Horatio Alger Pong, Lord Ponge-Ponge [a bit of an oddball] [[ '''Pong''' The surname given such Tuckerish [[penames]] as John W. Pong, Jr., Horatio Alger Pong, [[usw]], altho according to some who shou
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• FAPA
  ...sy Amateur Press Association was founded in 1937 by [[Don Wollheim]] and [[John Michel]]. They were inspired to create FAPA by their memberships in some of ...me as a battle for the future of [[fandom]] between the [[Don Wollheim]]–[[John Michel]] axis and the non-political [[fans]].
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• Convention
  ...ings up a little with the [[Philcon I#Fireworks Furor|Fireworks Furor]]. [[John W. Campbell]] was [[GoH]]; hotel Penn Sheraton; 180 attendees. ...however, didn't get the con for [[San Francisco in '53|Frisco in '53]]); [[John Pomeroy]] told everyone How To Be An Expert Without Actually Knowing Anythi
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• WSFS, Inc.
  WSFS, Inc. was a really big deal in the fanzines of the day. ([[Walt Willis]] wrote a screenplay of it called "[[The Raybin Story]]".) You can get a g ...tralia]]), [[Tony Lewis]] ([[Boston]]), [[Don Lundry]] ([[New Jersey]]), [[John Millard]] ([[Toronto]]), [[Bob Pavlat]] ([[DC]]), [[Bruce Pelz]] ([[LA]]),
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• Phoxphyre
  ...in]], [[Donald A. Wollheim]], [[Milton A. Rothman]], [[Frederik Pohl]], [[John Michel]], [[William S. Sykora]], [[David A. Kyle]], and [[Bob Madle]].'' ...anding in front of.'''<p>'''[[Herbert E. Goudket]] took the photograph. [[John V. Baltadonis]], who also attended the convention, had not arrived at the t
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• LASFS
  * [[John DeChancie]] * [[John Hertz]]
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