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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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