Dave Gardner
(Do you mean the fan involved withe the SF Oral History Association in the 2000s?)
(???? – )
David S. Gardner, often known in fandom as Dave Gardner, was a UK fan from Liverpool active in the the late 1940s into the 1960s. He was an early member (number 15) of the Liverpool Group (LāSFāS) and attended a number of conventions from the London SF Con of 1952.
Gardner had a letter published in Astounding in May 1949. Forrest J Ackerman wrote in Fantasy Times 129 (May 1951) that Gardner was "the first fan I met on English soil". He was credited with production on the first issue of the Liverpool clubzine Space Diversions (June 1952) and became a co-editor with issue 5 (February 1953). His novelette "Two Came Back" was published in 7 and was praised by Walt Willis as "good enough for a promag – in fact too good for some"[1]. Gardner would in fact publish four short stories in Nebula and New Worlds between 1953 and 1955.
In 1953 he became involved with the British Amateur Science Fiction Foundation, a group founded by Ken Slater as a repository for amateur publications from all over the world, intended as "a reference library and 'proof of copyright for an amateur publisher'"[2]. It didn't last long and came to nothing.
Gardner is listed in Ron Bennett's Directory of Science Fiction Fandom for 1955 as "XAP" meaning an ex-active fan now with only professional interest. In Epitaff, Eric Bentcliffe's 1960 TAFF report published in 1961, he refers to Gardner as "one time member of the Liverpool Group". Ron Bennett later wrote in Burp! 22 (March 1964) that "I've not heard of Dave Gardner for years."
Links
- Space Diversions [1953] (with John Roles and Norman Shorrock)
- Symposium on Sex and Sadism in Science Fiction [1953]
- Xmas Greetings from the 'Space Divers'
____
| Person | ????— |
| This is a biography page. Please extend it by adding more information about the person, such as fanzines and apazines published, awards, clubs, conventions worked on, GoHships, impact on fandom, external links, anecdotes, etc. See Standards for People and The Naming of Names. |