Dave Wood
(Did you mean the Nottingham Dave Wood?)
(August? 1936[1] – June 6, 2007)
Dave Wood was a British fan from Lancaster. With Ken Potter, he founded the British Teenage Fantasy and Science Fiction Society, later and better known as the Junior Fanatics in 1951. He assisted Potter with publishing Peri, the group's official organ, and Brennschluss. He was also a member of OMPA (briefly) and the Fantasy Art Society.
He had a letter published in New Worlds 16 (July 1952) in which he praised the magazine's covers as 'invariably excellent', before listing all the ones that weren't.
Largely inactive throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he returned to activity in the 1980s, then living in Clevedon, Somerset, and published Xyster, which won a Nova Award for best fanzine in 1984, as well as the shorter And All That Jazz.
As the latter title suggests, he was a great jazz fan.
- And All That Jazz [1988–9]
- Brennschluss [1954–5? issues only, with Ken Potter]
- Centaurus [1952] (for the Fantasy Art Society)
- Dog Factory [1992-94] (with Les Escott)
- Hep [1955] (for OMPA)
- Hi De Hi [1950s] (with Ken Potter)
- Peri [1953-4] (with Ken Potter)
- Xyster [1983–2001]
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1984 – Nova Award for best fanzine
Person | 1936—2007 |
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