Donald J. Doughty
(December 4, 1921 – January 2006)
Donald "Don" John Doughty was a UK fan from Downham Market, Norfolk and later Middlesex active from the late 1930s into 1950s. He attended the Whitcon of 1948, the Loncon of 1949 and the London SF Con of 1952. A single story, "Adoption", appeared in New Worlds 6 (Spring 1950).
Doughty appeared in some prozine letter columns from 1939. The "Brass Tacks" column in Astounding (December 1940) included a letter from him under the reassuring heading "They're still seeing Astounding in England". Doughty praised "consistently good covers by Rogers; excellent drawings by Schneeman, specially for 'Red Death of Mars,'[1] also by the Isips in June issue; and not least, your own very interesting editorials."
Doughty published the fanzine Tin Tacks which was distributed as a rider with Futurian War Digest from March to September 1941 after which he joined the navy. J. Michael Rosenblum wrote in FWD 13:
In the last nine months or so, Don has rapidly come to the front as a "top" fan, and was one of the most active members of the coterie of new enthusiasts. We all certainly wish him the very best of luck, and are sorry to miss his effusion in future editions of the Fido mailing.
Doughty wrote his own self-introduction in Futurian War Digest 23:
I first began to take an interest in Stf, in the shape of Wells, Verne, etc. around the age of 14, and then became interested in the pros in '38 being introduced to Fandom at the time of the first issue of FIDO, now nearly 2 years ago At the beginning of last year I used to bore a long suffering fandom with a Fido-sheet, Tin Tacks, until the Navy stopped all that. Haven't had much chance to do anything more than read fan and prozines since joining, hoping to become more prolific when I am settled down at sea. No point in stating preferences, as I've not read sufficient wartime stf to be able to give at all balanced opinions on mags, authors, artists, etc.
He is listed in the Directory of Anglo-Fandom for 1945 but while he continued to attend conventions until at least 1952 he doesn't appear in later directories.
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- ↑ Robert Moore Williams, July 1940 issue.
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