Ken Slater

(December 27, 1917 – February 16, 2008)

Kenneth F. Slater, a British fan, huckster, and reviewer, played a major role in restarting British fandom after the war, helped to found the SFS which organized the 1949 Eastercon. He created Operation Fantast to get around British post-WW II import and currency restrictions, which later turned into the bookseller Fantast (Medway) Ltd. He was married to Joyce Slater.

He was FGoH at Conspiracy '87 (along with his wife, Joyce).

He helped to found TAFF, was a member of First Fandom, and was on the Loncon I committee. His first convention was first Eastercon, Whitcon in 1948. He was the regular reviewer for Nebula from 1953-1959, writing the column "Something to Read" and was a founding member (#6) of the BSFA in 1958. He helped designed the Tucker Hotel, and was a Knight of St. Fantony. He was editor of Vector for two issues. He was on the Yarcon and Bullcon committees. He was a member of the British Fantasy Library, N3F.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Asprin For The Adjutant [1952]
• Bilcyn (for OMPA)
• Bilfescyning (for OMPA)
• British SF Book Index [1956] (for OMPA)
• Consomme [1953]
• Fan Press [1952]
• Fandoodle (with Dave Barber)
• Fantast Sidetrack [1954] (for Operation Fantast)
• Funtust (for OMPA)
• Gafmoi!
• Hints on Stencil Cutting [1949] (with John Newman, for the Science Fantasy Society)
• I Think This Tram Turns Left
• In Re Yours [1954] (for OMPA)
• The In Tray 1952 (for Operation Fantast)
• Inscrewtibobble [1956] (for OMPA)
• Matter of No Moment (for FAPA)
• Operation Fantast (for Operation Fantast)
• Operation Fantast Handbook (for Operation Fantast)
• Operation Fantast Newsletter (for Operation Fantast)
• Slater's Witness [1979]
• Still Life (for OMPA and FAPA)
• Stone Age Stories
• The Tucker Hotel.
• Twin Set (for FAPA)

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1951 – NECON
• 1957 – Knight of St. Fantony
• 1959 – Brumcon
• 1966 – Doc Weir Award
• 1974 – Novacon 4
• 1981 – Faircon '81
• 1983 – Unicon 4
• 1987 – Conspiracy '87
• 1995 – Big Heart Award

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1917—2008

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