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  • RSFG
    ...d tradition of not organising things, so like the byline - Reading Science Fiction (Drinking) Group. There also was a [[Reading University Science Fiction Club]] organized by [[Keith Freeman]].
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  • British University Clubs
    Most British universities seem to have a Science Fiction club, but they are often ephemeral, poorly documented and tend to focus on media * [[Cambridge University Science Fiction Society]] (CUSFS)
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  • Susan Smith-Clarke
    ...b]] ([[Fannish]] & non-fannish). She was a member of the [[Sydney Science Fiction Foundation]]. She worked at Western Sydney University (UWS) and even taught a class in fan studies.
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  • Bill Evans
    ...] activities. He received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Oregon State University in 1947 and was sometimes known as “'''[[Doc]]'''.” ...]. The dustjacket of this book stated that Evans started reading [[science fiction]] magazines in 1930.
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  • Louis Russell Chauvenet
    ...] with other [[fans]] came with meeting [[R. D. Swisher]] in the 1930s and reading his [[fanzines]]. ...[[SF Fandom]] and of [[The Stranger Club]] of [[Boston]]. (The [[Stranger Club]] was the [[FGoH]] of the 1989 [[Worldcon]], [[Noreascon 3]]) With [[Damon
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  • Advent:Publishers
    ...rl Kemp]] and other members of the [[University of Chicago Science Fiction Club]], including [[Sidney Coleman]], [[Ed Wood]], [[Jon Stopa]], and [[Bob Brin ...s | text=Wikipedia article on Advent}} is exceptionally complete and worth reading.
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  • New York, NY
    ...f its science orientation. Perhaps the [[ISA]] was not strictly am [[SF]] club, but the [[NYBISA]]'s officers included such legendary figures as [[Will Sy ...[[early conventions]] were held there, the [[Second Eastern States Science Fiction Convention]], and, of course, the [[First Worldcon]] on July 4th, 1939.
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  • Rog Phillips
    ...and some genre critics feel his stories did much to raise the standard of fiction these magazines published at the time. ...[fandom]], including [[Robert Silverberg]] who learned of [[fandom]] while reading ''[[Amazing]]'' in 1948.
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  • ISA
    ...nternational Cosmos Science Club''' and before that, the '''Edison Science Club'''. ...Chicago]] area, and only partly devoted to the then new genre of [[science fiction]].
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  • Chicago Clubs
    ...'' dates (''fl.'') cover the range of dates for which we have evidence the club was active. (The ranges are doubtless narrower than actual due to lack of ...hed into something like one. It was certainly one of the very earliest sf-club-like-things.
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  • Ray Nelson
    ...d the University of Chicago and belonged to the [[University of Chicago SF Club]]. In a [[loc]] to ''[[G2]]'' 10 ([https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/G2/G22-01 ...mmunion elements. The chaplain told Cardinal Strich, the Cardinal told the university’s president, and the principals in the escapade were confined to quarters
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  • Jack Williamson
    ...enjoyed your latest book, and I hope that ten years from now I'll still be reading them!" Williamson, looked at him and said, "Well, if you take care of your ...ern New Mexico University, which established the [[Jack Williamson Science Fiction Library]] in his memory.
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  • Minneapolis, MN
    ...ver was actually organized, seeds had been planted for a new Twin Cities [[club]] that would be based on an informal approach, without "a predilection for ...ity of Minnesota, it quickly became a [[local]] club rather than a college club. [[Minn-Stf]]'s Floundering Fathers were [[Ken Fletcher]], [[Nate Bucklin]
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  • Forrest J Ackerman
    ...lia (he was called '''The Grand Acquisitor'''), magazine editor, [[science fiction]] writer, [[Esperanto]] enthusiast, and [[literary agent]]. He was central to creation and growth of [[science fiction fandom]]. Famous for his word play, [[simplifyd spelng]], [[Scientificombi
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  • Aubrey MacDermott on the Origins of Fandom
    To the best of my knowledge I am the first active [[science fiction]] [[fan]]. In 1916 when I was 6 1/2 my paternal grandfather came to stay wi In 1918 I developed T.B. and was sent early in 1919 to the Stanford University Convalescent Home. There I enjoyed the great staff library which I was, wit
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  • Finland
    The first '''Finnish''' [[sf club]], the [[Turun SF-Seura]] (Turku SF Society), was founded in January 1976. == Widening the Available Coasts - Science Fiction Fandom in Finland==
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  • LASFS
    ...the main [[club]] in Los Angeles, and is believed to be the second oldest club in existence, founded in 1934. It holds the annual [[Loscon]], and members ...Johnson]]. [[Helen Finn]], elected in 1941, was likely the first female sf club president anywhere.
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  • Bruce Pelz
    ...' (aka '''The Elephant''' and '''Brucifer'''), a [[Los Angeles]] [[science fiction]] [[fan]] active in [[LASFS]], [[co-chaired]] [[L.A.Con I]] in 1972 and was ...ing on a cape of some sort." In this vein, he was the founder of an eating club, the [[PIGS]].
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  • Ditmar Awards
    The '''Ditmars''' are the '''[[Australian]] [[Science Fiction]] Achievement Awards'''. ...tmar Award ceremony, at [[Bofcon]], the 15th [[Australian National Science Fiction Convention]] in [[Melbourne]] in August 1976.
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  • The Stranger Club by Art Widner
    The [[Stranger Club]] ...I said to [[Louis Russell Chauvenet]] (at whose home the embryo [[Stranger Club]] had its first meeting), ‘Well, I told you '[[The Nameless Ones]]' would
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