https://fancyclopedia.org/api.php?hidebots=1&urlversion=1&days=7&limit=50&target=Knights_of_St._Fantony&action=feedrecentchanges&feedformat=atomFancyclopedia 3 - Changes related to "Knights of St. Fantony" [en]2024-03-28T17:27:55ZRelated changesMediaWiki 1.33.1https://fancyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Jill_Adams&diff=198778&oldid=196295Jill Adams2024-03-27T11:32:54Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Jill Adams, Shel Deretchin, Dave Cohen at the 1957 Worldcon in London. Photo by Pete West, courtesy of Rob Hansen..jpg|thumb|right|L-R: Jill Adams, Shel Deretchin, Dave Cohen at the 1957 Worldcon in London. Photo by Pete West, courtesy of Rob Hansen.]](July 31, 1933 – )</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Jill Adams, Shel Deretchin, Dave Cohen at the 1957 Worldcon in London. Photo by Pete West, courtesy of Rob Hansen..jpg|thumb|right|L-R: Jill Adams, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Shel Deretchin<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Dave Cohen<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>at the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>1957 Worldcon<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>London<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. Photo by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Pete West<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, courtesy of Rob Hansen.]](July 31, 1933 – <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1980</ins>)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Gillian T. “Jill” Adams''' was a [[fan]] from [[Southampton]], [[U.K.]], active from <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the 1950s </del>to the 1970s, making an impression on [[Archie Mercer]] and others at [[Loncon I]] for "apparently being able to go without sleep altogether for several nights on the trot and still look just as fresh as at the beginning." She was described by [[Archie Mercer]] and [[Norm Shorrock]] as being one of those people who stay in the background and work hard to keep things running.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Gillian T. “Jill” Adams''' was a [[fan]] from [[Southampton]], [[U.K.]], active from <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">at least 1957 </ins>to the 1970s, making an impression on [[Archie Mercer]] and others at [[Loncon I]] for "apparently being able to go without sleep altogether for several nights on the trot and still look just as fresh as at the beginning." She was described by [[Archie Mercer]] and [[Norm Shorrock]] as being one of those people who stay in the background and work hard to keep things running.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This might have helped in her long involvement in the running of the [[BSFA]] from its inauguration, including stints as both [[Treasurer]] and [[Secretary]]. She also belonged to the [[London Circle]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This might have helped in her long involvement in the running of the [[BSFA]] from its inauguration <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in 1958 (she was member #12)</ins>, including stints as both [[Treasurer]] and [[Secretary]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. She was listed as a council member as late as 1975</ins>. She also belonged to the [[London Circle]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Mark Plummerhttps://fancyclopedia.org/index.php?title=BSFA&diff=198763&oldid=186738BSFA2024-03-25T14:21:22Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''British Science Fiction Association''' is a [[UK]] [[club]]. '''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">BSFA</del>''' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">holds monthly meetings in </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">London</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">author</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">interviews</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">recorded </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">uploaded by </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Chad Dixon</del>]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''British Science Fiction Association'''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, the '''BSFA''' or '''BoSFA''', </ins>is a [[UK]] [[club]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">founded in 1958</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It has published the critical journal </ins>''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Vector]]</ins>''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, the newsletter </ins>''[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Matrix</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'', and writers' magazine ''</ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Focus</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as well as other shorter-lived or one-off publications. It administers the [[BSFA Awards]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">from 1959 to 1966 the UK </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Eastercon</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was held under its aegis</ins>. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[organization]] was formed in 1958, with its origins traceable to a [[fanzine]] article written by [[Vincent Clarke]] in early 1958. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>The club came officially into existence at [[Cytricon IV]], the 1958 [[Eastercon]]. Clarke was unable to attend, sending a collection of reactions to his article instead. A series of meetings at the convention brought about creation of the club. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> Other </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fans</del>]] who <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">were active in </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">formation process included [[Terry Jeeves]]</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Archie Mercer]]</del>, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Eric Bentcliffe]].</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The [[organization]] was formed in 1958, with its origins traceable to a [[fanzine]] article written by [[Vincent Clarke]] in early 1958. The club came officially into existence at [[Cytricon IV]], the 1958 [[Eastercon]]. Clarke was unable to attend, sending a collection of reactions to his article instead. A series of meetings at the convention brought about creation of the club. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">An article in ''</ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Space Diversions</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' #10 linked below lists the 37 people </ins>who <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">attended </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">inaugural meeting</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not all of whom joined the Association</ins>, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">set out the 'aims and ideals' of the new group:</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The club experienced a difficult first year, trying to rise from obscurity. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Little publicity about the club was produced at first, and some of [[fans]] leading the club had to cut back activity for various reasons. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> De-facto leadership was assumed </del>by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bentcliffe</del>, with <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Jeeves editing </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">club</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s publication </del>''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>Vector<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>''. The club finally came of age in 1959, when [[Brumcon]], the Eastercon in Birmingham, was run under BSFA sponsorship.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> The Association shall exist for the benefit of those interested in science-fiction and allied branches of imaginative literature.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> It shall encourage the reading, writing and publishing of good literature of this class, shall assist and encourage contact between enthusiasts, shall provide liaison between its members and the science-fiction profession, shall endeavour to present science-fiction and associated art forms to the Press and general public in an advantageous manner & shall provide such amenities as may prove desirable for the use of members.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The foundational committee was given as [[Dave Newman]] (Chairman), [[Eric Bentcliffe]] (Secretary), [[Terry Jeeves]] (Asst. Secretary), [[Archie Mercer]] (Treasurer) and [[Ted Tubb]] (Editor of the Official Organ).</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The club experienced a difficult first year, trying to rise from obscurity. Little publicity about the club was produced at first, and some of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </ins>[[fans]] leading the club had to cut back activity for various reasons. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The first issue of ''[[Vector]]'' appeared in the summer of 1958. The second, now edited </ins>by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Jeeves</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">appeared in the Autumn and included the first known membership list </ins>with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">69 members to 4 October 1958. The third issue at </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">end of 1958 listed further members but also directed, </ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">From the previous list in </ins>''Vector'' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2, delete M.l. (D.J.Newman) who was originally listed due to a misunderstanding.' This left the BSFA in the peculiar position where its first member was #2, Eric Bentcliffe</ins>. The club finally came of age in 1959, when [[Brumcon]], the Eastercon in Birmingham, was run under BSFA sponsorship.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>But by the end of the 1950s, both Jeeves and Bentcliffe had resigned, and their places were taken by [[Bobbie Wild]] (who married and became [[Bobbie Gray]] the next year) and [[Doc Weir]], though ill health forced Weir to turn the BSFA Secretary position over to [[Sandra Hall]] after just a few months.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>But by the end of the 1950s, both Jeeves and Bentcliffe had resigned, and their places were taken by [[Bobbie Wild]] (who married and became [[Bobbie Gray]] the next year) and [[Doc Weir]], though ill health forced Weir to turn the BSFA Secretary position over to [[Sandra Hall]] after just a few months.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Mark Plummerhttps://fancyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Bob_Shaw&diff=198753&oldid=194897Bob Shaw2024-03-24T22:38:43Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Bob Shaw. Drawing by Doug Chaffee.jpg|thumb|left|'''Bob Shaw'''. ''Drawing by [[Doug Chaffee]], from the [[DSC 50]] [[PB]], courtesy [[Guy Lillian III]]''.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Bob Shaw. Drawing by Doug Chaffee.jpg|thumb|left<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|upright=.5</ins>|'''Bob Shaw'''.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><br></ins>''Drawing by [[Doug Chaffee]], from the [[DSC 50]] [[PB]], courtesy [[Guy Lillian III]]''.]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(December 31, 1931 – February 11, 1996)</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Leah Zeldes Smithhttps://fancyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Roberta_Gray&diff=198705&oldid=198550Roberta Gray2024-03-22T15:52:07Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> I seemed to be doing an awful lot of official stuff in fandom. Now I did this because I was asked by fans to do so, but it meant that I had to take fandom more seriously than it should be taken. It also meant that nearly every minute of my spare time was taken with fannish activities.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> I seemed to be doing an awful lot of official stuff in fandom. Now I did this because I was asked by fans to do so, but it meant that I had to take fandom more seriously than it should be taken. It also meant that nearly every minute of my spare time was taken with fannish activities.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In the same issue she announced she had 'fallen heir' to ''Femizine'' after Ethel Lindsay had ended the title with #15. She solicited contributions but for whatever reason a further issue under her editorship did not appear.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1962 ''Vagary'' placed 10th in the [[Skyrack]] Poll for best British fanzine while Gray herself placed 8th as fan writer.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1962 ''Vagary'' placed 10th in the [[Skyrack]] Poll for best British fanzine while Gray herself placed 8th as fan writer.</div></td></tr>
</table>Mark Plummer