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'''David Redd''' is a [[UK]] [[fan]] and [[writer]] from Haverfordwest in [[Wales]]. As a writer he was never prolific, publishing thirty-six short stories in 52 years starting with 'The Way to London Town' in ''[[New Worlds]]'', July 1966. Other pieces appeared in magazines and anthologies including ''[[F&SF]]'', ''[[Interzone]]'' and ''[[Asimov's]]''. A ''Collected Stories'' was published in 2018. [[Dave Langford]] in the ''[[SFE]]'' describes him as 'an engaging writer who long seemed deserving of a breakthrough work that somehow never appeared.'
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'''David T. Redd''' was a [[UK]] [[fan]] and [[writer]] from Haverfordwest in [[Wales]]. He published only thirty-six short stories between 'The Way to London Town' in ''[[New Worlds]]'', July 1966, and 2006. Others appeared in magazines including ''[[F&SF]]'', ''[[Interzone]]'' and ''[[Asimov's]]'', and in anthologies; he wast most productive in the 1990s but had several hiatuses, most significantly a complete silence in 1984–8. He also wrote several novels that never sold. ''Collected Stories'' appeared in 2018 from [[Gostak]] Press, i. e. [[Greg Pickersgill]], who provided the afterword; this contains 30 stories including one previously unpublished. [[Dave Langford]] in the ''[[SFE]]'' described Redd as 'an engaging writer who long seemed deserving of a breakthrough work that somehow never appeared.'
  
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As a fan he was a frequent and insightful contributor to letter columns from ''[[Speculation]]'' in 1969 to modern titles including ''[[Banana Wings]]'', ''[[Journey Planet]]'', ''[[Relapse]]'' and ''[[The White Notebooks]]''. [[Greg Pickersgill]] published one of his letters in ''[[Rastus Johnson's Cakewalk]]'' #7 in October 1994, which described later as 'discussing such apparently diverse topics as online fandom, the Bronte family and the Spadeadam rocket test site, [which] is one of my favourite bits of fanwriting of all time.'
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As a fan, beside his few fanzines listed below, Redd was a frequent and insightful contributor to [[letter column]]s from ''[[Speculation]]'' in 1969 (and maybe earlier) to post-1990 titles including ''[[Banana Wings]]'', ''[[Journey Planet]]'', ''[[Relapse]]'' and ''[[The White Notebooks]]''. [[Greg Pickersgill]] later described his letter to ''[[Rastus Johnson's Cakewalk]]'' #7 (October 1994) as 'discussing such apparently diverse topics as [[online]] fandom, the Bronte family and the Spadeadam rocket test site […] one of my favourite bits of [[fanwriting]] of all time. I actually recommended it, strongly, for inclusion in [[Fanthology 1994|that year's annual Fanthology]], but the person who recieved my message chose not to transmit it onwards to the actual editor.'<ref> http://www.gostak.org.uk/what/gregfanzine.htm</ref> Two of Redd's stories and and essay appeared in the 2000s in the online magazine ''[[Bewildering Stories]]''.<ref> http://www.aftertones.magix.net/public/bws/allauthors09b.html</ref>
  
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His [[fanzines]] were the three-issues of ''[[Dr Faustenstein]]'' from 1979–80 and the single-issue ''[[Dreddnaught]]'' in 1985.
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Redd attended conventions only occasionally. He was at [[Loncon II]] in 1965 and [[SCI-CON 70]], but didn't attend another [[Eastercon]] until [[Paragon]] (2001) when [[Peter Weston]] promised to send him his contributor's copy of the hardcover anthology ''Andromeda 3'', only 23 years late. In 2001 Redd also appeared on the television show ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire''.
  
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He attended conventions only occasionally. He was at [[Loncon II]] in 1965 and [[Sci-Con]] in 1970, but didn't then attend another Eastercon until [[Paragon|2001]] when [[Peter Weston]] promised to send him his contributor's copy of the hardcover anthology ''Andromeda 3'', only 23 years late.
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He worked as a civil engineer until retirement.
  
 
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* ''[[Life and Death in Haverfordwest]]'' [1986, 1987, 1992]
  
 
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* [https://sfmagazines.com/?p=9439 Interview with David Redd from 2018] by [[Paul Fraser]], who also wrote [https://sfmagazines.com/?p=10162 detailed review of the book with some quotes from the afterword]
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* [http://www.gostak.cymru/reddbook.htm ''Collected Stories''] at Gostak, with "some editorial introduction from the original publications"
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{{person | born=1946 | died=2024 |Locale=Haverfordwest, UK}}
 
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Latest revision as of 01:38, 19 May 2024

(January 14, 1946 – May 11, 2024)

David T. Redd was a UK fan and writer from Haverfordwest in Wales. He published only thirty-six short stories between 'The Way to London Town' in New Worlds, July 1966, and 2006. Others appeared in magazines including F&SF, Interzone and Asimov's, and in anthologies; he wast most productive in the 1990s but had several hiatuses, most significantly a complete silence in 1984–8. He also wrote several novels that never sold. Collected Stories appeared in 2018 from Gostak Press, i. e. Greg Pickersgill, who provided the afterword; this contains 30 stories including one previously unpublished. Dave Langford in the SFE described Redd as 'an engaging writer who long seemed deserving of a breakthrough work that somehow never appeared.'

As a fan, beside his few fanzines listed below, Redd was a frequent and insightful contributor to letter columns from Speculation in 1969 (and maybe earlier) to post-1990 titles including Banana Wings, Journey Planet, Relapse and The White Notebooks. Greg Pickersgill later described his letter to Rastus Johnson's Cakewalk #7 (October 1994) as 'discussing such apparently diverse topics as online fandom, the Bronte family and the Spadeadam rocket test site […] one of my favourite bits of fanwriting of all time. I actually recommended it, strongly, for inclusion in that year's annual Fanthology, but the person who recieved my message chose not to transmit it onwards to the actual editor.'[1] Two of Redd's stories and and essay appeared in the 2000s in the online magazine Bewildering Stories.[2]

Redd attended conventions only occasionally. He was at Loncon II in 1965 and SCI-CON 70, but didn't attend another Eastercon until Paragon (2001) when Peter Weston promised to send him his contributor's copy of the hardcover anthology Andromeda 3, only 23 years late. In 2001 Redd also appeared on the television show Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

He worked as a civil engineer until retirement.

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  1. ↑ http://www.gostak.org.uk/what/gregfanzine.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.aftertones.magix.net/public/bws/allauthors09b.html
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