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[[File:Sam Russell (1940s). Courtesy of Rob Hansen.jpg|thumb|left|upright|'''Sam Russell'''. ''From ''VOM'' 23 ([https://fanac.org/fanzines/VOM/Voice_of_the_Imagi-Nation-of-the-imagi-nation-23-ackerman-morojo-1942-06.pdf June 1942]).'']]
  
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A [[fan]] who became active in the [[MFS]] in [[Minneapolis]] in the early 40s and then was very active in [[LASFS]] in [[Los Angeles]] during the [[War]].  He was deeply interested in [[H. P. Lovecraft]] and was co-editor with [[Francis Towner Laney]] of ''[[The Acolyte]]'' in the 40s and published ''[[Haunted]]'' in the 60s.  He published ''[[Have at Thee Knanves]]'' as part of the [[War of the Knanves]]. He was a member of [[FAPA]] September 1942 to August 1948 and again (briefly, as he did not contribute and was dropped for inactivity) in 1969-70.
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'''Samuel Davenport Russell''', a [[fan]] who became active in the late 1930s, joined [[MFS]] in [[Minneapolis]] in the early ’40s, then was very active in [[LASFS]] in [[Los Angeles]] during [[World War II]].   
  
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During and after the war, Russell was an undercover FBI agent who, among other things, investigated many [[LASFS]] members who were members of the Communist Party. He testified against them -- blowing his cover -- during the McCarthy era (with no consequences), but later reconciled with some of them. He moved to [[England]] in 1972 where he died.
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He was deeply interested in [[H. P. Lovecraft]] and [[co-edited]] ''[[The Acolyte]]'' with [[Francis Towner Laney]] in the 1940s; in 1996, it was a [[1946 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo]] nominee.  He [[published]] ''[[Haunted]]'' in the ’60s.  He published ''[[Have at Thee Knanves]]'' as part of the [[War of the Knanves]]. He was a member of [[FAPA]] from September 1942 to August 1948 and again (briefly, as he did not contribute and was dropped for inactivity) in 1969–70.
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During and after the war, Russell was an undercover FBI agent who, among other things, investigated many [[LASFS]] members. He testified about them — blowing his cover — during the McCarthy era (with no untoward consequences). Fandom was naturally aghast, but later, some LASFans reconciled with him.  He [[gafiated]] for a number of years, but became [[revenant]] in 1962 after seeing an advert for LASFS in [[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]].  
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He and his wife, [[Florence Russell]], moved to [[England]] in 1972, where he died.
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[http://www.fiawol.org.uk/fanstuff/THEN%20Archive/LASFS/russell.htm Detailed history] by [[Rob Hansen]].
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:45, 8 July 2024

(March 1, 1919 – July 14, 1975)

Sam Russell. From VOM 23 (June 1942).

Samuel Davenport Russell, a fan who became active in the late 1930s, joined MFS in Minneapolis in the early ’40s, then was very active in LASFS in Los Angeles during World War II.

He was deeply interested in H. P. Lovecraft and co-edited The Acolyte with Francis Towner Laney in the 1940s; in 1996, it was a 1946 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo nominee. He published Haunted in the ’60s. He published Have at Thee Knanves as part of the War of the Knanves. He was a member of FAPA from September 1942 to August 1948 and again (briefly, as he did not contribute and was dropped for inactivity) in 1969–70.

During and after the war, Russell was an undercover FBI agent who, among other things, investigated many LASFS members. He testified about them — blowing his cover — during the McCarthy era (with no untoward consequences). Fandom was naturally aghast, but later, some LASFans reconciled with him. He gafiated for a number of years, but became revenant in 1962 after seeing an advert for LASFS in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

He and his wife, Florence Russell, moved to England in 1972, where he died.

Detailed history by Rob Hansen.

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