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'''Robin Wood''' was a [[Bay Area]] [[fanzine fan]] active in the 1950s and ’60s, part of the [[Cry Crowd|''Cry'' Crowd]] and a [[letterhack]].  
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'''Robin Wood''' (Robin Eugene Wood) was a [[Bay Area]] [[fanzine fan]] active in the 1950s and ’60s, part of the [[Cry Crowd|''Cry'' Crowd]] and a [[letterhack]].  
  
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He was 9 years old in the 1950 census in Amador, California. He lived in University Park, [[Pennsylvania]], in 1956, perhaps attending Penn State at a young age, but a 1957 [[loc]] puts him back in Amador, [[California]], and the 1958 [[Directory of Science Fiction Fandom]] lists him in a dorm at the University of California-Davis. The 1960 Directory has him in the Air Force. In 1966, he was in [[San Francisco]].
  
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[[File:MegaCon1-1958.jpeg|thumb|600 px|center|'''From left, Robin Wood, [[Larry Bourne]] and [[Ron Ellik]] taping at [[MegaCon 1]] in Amador, CA, in 1958.''' ]]
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Latest revision as of 12:36, 22 June 2023

(Did you mean the fantasy artist?)


(November 29, 1940 –)

Robin Wood (Robin Eugene Wood) was a Bay Area fanzine fan active in the 1950s and ’60s, part of the Cry Crowd and a letterhack.

He was 9 years old in the 1950 census in Amador, California. He lived in University Park, Pennsylvania, in 1956, perhaps attending Penn State at a young age, but a 1957 loc puts him back in Amador, California, and the 1958 Directory of Science Fiction Fandom lists him in a dorm at the University of California-Davis. The 1960 Directory has him in the Air Force. In 1966, he was in San Francisco.


From left, Robin Wood, Larry Bourne and Ron Ellik taping at MegaCon 1 in Amador, CA, in 1958.



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