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'''Josephine Gail Knuth''', an [[L.A.]] [[fan]] active in the 1960s and ’70s, has been known by several names: “Gail (originally '''Joey Knuth''', then '''Gail Daniels''', then '''Gail Thompson''', before moving to [[Florida]] and becoming '''Gail Whiskin''')....”<ref>[https://fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Five_Yearly/sffy11.pdf#page=37 ''Letter''] by [[Bruce Pelz]] in ''[[Science Fiction Five Yearly]]'' 11 (November 2001, p. 35).</ref> | '''Josephine Gail Knuth''', an [[L.A.]] [[fan]] active in the 1960s and ’70s, has been known by several names: “Gail (originally '''Joey Knuth''', then '''Gail Daniels''', then '''Gail Thompson''', before moving to [[Florida]] and becoming '''Gail Whiskin''')....”<ref>[https://fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Five_Yearly/sffy11.pdf#page=37 ''Letter''] by [[Bruce Pelz]] in ''[[Science Fiction Five Yearly]]'' 11 (November 2001, p. 35).</ref> | ||
| − | A member of [[LASFS]] since August 25, 1960,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170716190546/http://www.lasfsinc.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=121 LASFS records.]</ref> she performed in “[[Requiem for a Fake Fan]]” during [[Pittcon]] (the 1960 [[Worldcon]]) and ran [[Registration]] for [[L.A.con]] in 1972. | + | A member of [[LASFS]] since August 25, 1960,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20170716190546/http://www.lasfsinc.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=121 LASFS records.]</ref> she performed with other [[club]] members in “[[Requiem for a Fake Fan]]” during [[Pittcon]] (the 1960 [[Worldcon]]) and ran [[Registration]] for [[L.A.con]] in 1972. |
She was married to fans [[Dik Daniels]] and [[Earl Thompson]] before wedding James Whiskin in 1979, and, apparently, [[gafiating]]. | She was married to fans [[Dik Daniels]] and [[Earl Thompson]] before wedding James Whiskin in 1979, and, apparently, [[gafiating]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 08:00, 18 April 2023
(May 9, 1937 – )
Josephine Gail Knuth, an L.A. fan active in the 1960s and ’70s, has been known by several names: “Gail (originally Joey Knuth, then Gail Daniels, then Gail Thompson, before moving to Florida and becoming Gail Whiskin)....”[1]
A member of LASFS since August 25, 1960,[2] she performed with other club members in “Requiem for a Fake Fan” during Pittcon (the 1960 Worldcon) and ran Registration for L.A.con in 1972.
She was married to fans Dik Daniels and Earl Thompson before wedding James Whiskin in 1979, and, apparently, gafiating.
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- ↑ Letter by Bruce Pelz in Science Fiction Five Yearly 11 (November 2001, p. 35).
- ↑ LASFS records.
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