George F. Clements

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George F. Clements was a UK fan, fan editor and collector from Colchester active in the 1950s. He was a member of Operation Fantast (member B359) and of the Fantasy Art Society.

He published the fanzine Void in November 1952. Clements hoped it would appear every three months or so but it never saw a second issue. In a letter to Then, Vin¢ Clarke quoted Paul Enever (10 March 1953) saying that after Clements sent out that first issue 'Void got 12 subs in all plus two "exchanges"', implying that Clements felt this was insufficient interest to justify continuing.

Curiously, his Void editorial opens with, 'I make no apology for publishing (or perpetrating) yet another fanzine', implying the existence of at least one earlier title and possibly more than one, yet his earlier publishing endeavours have evaded collectors and bibliographers. There is no mention of any other fanzine by Clements in the British Fanzine Bibliography. One possible explanation – although the timing suggests it may post-date Void, leaving open the possibility of earlier publishing activities – comes from Space Diversions #5 (February 1953) where John Roles congratulates Clements on a new venture, an adzine called The Magazine Collector. This reportedly lasted five issues, folding towards the end of 1953. However Clements's enthusiasm had seemingly faded well before that. In a letter in Space Diversions #6 (April 1953), he implied that The Magazine Collector also hadn't received enough support from fandom and said that he was 'clearing out my small accumulation' of fanzines and 'I shall merely keep contact via O.F and SD'. Clements wrote again to Space Diversions #7 (December 1953), saying that his earlier letter was actually private correspondence to Norman Shorrock, implying they shouldn't have printed it.

Clements said in Void, 'Although not an artist, I aim to present fantasy as a visual art'. To this end he engaged Alan Hunter as effectively art editor, commissioning work from Fantasy Art Society members and tracing it onto stencil. He also described himself as 'an ardent fanzine fan and collector' although as noted above that ardour seems to have cooled by early 1953.

He is listed in Ron Bennett's Directory of Science Fiction Fandom for 1955 but not for 1956.

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