Moshe Feder

Moshe Feder, center, with Arnie and Joyce Katz, at Corflu Nova (1984). Courtesy of Rich Lynch.

(November 14, 1951 – )

Moshe Feder, a New York fan active since 1970, founded and became first president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Society at Queens College that year. He was a member of the Brooklyn Insurgents, Fanoclasts and FIStFA. He founded the Omnivores, a fannish dining club; the The Third Level, an email discussion group for fannish rail fans; The Four-Flushers; and the Last Chance Salon, a monthly fan gathering. He was a member of APA-Q. A life-long New Yorker, he shook the City and fandom in 2022 when he moved to Connecticut.

Moshe created the FAAn Awards, co-chaired Corflu 7 and was a member of the Flushing in '80 hoax bid and NY in '86. He was one of the playwrights of The Mimeo Man.

Professionally, he is a consulting editor for Tor and was nominated for the 2011 Best Editor, Long Form Hugo. For many years, until 2011, he was in a relationship with Lise Eisenberg.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Class Act [1981]
• Hysteresis [1983] (for FAPA)
• Placebo [1972-77] (with Barry Smotroff)
• Quaint [1985]
• Quo Davis [1974]

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1979 -- Ozymandias 2
• 2002 -- Corflu Valentine
• 2010 -- Minicon 45
• 2011 -- 2011 Best Editor, Long Form Hugo nominee
• 2015 -- Skylark Award
• 2019 -- Loscon 46
• 2022 -- Corflu Fifty
• 2023 -- Astronomicon 14

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1951—

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