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| − | '''Glasgow''' is the largest city in [[Scotland]] and has been the focus of much Scottish [[fanactivity]]. It has hosted eight [[Albacon (UK)|Albacons]], four non-Albacon [[Eastercons]] ([[Speculation|Speculation]], [[2Kon]], [[Concussion]], [[Satellite 4]]), three [[Worldcons]] ([[Intersection]], [[Interaction]] and [[Glasgow 2024]]), and a [[Unicon (UK)|Unicon]], [[Scone]]. The [[Satellite (UK)|Satellite]] series is ongoing.
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| − | [[Marion Eadie]] may be Glasgow’s and indeed Scotland’s first fan. She founded the Junior Astronomical Association in 1933 and edited its journal ''[[Urania]]'' from 1935. Leading [[fanartist]] [[Arthur Thomson]] was born in the city in 1927 but wasn’t fannishly active there.
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| − | Chapter 34 of the [[Science Fiction League]] was formed in the city in the mid-1930s. Its director was [[Donald G. MacRae]] although so far no other member names have been identified. The group published a “Petition for Science” in ''[[Novae Terrae]]'' #10 (February 1937) but they collapsed soon after. [[Andrew Salmond]] from Glasgow joined the [[Science Fiction Association]] (SFA) in 1937 and seemingly had some involvement with [[sf]] and [[fandom]] through to the 1950s, including publishing a story in ''[[Astounding]]''. Another Glaswegian, [[J. Gordon]], joined the SFA in September 1938 but we know nothing more about him than that.
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| − | [[Matt Elder]] was an active fan by the early 1950s and in a profile in ''[[Contact]]'' #8 (February 1957) [[Ethel Lindsay]] described him as ‘The first Scottish fan’ although that is clearly incorrect and speaks to a disconnect with earlier fannish activity in the city. Elder was the founder of the [[New Lands SF Club]] in the summer of 1952, Scotland’s first known sf [[club]]. He wrote a letter advertising the group in the debut issue of ''[[Nebula]]'', the first Scottish [[prozine]], and this drew the attention of Lindsay. The club sponsored ''[[Haemogoblin]]'', the first Glasgow fanzine. Its first issue appeared in 1953 edited by [[Fred Smith]], although later issues were produced by Smith alone independent of the club. Lindsay moved to [[London]] in 1955, Smith [[gafiated]] a little later (although he returned in the 1990s), and The New Lands SF Club folded around 1957.
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| − | There doesn’t seem to have been much activity in Glasgow until the mid-1960s. The “Science Fiction Club Directory” included in the [[BSFA]]’s ''[[Vector]]'' #25 (March 1964) advised Glasgow fans to contact [[Donald Malcolm]]. This led to the formation of the [[Caledonian SF Group]] whose founders included Malcolm, [[Gavin Brown]] (also an occasional visitor the New Lands group), [[Harry Manson]], and “possibly” (according to ''[[Then]]'', Malcolm was somewhat vague when writing about the group in later years) [[Archie Roy|A. E. Roy]] and [[I. F. Clarke]] . In ''Vector'' #32 Malcolm proposed a one-day [[Scotcon]] in the belief there was now enough interest among local fans but presumably there wasn’t as the convention never happened and the Caledonian SF Group folded in 1965.
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| − | The next Glasgow group was the SF circle offshoot of ASTRA, the Association in Scotland To Research into Astronautics and Scotland’s answer to the [[British Interplanetary Society]]. ''[[Checkpoint]]'' #42 (October 1973) reported that the group met on the first Wednesday of each month at the Admiral Bar, Waterloo Street. The [[Friends of Kilgore Trout]] were formed in the wake of [[Tynecon]], the 1974 [[Eastercon]], and included members of the earlier ASTRA SF circle. The group launched a fanzine in 1977.
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| − | The first Scottish convention, [[Faircon-78|Faircon]], was held in Glasgow in July 1978. A second [[Faircon-79|Faircon]] took place in 1979, and [[Albacon-80|Albacon]], the first Scottish Eastercon, in 1980.
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| − | {{link | website=https://efanzines.com/JourneyPlanet/JourneyPlanet38.pdf | text=40 Years of Glasgow Conventions,}} by [[Vince Docherty]].
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