James Parkhill Rathbone
(October 11, 1919 - 1999)
James Parkhill Rathbone, also known as James Parkhill-Rathbone, was a fan and author originally from Edinburgh, Scotland first active in the 1930s.
He was a scientific instrument salesman and described himself as '‘extremely interested in mysticism and occultism, aspiring poet and writer, enthusiastic disciple of Algernon Blackwood'. He was a pacifist, and sought Conscientious Objector status in December 1939 but this was denied and he ended up in the RAMC, stationed just outside London.
An essay 'The Real Thing' appeared in Vector 19 (1963) and he was associate editor of Science Fantasy for issues 70-80, contributing a guest editorial to 77 in 1965. He attended Loncon II in 1965 and in 1966 be produced the Idler, a tabloid format miscellany printed on newsprint that wasn't a fannish of science fiction publication but did include work by Josephine Saxton. Checkpoint 28 (1972) reported him inviting fans to meet at his London home. He contributed two articles to Peter Roberts's Egg in the 1970s.
He died in Camden in London around February 1999.
A note on his name: this is given in both hyphenated and non-hyphenated forms and the 'Parkhill' is sometimes absent entirely. ISFDB favours the hyphenated version but what appears to be a death notice doesn't and in Macabre he styled himself James P. Rathbone.
Links:[edit]
- Dawn Shadows [1940-41] (distributed with Futurian War Digest)
- Macabre [1939] (likely the first fanzine produced in Scotland)
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