Rob Jackson
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A British fanzine fan and convention fan who has worked on numerous UK conventions frequently doing publications-related jobs. He helped set up Silicon and was a member of OUSFG, and NESFiG (North East Science Fiction Group). He is one of the administrators of Corflu Fifty and chaired Corflu 38.
He was a member of the Britain in '79 Worldcon bid and edited Frontier Crossings for Conspiracy '87.
In fanzines, he published Maya 1975-78 and Inca in 1979. He was nominated for the 1978 Best Fanzine Hugo and the 1979 Best Fanzine Hugo for Maya coming in second both times. He had a fanzine review column in Matrix in 1979-81 and ran the Memory Hole mailing list in 2001-2. He also published Bumf (with Ian Maule), the Little Dictionary, and the apazine Flatulence. He was one of the editors of Gannetscrapbook. In 1980 he published The Complete BoSh, a collection of Bob Shaw's fan writing. In 2015 he edited and introduced Tyne Capsule, a fanthology by and about Gannetfandom.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1975 -- Nova Award for Best Fanzine
- 1976 -- Nova Award for Best Fanzine
- 1977 -- FAAn Award for Best Fan Editor and Best Fanzine Single Issue
- 1978 -- FAAn Award for Best Fan Editor and Best Fanzine Single Issue
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