SFFNCS

SFFNCS, initialese for Science Fiction Fans of the Northwest Chicago Suburbs, an informal club, began in the early 1970s, when Betty Hull and George Fergus, who had been regulars at George Price’s in the city, each moved out to the Northwest ’burbs.

The name was George’s idea, according to Betty: “I said, ‘That’s unpronounceable.’ He said, ‘We’ll pronounce it “Sphinx.”’” So they did.

Regulars included Hull, Fergus, Gene Wolfe, Phyllis and Alex Eisenstein, among others. The group was still going in the mid-’80s, when Hull married Fred Pohl. Leah Zeldes and Dick Smith attended meetings about then, too.

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Club

1970s—

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