Ian Peters

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Ian Peters was a UK fan originally from Scotland, briefly from Newcastle, and later London active in the 1960s. He was a member of the Science Fiction Club of London. His wife was fellow fan Betty Peters and together they were participants in convention costume balls.

Writing in Relapse #13 in 2009, Peters said he was introduced to fandom by Alan Burns during his six months working in Newcastle. Skyrack #33 (June 1961) reports that he and Betty were new recruits to the Science Fiction Club of London; in 1965 Ian would become the group's treasurer. They attended the 1964 Eastercon in Peterborough where they won a prize for 'most authentic SF characters' with their Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser costumes. At Loncon II in 1965 their John Carter and Dejah Thoris costumes were also judged 'most authentic' (Ratatosk #19) and won the Bob Richardson Memorial Award for Most Authentic Heroic Fantasy Costume(s), presented here for the first time.

He published the apazine Haggis for OMPA between 1964 and 1967. In his Relapse letter he says there were nine issues although evidence in other OMPAzines implies there were ten. He also contributed to other fanzines, notably Scottishe.

The Relapse letter said he'd worked as a vet and sold his London practice in 1990 before moving to Kent. He retained some fannish contacts. The name Ian Peters appears on the membership lists of the 1979 and 2014 Worldcons but it's not known if it's the same person.

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