D. Peter Ogden

(1932 – October 22, 2017)

Derek Peter Ogden, bylined D. Peter Ogden, was a fan and fan editor originally from Blackpool in the UK, then from May 1960 in Canada, and finally from May 1963 in Florida. He was the editor of Erbania from 1956 to 2003, producing 103 issues. In 1988 he won the Burroughs Bibliophiles' 'Outstanding Achievement Award' and in 2009 he became one of only two recipients of the Burroughs Empire Medal.

He attended the London SF Con and the Mancon of 1952, the Coroncon of 1953, and the London Eastercon of 1960. A film was shown at the Mancon, as reported by Sandy Sanderson:

'Black Saturday' [was] produced by John Russell Fearn, and directed by Pete Ogden. This, although very amateurish, was well done. The story concerned itself with the effect that the darkening of the world had on various people. There seemed to be rather a lot of horrible men leering lecherously at young women, which caused quite a few comments, some humorous, some not, and far too many directed at me. It was during the film, whilst a fellow was trying to get a girl drunk, that a great idea struck me. Many people in S.F. have their deities, Foo Foo, Ghu, and Klono among them. Now I know the truth, they are all false. There, is no Ghod but HIC! and Scotch is his prophet. People are always praying for his forgiveness, although they don't know it. They are always spying HIC! Pardon me! The light has dawned! Anyway, back to the film. Despite the various comments it went down very well, and our thanks are due to JRF and Pete Ogden for the opportunity to see something new.

Links

• D. Peter Ogden in Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Obituary by Laurence G. Dunn at erbzine.com.

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Person

1932—2017

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