Natter

Natter was a fanzine published by Dave Newman in the UK.

Tony Keen, writing in Prolapse #9 (November 2007) said that Natter was produced as part of Newman's role advising the Loncon committee on programme. It does also address some of the tensions about the Worldcon generally and Cytricon III, the 1957 Eastercon. In #2 Newman said:

Enclosed with this wad of guff is some advance gen [which does not survive] about the proposed fan-social weekend at Kettering next Easter. As the demand for this event has been quite large, it is likely that most of active Anglofandom will be present and this, of course, includes the worldcon committee. It seems to me that this will provide an excellent opportunity for the whole committee to get together for a couple of business sessions – particularly as there will be no official programme to add distractions to those already present in the form of parties and serious boozing. How about it, you lot?

The brief #3 was produced the day after #2 and in it Newman complained that the central committee of Loncon had now announced (without consultation) that Loncon would be held at the Royal hotel, and in #4, and with the backing of the full programme committee, he protested vociferously and at length about the hotel.

• 'Kettering '57 – the convention that time forgot: (or at least Ken Bulmer did)' in Prolapse #9 online at efanzines.com.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	September 1956	4
2	November 1956	6
3	November 1956	2
4	January 1957	6

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1956—1957

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