Derek Gardiner
(1924[1] – )
Derek W. Gardiner was a UK fan from Worthing active in the 1940s. He was a member of the British Fantasy Society and suggested Futurian War Digest include photos of fans with their profiles, the first British fanzine to do so.
In his own profile in #22 he said:
I am 18 and 5ft 10ins tall, a long, lanky individual with arms that show my simian ancestry by their length, and have hair of indeterminable colour and uncontrollable nature. I work in my father's photographic business and hope with lots of luck to get into the RAF photographic section when I join up. My first meeting with s.f. was in a twopenny blood called the Wizard in a story named "Raiders from the Red World" about 10 years ago[2]. Then followed Verne, later Wells and finally four years ago I saw my first American promag, a copy of T.W.S. I made the acquaintance of Fandom and fanmags in March 41 following an advert by JMR in Tales of Wonder and have been steadily going nuttier ever since. My favourite authors are Stapledon, Stuart, Campbell, Heinlein, Merritt, and for fantasy Dunsany.
An earlier issue (#13) had said that he was particularly interested in fantasy films and was keen to obtain the loan of some stills from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. He was called up in early 1943 and posted to Cranwell although this was seemingly later that David McIlwain, Eric Frank Russell and Roland Forster. He was later posted to India.
He appears the 1945 Directory of Anglo-Fandom with an address in Worthing but isn't otherwise in evidence after the Second World War.
His sister was Anne Gardiner.
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