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| + | [[File:CSMetchette.jpeg|thumb|left|Stewart Metchette at [[NorWesCon]] in 1950. Photo by [[Martin Alger]].]] | ||
| − | + | '''Charles Stewart Metchette''', a [[fan]] from Windsor, [[Ontario]] (across the river from [[Detroit]]), was active in [[fandom]] during the 1940s and ’50s. The [[Michifen]] spelled his name '''''Stuart''''' and apparently called him '''Steve''' (though that may be a memory lapse). He was a member of the [[Misfits]]. | |
| − | {{person}} | + | By 1950, he had moved to [[California]], where he updated the game [[Interplanetary]]. He was the original [[chairman]] of [[Westercon 4]]. |
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| + | He edited the [[fanzine]] ''[[Mutant (Singer)]]''. | ||
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| + | '''More reading:''' | ||
| + | *“[https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Spacewarp/Spacewarp42-72.html Michigan Memories]” by Metchette | ||
| + | *”[https://fanac.org/fanzines/Spacewarp/Spacewarp38-08.html Thin Skins]” by [[Ray Nelson]] | ||
| + | *“[https://jophan.org/mimosa/m10/sims.htm The Further Adventures of Midwest Fandom]” by [[Howard DeVore]], [[Lynn Hickman]] and [[Roger Sims]] | ||
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[[Category:US]] | [[Category:US]] | ||
Revision as of 13:11, 28 November 2022
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Charles Stewart Metchette, a fan from Windsor, Ontario (across the river from Detroit), was active in fandom during the 1940s and ’50s. The Michifen spelled his name Stuart and apparently called him Steve (though that may be a memory lapse). He was a member of the Misfits.
By 1950, he had moved to California, where he updated the game Interplanetary. He was the original chairman of Westercon 4.
More reading:
- “Michigan Memories” by Metchette
- ”Thin Skins” by Ray Nelson
- “The Further Adventures of Midwest Fandom” by Howard DeVore, Lynn Hickman and Roger Sims
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