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| − | '''Wallace “Wally” Weber''' was a [[BNF]] in the 1950s–1960s. He lived in [[Seattle, WA]], and then was moved by his employer to [[Huntsville, AL]], in mid-1964 where he was a member of [[ALA-APA]]. He was married to fellow [[fan]] [[Tiamatha Weber]] | + | [[File:OttoPfeifer.jpeg|thumb|left|From ''[[Cry of the Nameless]]'' 111 (January 1958).]] |
| + | '''Wallace “Wally” Weber''' was a [[BNF]] in the 1950s–1960s. He lived in [[Seattle, WA]], and then was moved by his employer to [[Huntsville, AL]], in mid-1964 where he was a member of [[ALA-APA]]. He was married to fellow [[fan]] [[Tiamatha Weber]]. | ||
| − | + | At one time he was a member of [[SAPS]] and [[N3F]] and the [[Cry Crowd]] and was also the corresponding [[secretary]] of the [[Nameless Ones]] of [[Washington State]]. He was an [[officer]] of [[The Seattle Science Fiction Club, Inc.]] and worked on [[Westercon 12]] in 1959. | |
| − | In 1961 he chaired [[Seacon]], that year's [[Worldcon]]. | + | He was a co-[[editor]] of ''[[Cry of the Nameless]]'' when it won the [[1960 Best Fanzine Hugo]]. (It was also nominated in 1959 and 1962.) |
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| + | In 1961, he [[chaired]] [[Seacon]], that year's [[Worldcon]]. | ||
He was the 1963 [[TAFF]] delegate. | He was the 1963 [[TAFF]] delegate. | ||
Revision as of 23:34, 6 March 2021
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Wallace “Wally” Weber was a BNF in the 1950s–1960s. He lived in Seattle, WA, and then was moved by his employer to Huntsville, AL, in mid-1964 where he was a member of ALA-APA. He was married to fellow fan Tiamatha Weber.
At one time he was a member of SAPS and N3F and the Cry Crowd and was also the corresponding secretary of the Nameless Ones of Washington State. He was an officer of The Seattle Science Fiction Club, Inc. and worked on Westercon 12 in 1959.
He was a co-editor of Cry of the Nameless when it won the 1960 Best Fanzine Hugo. (It was also nominated in 1959 and 1962.)
In 1961, he chaired Seacon, that year's Worldcon.
He was the 1963 TAFF delegate.
His photos appear on pages 136 and 206 of Harry Warner's A Wealth of Fable (1992). Burnett Toskey published W. W. W., an anthology of Weber's fan writing in SAPS in September 1975.
- Book of Job (with Lon Atkins)
- Creep
- Cry of the Nameless (co-editor)
- Hapless (with Lon Atkins)
- Key Hole (with Tiamatha Weber)
- Officious June TNFF (hoax, with Lon Atkins)
- Phantom (for N'APA)
- Scrunch
- Tightbeam (one issue in September, 1962)
- WRR (with Otto Pfeifer)
- Rot
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1959 -- Best Fanzine Hugo nominee
- 1960 -- Best Fanzine Hugo
- 1962 -- Best Fanzine Hugo nominee
- 1963 -- TAFF
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