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Willis Clark Conover, Jr. was interested in SF as a young man, and published the [[fanzine]], ''[[Science Fantasy Correspondent]]'' with [[Corwin F. Stickney]]. He was a member of the [[Science Fiction Advancement Association]] and attended the [[Second Eastern]]. He was on the first ([[Futurian]]-dominated) organizational committee for the [[First Worldcon]]. (This latter may have been what [[gafiated]] him.) | Willis Clark Conover, Jr. was interested in SF as a young man, and published the [[fanzine]], ''[[Science Fantasy Correspondent]]'' with [[Corwin F. Stickney]]. He was a member of the [[Science Fiction Advancement Association]] and attended the [[Second Eastern]]. He was on the first ([[Futurian]]-dominated) organizational committee for the [[First Worldcon]]. (This latter may have been what [[gafiated]] him.) | ||
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Later in life he was a jazz producer and broadcaster. | Later in life he was a jazz producer and broadcaster. | ||
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Revision as of 04:16, 12 February 2020
(1920 -- 1996)
Willis Clark Conover, Jr. was interested in SF as a young man, and published the fanzine, Science Fantasy Correspondent with Corwin F. Stickney. He was a member of the Science Fiction Advancement Association and attended the Second Eastern. He was on the first (Futurian-dominated) organizational committee for the First Worldcon. (This latter may have been what gafiated him.)
Science Fantasy Correspondent brought him into contact with H. P. Lovecraft, and the correspondence between Lovecraft, who was at the end of his life, and the young Conover, has been published as Lovecraft at Last (Carrolton-Clark, 1975).
Later in life he was a jazz producer and broadcaster.
| Person | 1920—1996 |
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