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First Fandom Awards Presented at Worldcon 78 -
2020
First Fandom’s 2020 Hall of Fame
inductee was Roger Sims. Chad Oliver was First Fandom’s Posthumous Hall
of Fame inductees for 202-. The Sam Moskowitz Archive
Award for Excellence in Collecting has been presented to John Carter
Tibbetts.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES
Membership dues are $15 for the new fiscal year, which started
on July 1st.
Please send renewal checks (payable to Keith W. Stokes)
to Keith at 14305 West 83rd Place, Lenexa, KS 66215. If you are uncertain
if you are current, email keith@mightymac.org
OBITUARIES
James E. Gunn, (1923 - 2020)
James E. Gunn was
an award-winning author, editor, journalist, anthologist, lecturer, academic,
PR director, SFWA Grand Master who wrote short stories, articles, novels,
screen-plays, radio scripts, verse and criticism. Gunn was a WW2 veteran.
He served as president of SFWA and SFRA and chaired juries for the Campbell
Award and the Sturgeon Award. His stories have been adapted for radio
and television and reprinted in many languages. He was a member of First
Fandom.
Ben Bova (1932 - 2020)
Ben Bova was a highly regarded and widely
published author of hundreds of award-winning books, articlesand
short stories; a journalist, rocket scientist, editor, professor, member
of many professional organizations, conventioneer, honored guest who knew
and worked with nearly everyone in the SF field.
Phyllis Eisenstein (1946 - 2020)
Phyllis Eisenstein wrote 6 novels and more
than 40 shorter works that appeared in the leading SF magazines
of the day, including Amazing, Analog, F&SF, Galaxy, and IASFM.
She spent much of her adult life teaching creative writing.
(Prepared by Jon D. Swartz, Special Features Editor)
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