Den kände brittiska sf-fanen, redaktören, fd världskongressordförande m m Peter
(eller Pete) Westonhar avlidit. Locus skriva:
http://www.locusmag.com/News/2017/01/peter-weston-1944-2016/
"UK editor and fan Peter Weston, 72, died January 5, 2017, about three years
after being diagnosed with cancer.
Born October 19, 1944 in Birmingham England, Weston published influential
fanzine Zenith (later renamed Speculation) from 1963-73, during which time it
was nominated for four Hugo Awards. His fanzine Prolapse published two issues,
went on hiatus for 23 years, and relaunched in 2006. It was renamed Relapse in
2009 and ran through 2013.
Weston organized three Speculation Conferences in Birmingham (1970-72). In
1971 he co-founded the Birmingham Science Fiction Group and helped launch the
Novacon convention that same year. Weston was a Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund winner
in 1974, and chaired Seacon ’79, the 1979 Worldcon. In 2008 he ran convention
Cytricon V in Kettering.
Beginning in 1984, he produced the rocket statues for the Hugo Award trophies
at a car parts foundry he owned and operated until his retirement. He was Fan
Guest of Honor at Noreascon 4, the 2004 Worldcon.
He edited three volumes of the original Andromeda anthology series (1976,
’77, and ’78). His memoir Stars in My Eyes: My Adventures in British Fandom
appeared in 2004 and was a Hugo Award finalist."
(Har själv träffat Pete Westonvid många tillfällen. En klippa för sf och
fandom, som kommer att saknas!)
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