Tag Archives: Andrew Porter

Photos from a 1981 New York reception for James White

Photos from a 1981 party honoring author and fan James White have resurfaced and been posted. People in the pictures include White, editors Moshe Feder and Andrew Porter, and more... Read more [...]

Complete set of Andrew Porter’s Science Fiction Chronicle available for auction

Publisher Andrew Porter's brother Stephen is offering a complete set of his run of Hugo Award-winning sf newsmagazine Science Fiction Chronicle on eBay... Read more [...]

Photos from 1967’s NYCon 3 now available online

For those who missed it, or were too busy working, two dozen photos from the 1967 WorldCon, NYCon3, are now available online, showing the masquerade and several famous folk... Read more [...]

British Library’s Writing Britain to include special celebration of The Hobbit’s 75th anniversary

As part of their four-month celebration of Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands, the British Library will hold a special event on 14 September, the 75th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit... Read more [...]

Four guys walk into a deli…

Did you hear the one about Andrew Porter, Moshe Feder, David Hartwell, and John-Henri Holmberg at Katz's Deli... Read more [...]

Con ribbon manufacturer Kathie M. Spiss dies

Kathie M. Spiss (1943-2012) created a company that creates the ribbons found hanging from badges at conventions... Read more [...]

Pulpfest renames major award for Rusty Hevelin

Pulpfest, the pulp magazine convention, is renaming its Munsey Award in honor of recently deceased James 'Rusty' Hevelin... Read more [...]

Not First Contact: At NYRSF Readings, a Tribute to Murray Leinster

Michael Swanwick, Marianne Porter, David G. Hartwell, and Billee Stallings entertained and enlightened a full house audience on the life and works of Murray Leinster... Read more [...]

1965 WorldCon now online, with LOTS of photos

Rob Hansen's fandom site has now posted an incredibly in-depth write up of the 1965 World Science Fiction Convention, accompanied by lots of wonderful photos... Read more [...]

The Pulp Magazines Project aims to preserve the original pulps

The recently formed Pulp Magazines Project aims to digitize and save the original all-fiction pulp magazines, to secure their place in the history of genre fiction... Read more [...]

LASFS buys new building in Van Nuys

The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society has purchased a new building in Van Nuys, which is twice the size of their previous home (which the group acquired in 1977)... Read more [...]

Artist Jeffrey Jones Dies

Artist Jeffrey Jones, also known as Jeffrey Catherine Jones (1944-2011) won a World Fantasy Award, worked extensively with Heavy Metal and National Lampoon, and painted more than 150 book covers... Read more [...]

Comics expert Jerry Weist dies

Comics expert Jerry Weist died of cancer. He opened one of the first comics shops in the US, and published The Comic Art Price Guide, Bradbury: An Illustrated Life... Read more [...]

Harlan Ellison’s typewriter for sale

What's a $2 typewriter worth today?... Read more [...]

Comic artist Adrienne Roy dies

Comic artist Adrienne Roy worked on Batman, Superman, New Teen Titans, and many others... Read more [...]

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