Art Widner

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Art Widner (1917 [1] or 1918 [2] -2015) was a longtime science fiction fan and fanzine editor. [3] [2] [1]

He has been one of the organizers the first science fiction fan club in Boston (The Stranger Club) in 1940. [2] s President of the N3F in 1947. [2] He has been the contributor to and an editor of many fanzines, including early sf fanzines Fanfare and Yhos. [2] [1]

He has been credited with inventing the first science-fiction themed board game, Interplanetary, in 1943. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Glyer, Mike (2015). "Obituaries: Art Widner (1917-2015)" (PDF). File 770 (165).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Swartz, Jon D. (December 2006). "Biographies of Prominent Neffers Part 4" (PDF). The National Fantasy Fan. 6 (4): 11–12.
  3. ↑ Dozois, Gardner (2016-07-05). The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN   978-1-4668-9266-8.
  4. ↑ "SFE: Board Game". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
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