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Committee 2008
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Vernon Brown - Chairman |
Biologist
Met Fandom in 1967
Founder Member : Aston S F Group, Birmingham S F Group, Novacon
Hobbies include: SF, Travel, Good beer/real ale, Early jazz and blues,
manouche.
SF likes: Alien Society, Alien/Human contact, Paracliology.
SF dislikes: Hard SF, Interminable series, Too-thick paperbacks.
Would like to see: More people reading SF, Less confusion of SF with other
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 Pat Brown - Treasurer |
Teacher - Head of Design and
Technology
Met SF through Flash Gordon Saturday serial cliff-hangers before discovering
the classics.
Enjoys SF with characterisation, travelling, real beer exotic/foreign foods,
manouche, Otis Redding, Gilbert & Sullivan and Carousel.
Dislikes Fantasy and people who misuse their power and abilities. |
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Vicky Cook - Secretary |
Classicist/Ancient Historian, but
work in arts admin.
Have loved fantasy all my life, thanks to Labyrinth-type films of the
80's. Got into SF mainly whilst at university.
Other connections with SF: used to run and am still involved with
Birmingham University SF Society, help out with British Fantasy Society, and
Discworld Con.
SF Likes: Star Trek, Pratchett, Gothic fantasy.
Dislikes: cyberpunk, too much SF technical jargon taking over from plot
(or lack of).
Would like to see more: cheaper cons, younger fans getting involved, films
capturing the essence of the book they are based on (e.g. LOTR)
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Rog Peyton - Newsletter Editor |
Founder Member of both incarnations of the BSFG (1961 and 1971 groups).
Founded Andromeda Book Co Ltd in 1971 which unfortunately went out of
business in 2002. He has now started up again dealing in new and second-hand
books as Replay Books.
Publisher - Drunken Dragon Press (1988 to 2002)
Editor - Vector & Tangent for the BSFA (1964 to 1966)
Regular convention-goer, known particularly for his auctioneering - both
books and artwork. Has currently attended more than 150 conventions.
Other interests: Collecting LPs/CDs of 50s Rock & Roll, 60s Soul Music, 50s
to present Country music, Rachmaninov, Puccini, etc. Plus narrow
boats/canals, history of Birmingham, Birmingham's public transport. |
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William McCabe - Ordinary Member |
Ex Software Tech, currently running this site
Interests: Tendency for the obscure, Reads books that show up in the
"cult" sections of the shops, listens to music that came out of bargain
bins, watches TV shows on the "arty" channels and foreign (subtitled)
films and most of the stuff that everyone else knows about anyhow...
Would like to see: Life on another world or the end of this one, something
really miraculous, the real answer to everything (and it probably isn't 54
in base 13). |
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