PICKERSGILL, Greg(ory Frederick) (1951 - )

UK fan active since 1967, first in Haverfordwest (Wales) 1967-mid '71, then London 1971-mid '90, then Haverfordwest 1990 - . Active in fanzine production, fanwriting, and convention-running. Winner Nova Award for Best Fanzine (RASTUS JOHNSON'S CAKEWALK) and Best Fanwriter 1994. TAFF winner 1986. FGoH at FOLLYCON 1988.


First Contact:     Joined British SF Association early 1967 through ad in
                   NEW WORLDS, too late to attend that year's Eastercon. 
                   Some writing for BSFA, then material in Peter Roberts' 
                   MOR-FARCH (Easter 1968) and attendance at Thirdmancon, 
                   Easter 1968.

First Con:         Thirdmancon, Easter 1968

Concoms:           Eastercon '77 - Fan Room (1977) 
                   Mexicon 1 (1984) 
                   Mexicon 2 (1986)
                   Conspiracy - Fan Room (1987) 
                   Novacon 18 (1988) 
                   Mexicon 3 (1989)
                   Intersection - Fan Room (1995).

Fanzines:          FOULER (6 issues - numbered 2 to 7, 1970-72)
	           RITBLAT/GRIM NEWS (2 issues, 1974)
	           STOP BREAKING DOWN (7 issues, 1976-81)
	           RASTUS JOHNSON'S CAKEWALK (7 issues, 1993-94)

One-offs:          Eastercon pamphlets in the 1970's such as  LETTERS WE 
                   HAVE NOT RECIEVED and the LITTLE-READ STOOL BOOK, mostly 
                   written by Leroy Kettle, and edited by Pickersgill.

	
Apazines:          A small number of individually-titled items such as B24
                   LIBERATOR for Frank's APA, and STAGGERLEE, for APA SF&F. 
                   No serials.

Special Projects:  MEMORY HOLE fanzine recycling system and permanent
                   collection. MH gathers in unwanted fanzine collections 
                   and redistributes them on demand to serious collectors 
                   or the simply curious. At the same time MH is  building 
                   and maintaining a permanent collection of, primarily, 
                   'mainstream' sf/fannish fanzines (post-1970 apazines are 
                   not a priority). As of late 1996, there are 10000+ issues
                   of 1800+ titles in the MH permanent collection, and some 
                   2000-odd items in the recycling reservoir.
 
                   MH permacollection items are available for loan, although 
                   the long term plan includes mass production of facsimiles 
                   and a CD-ROM archive. The MH permacollection catalog 
                   (done as the Roberts/Clarke format) is available on disk 
                   or paper. 

                   Contact MH on MH@GOSTAK.DEMON.CO.UK for further 
                   information.

Online:            From 1996.


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