4-443: Ken Slater may refer to: Ken Slater (science fiction) (1917–2008), British science fiction fan and bookseller Ken Slater (sportsman) (1924–1963), Australian rules footballer and tennis player Ken Slater (herpetologist) (1923–1999), Australian engineer and herpetologist [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
8-494: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ken_Slater&oldid=805234630 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ken Slater (science fiction) Ken Slater (1917–2008)
12-726: The time of his death. He was a founder member of the British Science Fiction Association in 1958. He was Guest of Honour at Brumcon , the 1959 Eastercon and at Conspiracy '87 , the 1987 Worldcon , jointly with his wife Joyce. He received the Doc Weir Award in 1966 and the Big Heart Award in 1995. At the first Hugo Award ceremony in Philadelphia in 1953 , Forrest J Ackerman won the trophy for #1 Fan Personality, but said that
16-589: Was a British science fiction fan and bookseller. In 1947, while serving in the British Army of the Rhine , he started Operation Fantast , a network of science fiction fans which had 800 members around the world by 1950 though it folded a few years later. Through Operation Fantast , he was the major importer of American science fiction books and magazines into Britain - an activity which he continued, after its collapse, through his company Fantast (Medway) up to
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