Alison Scott

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Alison Scott, 2020

(June 29, 1965 –)

Alison Scott is a British fan active since 1983, first as a member of the Cambridge University SF Society (CUSFS) 1983–86 and attending Seacon '84 (the Eastercon and Eurocon). She was chairbeing of CUSFS 1985–86; CADS (Chester And District Sfgroup), 1986–88ish; Warrington Group, 1988–1994. Member of the Plokta Cabal and an editor of the Hugo- and Nova Award-winning fanzine Plokta; a member of ANZAPA and TWP.

She was on the committee for ConSept (the 1986 Unicon), Follycon (the 1988 Eastercon), Fourplay (a 1991 Filk Con), and chaired Confabulation (the 1995 Eastercon). In 2021 she organized the online Punctuation.

She is a member of the League of Fan Funds and won the 2020 GUFF trip, but had to postpone her trip because of the Covid-19 epidemic. She ran a virtual trip instead, and finally got to travel in person to Australia and New Zealand in September and October 2023.

She "can be heard every fortnight pontificating about the state of science fiction and fandom on the podcast Octothorpe", along with John Coxon and Liz Batty.

She was married to UK fan Mike Scott 1986–95 and has been married to UK fan Steven Cain since October 1998.

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