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'''Eric Mendum''' was a [[UK]] [[fan]] probably from [[London]] and active in the mid-1940s. He was a member of the [[Cosmos Club]] (CSC). | '''Eric Mendum''' was a [[UK]] [[fan]] probably from [[London]] and active in the mid-1940s. He was a member of the [[Cosmos Club]] (CSC). | ||
| − | In ''[[Futurian War Digest]]'' #28 (May 1943), [[E. Frank Parker]] reported as CSC meeting: | + | Mendum contributed a story of the fifth issue of ''[[The Beyond]]''. In ''[[Futurian War Digest]]'' #28 (May 1943), [[E. Frank Parker]] reported as CSC meeting: |
The latter part of the evening was occupied by some experiments in extra-sensory perception. Members were invited to discern the contents of a series of similar sealed containers, so mixed up that even the guy who sealed then didn't know which was which. Results were sometimes startling – and often the right article was named at the wrong moment in time ... Card tests weren't so successful, but the assembled company managed to think thought-reading member Mendum into walking into a table. | The latter part of the evening was occupied by some experiments in extra-sensory perception. Members were invited to discern the contents of a series of similar sealed containers, so mixed up that even the guy who sealed then didn't know which was which. Results were sometimes startling – and often the right article was named at the wrong moment in time ... Card tests weren't so successful, but the assembled company managed to think thought-reading member Mendum into walking into a table. | ||
| − | {{person | born=????|locale=London | + | He is not listed in the ''[[Directory of Anglo-Fandom]]'' of 1945. |
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[[Category:fan]] | [[Category:fan]] | ||
[[Category:UK]] | [[Category:UK]] | ||
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Eric Mendum was a UK fan probably from London and active in the mid-1940s. He was a member of the Cosmos Club (CSC).
Mendum contributed a story of the fifth issue of The Beyond. In Futurian War Digest #28 (May 1943), E. Frank Parker reported as CSC meeting:
The latter part of the evening was occupied by some experiments in extra-sensory perception. Members were invited to discern the contents of a series of similar sealed containers, so mixed up that even the guy who sealed then didn't know which was which. Results were sometimes startling – and often the right article was named at the wrong moment in time ... Card tests weren't so successful, but the assembled company managed to think thought-reading member Mendum into walking into a table.
He is not listed in the Directory of Anglo-Fandom of 1945.
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