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(1925 – 1998)
 
(1925 – 1998)
  
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'''Archie Mercer''', a [[British]] [[fan]] was a member of [[OMPA]] (and [[OE]]) and [[BSFA]] (founding [[treasurer]] and first [[editor]] of the ''[[BSFA Bulletin]]'', editor of [[Vector]]).  He was mainly active in the 1950s and ’60s.
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'''Archie Mercer''', a [[British]] [[fan]], was a member of [[OMPA]] (and [[OE]]) and [[BSFA]] (founding [[treasurer]] and first [[editor]] of the ''[[BSFA Bulletin]]'', editor of [[Vector]]).  He was mainly active in the 1950s and ’60s.
  
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Mercer published [[OMPA]]zines, wrote [[conreports]], and attended many [[cons]] in [[England]].  
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Mercer [[published]] [[OMPA]]zines, wrote [[conreports]], and attended many [[cons]] in [[England]].  
  
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He is known in [[fandom]] today primarily for his many [[fanzines]], some edited/published with the help of his wife, [[Beryl Henley Mercer]], who died in 2004.  The Mercers met in the early 60s, when Beryl published an article in [[Charles Platt]]'s ''[[Point of View]]'' {or was it ''[[Point of View|Beyond]]''?} on new [[fans]]' gripes about the [[BSFA]]; the opposing viewpoint was written by one Archie Mercer.
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He is known in [[fandom]] today primarily for his many [[fanzines]], some edited/published with the help of his wife, [[Beryl Henley Mercer]], who died in 2004.  The Mercers met in the early 1960s, when Beryl published an article in [[Charles Platt]]'s ''[[Point of View]]'' {or was it ''[[Point of View|Beyond]]''?} on [[neofans]]' gripes about the [[BSFA]]; the opposing viewpoint was written by one Archie Mercer. Archie also wrote the [[fannish]] [[novel]], ''[[Meadows of Fantasy]]''.
  
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His [[fanzines]] included ''[[Anglofanac]]'', ''[[Mercatorial Annual]]'' (with [[Beryl Mercer]]), ''[[The Middle Earthworm]]'', ''[[The Once and Future Worm]]'', ''[[Pertinence]]''. He also wrote the fannish novel, ''[[Meadows of Fantasy]]''.
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He won the second [[Doc Weir Award]] in 1964. He (absentmindedly) created [[Mercer's Day]].  He was  made a [[Knight of St. Fantony]] ''in absentia'' at [[Cytricon III]] in 1957. He was a member of [[Kinkay Fandom]].
  
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He published numerous titled for [[OMPA]], including: ''[[Amble]]'', ''[[Antwerpse Letterkundige En Wettenschappelijke Gazet]]'', ''[[Great Irish Rift Valley Expedition]]'', ''[[Schnerdlites Hole-Boring Supplement]]'', ''[[Second Saturday After the First...]]'', ''[[Tales from the Oubliette]]''.
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He was on the [[committee]] of [[Yarcon]] and, with Beryl, handled publications for [[Briscon]].
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He won the second [[Doc Weir Award]] in 1964. He (absentmindedly) created [[Mercer's Day]].  He ''may'' have been made a [[Knight of St. Fantony]] at [[Kettering]] in 1957.  He was a member of [[Kinkay Fandom]].
 
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As well as fanzines, he wrote a [[faan fiction|fannish novel]], ''Meadows of Fantasy''
 
  
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He was on the [[committee]] of [[Yarcon]] and, with Beryl, handled publications for [[Briscon]].
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{{fanzines}}
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* ''[[Amble]]'' (for OMPA)
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* ''[[Anglofanac]]''
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* ''[[Antwerpse Letterkundige En Wettenschappelijke Gazet]]'' (for OMPA)
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* ''[[Archive]]'' [1954–9] (for OMPA)
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* ''[[Berserk!!!]]'' (for [[OMPA]], with [[Ken Cheslin]] and possibly [[Fred Hunter]])
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* ''[[BSFA Bulletin]]'' (some issues)
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* ''[[Conrep from B'ham]]'' [1965] (with [[Beryl Mercer]])
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* ''[[Great Irish Rift Valley Expedition]]'' (for OMPA)
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* ''[[Mercatorial Annual]]'' (with [[Beryl Mercer]])
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* ''[[The Middle Earthworm]]''
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* ''[[Objection Slip]]'' [1959] (for [[OMPA]])
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* ''[[Off T'rails]]'' [1955] (for [[OMPA]])
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* ''[[The Once and Future Worm]]''
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* ''[[Pertinence]]''
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* ''[[Schnerdlites Hole-Boring Supplement]]'' [1956] (with [[Nigel Lindsay]] for OMPA)
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* ''[[Second Saturday After the First...]]'' (for OMPA)
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* ''[[Tales from the Oubliette]]'' (for OMPA)
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* ''[[Vector]]'' (some issues)
  
 
{{recognition}}
 
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* 1964 -- [[Doc Weir Award]]
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* 1957 — [[Knight of St. Fantony]]
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* 1964 — [[Doc Weir Award]]
  
 
{{person | born=1925 | died=1998}}
 
{{person | born=1925 | died=1998}}
 
[[Category:fan]]
 
[[Category:fan]]
 
[[Category:UK]]
 
[[Category:UK]]

Latest revision as of 10:11, 22 December 2024

(1925 – 1998)

Archie Mercer, a British fan, was a member of OMPA (and OE) and BSFA (founding treasurer and first editor of the BSFA Bulletin, editor of Vector). He was mainly active in the 1950s and ’60s.

Mercer published OMPAzines, wrote conreports, and attended many cons in England.

He is known in fandom today primarily for his many fanzines, some edited/published with the help of his wife, Beryl Henley Mercer, who died in 2004. The Mercers met in the early 1960s, when Beryl published an article in Charles Platt's Point of View {or was it Beyond?} on neofans' gripes about the BSFA; the opposing viewpoint was written by one Archie Mercer. Archie also wrote the fannish novel, Meadows of Fantasy.

He won the second Doc Weir Award in 1964. He (absentmindedly) created Mercer's Day. He was made a Knight of St. Fantony in absentia at Cytricon III in 1957. He was a member of Kinkay Fandom.

He was on the committee of Yarcon and, with Beryl, handled publications for Briscon.

Fanzines and Apazines:

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

Person 1925—1998
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