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(Did you mean the [[Dave Wood (Nottingham)|Nottingham Dave Wood]]?)
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[[File:DaveWood.jpg|thumb|upright|Dave Wood about 2005. Photo courtesy Shelly Wood.]]
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''(Did you mean the [[Dave Wood (Nottingham)|Nottingham Dave Wood]]?)''
  
(1936 -- June 6, 2007)
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(August? 1936<ref>''[[Then]]'' says "Two months earlier [before [[NECON]] in October 1951], at Wood's fifteenth birthday party, he and Potter had formed the grandly named 'Junior Society of SF Readers' (the assembled guests being the charter members)."</ref> – June 6, 2007)
  
This Dave Wood was a [[British]] [[fan]] who published ''[[And All That Jazz]]'', ''[[Bad News]]'', ''[[Brennschluss]]'', and ''[[Xyster]]'' which won a [[Nova Award]] for best [[fanzine]] in 1984.  With [[Ken Potter]], he founded the [[The British Teenage Fantasy and Science Fiction Society]] (aka the [[Junior Fanatics]]) around 1950.  
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'''Dave Wood''' was a [[British]] [[fan]] from Lancaster. With [[Ken Potter]], he founded the British Teenage Fantasy and Science Fiction Society, later and better known as the [[Junior Fanatics]] in 1951. He assisted Potter with publishing ''[[Peri]]'', the group's official organ, and ''[[Brennschluss]]''. He was also a member of [[OMPA]] (briefly) and the [[Fantasy Art Society]].
  
Which Dave Wood produced fanzine ''[[Dog Factory]]'' [1992-94] (with [[Les Escott]]) is unclear.
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He had a letter published in ''[[New Worlds]]'' 16 (July 1952) in which he praised the magazine's covers as 'invariably excellent', before listing all the ones that weren't.
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Largely inactive throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he returned to activity in the 1980s, then living in Clevedon, Somerset, and published ''[[Xyster]]'', which won a [[Nova Award]] for best [[fanzine]] in 1984, as well as the shorter ''[[And All That Jazz]]''.
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As the latter title suggests, he was a great jazz fan.
  
 
{{fanzines}}
 
{{fanzines}}
* ''[[And All That Jazz]]''
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* ''[[And All That Jazz]]'' [1988–9]
* ''[[Bad News]]''
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* ''[[Brennschluss]]'' [1954–5? issues only, with [[Ken Potter]]]
* ''[[Brennschluss]]''
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* ''[[Centaurus]]'' [1952] (for the [[Fantasy Art Society]])
* ''[[Green Onions Show]]''
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* ''[[Dog Factory]]'' [1992-94] (with [[Les Escott]])
* ''[[Hep]]'' [-1955] (for [[OMPA]])
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* ''[[Hep]]'' [1955] (for [[OMPA]])
* ''[[Xyster]]''  
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* ''[[Hi De Hi]]'' [1950s] (with [[Ken Potter]])
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* ''[[Peri]]'' [1953-4] (with [[Ken Potter]])
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* ''[[Xyster]]'' [1983–2001]
  
 
{{recognition}}
 
{{recognition}}
* 1984 -- [[Nova Award]] for best fanzine
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* 1984 [[Nova Award]] for best fanzine
 
 
{{FancyImage|Dave Wood/DaveWood.jpg}}
 
Dave Wood, about 2005. Photo courtesy Shelly Wood.
 
  
{{person  | born=1936 | died=2007 | files={{fancy}}}}
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{{person  | born=1936 | died=2007 }}
 
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[[Category:fan]]
 
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Latest revision as of 13:03, 29 March 2025

Dave Wood about 2005. Photo courtesy Shelly Wood.

(Did you mean the Nottingham Dave Wood?)

(August? 1936[1] – June 6, 2007)

Dave Wood was a British fan from Lancaster. With Ken Potter, he founded the British Teenage Fantasy and Science Fiction Society, later and better known as the Junior Fanatics in 1951. He assisted Potter with publishing Peri, the group's official organ, and Brennschluss. He was also a member of OMPA (briefly) and the Fantasy Art Society.

He had a letter published in New Worlds 16 (July 1952) in which he praised the magazine's covers as 'invariably excellent', before listing all the ones that weren't.

Largely inactive throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he returned to activity in the 1980s, then living in Clevedon, Somerset, and published Xyster, which won a Nova Award for best fanzine in 1984, as well as the shorter And All That Jazz.

As the latter title suggests, he was a great jazz fan.

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  1. Then says "Two months earlier [before NECON in October 1951], at Wood's fifteenth birthday party, he and Potter had formed the grandly named 'Junior Society of SF Readers' (the assembled guests being the charter members)."