Peter Duncan

Peter Duncan, as shown on the dust jacket for What Dr. Spock Didn't Tell Us (1959, written as Butler Atkinson, Jr.)

(January 7, 1918 – August 8, 1994)

Peter Duncan was the fannish nom de plume, according to FictionMags Index, of B. M. (Butler Markham) "Buddy" Atkinson, Jr., columnist and writer for TV shows including The Beverly Hillbillies.

He co-published Science Fiction Forward with Ray Van Houten, with whom he also attempted to launch the Intellectual Brotherhood of Pro-Scientists.

His comments in Science Fiction Collector about the death of Robert E. Howard appalled H. C. Koenig, who wrote:

"Every reader has a right to criticize, provided he or she keeps within the bounds of decency. [...] But his paragraphs on the Howard suicide are about the lowest, meanest, most despicable and contemptible paragraphs it's ever been my misfortune to read [...] Duncan should be blacklisted by every decent fan magazine."
— "Their Own Petard", Science Fiction Weekly.

• Obituary in the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal