[SKRIVA] Äldsta sf-klubben, LASFS - bilder, artikel
- From: Ahrvid Engholm <ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <skriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <sverifandom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:47:40 +0200
Bilder från Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society och deras klubbhus (med möten
varje torsdag), samt en artikel om klubben, som är sf-fandoms äldsta
fortfarande verksamma, startad 1934. (Motsvarande i Sverige är Club Cosmos,
startad 1954.)
http://atlasobscura.com/place/los-angeles-science-fantasy-society
"Every Thursday night, scores of science fiction and fantasy fans gather for
the weekly meeting of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society. As the world's
oldest continuously meeting science fiction and fantasy society and one of only
a handful that have a designated clubhouse, LASFS (pronounced Loss-Fuss or
Lass-Fass) is not your average fan club.
LASFS began in 1934, as a charter group of Hugo Gernsback's Science Fiction
League. Gernsback, editor of the prominent science fiction magazine Wonder
Stories, created the League so that magazine fans from across the country could
correspond with each other. By 1940, the Los Angeles charter had split with the
failing Science Fiction League. Led by a young Forrest J. Ackerman (founder of
the Ackermansion and perhaps sci-fi's greatest spokesperson), the group
established its own identity: the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society.
Since its inception, the society has had a number of notable members including
Golden Age authors A. E. van Vogt and Ross Rocklynne, sci-fi moguls Ray
Bradbury and Ray Harryhausen, and even Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
Today, contemporary writers such as Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle are known
to attend meetings. ...
As one would expect of a fan club as reputable as LASFS, the society has its
own motto which is echoed in their coat of arms: De Profundis Ad Astra or "From
the Depths to the Stars." LASFSians even have their own rules and bylaws, some
serious and some silly, such as Rule 0: "Death will not release you." Perhaps
most importantly, the society has had its own clubhouse since the 1970s. This
luxury has allowed them a reliable meeting place, a home to their extensive
library ...
typical meetings today feature guest speakers and auctions of science fiction
items. And if you're lucky, the video librarian will share an obscure 1950s
serial just before the meeting. Members are also encouraged to arrive to
meetings early for the Neverending Panel, a weekly forum for fan-submitted
discussion topics."
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