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Art Widner (1917 or 1918-2015) was a longtime science fiction fan and fanzine editor.

He has been one of the organizers the first science fiction fan club in Boston (The Stranger Club) in 1940. s President of the N3F in 1947. He has been the contributor to and an editor of many fanzines, including early sf fanzines Fanfare and Yhos.

He has been credited with inventing the first science-fiction themed board game, Interplanetary, in 1943.

References

  1. ^ Glyer, Mike (2015). "Obituaries: Art Widner (1917-2015)" (PDF). File 770 (165).
  2. ^ Swartz, Jon D. (December 2006). "Biographies of Prominent Neffers Part 4" (PDF). The National Fantasy Fan. 6 (4): 11–12.
  3. Dozois, Gardner (2016-07-05). The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4668-9266-8.
  4. "SFE: Board Game". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
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