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Peter Weston is an influential
British science fiction fan. Now retired, he currently lives in
Birmingham,
UK.
Peter's lifelong love of science fiction led him into
fandom where he made many notable contributions in fan writing,
fanzine editing, convention-running and in local SF clubs. His 1960s pseudonym "Malcolm Edwards" caused some confusion several years later, when a real
Malcolm Edwards began contributing to British fanzines. They met in 1970.
He produced the first issue of
Zenith (later
Speculation) in
1963 and he edited the
Andromeda series of original anthologies from 1975 till 1977. In 2006, following the success of his Hugo-nominated memoir
With Stars in My Eyes, Peter relaunched his fanzine
Prolapse, after a 23-year hiatus. He was rewarded with a pair of
Nova Awards the following year, for "best fanzine" and "best fan" (the latter being a committee award).
In 1971, he co-founded and was chairman of the
Birmingham Science Fiction Group (BSFG), and helped originate
Novacon, the second series of annual British SF conventions, after
Eastercon. He chaired
Seacon '79, the third
Worldcon to be held in the UK. Since 1984, the
Hugo Awards rockets, which are presented at the annual Worldcon have been forged by the car-parts factory which Peter owned and managed until he retired.
Awards and Honours
He has been an official guest at a number of conventions, including:
1974 FGoH: Tynecon
2000 Special Guest: Boskone 37
2002 GoH: Helicon 2
2004 GoH: Noreascon 4
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