Raymond A. Palmer
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| Name: | Raymond A. Palmer |
| Also Known As: | RAP |
| Occupation: | Editor, author, fan club organiser, zine editor |
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| Works: | Amazing Stories (editor), Martian Diary (autobiography) |
| Official Website(s): | Wikipedia |
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| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
Raymond A. Palmer (1910-1977) was a science fiction fan-turned-editor, most known for editing Amazing Stories. Palmer was the eighth member of an Alabaman science/science fiction fan club founded by Aubrey Clements and was involved, a year later, in the merging of that club another from Chicago to become the the Science Correspondence Club[1], which would later become the International Scientific Association. In 1930 he co-edited The Comet, which has been claimed to be the first known science fiction fanzine (see that page for more details on this claim).
In 1935, the ISA was flagging to the point that he handed it over to William S. Sykora, who absorbed it into his own International Cosmos Science Club, taking on its name, membership, history and prestige.
The DC Comics superhero character the Atom was named for the editor - Ray Palmer - as a tribute/in-joke.
References
- ^ "Recollections on the Origins of Science Fiction Fandom,1917 to 1948" by Aubrey MacDermott (1987) efanzines.com