Art Widner (1917 or 1918-2015) was a longtime

science fiction fan Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community or fandom of people interested in science fiction in contact with one another based upon that interest. SF fandom has a life of its own, but not much in the way of formal organization (although ...

and

fanzine A fanzine (blend word, blend of ''fan (person), fan'' and ''magazine'' or ''-zine'') is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by fan (person), enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) ...

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.

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