Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 19:21:20 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Noreen Kane Falasca Shaw (? - 2005)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> twhite8 at cox.net 6/1/2005 7:10:58 PM >>>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
>To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 4:41 PM
>Subject: [WSFA] Noreen Kane Falasca Shaw (? - 2005)
>
>> "Noreen Shaw, widow of SF editor Larry Shaw, co-chair of the 1955
World
>> SF Convention, and co-editor with Larry of 1962 Hugo-nominated
fanzine
>> Axe, has died"
>>
>> www.locusmag.com for more details, including a link to Harlan
Ellison's
>> comments.
>>
>> In the world of connections, she was one of the founders, along
with
>> Ted White & others, of the Fanoclasts; Google Fanoclasts for more
>> details, including Ted's description of founding of the club
>> (http://trufen.net/fandom/04/12/06/1325224.shtml) with this
delightful
>> comment:
>>
>> "Since the '30s, NYC fandom had a bad reputation with the rest of
>> fandom. Put three NYC fans together and you not only had a fanclub,
you
>> would shortly thereafter have a schism and *two* fanclubs."
>
>Both Noreen and her husband Larry were good friends of mine for a
great
>many years.  And that Worldcon she co-chaired with her first husband,
Nick
>Falasca?  That was my very first convention.  There were 380 people
in
>attendance, making it easy for me to meet Larry Shaw there.  He showed
me
>an unbound copy of the first issue of INFINITY, just back from the
printer.

Some pictures of that Worldcon:
http://fanac.org/worldcon/Clevention/w55-p00.html
Somethings never change:
http://fanac.org/worldcon/Clevention/w55-104.html ...
http://fanac.org/worldcon/Clevention/w55-111.html (ok, it was
probably all books...)

>
>I see you're quoting me from my interview on Trufen.net.

Yeah.. it's a useful news site.

> I'll soon be
>doing a column for that site, "Ask Dr. Fandom."

Who sawed Courtney's boat?

[I hope to find an interent cafe or the like whilst in NYC for
BookExpo.  George R R Martin will be signing... it's only an except from
FEAST OF CROWS, control yourselves...]

mjw

>
>--Ted White
>