The Futurians

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf science fiction fan group
gptkbp:activePeriod 1937-1945
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved mid-1940s
gptkbp:foundedIn gptkb:New_York_City
1937
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Futurians
gptkbp:influencedBy left-wing politics
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy members became prominent science fiction writers and editors
gptkbp:notableEvent expelled from 1939 Worldcon (Exclusion Act)
gptkbp:notableFor publishing fanzines
influencing science fiction literature
political activism in fandom
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Frederik_Pohl
gptkb:James_Blish
gptkb:Arthur_Wilson
gptkb:Judith_Merril
gptkb:Isaac_Asimov
gptkb:Damon_Knight
gptkb:David_Kyle
gptkb:Donald_Wollheim
gptkb:Virginia_Kidd
gptkb:John_Michel
gptkb:Donald_A._Wollheim
gptkb:Robert_A._W._Lowndes
gptkb:Cyril_Kornbluth
gptkb:Jack_Gillespie
gptkb:Leslie_Perri
gptkb:Robert_A._Madle
Richard Wilson
Mary Byers
Larry T. Shaw
Robert H. Lowndes
Walter Kubilius
gptkbp:publishedIn The Futurian (fanzine)
Voice of the Imagi-Nation (fanzine)
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:First_Fandom
The Hydra Club
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Greater_New_York_Science_Fiction_Club
gptkbp:subjectOf The Futurians (book by Damon Knight)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marvel_Graphic_Novel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6