1. Sam Moskowitz was an American writer, critic, and historian of science fiction.
10 Facts About Sam Moskowitz
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Sam Moskowitz barred several members of the rival Futurians club from the convention because they threatened to disrupt it.
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Sam Moskowitz edited Science-Fiction Plus, a short-lived genre magazine owned by Hugo Gernsback, in 1953.
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Sam Moskowitz compiled about two dozen anthologies, and a few single-author collections, most published in the 1960s and early 1970s.
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Sam Moskowitz's exhaustive cataloging of early sf magazine stories by important genre authors remains the best resource for nonspecialists.
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Sam Moskowitz wouldn't know a connotation if it snapped at his ankle, which is something that happens quite often.
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Sam Moskowitz's works include The Immortal Storm, a historical review of internecine strife within fandom.
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Sam Moskowitz wrote it in a bombastic style that made the events he described seem so important that, as fan historian Harry Warner Jr.
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Sam Moskowitz was renowned as a science fiction book collector, with a tremendous number of important early works and rarities.
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Sam Moskowitz continued to speak at science fiction conventions, using an electronic voice-box held against his throat.