Steve Green (science fiction activist)

Steve Green (born 1960, Solihull, England) is a former newspaper reporter (1978-84) turned freelance journalist for such magazines as "The Dark Side" (for which he wrote 50 instalments of the review column "Fanzine Focus"), "Interzone" (interviewing the comics writer Stan Lee [http://www.locusmag.com/index/t230.html#A24883 "Locus" index for "Interzone #59", May 1992] and the author/screenwriter Peter Atkins [http://www.locusmag.com/index/t303.html#A31041 "Locus" index for "Interzone #81", March 1994] ), "Fantasia" and "SFX", as well as being an occasional contributor to the BBC Radio 5 series "The Way Out". With Martin Tudor, he was also the co-editor/publisher of the science fiction journal "Critical Wave" [http://www.minervatech.u-net.com/people01.htm Eulogy for the award-winning British sf author Bob Shaw, originally written by Green for "Critical Wave" in 1996] , from its launch in 1987 to its financial heat-death in 1996 [http://news.ansible.co.uk/a111.html "Ansible #111" (ed. Dave Langford, October 1996): "Sad news, indeed"] , although they announced plans in September 2008 to relaunch the magazine online. [http://efanzines.com/DrinkTank/DrinkTank183.pdf "The Drink Tank #183" (ed. Chris Garcia, October 2008), announcing relaunch of "Critical Wave"] [http://news.ansible.co.uk/a255.html "Ansible #255" (ed. Dave Langford, October 2008), announcing relaunch of "Critical Wave"]

Green joined the Birmingham Science Fiction Group in February 1977 [http://efanzines.com/Apparatchik/69-green.html "Fannish Memory Syndrome" column in "Apparatchik #69" (1996): "I first crossed paths with the Brum Group back in February 1977, when it was just six years old and arguably at the height of its powers; the guest that month was Brian Aldiss, with Chris Priest and Bob Shaw scheduled for March and April, and the group was about to run its sixth Novacon."] and has held several posts with that organisation, including its newsletter editor. He also became a member of the British Science Fiction Association, eventually taking over the clubs column ("Life on Mars") for its newsletter "Matrix" [http://www.matrixmagazine.co.uk/ The British Science Fiction Association's "Matrix" webpage] [http://www.mjckeh.demon.co.uk/aut0084.htm BSFA index to contributors to its publications] . Later, he collaborated with artist Kevin Clarke on a shortlived comic strip for "Matrix", "The Tavern at the End of Time" [http://www.minervatech.u-net.com/author.htm Kevin Clarke's online bio, including reference to "The Tavern at the End of Time"] [http://sfpod.blogspot.com/2007/08/con-history-novacon-14-1984.html Illustration by Kevin Clarke for the Novacon 14 programme book, chosen by SFPod as its "Science Fiction Picture of the Day" on 12 September 2007; features characters from "The Tavern at the End of Time"] .

In addition to having several of his own short stories published, including "Cracking" in "The Anthology of Fantasy & the Supernatural" [http://www.locusmag.com/index/t292.html#A30375 "Locus" index for "The Anthology of Fantasy and the Supernatural" (ed. Stephen Jones and David Sutton; Tiger Books, 1994)] , plus a large number of poems [http://www.locusmag.com/index/t238.html#A25024 "Locus" index to "Works #8" (1992)] [http://fr.bookbutler.com/do/bookSearch;jsessionid=6D108A30E5288AC423214AC97A7CE7E5?pageNr=1&showMore=true&sortBy=salesrank&searchFor=1+85731+439+5&searchBy=isbn&searchIn=uk&shipTo=gb&amountIn=gbp&zip= "That's Entertainment", edited by Kerrie Pateman (Poetry Now, 1995), ISBN 1 85731 439 5] [http://fr.bookbutler.com/do/bookSearch?showMore=true&shipTo=gb&amountIn=gbp&zip=&sortBy=salesrank&pageNr=1&searchFor=0907376150&searchBy=isbn&searchIn=uk "Dreamers on the Sea of Fate", edited by Steve Sneyd (Sol, 1999), ISBN 0 90737 615 0] , Green appears as a supporting character in the comic novel "The Leaky Establishment" by David Langford [http://www.ansible.co.uk/books/leaky2.jpgCover of the 1985 paperback edition of "The Leaky Establishment"; the character named for Green can be seen emerging from the pub, notebook in hand] .

During the mid-1990s, Green was a regular columnist for both the Seattle freesheet "Mansplat!" [http://www.mansplat.com/ "Mansplat!" website, including partial index] and the focal point American fanzine "Apparatchik" (examples: [http://efanzines.com/Apparatchik/65-green.html "Fannish Memory Syndrome" column in "Apparatchik #65", 8 August 1996] [http://efanzines.com/Apparatchik/66-green.html "Fannish Memory Syndrome" column in "Apparatchik #66", 29 August 1996] [http://efanzines.com/Apparatchik/71-green.htm "Fannish Memory Syndrome" column in "Apparatchik #71", 13 December 1996] ). His "Apparatchik" column, "Fannish Memory Syndrome", was relaunched in the US fanzine "The Drink Tank" [http://efanzines.com/DrinkTank/index.htm Bill Burns' eFanzines index of links to downloadable issues of "The Drink Tank"] in September 2007 [http://efanzines.com/DrinkTank/DrinkTank143.pdf "Fannish Memory Syndrome" column in "The Drink Tank #143", 20 September 2007] .

He was chair of the British science fiction conventions Novacon 14 (1984) [http://news.ansible.co.uk/a36.html "Ansible #36" (ed. Dave Langford, December 1983): "The next Novacon (..) with S.Green as chair"] [http://news.ansible.co.uk/a41.html "Ansible #41" (ed. Dave Langford, December 1984): "Novacon chair Steve Green"] and Novacon 37 (2007) [http://www.novacon37.org.uk/index.htm Novacon 37 website] , and ran the "Fan Lounge" at Intervention, the 1997 Eastercon [http://www.ansible.co.uk/writing/interven.html Report by Dave Langford on the 1997 Eastercon, including references to the Fan Lounge] . In addition, he was a guest speaker at the Exeter University event Microcon 28 in March 2008.

Related activities include: vice-president of the Fantasy Amateur Press Association, 2005-7; current administrator of the Delta Film Award, presented annually at Manchester's Festival of Fantastic Films; current administrator of the Nova Awards for British fanzines, presented annually at Novacon [http://pdf.textfiles.com/efanzines/Nova/Nova2004.htm Nova Awards update, dated November 2004, published on eFanzines] .

Green married fellow science fiction fan Ann Thomas (born 1961, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales) in December 1983; she passed away in July 2008, aged 46, following a brief diabetes-relates illness. [http://efanzines.com/AnnGreen/index.htm Booklet produced for Ann Green's funeral, 15 August 2008]

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* [http://www.cix.co.uk/~magician/conrunner/PicturesGreen.htm "Talking Pictures" - article by Green on convention film programming, published in "Conrunner #5" (1986) and later republished in "The Best of Conrunner" (1987)]
* [http://taff.org.uk/reports/taffpic2.gif1996 cartoon by Dave Hicks, originally published in "Have Bag, Will Travel #2"]