The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction » Obits http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/blog Editorial blog of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:33:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Ken Slater http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/blog/2008/02/19/ken-slater/ http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/blog/2008/02/19/ken-slater/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:00:38 +0000 Gordon Van Gelder http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/blog/2008/02/19/ken-slater/ Ken Slater died on Saturday. Just a couple of months ago, he invited me to the lunch celebrating his 90th birthday (but he admitted it might be a long trip for me to make for a luncheon). I only met him in person once, at the most recent Glasgow Worldcon, but he was a longtime distributor of F&SF and we corresponded regularly. I considered him a living legend. Condolences to his family.

Here’s a picture of him from 2004, hawking a batch of Chris Priest’s novels. The photo is by Peter Weston.

If anyone reading this post is interested, Ken’s funeral will be held on Thursday, Feb. 28 at a crematorium in King’s Lynn, followed by tea at a hotel in Grimston. You can contact me for more info if needed.

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