Beck, Claire P
Entry updated 8 December 2025. Tagged: Editor, Fan.
Working name of US fan and editor Claire Beck (1919-1999), the P being an invented initial reportedly standing for "poverty"; brother of Clyde F Beck. He was active in the 1930s, most importantly as editor of The Science Fiction Critic (which see) from 1935 to 1938, and also publishing letters in various SF Magazines of that decade. The two brothers' Small Press was called The Futile Press. [DRL]
see also: Critical and Historical Works About SF.
Claire Beck
born California: 14 September 1919
died Lakeport, California: 20 March 1999
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