Talk:Futurians

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This page is misleading. It sounds like the Futurians are a group of fans, but as soon as Donal Wollheim is mentioned it gets confusing. Did the Futurians start when he decided to make it political or did it start when they were a group of fans? The article does not make it clear.

Uh, what article were you reading?:

As described in Isaac Asimov's autobiography In Memory Yet Green, the Futurians spun off from the Queens Science Fiction Society (headed by Sam Moskowitz, later an influential SF editor and historian) over ideological differences. Asimov does not specify the differences but hints that they were political in character. Other sources indicate that Donald A. Wollheim was pushing for a more left wing direction with a goal of leading fandom toward a political ideal, all of which Moskowitz resisted. As a result, Wollheim broke off and began the Futurians.

How is that not clear enough? Runa27 21:17, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why did this group break up?

Why this group ended in 1945 would be a very good addition to this article, if anyone knows about it enough to add this. Rlquall 13:03, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Knight's book is at my library, but I don't recall what reason he stated or if his perception is even accurate. Most things I've indicated is that they were like close-knit groups of friends in that they either drifted apart or got sick of each other. I think there was also some rivalries and fighting over women. (The group was predominately male)--T. Anthony 10:20, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John Michel

I am de-wikifying John Michel because the link currently points to an article about a British Field Marshal who died in 1886. This is obviously not the Futurian John Michel (who currently has no article). Pat Berry 22:03, 12 January 2007 (UTC)