Stranger Club

The Stranger Club was Fan Guest of Honor at Noreascon 3 the 1989 Worldcon. Members in attendance included Art Widner, Chan Davis, Harry Stubbs (Hal Clement), Louis Russell Chauvenet, Timothy Orrok, Norman Stanley, and Robert D. Swisher. Honoring their FGoHship, #11 of the club fanzine Fanfare was published (the previous issue, #10 was published in December 1943.)

from Fancyclopedia 2 ca. 1959

In a stf series by Lawrence Manning, a club (motto, "Truth is Stranger Than Fiction") where members met to tell and hear "true" fantastic experiences. The name was taken by the Eastern Massachusetts fan organization when they formed in February '40, and the members called themselves Strangers. Members included Swisher, Widner, Suddsy Schwartz, Singleton and a number of others; it was elements of this club that formed the foundation for the N3F. The group threw a number of annual conferences in Boston ("Boskones") and apparently got along with absolutely no internal friction.

from Fancyclopedia 1 ca. 1944

(Manning) - In a stf series by Lawrence Manning, a club which had for its motto "Truth is stranger than fiction", where members met to tell and hear "true" fantastic experiences. The name was taken by the Eastern Massachusetts fan organization when they formed in Feb 40, and the members call themselves Strangers. Members include Swisher, Widner, Suddsy Schwartz, (ex-) Singleton, and a number of others. The organization puts on the Boskones and apparently gets along with absolutely no internal friction.