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The Futurians were based in New York.

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.

Members of the Futurians included

• Isaac Asimov
• James Blish
• Hannes Bok
• Dan Burford
• Chet Cohen
• Harry Dockweiler (a.k.a. Dirk Wylie)
• Virginia Kidd
• Damon Knight
• Cyril Kornbluth
• Walter Kubilius
• David KyleDavid Kyle is a New York, New York-based fan since the earliest days of organized science fiction fandom. Born in February, 1919, Dave was an original member of New York's Futurians group, and co-founded Gnome Press with Martin Greenberg. He also has writ
• Robert A.W. Lowndes
• Judith MerrilJudith Merril ( January 21, 1923, New York, New York September 12, 1997, Canada) was an North American science fiction author and anthologist. Merril was a writer from her youth. She published her first stories in the late 1940s. She later devoted much of
• John Michel
• Leslie Perri
• Frederik PohlThere is also Frederick J. Pohl, a historian. Frederik Pohl (born November 26, 1919) is an American science fiction writer and editor. In early adulthood, he lived in New York, and was a member of the Futurians fan group. He was a friend and collaborator
• Larry ShawLarry Shaw ( 1924- 1985) was a science fiction fan and a member of the Futurians. He became active in the early 1940s and was briefly married to fan Lee Hoffman from 1956- 1959. In the late from 1948 through the early 1950s, Shaw published some short fict
• Richard Wilson
• Donald A. Wollheim

and many more...

Books on the Futurians:

• "The Futurians" by Damon Knight (1977)
• "The Way The Future Was" by Frederik Pohl (1978)

See also:

• Second Fandom

External links

• http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/20th/etudes/anderson/futurians.html
• Frederik Pohl profile with several paragraphs on the Futurians
• Fancyclopedia II: F (see the entries under FUTURIANS, and FUTURIAN HOUSES)