Peter Weston

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Peter Weston is an influential British science fiction fan. He currently lives in Birmingham, UK.

Peter's lifelong love of science fiction led him into fandom and his notable contributions and awards include:

Produced the first issue of Zenith (later Speculation) in 1963, receiving four Hugo Award nominations for the fanzine.
In 1971, he co-founded & was chairman of, the Birmingham SF Group (BSFG), and originated, Novacon, the second series of annual British SF conventions, after Eastercon.
In 1973, he won the very first Nova award, British fandom's highest award for fan activity.
He was the TAFF delegate in 1974, attending Discon II.
He edited the ANDROMEDA series of original anthologies, 1975-77.
He won the UK Doc Weir Award in 1975.

In 1979, Peter chaired Seacon'79, the 37th World Science Fiction Convention, the third Worldcon to be held in the UK.

He has been an official guest at a number of conventions including:

FGoH: Tynecon (Eastercon, 1974)
GoH: Helicon 2 (Eastercon, 2002)
GoH: Noreascon 4 (Worldcon 2004)
Special Guest: Boskone 37 (2000).

Peter (now retired) owned and managed a factory that produced door handles for some of Britain's more prestigious car models. Since 1984, the Hugo Awards rockets have been forged by his workers.