Andrew Ian Porter, , is an American editor, publisher and active science fiction fan. Born Andrew Ian Silverberg on March 24, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, he moved to New York City with his mother and brother in 1956 upon the death of his father the previous year. His name was legally changed in 1964 when his mother remarried. Porter entered science fiction fandom in 1960. He had been calling science fiction writers in the Bronx and Manhattan telephone books to discuss science fiction, and Donald Wollheim put him in touch with local science fiction fandom in New York City. He became active in... fan groups including the Lunarians, FISTFA and the Fanoclasts, then hosted by Ted White. In 1960 he had his first news-related column on upcoming paperbacks, printed in James V. Taurasi's Science Fiction Times. He published many different fanzines, beginning with Algol, including the newszine S.F.Weekly from 1966–68. He started his semiprozine Science Fiction Chronicle in 1979. He has attended hundreds of science fiction conventions and nearly 40 World Science Fiction Conventions since his first in 1963.
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| Birthdate: | March 24, 1946 |
| Age: | 66 |
| Also known as: | Andrew Ian Porter, Anonymous |