BRAIN TRUST

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(Speer) A group chiefly marked by its discussions, in FAPA, of all manner of weighty questions. Its members represented most strongly the forces of Third Fandom, and as a party -- tho never so recognized -- came into control in the Interregnum. Its members included such illuminati as Speer, Rothman, Warner, Stanley, the Ashleys, Perdue, DB Thompson, Lynn Bridges, and Chan Davis. A number of them had relevant specialties -- Rothman in physics, Speer in American cultural history, etc -- but at the same time all had a catholicity of interests and did not hesitate to question authorities in any field. They established a tendency toward heavy discussion in the mailing comment sections of FAPAzines which is honored to this day; FAPAtes who maintain this tradition conspicuously are often still referred to as brain-trusters.