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• Del Close
  ...medy empire and a mainstay of ImprovOlympics. He also wrote [[comics|comic books]].
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• Midwestcon 2
  ...hose of most of the serious [[collectors]], swapped information with us on books. Saw [[Don Ford]], [[Roy Lavender]], [[Bob Tucker]], [[Bea Mahaffey]], [[Te
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• Henry Kuttner
  ...ond Infinity'' (1968); and ''The Mask of Circe'' (1971). Several of these books were written in collaboration with his wife and published under their "Lewi
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• Dean A. Grennell
  ...Grennell was a tech writer and an authority on firearms, who authored many books on the subject, as well as being managing editor of ''Gun World'' magazine.
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• 1948 Fantasy Annual
  ...est of the field some distance behind. Also present is a section on "Fan [[Books]]". The "Fans and Fanzines" department is by [[Don Wilson]] and [[Redd Bogg ...[Small Press Publisher|Limited Edition Presses]]" and "[[British]] Fantasy Books". Poll results give [[John W. Campbell]]'s "[[Who Goes There?]]" top place,
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• Sam Moskowitz' SFCon Reminiscence
  ...as agreed upon and I was supposed to meet the individual with the ''Thrill Books'' in the lobby of the hotel the next day at 6:00 pm. He didn't show. The in
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• C. S. Lewis
  His non-fiction books included ''Mere Christianity'', ''Miracles'', and ''The Problem of Pain''.
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• Small press
  Small presses remain almost the only source of books about [[fandom]]. * Adelaide Books
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• Dave Kyle's ConFederation Reminiscence
  ...ey were not mentioned at all, either. Come to think of it, other [[Program Books]] have the same flaw. (And maps of the immediate area and diagrams of the m
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• Flash Sheridan’s MidAmeriCon Reminiscence
  ...harles L. Grant]] (whom I hadn’t read, but whose name I recognized) saw my books, and started a conversation. At the convention itself, === Busy Signing Books ===
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• Michael Bishop
  His books include ''And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees'' (1976) [also published as ''Be Several of his books were finalists for [[World Fantasy Awards]], including ''Brittle Innings''
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• Scandinavian SF Society
  ...SF Book Club from publisher Askild & Kärnekull, acquired its inventory of books and began selling both Swedish and foreign titles at a discount to its memb
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• J. R. R. Tolkien
  ...its popularity began its incredible rise. See [[Ace Books]] and [[Del Rey Books]] for some related history. [[Don Wollheim]] at [[Ace Books]] decided to publish an edition and, when ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' di
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• Saga of the NESFA Clubhouse
  ...d almost permanently in a state of overcrowding. It's presently about 9000 books.)
  10 KB (1,821 words) - 08:38, 16 March 2023
• Correspondence
  ...cientific and [[sociological]] points; directions to easily available free books; [[music]]al preferences; cryptography; [[hoaxes]] -- everything that goes
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• Ah, Wilderness: Forty Years of Colorado Fandom
  ...idn't even know what a Hugo was at first), and he had a huge collection of books and magazines, and he was a dealer. It was a pleasure to visit his home in
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• TAFF Wars
  ...e matter by [[Mike Glyer]] in ''The Science Fiction Yearbook'' from [[Baen Books]])
  9 KB (1,394 words) - 18:39, 16 February 2024
• SF Expo
  On the weekend of the failed con, Berkeley Books held a party for overseas authors who appeared, including [[Ted Tubb]], [[L
  4 KB (674 words) - 13:30, 26 June 2021
• Censorship
  ...the antipodes the Australian Customs has a very large list of "prohibited" books, but this list is held in the greatest secrecy. They won't tell anybody wh
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• Faans
  ...old ''[[Amazing]]s'' and other rare magazines and this large collection of books, some of which he'd take to conventions to sell. Being invited to the garag ...ou had the feeling that at any moment, a domino-effect would bring all the books crashing down on you. He and [[Mike Glicksohn]] were the "Mutt and Jeff" of
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