Denny Lien

Denny Lien, 2007. Photo by Dave Romm.

(September 26, 1945 – April 15, 2023 )

Dennis Kieth Lien was a Minneapolis fan and collector. He worked on many Minicons and was a member and officer of Minn-STF. Denny served as editor of Einblatt. He was a co-author of “Midwest Side Story” and performed in its first production as Anti-Fan.

He was an apahack, having been a member of:

• Minneapa
• Stipple-Apa (served as OE)
• ANZAPA (president in 1989)
• Applesauce
• Spinoff (served as OE)
• Vanapa
• Apa 070.4.

In mundane life, he was a reference librarian. In 1984, he married fellow fan Terry A. Garey, whom he spent several years taking tender care of as her physical and mental health deteriorated. He died of kidney cancer and acute myeloid leukemia, the latter diagnosed in January 2023.

• “A Treatise on Dot.Com(edy), With Purple Prose” by Denny Lien (B.A., M.A., M.S.L.S., Mn.STF), Science Fiction Five-Yearly 11 (November 2001, p. 8).
• “Thrilling Wombat Stories,” a bio by Terry Garey in Minicon 21 Program Book, p. 13.
• Obituary.
• Tributes.
• “The Legacy of a Legendary Collector: Denny Lien, September 26, 1945 – April 15, 2023” by John O'Neill, Black Gate, May 23, 2023

Fanzines and Apazines:

• All Lies and Jests [1970s] (for Minneapa)
• Arglebargle [late ’70s-early ’80s] (for Spinoff)
• Dodo City Diary [1970s]
• Einblatt (some issues)
• Falling Whale Dummies [early ’80s] (for Applesauce)
• Fiasco [mid-60s]
• Finlay Funnies [early ’80s] (for Stipple-APA)
• Hock and Soda Water! [1978-80]
• LienZine [2023] (posthumous fanthology ed. Geri Sullivan and Karen Schaffer)
• Murgatroyd [late 1970s–80s] (for ANZAPA)
• SYA-DASTI-SYA-NASTI-SYA-DAVAK-TAV-YASKI [late ’70s–80s] (for ANZAPA)

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1986 — Minicon 21
• 1993 -- Constipation

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Person

1945—2023

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