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''In Memory Yet Green'' ||colspan="2"| [[Isaac Asimov]] | ''In Memory Yet Green'' ||colspan="2"| [[Isaac Asimov]] | ||
''In Joy Still Felt-- The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954–1978'' ||colspan="2"| [[Isaac Asimov]] | ''In Joy Still Felt-- The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1954–1978'' ||colspan="2"| [[Isaac Asimov]] | ||
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''[[Isaac Asimov]]'' ||[[Isaac Asimov]] ||[[James Gunn]] | ''[[Isaac Asimov]]'' ||[[Isaac Asimov]] ||[[James Gunn]] | ||
''[[Isaac Asimov]]'' ||[[Isaac Asimov]] ||[[Michael White]] | ''[[Isaac Asimov]]'' ||[[Isaac Asimov]] ||[[Michael White]] |
Revision as of 05:25, 11 April 2020
There have been an excellent set of pro biographies and more than a few fan biographies published:
From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
Of pros have been popular since the very first fanzine. In Second Fandom, biographies of fans became popular, and who's whos of fandom appeared; a little later came autoanalyses. The biographies may give date and place of birth and physical characteristics, but for the most part are given over to the fan's entrance into and career in fandom, and his taste in proz, fanzines, fans, etc, to the virtual exclusion of information about his schooling, family background, jobs, ktp, which would be useful in understanding the person. |
From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944 |
Biografies of pro figures were in the first fanzines and before. In the Second Fandom, biogs of fans became popular, and who's whos of fandom appeared. A little later came autoanalyses. The biografies usually give date and place of birth, and sometimes physical characteristics, but for the most part are given over to the fan's entrance and career in fandom, and his preferences as to promags, fanzines, fans, etc, to the virtual exclusion of information about his schooling, family background, jobs, &c, which would be useful in understanding the person. |
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