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(September 13, 1932 – December 22, 2006)
 
(September 13, 1932 – December 22, 2006)
  
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'''Richard H. “Dick” Eney''' ('''Dikini''' and '''Diccon F.''' in the [[SCA]], and '''Frank M. Ford''' in some [[fanzine]] reviews), a [[fan]] and [[publishing jiant]], lived mainly in the [[Washington, DC]], area. Most famously, in 1959, he [[published]] ''[[Fancyclopedia 2]]'', a 200+ page encyclopedia of fandom and [[fannish]] lore, based on and greatly expanded from the 1944 original [[Fancy1|Fancyclopedia]] by [[Jack Speer]].  (He also did an addendum in 1960 which was bound with the 1959 version and in 1962, the ''[[Rejected Canon/Fancyclopedia 2]]''. In 1968 he published ''[[FANCYCLOPDigest]]'', a shorter collection of just the good stuff.)  He published numerous other [[fanzines]] since discovering [[fandom]] in 1949.
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'''Richard H. “Dick” Eney''' ('''Dikini''' and '''Diccon F.''' in the [[SCA]], and '''Frank M. Ford''' in some [[fanzine]] reviews), a [[fan]] and [[publishing jiant]], lived mainly in the [[Washington, DC]], area. Most famously, in 1959, he [[published]] ''[[Fancyclopedia 2]]'', a 200+ page encyclopedia of fandom and [[fannish]] lore, based on and greatly expanded from the 1944 original [[Fancy1|Fancyclopedia]] by [[Jack Speer]].  (He also did an addendum in 1960 which was bound with the 1959 version and in 1962, ''[[The Rejected Canon]]''. In 1968, he published ''[[FANCYCLOPDigest]]'', a shorter collection of just the good stuff.)  He published numerous other [[fanzines]] since discovering [[fandom]] in 1949.
  
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He was made a [[Knight of St. Fantony]] in 1965. He was [[Fan GoH]] at [[L.A.con II]] in 1984.  
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He was made a [[Knight of St. Fantony]] in 1965. He was [[Fan GoH]] at [[L.A.con II]], the 1984 [[Worldcon]].
  
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He was a member of [[WSFA]] and served in multiple offices.  Eney worked on [[committees]] for [[Discon I]], [[Discon II]], and [[Constellation]]. A regular participant in [[filk circle]]s, he was [[toastmaster]] at [[Conterpoint 1993]], a [[filk]] [[con]]. 
  
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Eney worked on committees for [[Discon I]], [[Discon II]], and [[Constellation]] and was the [[Fan GoH]] at [[L.A.Con II]], the [[1984 Worldcon]]. He was [[toastmaster]] at [[Conterpoint 1993]].  He served as [[OE]] of [[FAPA]] and [[SAPS]] and was a member of [[The Cult]] and the [[Washington in '77]] [[Worldcon bid]].   In 1970, Eney ran for [[TAFF]], losing to [[Ron Ellik]].
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He served as [[OE]] of [[FAPA]] and [[SAPS]] and was a member of [[The Cult]], [[APA-L]], and the [[Washington in '77]] [[Worldcon bid]]. In 1970, Eney ran for [[TAFF]], losing to [[Ron Ellik]].
  
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He was a member of [[WSFA]] and served in multiple offices.  He was a member of the [[N3F]] (and edited ''[[Tightbeam]] 28'' in November 1964.)  With [[Alva Rogers]], he reprinted [[Francis Towner Laney]]'s ''[[Ah! Sweet Idiocy!]]''.
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He was a member of the [[N3F]] (and edited ''[[Tightbeam]] 28'' in November 1964.)  With [[Alva Rogers]], he reprinted [[Francis Towner Laney]]'s ''[[Ah! Sweet Idiocy!]]''. '''Operation Crifanac''' was his [[publishing house]]. And, of course, [[It's Eney's Fault!]].
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[[Operation Crifanac]] was his [[publishing house]]. He was [[OE]] and VP of [[FAPA]] and OE of [[SAPS]].  And, of course, [[It's Eney's Fault!]].
 
  
 
Professionally, he was employed by the US Agency for International Development, a branch of the State Department that handles international foreign aid and humanitarian assistance.  There was a wide-spread rumor that he was involved in covert activities while in Vietnam, which Eney thought might have been started by [[John Boardman]] after he referred to himself as being employed by 'The Agency' without mentioning ''which'' Agency.  
 
Professionally, he was employed by the US Agency for International Development, a branch of the State Department that handles international foreign aid and humanitarian assistance.  There was a wide-spread rumor that he was involved in covert activities while in Vietnam, which Eney thought might have been started by [[John Boardman]] after he referred to himself as being employed by 'The Agency' without mentioning ''which'' Agency.  
  
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In an issue of Boardman's fanzine ''[[Graustark]]'', Eney was described as a warmongering CIA double agent. In a case of "life imitating art", Eney reports that he was once approached by the super-secret U.S. National Security Agency, but "when they found out that I published fanzines, they backed off.  They must have thought that showed I was too social and communicative."
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In an issue of Boardman's [[fanzine]] ''[[Graustark]]'', Eney was described as a warmongering CIA double agent. In a case of "life imitating art", Eney reports that he was once approached by the super-secret U.S. National Security Agency, but "when they found out that I published fanzines, they backed off.  They must have thought that showed I was too social and communicative."
  
 
He was in Vietnam from 1966 until early 1970s, stationed in Saigon, in Kien Phong province, and in Can Tho (in the Mekong River delta). In mid 1966, he was nearly hit by machine gun fire when South Vietnam sentries were shooting wildly at a suspected Viet Cong terrorist. He said, "I haven't ducked for cover so fast in years!"  
 
He was in Vietnam from 1966 until early 1970s, stationed in Saigon, in Kien Phong province, and in Can Tho (in the Mekong River delta). In mid 1966, he was nearly hit by machine gun fire when South Vietnam sentries were shooting wildly at a suspected Viet Cong terrorist. He said, "I haven't ducked for cover so fast in years!"  
  
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He continued to be an active fan, publishing ''[[Curse You, Red Baron!]]'', a  letter substitute which was about Vietnam as he saw and experienced it. He managed to keep his membership in [[The Cult]], though it was downgraded from the active roster, and managed to publish ''[[Fantasy Rotators]]'' from Vietnam.  
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He continued to be an active fan, publishing ''[[Curse You, Red Baron!]]'', a  [[letter-substitute]] about Vietnam as he saw and experienced it. He managed to keep his membership in [[The Cult]], though it was downgraded from the active roster, and managed to publish ''[[Fantasy Rotators]]'' from Vietnam. Eney was allegedly behind the [[Can Tho in '74]] [[hoax bid]].  
  
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He managed to visit other places in Southeast Asia besides Vietnam; during in the 60s, he published the first ever fanzines mailed from Hong Kong, Macau, and Bangkok, and in the 80s, on other assignments for AID, went on to publish the first fanzines from Tanzania, Kenya, Djibouti, and Addis Ababa.
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He visited other places in Southeast Asia besides Vietnam; during the 1960s, he published the first ever fanzines mailed from Hong Kong, Macau, and Bangkok, and in the ’80s, on other assignments for AID, went on to publish the first fanzines from Tanzania, Kenya, Djibouti, and Addis Ababa.
  
 
Eney was married to fellow fan [[Tamar Lindsay]].
 
Eney was married to fellow fan [[Tamar Lindsay]].
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* {{link | website=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv-B1Gqta14|text=Video of Gordon R. Dickson and Dick Eney at LAcon II.}}
 
* {{link | website=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv-B1Gqta14|text=Video of Gordon R. Dickson and Dick Eney at LAcon II.}}
  
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His publications included
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* ''[[The Alexandria Trio]]'' (for [[FAPA]])
 
* ''[[Avanc]]'' (for [[The Cult]])
 
* ''[[Avanc]]'' (for [[The Cult]])
 
* ''[[Bilgewarp]]'' (with [[Lee Jacobs]], and [[H. Warren Felkel]])
 
* ''[[Bilgewarp]]'' (with [[Lee Jacobs]], and [[H. Warren Felkel]])
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* ''[[Century Note]]'' (for [[OMPA]])
 
* ''[[Century Note]]'' (for [[OMPA]])
 
* ''[[Curse You, Red Baron!]]''
 
* ''[[Curse You, Red Baron!]]''
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* ''[[Depth Perception]]'' [mid-1970s] (for [[Alarums & Excursions]])
 
* ''[[Discon I Proceedings]]''
 
* ''[[Discon I Proceedings]]''
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* the ''[[Discon I Report]]''
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* ''[[Discon I Report]]''
 
* [[Discon]] [[Progress Report]]s
 
* [[Discon]] [[Progress Report]]s
 
* ''[[Discon]] [[Program Book]]''
 
* ''[[Discon]] [[Program Book]]''
 
* ''[[Discon II]] [[Program Book]]''
 
* ''[[Discon II]] [[Program Book]]''
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* ''[[Egoboo for You]]'', ''[[FAPA File]]''
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* ''[[Egoboo for You]]''
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* ''[[FAPA File]]''
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* ''[[Fancyclopedia 2]]''
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* ''[[FANCYCLOPDigest]]''
 
* ''[[Guide to the Greek and Roman Gods]]''
 
* ''[[Guide to the Greek and Roman Gods]]''
 
* ''[[It's Eney's Fault!]]''
 
* ''[[It's Eney's Fault!]]''
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* ''[[Nudity (Eney)]]'' (for [[FAPA]])
 
* ''[[Nudity (Eney)]]'' (for [[FAPA]])
 
* ''[[One/Fourteen]]'' (for [[OMPA]])
 
* ''[[One/Fourteen]]'' (for [[OMPA]])
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* ''[[An Open Letter to Lee Hoffman]]'' [1963]
 
* ''[[Persephone in Elysium]]''
 
* ''[[Persephone in Elysium]]''
 
* ''[[Phenotype]]'' (for [[OMPA]])
 
* ''[[Phenotype]]'' (for [[OMPA]])
 
* ''[[Protoplast]]''
 
* ''[[Protoplast]]''
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* ''[[The Rejected Canon]]''
 
* ''[[Report from the Forgotten Past]]'', (for [[SAPS]])
 
* ''[[Report from the Forgotten Past]]'', (for [[SAPS]])
 
* ''[[Ring Cycle]]''
 
* ''[[Ring Cycle]]''

Latest revision as of 05:43, 9 July 2024

(September 13, 1932 – December 22, 2006)

Richard H. “Dick” Eney (Dikini and Diccon F. in the SCA, and Frank M. Ford in some fanzine reviews), a fan and publishing jiant, lived mainly in the Washington, DC, area. Most famously, in 1959, he published Fancyclopedia 2, a 200+ page encyclopedia of fandom and fannish lore, based on and greatly expanded from the 1944 original Fancyclopedia by Jack Speer. (He also did an addendum in 1960 which was bound with the 1959 version and in 1962, The Rejected Canon. In 1968, he published FANCYCLOPDigest, a shorter collection of just the good stuff.) He published numerous other fanzines since discovering fandom in 1949.

He was made a Knight of St. Fantony in 1965. He was Fan GoH at L.A.con II, the 1984 Worldcon.

He was a member of WSFA and served in multiple offices. Eney worked on committees for Discon I, Discon II, and Constellation. A regular participant in filk circles, he was toastmaster at Conterpoint 1993, a filk con.

He served as OE of FAPA and SAPS and was a member of The Cult, APA-L, and the Washington in '77 Worldcon bid. In 1970, Eney ran for TAFF, losing to Ron Ellik.

He was a member of the N3F (and edited Tightbeam 28 in November 1964.) With Alva Rogers, he reprinted Francis Towner Laney's Ah! Sweet Idiocy!. Operation Crifanac was his publishing house. And, of course, It's Eney's Fault!.

Professionally, he was employed by the US Agency for International Development, a branch of the State Department that handles international foreign aid and humanitarian assistance. There was a wide-spread rumor that he was involved in covert activities while in Vietnam, which Eney thought might have been started by John Boardman after he referred to himself as being employed by 'The Agency' without mentioning which Agency.

In an issue of Boardman's fanzine Graustark, Eney was described as a warmongering CIA double agent. In a case of "life imitating art", Eney reports that he was once approached by the super-secret U.S. National Security Agency, but "when they found out that I published fanzines, they backed off. They must have thought that showed I was too social and communicative."

He was in Vietnam from 1966 until early 1970s, stationed in Saigon, in Kien Phong province, and in Can Tho (in the Mekong River delta). In mid 1966, he was nearly hit by machine gun fire when South Vietnam sentries were shooting wildly at a suspected Viet Cong terrorist. He said, "I haven't ducked for cover so fast in years!"

He continued to be an active fan, publishing Curse You, Red Baron!, a letter-substitute about Vietnam as he saw and experienced it. He managed to keep his membership in The Cult, though it was downgraded from the active roster, and managed to publish Fantasy Rotators from Vietnam. Eney was allegedly behind the Can Tho in '74 hoax bid.

He visited other places in Southeast Asia besides Vietnam; during the 1960s, he published the first ever fanzines mailed from Hong Kong, Macau, and Bangkok, and in the ’80s, on other assignments for AID, went on to publish the first fanzines from Tanzania, Kenya, Djibouti, and Addis Ababa.

Eney was married to fellow fan Tamar Lindsay.

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