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[[File:T. Bruce Yerke (1940s). Courtesy of Rob Hansen.jpg|thumb|right|'''T. Bruce Yerke (1940s)'''. ''Courtesy of [[Rob Hansen]]''.]]
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(April 17, 1923 – March 6, 1998)
  
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'''Theodore Bruce Yerke''', nicknamed '''Tubby''', found [[sf]] in April 1935. When his family moved and he discovered that he was four blocks from [[Ackerman]], he just walked over to see him.  He joined the [[Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society]] as a teenager in February 1937, and was for a while its "perennial secretary."  He was considered to be part of the [[Moonrakers]], a "bad boy" group within [[LASFS]].  He was also a member of the [[insurgent]] [[Knanves]] and published their [[fanzine]], ''[[The Knanve]]''.
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'''Theodore Bruce Albrecht Yerke''', [[nicknamed]] '''Tubby''' or, in [[Esperanto]], '''Tobojo'''<ref>[[File:Tobojo.jpg|thumb|left| ''From  ''[[Imagination!]]'' ([https://diyhistory.lib.uiowa.edu/transcribe/4967/157316 Vol. 2, No. 1, whole no. 13, page 12])''.]]</ref>, found [[sf]] in April 1935. He had been born in [[Montana]], but when his family moved and he discovered that he was four blocks from [[Forry Ackerman]], he just walked over to see him.  He joined the [[Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society]] in February 1937 as a teenager, and was for a while its "perennial [[secretary]]."  He was considered to be part of the [[Moonrakers]], a "bad boy" group within [[LASFS]].  He was also a member of the [[insurgent]] [[Knanves]] and published their [[fanzine]], ''[[The Knanve]]'', and of the [[UK]]'s [[Science Fiction Association]] (SFA).
  
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Yerke sometimes used the pen name of '''Carlton J. Fassbeinder''' and published the ''[[Bed Side Fassbeinder]]'' in 1944.
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[[File:YerkebyClyne.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=1.25|'''Yerke as Dr. Fassbeinder by [[Ronald Clyne]].'''<br>''From ''[[Presenting Ronald Clyne]]'' ([https://fanac.org/fanzines/FAPA-Misc/FAPA-Misc19-01.html September 1943]).'' ]]
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Yerke sometimes used the [[pen name]] of '''Carlton J. Fassbeinder''' and published the ''[[The Bedside Fassbeinder]]'' in 1944. He published poetry iunder the [[pseudonym]] '''Fywert Kinge''' (which some thought was [[Arthur Louis Joquel II]].)
  
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In September 1937 he published the [[one-shot]] ''[[Scientifooey Mag]]'', and in 1938 decided to publish a regular [[fanzine]]. The result, ''[[Imagination!]]'', edited with [[Forrest J Ackerman]], became the voice of the LASFS. With [[Ackerman]], he also published ''[[The Damn Thing]]''. He published the ''[[Report to Science Fiction Fandom -- the Cosmic Circle]]''.  He was considered to have been one of the best [[fan writers]] of the 1940s.
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In September 1937, he published the [[one-shot]] ''[[Scientifooey Mag]]'', and in 1938 decided to publish a regular [[fanzine]]. The result, ''[[Imagination!]]'', edited with Forrest J Ackerman, became the voice of the LASFS. With Ackerman, he also published ''[[The Damn Thing]]''. He published the ''[[Report to Science Fiction Fandom: The Cosmic Circle]]''.  He was considered to have been one of the best [[fan writers]] of the 1940s.
  
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Yerke recruited [[Ray Bradbury]] for LASFS.
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Yerke recruited [[Ray Bradbury]] for LASFS after hearing from [[Robert L. Cumnock]] (another Lasfan) of a teen-aged fan he'd run into. He wrote Bradbury and invited him to come to club meetings. At his first meeting, Bradbury walked up to the group and said, "Is Mr Yerke here?"
  
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Yerke's unfinished autobiography, ''[[Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan]]'' (1944/reprinted in 1991), is one of the best pictures of those early days of SF [[fandom]] in [[LA]].  He served as the model for the victim, William Runcible, in [[Anthony Boucher]]'s novel ''[[Rocket to the Morgue]]''. He was an advocate of [[Technocracy]].
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Yerke's unfinished [[autobiography]], ''[[Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan]]'' (1944, reprinted in 1991), is one of the best pictures of those early days of SF [[fandom]] in [[LA]].  He served as the model for the victim, William Runcible, in [[Anthony Boucher]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Rocket to the Morgue]]''. He was an advocate of [[Technocracy]].
  
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For an early short biography, see {{WhosWho1940|page=15}}.
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* Early short biography in {{WhosWho1940|page=15}}.
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* ''[[The Bedside Fassbeinder]]'' [1944] (as by Carlton J. Fassbeinder)
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* ''[[Damn Thing]]'' [1941-42]
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* ''[[Imagination!]]'' [1937] (some issues)
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* ''[[The Knanve]]'' [1943-44]
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* ''[[Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan]]'' [1944]
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* ''[[Report to Science Fiction Fandom: The Cosmic Circle]]'' [1943]
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* ''[[Scientifooey Mag]]'' [1937]
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* 2014 — [[1939 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo]]
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Latest revision as of 23:43, 21 August 2024

T. Bruce Yerke (1940s). Courtesy of Rob Hansen.

(April 17, 1923 – March 6, 1998)

Theodore Bruce Albrecht Yerke, nicknamed Tubby or, in Esperanto, Tobojo[1], found sf in April 1935. He had been born in Montana, but when his family moved and he discovered that he was four blocks from Forry Ackerman, he just walked over to see him. He joined the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society in February 1937 as a teenager, and was for a while its "perennial secretary." He was considered to be part of the Moonrakers, a "bad boy" group within LASFS. He was also a member of the insurgent Knanves and published their fanzine, The Knanve, and of the UK's Science Fiction Association (SFA).

Yerke as Dr. Fassbeinder by Ronald Clyne.
From Presenting Ronald Clyne (September 1943).

Yerke sometimes used the pen name of Carlton J. Fassbeinder and published the The Bedside Fassbeinder in 1944. He published poetry iunder the pseudonym Fywert Kinge (which some thought was Arthur Louis Joquel II.)

In September 1937, he published the one-shot Scientifooey Mag, and in 1938 decided to publish a regular fanzine. The result, Imagination!, edited with Forrest J Ackerman, became the voice of the LASFS. With Ackerman, he also published The Damn Thing. He published the Report to Science Fiction Fandom: The Cosmic Circle. He was considered to have been one of the best fan writers of the 1940s.

Yerke recruited Ray Bradbury for LASFS after hearing from Robert L. Cumnock (another Lasfan) of a teen-aged fan he'd run into. He wrote Bradbury and invited him to come to club meetings. At his first meeting, Bradbury walked up to the group and said, "Is Mr Yerke here?"

Yerke's unfinished autobiography, Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan (1944, reprinted in 1991), is one of the best pictures of those early days of SF fandom in LA. He served as the model for the victim, William Runcible, in Anthony Boucher's novel Rocket to the Morgue. He was an advocate of Technocracy.

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    From Imagination! (Vol. 2, No. 1, whole no. 13, page 12).
From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944
Tubby – Nickname of T. Bruce Yerke.
From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944
Carlton J Fassbeinder – Pename of T Bruce Yerke.


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