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− | [[Forrest J Ackerman]] ||''[[Forry: The Life of Forrest J Ackerman]]'' ||Deborah Painter | + | [[Forrest J Ackerman|Forrest J Ackerman]] ||''[[Forry: The Life of Forrest J Ackerman]]'' ||Deborah Painter |
[[Douglas Adams]] ||''Don't Panic'' ||[[Neil Gaiman]] | [[Douglas Adams]] ||''Don't Panic'' ||[[Neil Gaiman]] | ||
||''Wish You Were Here'' ||Nick Webb | ||''Wish You Were Here'' ||Nick Webb | ||
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||''[[I. Asimov]]'' || [[Isaac Asimov]] | ||''[[I. Asimov]]'' || [[Isaac Asimov]] | ||
||''Isaac Asimov'' ||[[James Gunn]] | ||''Isaac Asimov'' ||[[James Gunn]] | ||
− | ||''Isaac Asimov'' || | + | ||''Isaac Asimov'' || Michael White |
[[Robert Bloch]] ||''[[Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography]]'' || [[Robert Bloch]] | [[Robert Bloch]] ||''[[Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography]]'' || [[Robert Bloch]] | ||
[[Ray Bradbury]] ||''Becoming Ray Bradbury'' ||[[Jonathan R. Eller]] | [[Ray Bradbury]] ||''Becoming Ray Bradbury'' ||[[Jonathan R. Eller]] | ||
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[[Arthur C. Clarke]] ||''[[Astounding Days]]'' || [[Arthur C. Clarke]] | [[Arthur C. Clarke]] ||''[[Astounding Days]]'' || [[Arthur C. Clarke]] | ||
||''Arthur C. Clarke: A Life Remembered'' ||[[Fred Clarke]] | ||''Arthur C. Clarke: A Life Remembered'' ||[[Fred Clarke]] | ||
+ | [[W. Paul Cook]] ||''W. Paul Cook: The Wandering Life of a Yankee Printer''|| Sean Donnelly | ||
[[Leslie A. Croutch]] ||''[[Years of Light]]'' ||[[John Robert Colombo]] | [[Leslie A. Croutch]] ||''[[Years of Light]]'' ||[[John Robert Colombo]] | ||
[[L. Sprague de Camp]] || ''[[Time and Chance]]'' ||[[L. Sprague de Camp]] | [[L. Sprague de Camp]] || ''[[Time and Chance]]'' ||[[L. Sprague de Camp]] |
Revision as of 14:09, 21 August 2021
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 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. |
There have been excellent pro biographies and more than a few fan biographies published:
Publishing |