Meade Frierson

Meade Frierson by Jerry Collins from Guy Lillian's Challenger.

(August 14, 1940 – September 24, 2001)

Meade Frierson III was a fan who was one of the founders of the Southern Fandom Confederation and served as its president from 1970 to 1983. He published the major one-shot fanzine HPL as well as Science Fiction on Radio: A Revised Look at 1950-1975. He was married to fellow fan Penny Frierson.

He occasionally used the pseudonym Ralph Wollstonecraft Hedge, a character invented by Ron Goulart in his story "Ralph Wollstonecraft Hedge: A Memoir."

He also founded (and was Great Dictator of) APA-VCR in 1978.

• “In Memoriam: Meade H. Frierson, III” from SFC website.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Ah Yes, I Remember Well a Saturday in Birmingham (with Penny Frierson)
• Fantastic Frierson Collection Culls
• Friersign Theater Presents (with Penny Frierson, for Myriad)
• HPL [1972]
• Huitloxopetl (for SFPA)
• Mysterious Spring Valley Triangle [1972] (for SFPA)
• A Passing Fancy (for SFPA and RAPS with Penny Frierson)
• Raving Timmie Ggazzette [1973] (for SFPA)
• Science Fiction on Radio (with Penny Frierson)
• Science Fiction on Radio: A Revised Look at 1950-1975 [1996] (with James Widner)
• Science Fiction Times-Chronicle (with Penny Frierson)
• Shattered Like a Clockwork Orange
• Scarfing Humble Pie (with Penny Frierson)
• Southern Fandom Confederation Bulletin [1971-1983]
• Southern Fandom Confederation Handbook[1974-]
• Southern Fandom Confederation Roster [1971-]
• Static, Flutter and Pop [1970]
• We Grock You, S.F.P.A. [1972] (for SFPA, with Penny Frierson)

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1975 -- Rebel Award
• 1977 -- Windycon IV, Balticon 11
• 1978 -- Coastcon 1978

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Person

1940—2001

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