Difference between revisions of "Les Gerber"
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| − | Leslie Gerber | + | '''Leslie Gerber''', a [[New York]] [[fan]] active in the 1950s and ’60s, was a member of the [[Fanoclasts]], [[The Cult]], [[N'APA]], and the [[N3F]]. |
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| + | He inspired the (now obsolete) term '''''Gerberize'''''. In his early teens, in the pages of ''[[Cry of the Nameless]]'' in the mid-1950s, Les defended someone to such excess that "to Gerberize" became the [[fannish]] verb defining this practice while "to be Gerberized" meant having the practice performed on you. It has to be so overblown that even the person being defended would think so. The term was somewhat unfair to Gerber, who learned from the experience and never repeated it. | ||
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| + | He [[gafiated]] before 1970 and founded a business publishing classical-[[music]] recordings and dealing records. He was also a music critic and writer and radio DJ. He also writes [[poetry]]. | ||
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| + | [http://www.lesliegerber.net/ Website.] | ||
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| + | {{fanzines}} | ||
| + | *''[[The Croaker]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Fap]]''* | ||
| + | *''[[Metrofen (Gerber)|Metrofen]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Minac (White)|Minac]]'' (with [[Ted White]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[Misc]]'' (with [[Andrew Joel Reiss]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[Romp]]'' (for [[OMPA]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[Sexy Detective Stories]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Umglick]]'' | ||
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{{person | born=1943}} | {{person | born=1943}} | ||
[[Category:fan]] | [[Category:fan]] | ||
[[Category:US]] | [[Category:US]] | ||
Revision as of 02:23, 23 June 2021
(1943 –)
Leslie Gerber, a New York fan active in the 1950s and ’60s, was a member of the Fanoclasts, The Cult, N'APA, and the N3F.
He inspired the (now obsolete) term Gerberize. In his early teens, in the pages of Cry of the Nameless in the mid-1950s, Les defended someone to such excess that "to Gerberize" became the fannish verb defining this practice while "to be Gerberized" meant having the practice performed on you. It has to be so overblown that even the person being defended would think so. The term was somewhat unfair to Gerber, who learned from the experience and never repeated it.
He gafiated before 1970 and founded a business publishing classical-music recordings and dealing records. He was also a music critic and writer and radio DJ. He also writes poetry.
- The Croaker
- Fap*
- Metrofen
- Minac (with Ted White)
- Misc (with Andrew Joel Reiss)
- Romp (for OMPA)
- Sexy Detective Stories
- Umglick
| Person | 1943— |
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