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[[File:JonesDorothy-RuthBerman1968.jpeg|thumb|left|'''Dorothy Jones, left, and [[Ruth Berman]] at [[FUNcon 1]] in 1968.''' ]] | [[File:JonesDorothy-RuthBerman1968.jpeg|thumb|left|'''Dorothy Jones, left, and [[Ruth Berman]] at [[FUNcon 1]] in 1968.''' ]] | ||
| − | '''Dorothy Heydt''' (née '''Jones''') is a [[California]] [[fan]] and [[author]]. She began selling [[fiction]] [[pro]]fessionally in the early ’80s | + | '''Dorothy Heydt''' (née '''Jones''') is a [[California]] [[fan]] and [[author]], active in [[fandom]] since the 1960s. She began selling [[fiction]] [[pro]]fessionally in the early ’80s, and has used the [[penname]] '''Katherine Blake'''. Heydt has been a [[con]]goer and [[masquerade]]r. |
Jones was involved in early ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[fandom]] in the 1960s, the originator and first [[editor]] of the ''[[Star Trek Concordance]]'', and she created the first detailed Vulcan language, in ''[[Spockanalia]]''. She was later an active participant in the [[Usenet]] newsgroups [[rec.arts.sf.written]] and [[rec.arts.sf.fandom]], and in [[fandom]] in general. She codified the [[Eight Deadly Words]] in the early 1990s. | Jones was involved in early ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[fandom]] in the 1960s, the originator and first [[editor]] of the ''[[Star Trek Concordance]]'', and she created the first detailed Vulcan language, in ''[[Spockanalia]]''. She was later an active participant in the [[Usenet]] newsgroups [[rec.arts.sf.written]] and [[rec.arts.sf.fandom]], and in [[fandom]] in general. She codified the [[Eight Deadly Words]] in the early 1990s. | ||
Revision as of 12:23, 28 December 2021
(June 6, 1942 –)
Dorothy Heydt (née Jones) is a California fan and author, active in fandom since the 1960s. She began selling fiction professionally in the early ’80s, and has used the penname Katherine Blake. Heydt has been a congoer and masquerader.
Jones was involved in early Star Trek fandom in the 1960s, the originator and first editor of the Star Trek Concordance, and she created the first detailed Vulcan language, in Spockanalia. She was later an active participant in the Usenet newsgroups rec.arts.sf.written and rec.arts.sf.fandom, and in fandom in general. She codified the Eight Deadly Words in the early 1990s.
She belonged to the N3F. She was also a founding member of SCA.
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