Chuck Harris

(1927 -- 1999)

Charles "Chuck" Harris (also sometimes called Chuch) was a major British fan, active in fandom from the 1950s until his death. He ran Tentacles Across the Sea with Dean Grennell and was an English member of Irish Fandom.

With Walt Willis he was one of the editors of the distinguished fanzine Hyphen in the 1950s. It was nominated for the 1954 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo, the 1956 Best Fanzine Hugo, the 1957 Best Fanzine Hugo, and the 1959 Best Fanzine Hugo.

(He and Willis also indulged in the Harris-White Feud, an early 50s hoax.)

He was the subject of the Chuch Harris Appreciation Magazine.

Fanzines and apazines:

• Goontact (one-shot for OMPA in 1957)
• It's Tycho's Floor in '54 (one-shot, with Ken Slater, for FAPA 64)
• Lonconfidential (one-shot for OMPA and FAPA in 1957 with Vin¢ Clarke, H. P. Sanderson, and Joy Goodwin)
• Meander (for OMPA)
• Off the Cuff for Gertrude (one-shot for FAPA)
• This Goon for Hire (one-shot with John Berry for FAPA)
• Through Darkest Ireland (for FAPA)
• Toto (a multi-editor fanzine)
• Tucker Hotel (a one-shot, multi-editor FAPAzine in 1952)

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1954 -- Best Fanzine Retro Hugo (nominee)
• 1956 -- Best Fanzine Hugo (nominee)
• 1957 -- Best Fanzine Hugo (nominee)
• 1959 -- Best Fanzine Hugo (nominee)

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