Alexei Panshin

(August 14, 1940 – August 21, 2022)

Author and sf critic Alexei Panshin was a former fan. His first published novel, Rite of Passage (1968), won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1969. Other SF novels include Star Well (1968), The Thurb Revolution (1968), and Masque World (1969).

His critical works include Heinlein in Dimension (1968), SF in Dimension (1976), and The World Beyond the Hill (1989), written with his wife Cory. A collection of his short fiction is Farewell to Yesterday's Tomorrow (1975).

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1967 -- 1967 Best Fan Writer Hugo
• 1968 -- 1968 Best Fan Writer Hugo nominee
• 1969 -- 1969 Best Novel Hugo nominee, Nebula
• 1978 -- GoH at Prunecon (canceled)
• 1990 -- 1990 Best Non-Fiction Book Hugo for The World Beyond the Hill

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1940—2022

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