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[[H. P. Lovecraft]] ||''[[H. P. Lovecraft: A Portrait]]'' ||[[L. Sprague de Camp]] | [[H. P. Lovecraft]] ||''[[H. P. Lovecraft: A Portrait]]'' ||[[L. Sprague de Camp]] | ||
[[Leo Margulies]] ||''[[Leo Margulies: Giant of the Pulps]]'' ||Philip Sherman | [[Leo Margulies]] ||''[[Leo Margulies: Giant of the Pulps]]'' ||Philip Sherman | ||
− | [[Judith Merril]] ||''Better to Have Loved'' ||[[Judith Merril]] & [[Emily Pohl-Weary | + | [[Judith Merril]] ||''Better to Have Loved'' ||[[Judith Merril]] & [[Emily Pohl-Weary]] |
[[Hope Mirrlees]]||''Hope-In-The-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees'' ||[[Michael Swanwick]] | [[Hope Mirrlees]]||''Hope-In-The-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees'' ||[[Michael Swanwick]] | ||
[[Andy Offutt]] ||''My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir'' ||Chris Offutt | [[Andy Offutt]] ||''My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir'' ||Chris Offutt |
Revision as of 03:19, 9 August 2021
From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
Of pros have been popular since the very first fanzine. In Second Fandom, biographies of fans became popular, and who's whos of fandom appeared; a little later came autoanalyses. The biographies may give date and place of birth and physical characteristics, but for the most part are given over to the fan's entrance into and career in fandom, and his taste in proz, fanzines, fans, etc, to the virtual exclusion of information about his schooling, family background, jobs, ktp, which would be useful in understanding the person. |
From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944 |
Biografies Biografies of pro figures were in the first fanzines and before. In the Second Fandom, biogs of fans became popular, and who's whos of fandom appeared. A little later came autoanalyses. The biografies usually give date and place of birth, and sometimes physical characteristics, but for the most part are given over to the fan's entrance and career in fandom, and his preferences as to promags, fanzines, fans, etc, to the virtual exclusion of information about his schooling, family background, jobs, &c, which would be useful in understanding the person. |
There have been excellent pro biographies and more than a few fan biographies published:
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