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[[Andy Offutt]] ||''My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir'' ||Chris Offutt | [[Andy Offutt]] ||''My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir'' ||Chris Offutt | ||
[[Ray Palmer]] ||''[[The Man From Mars]]: Ray Palmer's Amazing Pulp Journey'' ||[[Fred Nadis]] | [[Ray Palmer]] ||''[[The Man From Mars]]: Ray Palmer's Amazing Pulp Journey'' ||[[Fred Nadis]] | ||
+ | [[Daniel M. Pinkwater| Daniel M. Pinkwater]]||''The Agony & the Eggplant: Daniel Pinkwater's Heroic Struggles in the Name of YA Literature''||Walter Hogan | ||
[[H. Beam Piper]] ||''H. Beam Piper: A Biography'' ||[[John F. Carr]] | [[H. Beam Piper]] ||''H. Beam Piper: A Biography'' ||[[John F. Carr]] | ||
[[Frederik Pohl]]||''[[The Way the Future Was]]'' ||[[Frederik Pohl]] | [[Frederik Pohl]]||''[[The Way the Future Was]]'' ||[[Frederik Pohl]] |
Revision as of 00:39, 4 January 2022
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:
Fanhistory |
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