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'''Edward Everett Evans''', aka “'''3E''',” “[[Tripoli]],” the “[[Grand Old Man]]” and “'''Th’ Ol’ [[Foo]]''',” was a longtime [[fan]] who became an [[SF]] writer. He helped to put on the [[first Westercon]]. | '''Edward Everett Evans''', aka “'''3E''',” “[[Tripoli]],” the “[[Grand Old Man]]” and “'''Th’ Ol’ [[Foo]]''',” was a longtime [[fan]] who became an [[SF]] writer. He helped to put on the [[first Westercon]]. | ||
| − | For years, he was active in | + | For years, he was active in [[FAPA]] (publishing ''[[A Tour]]'' ''[[A Tale of the 'Evans]]'') and [[LASFS]]. He published the [[fanzine]] ''[[The Timebinder]]'' in the 1940s, and several [[one-shot]] [[fannish]] publications such as ''[[What is S-F Fandom]]'' (1944) for [[N3F]] which he also helped found. He was [[President]] of the [[N3F]] in 1943–1945, edited ''[[Bonfire]]'' in 1942–44, and was founding [[editor]] of ''[[The National Fantasy Fan]]'' in 1945. |
He lived in the [[Battle Creek]] [[Slan Shack]] and was a member of the [[Galactic Roamers]] before moving to [[L.A.]] | He lived in the [[Battle Creek]] [[Slan Shack]] and was a member of the [[Galactic Roamers]] before moving to [[L.A.]] | ||
Revision as of 03:39, 3 November 2020
(November 30, 1893 – December 2, 1958)
Edward Everett Evans, aka “3E,” “Tripoli,” the “Grand Old Man” and “Th’ Ol’ Foo,” was a longtime fan who became an SF writer. He helped to put on the first Westercon.
For years, he was active in FAPA (publishing A Tour A Tale of the 'Evans) and LASFS. He published the fanzine The Timebinder in the 1940s, and several one-shot fannish publications such as What is S-F Fandom (1944) for N3F which he also helped found. He was President of the N3F in 1943–1945, edited Bonfire in 1942–44, and was founding editor of The National Fantasy Fan in 1945.
He lived in the Battle Creek Slan Shack and was a member of the Galactic Roamers before moving to L.A.
A compilation of his fantasy tales, Food for Demons, was published by Fantasy House as chapbook #2 in Ken Kreuger's Fantasy Reader series in 1975 — with brief encomiums by some of Evans' friends and colleagues including Ray Bradbury, A. E. van Vogt, and E. E. Smith. The Big Heart Award, founded by Forrest J Ackerman to honor outstanding service and generosity to the SF field and for "typifying the spirit of SF writer E. Everett Evans," was named in his honor for many years.
He was not a very good fanwriter, and was named one of the “Turgid Triplets.” On the other hand, Evans's juvenile novel, The Planet Mappers (1955), won the Boys' Clubs of America annual award for "most enjoyable book."
His professional works included the novels Man of Many Minds (1953), The Planet Mappers (1955), Alien Minds (1955), and the posthumously-published collaboration with E. E. Smith Masters of Space (1976).
He was the subject of an N3F Founders column by Jon D. Swartz, N3F Historian, in the August, 2015 (Volume 74, Number 8) issue of The National Fantasy Fan.
His wife, Thelma D. Hamm, wrote science fiction, as well, and his daughter, Jonne Evans Bates, was also a fan.
There is an obituary in Ground Zero #3 p13.
Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
- A Tour (for FAPA)
- A Tale of the 'Evans (for FAPA)
- The Timebinder (1940s),
- What is S-F Fandom (1944 for N3F)
- Bonfire (1942–44)
- The National Fantasy Fan (founding editor, 1945)
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1949 -- LASFS Fanquet
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