Elmer Perdue

Elmer Perdue at Nycon 3 in 1967 by and copyright (c) Andrew I. Porter

(1919 - 1989)

Elmer Perdue (aka Ephless El and 520 07 0328) was an early fan who was host of the Caspercons in Wyoming during the war, and a member of the Washington Worry-Warts. He was active in FAPA, and a member of the Washington Vigilante Three during the Philadelphia Blitzkrieg, (though, ironically, he was was the inactive OE who was pushed out of office in the late ’40s by the Insurgents), publisher of FAPAzine, member of the Order of Dagon and the Brain Trust. He was a defender of Yngvi.

He was a charter member of the National Fantasy Fan Federation (N3F) in 1941, and was the subject of a Founding Member article by Jon D. Swartz in February, 2017 issue National Fantasy Fan.

See his article: Myrtle Rebecca Douglas: An Appreciation.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Blitzkrieg
• A Fanzine for Dave Van Arnam
• Elmurmurings (for FAPA)
• Five-Two-Zero....
• Requiem (with his wife, Betty Perdue)
• War in Heaven [1940] (for FAPA, with Milt Rothman and Jack Speer)

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1978 -- Quakecon

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Person

1919—1989

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