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| − | ''' | + | '''George Sutton Breiding''', a [[hermit|reclusive]] [[San Francisco]] [[correspondence]] and [[fanzine]] [[fan]] and [[speculative Poetry|speculative]] [[poet]], has been floating around [[fandom]] since the 1970s. He has [[published]] many [[poetry]] [[zines]]. |
Originally from [[West Virginia]], Sutton is [[Bill Breiding]]’s brother. | Originally from [[West Virginia]], Sutton is [[Bill Breiding]]’s brother. | ||
In 2019, Bill wrote in ''[[Portable Storage]]'' One: | In 2019, Bill wrote in ''[[Portable Storage]]'' One: | ||
| − | I’ve known G. Sutton Breiding my entire life. For a couple of lazy summers we even shared a bedroom. He has been influential, and off and on, has sometimes held that special place in a person’s life: my best friend. We took [[fandom]] by storm in the mid-seventies when we both started spitting out [[fanzines]] from my hand-crank Speed-O-Print [[mimeograph]] machine, Libby the Liberator. Those were special, glorious days when, as [[Aljo Svoboda]] says, we walked among giants. In the late 1970s and early 1980s punk rock and [[new wave]] took us by storm. We spent many late nights together in drunken revelry mesmerized by some truly amazing bands in some shithole punk clubs. Soon after, we both met dazzling women who changed our lives irrevocably. Sutton now lives in seclusion in [[West Virginia]], and I in [[Arizona]], where we both walk towards the infinite. | + | I’ve known G. Sutton Breiding my entire life. For a couple of lazy summers we even shared a bedroom. He has been influential, and off and on, has sometimes held that special place in a person’s life: my best friend. We took [[fandom]] by storm in the mid-seventies when we both started spitting out [[fanzines]] from my hand-crank [[Speed-O-Print]] [[mimeograph]] machine, Libby the Liberator. Those were special, glorious days when, as [[Aljo Svoboda]] says, we walked among giants. In the late 1970s and early 1980s punk rock and [[new wave]] took us by storm. We spent many late nights together in drunken revelry mesmerized by some truly amazing bands in some shithole punk clubs. Soon after, we both met dazzling women who changed our lives irrevocably. Sutton now lives in seclusion in [[West Virginia]], and I in [[Arizona]], where we both walk towards the infinite. |
'''More reading:''' | '''More reading:''' | ||
*[https://gsuttonbreiding.net Personal website] | *[https://gsuttonbreiding.net Personal website] | ||
*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Sutton_Breiding Wikipedia entry] | *[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Sutton_Breiding Wikipedia entry] | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?22107 Bibliography at ISFDB] |
{{fanzines}} | {{fanzines}} | ||
| − | *''[[Ab-Satthaqua]]'' (for [[The Esoteric Order of Dagon]]) | + | * ''[[Ab-Satthaqua]]'' (for [[The Esoteric Order of Dagon]]) |
* ''[[Ah Sunflower]]'' | * ''[[Ah Sunflower]]'' | ||
| − | *''[[Black Wolf]] '' | + | * ''[[Black Wolf]] '' |
| − | *''[[A Clerk's Journal]] '' | + | * ''[[Cacoethes Scribendi]]'' |
| − | *''[[Dumdum]] '' | + | * ''[[A Clerk's Journal]] '' |
| − | *''[[Ebon Lute]] '' | + | * ''[[Dumdum]] '' |
| − | *''[[Eremite's Column]] '' | + | * ''[[Ebon Lute]] '' |
| − | *''[[Folklore]] '' | + | * ''[[Eremite's Column]] '' |
| + | * ''[[Folklore]] '' | ||
* ''[[Gersham]]'' | * ''[[Gersham]]'' | ||
| − | *''[[Grimoire (Breiding)|Grimoire]]'' | + | * ''[[graffiti]]'' |
| − | *''[[Personals]] '' | + | * ''[[Grimoire (Breiding)|Grimoire]]'' |
| − | *''[[Phantom Poet]] '' | + | * ''[[Personals]] '' |
| − | *''[[Punk Surrealist Cafe]]'' | + | * ''[[Phantom Poet]] '' |
| − | *''[[Surrealist Exchange]] '' | + | * ''[[Punk Surrealist Cafe]]'' |
| + | * ''[[Quartet For The Muse]]'' [1976] | ||
| + | * ''[[Stolen Fire]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Surrealist Exchange]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Theoretical Detective]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Thinking]]'' [late 60s] | ||
| + | * ''[[Thinking Unabashedly]]'' [late ’60s] | ||
{{recognition}} | {{recognition}} | ||
| − | * 1990 [[Rhysling Award]] (Best Short Poem winner for "Epitaph for Dreams") | + | * 1990 — [[Rhysling Award]] (Best Short Poem winner for "Epitaph for Dreams") |
* Three other [[Rhysling Award]] nominations | * Three other [[Rhysling Award]] nominations | ||
Latest revision as of 09:46, 9 October 2023
(August 17, 1950 –)
George Sutton Breiding, a reclusive San Francisco correspondence and fanzine fan and speculative poet, has been floating around fandom since the 1970s. He has published many poetry zines.
Originally from West Virginia, Sutton is Bill Breiding’s brother.
In 2019, Bill wrote in Portable Storage One:
I’ve known G. Sutton Breiding my entire life. For a couple of lazy summers we even shared a bedroom. He has been influential, and off and on, has sometimes held that special place in a person’s life: my best friend. We took fandom by storm in the mid-seventies when we both started spitting out fanzines from my hand-crank Speed-O-Print mimeograph machine, Libby the Liberator. Those were special, glorious days when, as Aljo Svoboda says, we walked among giants. In the late 1970s and early 1980s punk rock and new wave took us by storm. We spent many late nights together in drunken revelry mesmerized by some truly amazing bands in some shithole punk clubs. Soon after, we both met dazzling women who changed our lives irrevocably. Sutton now lives in seclusion in West Virginia, and I in Arizona, where we both walk towards the infinite.
More reading:
- Ab-Satthaqua (for The Esoteric Order of Dagon)
- Ah Sunflower
- Black Wolf
- Cacoethes Scribendi
- A Clerk's Journal
- Dumdum
- Ebon Lute
- Eremite's Column
- Folklore
- Gersham
- graffiti
- Grimoire
- Personals
- Phantom Poet
- Punk Surrealist Cafe
- Quartet For The Muse [1976]
- Stolen Fire
- Surrealist Exchange
- Theoretical Detective
- Thinking [late 60s]
- Thinking Unabashedly [late ’60s]
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1990 — Rhysling Award (Best Short Poem winner for "Epitaph for Dreams")
- Three other Rhysling Award nominations
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