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'''Honest Joe''' was active in [[fandom]] from the 1930s, he published [[SF]] and mysteries under his own name and as '''Louis J. A. Adams'''. His first published novel was ''The Color of Hate'', in 1960. Hensley was also a [[First Fandom Dinosaur]] and he received the [[First Fandom Hall of Fame Award]] in 2006. He published the [[fanzine]] ''[[Apollo]]'' in the mid-40s and attended [[Michicon 4]].  
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'''Joeseph Louis “Honest Joe” Hensley''' was an [[Indiana]] [[fan]] and [[pro]], active beginning in the 1930s. He produced the [[fanzine]] ''[[Apollo]]''. He was among 23 [[fen]] at [[Michicon 4]] in 1944.  
  
In [[mundane]] life he was a lawyer, prosecuting attorney, member of the Indiana General Assembly, and circuit court judge. He was a long-time resident of Madison, IN, and died there of complications of leukemia. Because his probity was widely respected, he was chosen as the custodian of the [[Worldcon Emergency Fund]] when it was created in 1969.
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He wrote [[science fiction]] and crime fiction as '''Joe L. Hensley''' and '''Louis J. A. Adams'''. His first fiction sale was the short story "And Not Quite Human" in the September 1953 issue of ''[[Beyond Fantasy Fiction]]''.  He went on to publish over 20 books and some 100 short stories. His [[sf]] collaborators included [[Alexei Panshin]] and [[Harlan Ellison]].
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He was a member of [[First Fandom]] and received the [[First Fandom Hall of Fame]] Award in 2006. 
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Joe married [[Charlotte Hensley|Charlotte Ruth Bettinger]] on June 18, 1950, and they were regulars at such [[conventions]] as [[Rivercon]] and [[Midwestcon]]. He was a Kentucky Colonel, an honor likely bestowed at Rivercon. Because his probity was widely respected, he was chosen as the custodian of the [[Worldcon Emergency Fund]] when it was created in 1969.
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In [[mundane]] life, Hensley was a lawyer, prosecuting attorney, Indiana General Assembly member and Circuit Court judge. He died of complications from leukemia. His papers are at [http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/search?brand=general&style=&smode=simple&rmode=none&text1=Joe+Hensley&repository=general Indiana University].
  
 
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* 1977 -- [[Rivercon III]]
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* 1977 -- [[Rivercon III]] toastmaster
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*2006 -- [[First Fandom Hall of Fame]]
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'''More reading:'''
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180834/http://www.sfwa.org/news/2007/jhensley.htm Obituary]
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*[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Joe_L._Hensley Bibliography at ISFDB]
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Revision as of 13:36, 28 August 2020

(March 19, 1926 – August 27, 2007)

Joeseph Louis “Honest Joe” Hensley was an Indiana fan and pro, active beginning in the 1930s. He produced the fanzine Apollo. He was among 23 fen at Michicon 4 in 1944.

He wrote science fiction and crime fiction as Joe L. Hensley and Louis J. A. Adams. His first fiction sale was the short story "And Not Quite Human" in the September 1953 issue of Beyond Fantasy Fiction. He went on to publish over 20 books and some 100 short stories. His sf collaborators included Alexei Panshin and Harlan Ellison.

He was a member of First Fandom and received the First Fandom Hall of Fame Award in 2006.

Joe married Charlotte Ruth Bettinger on June 18, 1950, and they were regulars at such conventions as Rivercon and Midwestcon. He was a Kentucky Colonel, an honor likely bestowed at Rivercon. Because his probity was widely respected, he was chosen as the custodian of the Worldcon Emergency Fund when it was created in 1969.

In mundane life, Hensley was a lawyer, prosecuting attorney, Indiana General Assembly member and Circuit Court judge. He died of complications from leukemia. His papers are at Indiana University.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

More reading:



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