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Loomis also had a [[pro]] career. Best known is his ''City of Glass'' (Columbia Publications, 1955). The author of some 50 books and 500 short stories, he mostly wrote Westerns. He was a president of the Western Writers of America. | Loomis also had a [[pro]] career. Best known is his ''City of Glass'' (Columbia Publications, 1955). The author of some 50 books and 500 short stories, he mostly wrote Westerns. He was a president of the Western Writers of America. | ||
| − | He died of a brain tumor. | + | He and his wife had moved to [[California]] by 1957. He died of a brain tumor. |
* {{SFE|name=loomis_noel}}. | * {{SFE|name=loomis_noel}}. | ||
Revision as of 13:47, 10 November 2021
(April 5, 1905 – September 7, 1969)
Noel Loomis, an early Minnesota fan and member of the MFS, is remembered for having originated the fannish word Faunch.
Loomis also had a pro career. Best known is his City of Glass (Columbia Publications, 1955). The author of some 50 books and 500 short stories, he mostly wrote Westerns. He was a president of the Western Writers of America.
He and his wife had moved to California by 1957. He died of a brain tumor.
| Person | 1905—1969 |
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