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* ''[[Alternative Pants]]'' | * ''[[Alternative Pants]]'' | ||
* ''[[Binnacle]]'' (with [[Victor Gonzalez]] and [[Alison Freebairn]].) | * ''[[Binnacle]]'' (with [[Victor Gonzalez]] and [[Alison Freebairn]].) | ||
| − | * ''[[Chunga]]'' (with [[Andy Hooper]] and [[Carl Juarez]]) | + | * ''[[Chunga]]'' (with [[Andy Hooper]] and [[Carl Juarez]].) |
* ''[[Conversions]]'' | * ''[[Conversions]]'' | ||
* ''[[Slow Train to Immortality]]'' | * ''[[Slow Train to Immortality]]'' | ||
* ''[[Travels with the Wild Child]]'' | * ''[[Travels with the Wild Child]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Thy Life's a Miracle: Selected Fannish Writings of Randy Byers]]'', posthumous collection edited by Luke McGuff, 2019. | ||
{{recognition}} | {{recognition}} | ||
Revision as of 20:59, 28 February 2021
(19 September 1960 -- November 20, 2017)
A fanzine fan and fan writer living in the Seattle area who discovered fandom in 1979. He was TAFF delegate in 2003 and belonged to the Apparatchiki and ran Vanguard parties. He was on the Corflu 26 committee.
He won the 2007 Best Fanzine Hugo for Science Fiction Five-Yearly and was nominated for the 2005 Best Fanzine Hugo and the 2006 Best Fanzine Hugo for Chunga. He was OE of issue 26 of WOOF.
- Alternative Pants
- Binnacle (with Victor Gonzalez and Alison Freebairn.)
- Chunga (with Andy Hooper and Carl Juarez.)
- Conversions
- Slow Train to Immortality
- Travels with the Wild Child
- Thy Life's a Miracle: Selected Fannish Writings of Randy Byers, posthumous collection edited by Luke McGuff, 2019.
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 2003 -- FAAn Award for Best Fan Writer and also Number 1 Fan Face, and also Best Fanzine Chunga, TAFF
- 2005 -- FAAn Award for Best Fanzine Chunga
- 2006 -- FAAn Award for Best Fanzine Chunga
- 2013 -- FAAn Award for Best Fanzine-Best Single Issue or Anthology Alternative Pants
- 2013 -- FAAn Award for Best Fanzine-Best Genzine or Collaboration Chunga
- 2016 -- FAAn Award for Best Genzine
- 2017 -- Corflu 34 GoH
| Person | 1969—2017 |
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