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• Donald A. Wollheim
  [[File:WollheimDon-Elsie1979.jpeg|thumb|'''Don and [[Elsie Wollheim]] at [[Lunacon 22]], 1979.''' ''Photo by [[Ben Yalow]]''.]] ...Verne Gordon, Martin Pearson''' and '''Braxton Wells''', among others. As a [[pro]], he was [[GoH]] at [[Nolacon II]], the 1988 [[Worldcon]].
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• Donald A. and Elsie B. Wollheim Scholarship Fund
  ...uch as [[Clarion]], [[Clarion West]] and [[Odyssey]]. It was supported by a book raffle held at [[Lunacon]]. It was named after [[DAW Books]]’ [[Don Wollheim|Don]] and [[Elsie Wollheim]], longtime [[New York]] [[fans]] and supporters of the Lunarians.
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• The Wollies
  ...mDon-Elsie1979.jpeg|frame|center|'''[[Donald A. Wollheim|Don]] and [[Elsie Wollheim]] at [[Lunacon 22]], 1979.''' <br>''Photo by [[Ben Yalow]]''.]] Joint [[nickname]] for [[Donald A. Wollheim|Don]] and [[Elsie Wollheim]].
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• Fanciful Tales of Time and Space
  '''''Fanciful Tales of Time and Space''''', a [[fanzine]], was a [[Shepherd & Wollheim, Publishers]] publication. ...ded [[Robert E. Howard]], [[August Derleth]], Dr. [[David H. Keller]], and Wollheim.
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• Stirring Science Stories
  ...[[SF magazine]] titled ''Stirring Science-Fiction'' because he had noticed a magazine published by Albing titled ''Stirring Western-Detective''. ...r fiction and artwork under their own names and a variety of pseudonyms. [[Wollheim]] divided the contents of each issue into two parts, one for [[SF]] and the
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• DAW Books
  [[File:WollheimDon-Elsie1979.jpeg|thumb|'''[[Don Wollheim|Don]] and [[Elsie Wollheim]] at [[Lunacon 22]], 1979.''' ''Photo by [[Ben Yalow]]''.]] ...tials (he was long known in [[fandom]] as "DAW".) Their daughter, [[Betsy Wollheim]], took over management in 1985 and runs it with co-publisher [[Sheila Gilb
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• La Vie Arisienne
  A [[fanzine]] published by [[Donald A. Wollheim]].
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• Avon Fantasy Reader
  [[Donald A. Wollheim]] edited a total of 18 issues of '''''Avon Fantasy Reader''''' between 1947 and 1952. The Readers were not published on a regular schedule because Wollheim and the publisher thought of the digest-sized publications as [[books]] rat
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• Betsy Wollheim
  [[File:WollheimBetsyca2022.jpeg|thumb|'''Betsy Wollheim, ca. 2022'''. ]] '''Elizabeth Rosalind “Betsy” Wollheim''' is president of [[DAW Books]], as well as publisher and editor in chief,
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• Darrell G. Raynor
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• Donna Wollheim
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• Doris Wollheim
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• And So -- Forward
  A [[fanzine]] published by [[Donald Wollheim]].
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• Cosmic Stories
  ...and on a very small budget. It ran from March, 1941, until July, 1941, for a total of three issues. ...[Hannes Bok]]. [[Cyril Kornbluth]], under a variety of [[pseudonyms]], was a major contributor.
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• Boskone 19
  ...the [[Boston Park Plaza]] in [[Boston, MA]]. The [[GoH]] was [[Donald A. Wollheim]] and the [[Official Artist]] was [[Michael Whelan]]. It was [[chaired]] b The [[Boskone Book]] was ''The Men from Ariel'', a collection of stories by Wollheim.
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• David Grinnell
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• Millard Verne Gordon
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• Out of this World Adventures
  A [[pulp]] edited by [[Donald A. Wollheim]] which published two issues, in July and December 1950.
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• ISA-SFL Clash
  ...e also members of the [[ISA|International Science Association]] (ISA), and Wollheim used this group to attack Gernsback's ''[[Wonder Stories]]'' as well as [[C
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• Braxton Wells
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• Elsie Wollheim
  [[File:WollheimDon-Elsie1979.jpeg|thumb|'''[[Don Wollheim|Don]] and Elsie Wollheim at [[Lunacon 22]], 1979.''' ''Photo by [[Ben Yalow]]''.]] ...[[Theodore/Tanya|car]], and ferried various Futurians to events, including a trip to [[Chicago]] in 1940 in honor of [[Fred Pohl]]’s 21st birthday.
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• MysteryKon 7
  ...82 at the Hilton Southwest in [[Houston, TX]]. The [[GoHs]] were [[Donald Wollheim]] and [[C. J. Cherryh]].
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• Windycon XIII
  ...[[Elsie Wollheim]]. [[Toastmaster]]: [[Marta Randall]]. [[Chair]]: [[Debra A. Wright]]. Attendance was around 1,900. * {{file770 | issue=63 | page=7}}, features a [[con report]] by [[Mike Glyer]].
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• Orbit Science Fiction
  ''(Did you mean a [[Orbit (Disambiguation)| different orbit]]?)'' ..., but [[Donald A. Wollheim]] bought all the stories published. At the time Wollheim was working at [[Ace Books]] and this accounts for his anonymity.
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• Zweig, Allen
  [[Pename]] of [[Donald A. Wollheim]]. It was the name of an actual [[scientifictionist]] who, says [[Dick Wils
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• 1946 Best Professional Editor Retro Hugo
  * [[Donald A. Wollheim]] * [[Raymond A. Palmer]] (Amazing)
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• Milford Award
  The first recipient was [[Donald A. Wollheim]] in 1980.
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• Kubla Khwandry
  ...at the Music City Rodeway Inn in [[Nashville, TN]]. [[GoH]]: [[Donald A. Wollheim]], [[Artist GoH]]: [[John Schoenherr]]. [[MC]]: [[Andy Offutt]].
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• 1939 Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo
  * [[Donald A. Wollheim]]
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• 1944 Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo
  * [[Donald A. Wollheim]]
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• 1944 Best Editor, Short Form Retro Hugo
  * [[Raymond A. Palmer]] * [[Donald A. Wollheim]]
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• Saturn Science Fiction
  ''Saturn, the Magazine of Science Fiction'' was a short-lived bi-monthly, digest-sized [[prozine]] published by Candar Publis ...ng in 1957, as a SF magazine. It then became a detective magazine and then a horror magazine titled ''Web Terror Stories''.
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• Up To Now: The Second Convention and the Shift of Power
  ...re was first suggested a [[World Science Fiction Convention]], by [[Donald Wollheim]]. ...tige of the old days. But at the same time, the Schwartz group gave way to Wollheim and [[Sykora]] as leaders of [[fandom]].
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• 1943 Best Editor, Short Form Retro Hugo
  * [[Donald A. Wollheim]] * [[Raymond A. Palmer]]
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• 1943 Best Fan Writer Retro Hugo
  * [[Donald A. Wollheim]]
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• 1954 Best Professional Editor Retro Hugo
  * [[Donald A. Wollheim]]
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• 1974 Best Professional Editor Hugo
  [[Donald A. Wollheim]]
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• 1973 Best Professional Editor Hugo
  * [[Donald A. Wollheim]]
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• The Canadian Science Fiction Fan
  ...known as the only record of the [[zine]] is a review published by [[Donald Wollheim]] in 1936 which did not named the editor.
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• 1990
  November 2 ||[[Donald A. Wollheim]] dies
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• Avon Science Fiction Reader
  ...with both titles issued in the same format and both edited by [[Donald A. Wollheim]]. ...k anthologies reprinting stories that had been published in the magazines. Wollheim and the publisher claimed they were books of reprinted materiais. When Cohe
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• Up To Now
  ...reprinted in [[Dick Eney]]'s ''[[A Sense of FAPA]]'' and again in 1994 in a 100-copy run by [[Arcturus Press]]. ...r]], the [[ISA-SFL Clash]], [[numbered fandoms]], and [[Donald A. Wollheim|Wollheim]] and [[John Michel|Michel]], seen, of course, through Speer's biases. It
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• 1971
  ||[[DAW Books]] founded by [[Donald A. Wollheim]].
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• The Futurians
  ...ined in 1941 as a teenager. The [[club]] broke up in 1945 when [[Donald A. Wollheim]], one of the founders, sued seven of the members for libel. ...Kornbluth]], [[Judith Merril]], [[Harry Dockweiler]] (Dirk Wylie), [[David A. Kyle]], [[Virginia Kidd]], [[Larry T. Shaw]], Jack Robins (Jack Rubinson),
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• 1943 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo
  * [[The Phantagraph]], edited by [[Donald A. Wollheim]]
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• TFG
  ...nes]] complying with it (Square Deal for Fantasy Fiction). It probably had a membership not over 100, maybe much less. ...display. The [[TFG]] would not seem to have had a membership of more than a hundred, maybe much less, altho the General Manager at one time said that i
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• Wallace West
  ...ed in ''The Pocket Book of Science Fiction'' (1943), edited by [[Donald A. Wollheim]].
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• Brooklyn SFL
  Members included Clark, [[Fred Pohl]], [[Harry Dockweiler]], [[Donald A. Wollheim]], [[John B. Michel]], [[Robert W. Lowndes]] and [[Arthur L. Selikowitz]]. ...alked a lot about how to interpret Robert’s Rules of Order and spent quite a lot of time reading minutes of the previous meeting. If anything else subst
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• Second Eastern States Science Fiction Convention
  ...Astoria, [[Long Island City]]. A motion was made that the [[ISA]] sponsor a [[World Science Fiction Convention]] during the [[New York]] World's Fair i * [[Donald A. Wollheim]], [[Chairman]]
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• 1944 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo
  * [[The Phantagraph]], editor [[Donald A. Wollheim]]
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• MysteryKon
  MysteryKon was a [[convention]] held in [[Houston, TX]]. After MysteryKon 7, the committee [[MysteryKon 7]] ||November 26-28, 1982 ||[[Donald Wollheim]], [[C. J. Cherryh]]
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• F. Paul Wilson
  ...ly of [[SF]] and horror. He earned a medical degree in 1973, and espouses a libertarian political philosophy. He is known primarily for the novels in ...ovecraft]], and states he was introduced to [[HPL]]'s writings by [[Donald Wollheim]].
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• First Convention
  ...B. Michel]], [[William S. Sykora]] (holding the [[NYB-ISA]] flag), [[David A. Kyle]], and [[Robert Madle]]. They're standing in front of Independence H ...idea of meeting with out-of-town [[fans]] and thereby calling the affair a [[science fiction convention]]."
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• Up To Now: One Analysis of Wollheim
  ...e | before=Up To Now: Then What Happened? | after=Up To Now: The Nature of Wollheim's Dictatorship}} ...can almost be said that the story of the [[Second Fandom]] is the story of Wollheim.
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• 1943 Best Short Story Retro Hugo
  * “Mimic,” by [[Martin Pearson]] ([[Donald A. Wollheim]]) ([[Astonishing Stories]], December 1942)
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• Ace Books
  ...iving [[SF]] publisher in the US. It was founded in the early 50s by [[A. A. Wyn]], initially publishing westerns and mysteries, but quickly expanded i ...ed SF, including authors like [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]. [[Terry Carr]] and [[Wollheim]] co-edited an annual ''Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthology series; and
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• SfanCon 2
  ...de Laet]] (the UK report below claimed the [[chair]] was [[Simon Joukes]], a fanzine editor). Attendance was about 60, including [[Ron Bennett]].
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• Pocket Books
  ...(1940), [[Guy Endore]]'s ''The [[Werewolf]] of Paris'' (1941), [[Donald A. Wollheim]]’s ''The Pocket Book of [[Science Fiction]]'' (1943), [[Bram Stoker]]'s
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• Illustrated Nycon Review
  Aka '''''The Nycon Booklet''''', a [[fanzine]] [[published]] by [[Julius Unger]] from his [[FFF]] [[publishing ...es V. Taurasi]], [[Robert A. W. Lowndes]], [[John B. Michel]], [[Donald A. Wollheim]], [[Forrest J Ackerman]] and [[Damon Knight]]. [[Bill Deutsch]] was assist
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• What Is Science Fiction Fandom?
  ...[[Harry Warner, Jr.]], [[Bob Tucker]], [[Forrest J Ackerman]] and [[Milton A. Rothman]]. It was 3&frac12; x 5&frac12;" and consisted of 41 printed pages ...such effort known in which an [[organization]] actually attempts to guide a reader into [[fandom]] and succeeds without becoming hysterical or hilariou
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• Year's Best
  * [[Arthur W. Saha]] and [[Donald A. Wollheim]]: ''The Annual World's Best Science Fiction'', 1972–1990
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• Magazine of Horror
  ...irst three issues, was published from August, 1963, until April, 1971, for a total run of 36 issues. ...cluded [[Joanna Russ]], [[Roger Zelazny]], [[Edward D. Hoch]], [[Donald A. Wollheim]], [[John Brunner]], [[Emil Petaja]], [[Robert Silverberg]], [[Stephen Gold
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• Up To Now: The Crucial Period
  ...s talk about [[censorship]] -- has one of the others really advocated such a thing? Sabotage the [[FAPA]]? What sense would there be in ''us'' doing tha ...on Fan|SFFan]]'' appeared with a Fanfarade<ref>A [[column]] by [[Donald A. Wollheim]].</ref> written before the election, and intended to appear before, which
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• Escapism
  ...ing else more interesting. (Or, as e. e. cummings put it, "listen, there's a helluva good universe next door, let's go.") The word is used pejoratively ...] should not be content with escapism but should also take an interest and a part in social problems. (See [[sercon]].)
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• Nova
  A [[mimeo]] [[fanzine]] [[published]] by [[Al Ashley|Al]] and [[Abby Lu Ashle ...[[Julius Unger]], [[Harry Warner, Jr.]], [[Jack Wiedenbeck]], and [[Donald Wollheim]].
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• Astonishing Stories
  ...ine, a companion to ''[[Super Science Stories]]'', both initally edited by a 19-year-old [[Frederik Pohl]]. ...[James Blish]], who later joined the Futurians. [[Isaac Asimov]], [[Donald Wollheim]], [[Cyril Kornbluth]], [[Richard Wilson]], and Pohl himself contributed st
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• 1975 Hugos
  * [[1975 Best Novella Hugo|Best Novella]]: "A Song for Lya" by [[George R. R. Martin]] * [[Donald A. Wollheim]] - The Fan Who Has Done Everything
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• Karl Edward Wagner Award
  A Special Award given by the [[BFS]] at the [[British Fantasy Convention]] fo 1984 || [[Donald Wollheim]] & [[Elsie Wollheim]]
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• Nolacon II
  ...nal Hotels and [[New Orleans]] Municipal Auditorium. [[GoH]]: [[Donald A. Wollheim]], [[FGoH]]: [[Roger Sims]]. (Sims was the surviving registered hotel guest ...withdrew about 1985 and did not file, [[Sydney Cove in '88]] at least got a few (writein?) votes. See [[1988 Worldcon Site Selection]]. See also [[Mik
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• Solstice Award
  ...ndscape, and is particularly intended for those who have consistently made a major, positive difference within the [[speculative fiction]] field." ...ard the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award in honor of genre author Kate Wilhelm, a winner of the award in 2009.
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• Art Saha
  ...Society]] (the [[Lunarians]]). He had a long and ardent interest in SF as a [[collector]], [[fan]], and editor. He was father of [[Heidi Saha]]. ...haired a number of [[Lunacons]] and was involved in [[Metrocon 1]]. He was a member of [[Vanguard]], the [[Second Futurian Society of New York]] and the
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• Third Science Fiction Convention Booklet
  A 12-page [[hecto]] [[program book]]let for the "'''Third Science Fiction Con ...[[John B. Michel]]" – see [[Mutation or Death!]], in the end delivered by Wollheim ]
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• John A. Bristol
  The first truly noted successful [[fan]] [[hoax]] and quite possibly a direct influence on the [[Carl Brandon]] hoax. Bristol was actually [[Jack ...n I]], now acknowledged as the first [[Worldcon]], during which Speer wore a John Bristol [[name tag]] &mdash; thus, perhaps, influencing the manner in
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• Leslie Perri
  ...Marie Clair “Doë” Baumgardt''', also known as '''Leslie Perri''', already a member of the [[SFL]], joined the famous [[Futurians]] of [[New York]] in D ...y way that matched well with most of the other people I admired." She was a member of the [[CPASF]] and the [[Science Fictioneers]].
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• Kubla Khan
  ''(Are you looking for [[Kubla (Disambiguation)|a different Kubla]]?)'' A series of conventions in [[Nashville]], TN founded and chaired by [[Ken Moo
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• Sam Moskowitz' Nycon 1 Reminiscence
  ...holding a [[World Science Fiction Convention]] resulted from the fact that a ...n was presented that The [[International Scientific Association]] sponsor a [[World Science Fiction Convention]] to coincide with the 1939 World's Fair
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• Ghughuism
  ...Michel]] on August 6, 1935 Ghu is either a beetle living on [[Vulcan]] or Wollheim personified &mdash; or possibly both, depending on who was defining it and ...he [[Wook]] is the Ghuist spirit in charge of [[mimeo]]. The [[Yobber]] is a Ghuist mystery.
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• William S. Sykora
  ...a branch of the [[International Cosmos Science Club]] (later the [[ISA]]), a group devoted to both science and [[SF]].) He served as its [[president]]. ...or a comprehensive, though not unbiased, history of the time.) Sykora was a charter member of [[FAPA]] and attended the [[First Eastern]] [[convention]
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• Super Science Stories
  ...pulp]] [[sf]] [[prozine]] published from March, 1940, to August, 1951, for a total run of 31 issues. During March, 1941 to August, 1941, it was titled ' It had a [[fan]] section, "The Science Fictioneers," that tried to organize readers
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• Donald A. Wollheim
  [[File:WollheimDon-Elsie1979.jpeg|thumb|'''Don and [[Elsie Wollheim]] at [[Lunacon 22]], 1979.''' ''Photo by [[Ben Yalow]]''.]] ...Verne Gordon, Martin Pearson''' and '''Braxton Wells''', among others. As a [[pro]], he was [[GoH]] at [[Nolacon II]], the 1988 [[Worldcon]].
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• Fantasiae
  ...views, and lists of [[books]]. Frequently, the final issue of the year was a double issue: this was definitely true for 1975 and 1977, and appears to be ...] on the front cover -- 6 was a eulogy for [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], and 8 was a poem by [[Thomas Love Peacock]] (probably "The War Song of Dinas Vawr", but
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• Nebula Award Weekend 2009
  The weekend had numerous panels and receptions, a mass autographing session, and trip to nearby [[Cape Canaveral]] for member The Nebula Awards were presented at a banquet on May 15.
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• Ossie Train
  '''Oswald Train''', a [[fan]] born in the [[UK]], immigrated to the [[US]] and became involved in ...of PSFS left in town and tried to maintain some [[club]] activity. He was a member of [[FAPA]].
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• Milt Rothman's Nycon 1 Reminiscence
  by [[Milton A. Rothman]] ...all those famous authors. Talking to [[John W. Campbell]] in the flesh was a big thrill. And -- wow -- [[Forry Ackerman]] and [[Morojo]] came all the wa
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• Ballantine Books
  Ballantine Books, a major [[U.S.]] [[sf]] publishing company, was founded in 1952 by [[Ian Ball ...e published [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' in paperback, a work which would sell tens of millions of copies. In 1969, [[Lin Carter]] l
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• Jack Chapman Miske
  ...937, when he requested a copy of ''[[Fantascience Digest]]'' from [[Robert A. Madle]], until 1943 when he was inducted into the military. He also wrote Miske had a reputation for getting into [[feuds]] on par with [[Donald Wollheim]]'s, due, in part to his [[pseudonym]]ous column "Stardust" in Warner's ''[
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• Philcon I Membership List
  ...ams]], [[Jack Williamson]], [[Gus Willmorth]], [[Don Wilson]], [[Donald A. Wollheim]], [[Stanley Woolston]], [[Rosco E. Wright]], [[Joe Wrzos]].
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• Jack Gillespie
  ...ie joined with [[James V. Taurasi]] and [[Robert G. Thompson]] to announce a planned [[fanzine]], ''[[Cosmic Tales]]'', which ran for four issues and wa ...27.</ref> [[Peggy Gillespie]], Jack's purported sister and [[fanne]], was a [[hoax]] perpetrated by Wilson and [[Abe Oshinsky]].
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• Diversifier
  ...]] published by [[A. B. Clingan]] and [[C. C. Clingan]] in the 70s. It was a fiction zine, publishing [[sf]], horror and the sup with 27 issues starting ...rine White]], [[Ron Wilber]], [[Gary Winnick]], [[Donald Wollheim]], and [[A. P. Wrightman]].
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• Forry Award
  A lifetime achievement in [[science fiction]] [[award]] named in honor of [[F 1972 ||[[A. E. van Vogt]]
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• The Phantagraph
  A [[fanzine]] [[published]] by [[Donald Wollheim]] from 1935 to Feb, 1946. It had previously been known as '''''The Internat ...in purple ink, 6x9. A half-dozen issues have appeared. The contents are on a level with the title. Unfortunately, it is still being published.
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• Kubla Khan Too
  ...ist GoH]]: [[Kelly Freas]] and [[Ron Miller]], [[Editor GoH]]: [[Donald A. Wollheim]]. About 150 people attended. ...re [[con]]. (Can you tell the author does not remember a thing? Did I have a good time ???). This Khan was the source of even more new club members than
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• First Staple War
  ...5-04_Missing_ifc_RS/page/n157/mode/2up April 1935 issue, p. 156,] [[Donald Wollheim]] formed the rival International Allied Organization for the Purpose of Uph ...phabetical Alphabet Societies and, in turn, inspiring [[Tucker]] to submit a letter pleading with [[fans]] to stick to either of the two original Alphab
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• Nepenthe
  ...first such [[zine]]. The first issue appeared in December 1940 and carried a dedication that read: ...s]]'', who attended [[the Chicon]] as well as Singleton, with whom she had a brief romantic relationship.
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• ISA
  ...espondents with only a handful of its members actually getting together as a local group in the [[Chicago]] area, and only partly devoted to the then ne ...month later, [[Walter Dennis]] and [[Sydney Gerson]] of [[Chicago]] formed a similar club. The following year, the two clubs merged with 25 members com
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• Forrest J Ackerman' Nycon 1 Reminiscence
  It is possibly a forgotten fact that I started the nicknaming of [[Worldcons]] by referring ...[science fiction magazines]]!" -- and [[Cyril Kornbluth]] welcomed me with a punch in the stomach!
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• Xero
  A [[fanzine]] published by [[Dick Lupoff]] and [[Pat Lupoff]] for ten issues ...icles in this series were later reprinted in two books: ''All in Color for a Dime'' (1970) and ''The Comic-Book Book'' (1973), both co-edited by [[Dick
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• Legal Matters
  * [[Donald A. Wollheim]], et al., vs. [[Hugo Gernsback]] for nonpayment. ...ell as reporting him (falsely) for operating a [[literary agency]] without a license, which act got Kranold kicked out of [[LASFS]].
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• John B. Michel
  ..."Mitchell" without the "t") was one of the most important early [[fans]], a [[fanzine]] editor and publisher, who also contributed art, articles, poetr ...plot contest through ''[[Wonder Stories]]''. [[Raymond Z. Gallun]] penned a story based on Michel's entry and the result, "The Menace from Mercury," wa
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• Jack Robins
  '''Jack Robins''', a member of [[First Fandom]], was the last surviving member of the [[Futurian Robins was invited by [[Walter Kubilius]] to attend a meeting of the [[ISA]], Robins joined that organization and helped form the
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• Ajay
  (Did you mean [[A. J. Budrys]]?) '''Ajay''' (a.k.a. "A.J." or "ayjay," for “[[Amateur Journalism]]”) is the name which partici
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• John Collier
  ..., ''Green Thoughts'' (1932), ''The Devil and All'' (1934), ''Variations on a Theme'' (1934), ''Presenting Moonshine'' (1941), ''The Touch of Nutmeg'' (1 ...he Barriers of Space and Time'' (1954), edited by [[Judith Merril]]; and ''A Decade of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (1960), edited by [[Robert P. Mills]]
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• Special Awards
  '''Special awards''' are bestowed by a [[convention]], [[club]], or [[awards|awards program]] and can be: * A one-time award in order to bestow recognition when no designated award exis
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• SfanCon
  A series of so far fifteen Belgian [[National convention]]s, starting in 1970 ...|| April 17-18, 1971 || Archive Flemish Cultural Life, Antwerp || [[Donald Wollheim]], Jan Jansen, Riemer Reinsma, Manuel van Loggem, Kathinka Lannoy
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• The Science Fiction Fanzine Reader: Focal Points 1930-1960
  ...e Fiction Fanzine Reader: Focal Points 1930-1960'' is a [[fanthology]] and a book published by [[Nonstop Press]] in 2018 and edited by [[Luis Ortiz]]. Fan Magazines ||[[H.A. Dittmans, Jr.]] & [[W. H. Dellenback]]
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• Bob Madle
  ...Wollheimists]] in the [[FAPA]] [[FAPA#FAPA Campaign|election of 1938]] and a member of the [[committee]] for [[Philcon I]], the 1947 [[Worldcon]]. Madle was [[TAFF]] winner in 1957 (and published ''[[A Fake Fan in London]]'' as his [[trip report]]). He [[published]] ''[[Fantas
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• SaFari Annual
  A [[Hugo]]-winning [[fanzine]] [[edited]] by [[Earl Kemp]] and [[Nancy Kemp]] 2 ||1961 || || Subtitled ''Why is a Fan?'', it collected dozens of [[fans]]' opinions on what brought people in
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• Hugo Gernsback
  ...'' was one of the most important founding figures of modern [[SF]]. He was a Luxembourgian-American inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher, be ...a distinct and separate genre. He saw SF as a teaching tool and said that a good SF story would be "75 percent literature interwoven with 25 percent sc
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• Dave Kyle's Nycon 1 Reminiscence
  A Reminiscence by [[Dave Kyle]] ...the universe of [[sf fandom]] [[Worldcons]]? Gosh, wow, it's a fact, from a half century ago!
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• Discon
  [[Opening Ceremonies]] included a sword fight between [[Fritz Leiber]] and [[L. Sprague de Camp]]. ...] were specified so that "Individual [short] stories appearing together as a series are … not eligible taken together under the title of the series" a
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• David A. Kyle
  [[File:Dave Kyle at LAcon 4.jpg|thumb|'''Dave Kyle at [[L.A.con IV]] in 2006.''' ''Photo by [[Mark Olson]]''.]] ...in 2016, making his [[fannish]] career among the longest ever. He chaired a [[Worldcon]], [[NYCon II]] in 1956, and was [[Fan GoH]] at [[Constellation]
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• Alex Schomburg
  ...Dahme, a friend of the family. In 1923, Schomburg and his brothers opened a commercial art studio in the heart of Manhattan; and, in 1925, he met [[Hug ...n Award]], 1978; the [[Frank R. Paul Award]], 1984; an Inkpot Award, 1985; a [[Chesley Award]] (Artistic Achievement), 1987.
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• C. J. Cherryh
  ...Cherryh''' is the [[penname|working name]] of '''Carolyn Janice Cherry''', a [[US]] [[pro]] who has written more than sixty [[novel]]s since her first f ...and best-known series takes place in the Alliance-Union universe. She was a member of the [[Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America]].
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• List of Denvention Members
  ...kept of who among them attended. (In those days the $1 membership fee was a minor part of the con's income and no one fussed much over who paid and who (A&W) -- Alive and Well
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• Forrest J Ackerman's Denvention I Reminiscence
  ...envention]]. Yes, the Denvention, not the Dencon -- and it was [[Donald A. Wollheim]] who had the inspiration for the naming of the third [[Worldcon]]. ...ition of living about a year in the future as far as the works of [[Robert A. Heinlein]] went -- I was frequently invited to his home and allowed to rea
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• Terry Carr
  ...as a [[science fiction]] [[professional]], he continued to participate as a fan until his death from congestive heart failure. He won the [[1959 Best F He was a member of [[NAPA]], [[Golden Gate Futurians]], the [[Little Men]], [[FAPA]]
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• Nicknames
  ...dge]] name'''" on [[registration]] forms has led to new congoers' assuming a [[pseudonym]] is required. ...sm]], like [[4e]]/[[4sj]], [[ATom]] and [[Tripoli]]. ('''''Ekename''''' is a Middle English word meaning about the same as ''nickname'' and ''pet name''
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• First Fandom Hall of Fame
  ...d the [[Sam Moskowitz Archive Award]]. All award winners are determined by a vote of the members of the [[First Fandom club]]. The Posthumous Hall of Fame award was established as a separate and equal award with unique criteria in 1994 at [[Rivercon XIX]].
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• Frederik Pohl
  ...eator of [[fandom]]-as-we-know-it, who remained a fan until his death. In a [[professional]] career spanning over 75 years, he was one of the major pro ...y been the most influential fan in that faction of [[fandom]]. He promoted a [[Futurian Federation of the World]]. He was one of the [[Quadrumvirs]].
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• A History of Fandom in 100 Documents
  ...ten to a [[prozine]] [[letter column]] published with a [[fan]]'s address, a necessary baby step towards [[fandom]]. rowspan="2"|[[1937]]|| First [[mailing]] of [[FAPA]] (August) ||[[Don Wollheim ]] and [[John Michel]]|| The first [[fan]] [[apa]].
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• Futurians
  ...Kidd]], [[Damon Knight]], [[Cyril Kornbluth]], [[David A. Kyle]], [[Robert A. W. Lowndes]], [[Judith Merril]], [[Leslie Perri]], [[Frederik Pohl]], [[La ...d and reacted strongly against their efforts. In fact, it did so with such a virulence that the [[Second Fandom]] era was characterized primarily by its
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• Amazing Stories
  ...until 2005. [[Gernsback]] lost ownership of the magazine in 1929 during a bankruptcy. ...re to pay authors led to the founding of the [[Futurians]], after [[Donald Wollheim]] and [[John Michel]] visited [[SFL]] chapters to complain.
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• Chicon III Program
  8:00 PM A Sense of Wonder, [[Dean A. Grennell]], [[Vic Ryan]], [[Ethel Lindsay]] ([[TAFF]]), [[Walt Willis]], [ ...ction?, [[Martha Beck]], [[A. J. Budrys]], [[Avram Davidson]], [[Donald A. Wollheim]], [[Daniel F. Galouye]], [[James Blish]], [[Philip Jose Farmer]]
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• Milton A. Rothman
  ...B. Michel]], [[William S. Sykora]] (holding the [[NYB-ISA]] flag), [[David A. Kyle]], and [[Robert Madle]]. They're standing in front of Independence H ...he [[Wollheimists]], though he tried to avoid the [[feuding]] part. He was a charter member of the [[National Fantasy Fan Federation]] in 1941. He edite
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• Nycon
  ...in [[New York City]] just before Nycon. Printed by [[Conrad H. Ruppert]], a fan of the 1930s noted for the excellence of his publications'''.]] ...Science Fiction Convention'''." It was subsequently called "'''Nycon'''" (a [[nickname]] [[Forry Ackerman]] claimed to have coined) and "The 1939 World
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• Sam Moskowitz
  ...man &mdash; one friend described him as "physically massive" &mdash; with a booming voice. ...llow [[fan historian]] [[Harry Warner, Jr.]] said, "If read directly after a history of [[World War II]], it does not seem like an anticlimax." In spite
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• Award Timeline
  1990-01-01/2021-12-31||[[Donald A. and Elsie B. Wollheim Scholarship Fund]] 2003-01-01/2021-12-31||[[Robert A. Heinlein Award]]
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• Science Fiction League
  ...rs]], but through it, the first [[protofans]] met each other and came into a sense of group self awareness. [[Hugo Gernsback]] promoted the international [[club]] as a way to drum up readership for his second [[pulp]] [[prozine]], ''[[Wonder S
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• Chicon
  ...ogers]] [[scientificomics]] characters, courtesy of the John F. Dille Co., a [[Chicago]]-based newspaper syndicate.</small></center> ...con]]. [[Denver in 1941]] won the right to host the 1941 [[Worldcon]] over a [[New York in 1941]] [[bid]] in the [[1941 Worldcon Site Selection]] at Chi
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• Windycon
  '''Windycon''', a [[Chicago]]-area [[regional convention]], was founded in 1974 and held annu ...in order to raise the profile of [[fandom]] in Chicago in preparation for a [[Worldcon]] [[bid]]. Founders included [[Lynne Aronson|Lynne]] and [[Mark
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• I-CON
  {{DISPLAYTITLE:I-CON}}''(There are many "Icons" &mdash; [[Icon|here's a disambiguation page]] for them.)'' '''I-CON''', located at Stony Brook on [[Long Island, NY]], was a three-day festival that began in 1982 and was designed to encourage literac
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• Boskone
  A [[regional convention]] usually held in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], name ...r]], a [[NESFA Press Guest]] and a '''Featured [[Filker]]'''. It never has a [[Fan Goh]]. ''Fie!''
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• Fan Memoirs
  This is a list of '''fanoirs''' ([[fan]] memoirs) and reminiscences available in [[Fa * [[Robert A. W. Lowndes]]: [https://fanac.org/fanzines/Outworlds/Outworlds49.pdf “Und
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• Mutation or Death!
  ''"MUTATION OR DEATH" is a transcript of the speech delivered by [[Donald A. Wollheim]] for [[John B. Michel]] at the [[Third Eastern Science Fiction Convention] ...y part and on the part of the several of my friends here today who support a new program for the future of science fiction -- which shall be the main to
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• Worldcon
  ...(Technically it may not be necessary for Worldcons held before it was made a service mark, but why split hairs?) It is incorrect (but sadly increasingly ...on, in [[New York]] in 1939, which he dubbed [[Nycon]], every Worldcon has a [[pet name]], often associated with its location, as well as being the Nth
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• Aubrey MacDermott on the Origins of Fandom
  (A letter sent by [[Aubrey MacDermott]] to [[Andy Porter]] around 1990.) ...ather came to stay with us for a while. (It was my father's turn.) He was a remarkable person. In 1905 he had sold his lots at Fifth and Spring Streets
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• Phoxphyre
  ...text=Foxfire Project}}, a 1960s effort to collect folk memories.</ref> was a [[fan]] project recording the memories of [[fans]] who attended the [[First ...hman]], [[Frederik Pohl]], [[John Michel]], [[William S. Sykora]], [[David A. Kyle]], and [[Bob Madle]].''
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• FAPA
  ...aveyard''' for most of its existence. However, in the 2020s, it has become a growing [[organization]]. ...ynonym for [[individ fanzine]]. The name was used as the official title of a thing by [[Elmer Perdue|Perdue]].
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• Numerical Fandoms
  ...or another and is in a state of flux as it finds itself looking around for a new focus or [[focal point]]. ...ened it to medieval disputes over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin have nonetheless hauled it out from time to time, dusted it off and dis
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• Light
  A [[fanzine]] edited by [[Leslie A. Croutch]], aka '''''Croutch News''''' and '''''Croutch Magazine Mart News' ...unknown [[faned]]), but which, in its final incarnation as ''Light'', had a far wider distribution, greater impact and much longer lifespan than Frome'
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• N3F
  ...ctifen]] belonged to the N3F, but it has long been considered to be almost a separate, parallel [[fandom]]. ...ort story contest, gives several [[#N3F Awards|club awards]] and publishes a number of [[fanzines]], including ''[[The National Fantasy Fan]]'', the des
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