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'''Theodore Edwin White''', aka '''TEW''', is a [[Hugo Award]]-winning [[fan]], [[con-runner]], [[fan historian]], [[fan writer]], and [[Worldcon chairman]] ([[NyCon3]]), who is also known as a [[pro]] [[sf]] writer and editor, as well as a music critic.  He was [[FGoH]] at [[Aussiecon Two]].  (He had been [[Fan GoH]] at [[St. Louiscon]], but withdrew to dramatize the [[TAFF]] winner, [[Eddie Jones]], who became the FGoH.)  
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'''Theodore Edwin White''', aka '''TEW''', is a [[Hugo Award]]-winning [[fan]], [[con-runner]], [[fan historian]], [[fan writer]], and [[Worldcon chairman]] ([[NyCon3]]), who is also known as a [[pro]] [[sf]] writer and editor, as well as a music critic.  [[Pseudonyms]]: [[Ron Archer]], [[Jacob Edwards]], [[Norman Edwards]].
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==Fan==
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He was [[FGoH]] at [[Aussiecon Two]].  (He had been [[Fan GoH]] at [[St. Louiscon]], but withdrew to dramatize the [[TAFF]] winner, [[Eddie Jones]], who became the FGoH.)  
  
 
He became an influential fan in the 50s in the [[NY]] and [[Washington, DC]], areas and [[co-chaired]] the 1967 [[Worldcon]], [[NyCon 3]], with [[Dave Van Arnam]].   
 
He became an influential fan in the 50s in the [[NY]] and [[Washington, DC]], areas and [[co-chaired]] the 1967 [[Worldcon]], [[NyCon 3]], with [[Dave Van Arnam]].   
  
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In the 1960s, he lived in an apartment in Manhattan and worked at a Greenwich Village [[mimeo]] shop that he called '''Towner Hall''' (after [[Francis Towner Laney]] but [[mundanely]] named "Metropolitan Mimeo"), the home of many fanzines and, for a time, the [[Fanoclasts]]. He can be as acerbic as its namesake. In 1960, [[Joy Clarke]] wrote of him, “You know TEW -- the biggest foot-in-mouth expert either side of the Pond.” To this day he remains a stalwart of [[fannish fandom]].
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In the 1960s, he lived in an apartment in Manhattan and worked at a Greenwich Village [[mimeo]] shop that he called '''Towner Hall''' (after [[Francis Towner Laney]] but [[mundane]]ly named "Metropolitan Mimeo"), the home of many fanzines and, for a time, the [[Fanoclasts]]. He can be as acerbic as its namesake. In 1960, [[Joy Clarke]] wrote of him, “You know TEW -- the biggest foot-in-mouth expert either side of the Pond.” To this day, he remains a stalwart of [[fannish fandom]].
  
 
He raised [[fanzine]] production almost to an art form, in terms of effective use of illustrations, color [[mimeography]], and ornate formatting usually found in slick newsstand magazines.  
 
He raised [[fanzine]] production almost to an art form, in terms of effective use of illustrations, color [[mimeography]], and ornate formatting usually found in slick newsstand magazines.  
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[[Pseudonyms]]: [[Ron Archer]], [[Jacob Edwards]], [[Norman Edwards]].
 
  
 
He was one of the founders of the [[Fanoclasts]], a [[Balcony Insurgent]] at [[NyCon II]] (making his leadership of [[NyCon3]] nicely ironic), and organized [[FanHistoriCon 9]].  He created a [[publishing house]] named [[QWERTYUIOP]]ress; its '''ASDFGHJKLibrary''' “division” published ''[[The BNF of Iz]]''.
 
He was one of the founders of the [[Fanoclasts]], a [[Balcony Insurgent]] at [[NyCon II]] (making his leadership of [[NyCon3]] nicely ironic), and organized [[FanHistoriCon 9]].  He created a [[publishing house]] named [[QWERTYUIOP]]ress; its '''ASDFGHJKLibrary''' “division” published ''[[The BNF of Iz]]''.
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He did two [[hoax]] issues of ''[[Fanac]]'' with [[Calvin Demmon]]. He was a member of [[The Cult]] (a charter member), [[IPSO]], [[CRAP]], [[APEX]], [[APA-L]], [[TAPS]], and [[APA-F]]. [[Arnie Katz]] published ''[[The Ted White Sampler]]'', a collection of his [[fan writing]].
 
He did two [[hoax]] issues of ''[[Fanac]]'' with [[Calvin Demmon]]. He was a member of [[The Cult]] (a charter member), [[IPSO]], [[CRAP]], [[APEX]], [[APA-L]], [[TAPS]], and [[APA-F]]. [[Arnie Katz]] published ''[[The Ted White Sampler]]'', a collection of his [[fan writing]].
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==Pro==
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He was assistant editor at ''[[F&SF]]'' from 1963 to 1968, and then edited ''[[Amazing Stories]]'' and ''[[Fantastic]]'' until 1979.  As editor of ''Amazing Stories'', he reinstated the [[letter column]] and ran some [[fanzine]] reviews and other [[fan]] features. Under his editorship, ''[[Amazing]]'' and ''[[Fantastic]]'' received three [[Best Professional Magazine]] nominations in 1971 and 1972.
  
 
In addition to books and stories written under his own name, he has also co-authored novels with [[Dave van Arnam]] as [[Ron Archer]], and with [[Terry Carr]] as [[Norman Edwards]]. He received a [[Nebula]] nomination for one of his stories.  He was a member of the [[Guilford Gafia]].
 
In addition to books and stories written under his own name, he has also co-authored novels with [[Dave van Arnam]] as [[Ron Archer]], and with [[Terry Carr]] as [[Norman Edwards]]. He received a [[Nebula]] nomination for one of his stories.  He was a member of the [[Guilford Gafia]].
  
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He was assistant editor at ''[[F&SF]]'' from 1963 to 1968, and then edited ''[[Amazing Stories]]'' and ''[[Fantastic]]'' until 1979.  As editor of ''Amazing Stories'', he reinstated the [[letter column]] and ran some [[fanzine]] reviews and other [[fan]] features. Under his editorship, ''[[Amazing]]'' and ''[[Fantastic]]'' received three [[Best Professional Magazine]] nominations in 1971 and 1972.
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==Personal Life==
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He was arrested in 1986 for selling pot and served three months in jail. See {{file770 | issue=60 | page=23}}, {{file770 | issue=63 | page=3}} and {{file770 | issue=63 | page=14}}.
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He was arrested in 1986 for selling pot and spent some time in jail. See {{file770 | issue=60 | page=23}}.
 
  
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He married [[Sylvia Dees]] in 1958.  At some point they divorced, and he married [[Robin Postal]] in 1966. They had a daughter together, and divorced about 1976. Ted had a son, Aaron (b. December 31, 1987), with his third wife, Lynne, whom he also divorced; Aaron committed [[suicide]] December 5, 2016.  
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He married [[Sylvia Dees]] in 1958.  At some point they divorced, and he married [[Robin Postal]] in 1966. They had a daughter together, and divorced about 1976. Ted had a son, Aaron (b. December 31, 1987), with his third wife, Lynda Magee, whom he married March 15, 1987, and also divorced; Aaron committed [[suicide]] December 5, 2016.  
  
 
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* ''[[The Gafiate's Intelligencer]]''
 
* ''[[The Gafiate's Intelligencer]]''
 
* ''[[Gambit]]''
 
* ''[[Gambit]]''
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* ''[[Letters from Prison]]''
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* ''[[Letters from Prison]]'' [1986]
 
* ''[[Minac (White)|Minac]]'' (co-edited with [[Les Gerber]])
 
* ''[[Minac (White)|Minac]]'' (co-edited with [[Les Gerber]])
 
* ''[[Mini]]'' (co-edited with [[Bob Stewart]])
 
* ''[[Mini]]'' (co-edited with [[Bob Stewart]])
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* 1966 -- [[Ozarkon I]]
 
* 1966 -- [[Ozarkon I]]
 
* 1968 -- '''[[1968 Best Fan Writer Hugo]]'''
 
* 1968 -- '''[[1968 Best Fan Writer Hugo]]'''
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* 1969 -- '''[[St. Louiscon]]''', [[1969 Best Fan Writer Hugo]] (declined)
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* 1969 -- '''[[St. Louiscon]]''', [[1969 Best Fan Writer Hugo]] nomination (declined)
 
* 1972 -- [[Bubonicon 4]]
 
* 1972 -- [[Bubonicon 4]]
 
* 1973 -- [[1973 Best Professional Editor Hugo]]
 
* 1973 -- [[1973 Best Professional Editor Hugo]]

Revision as of 00:36, 3 August 2022

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(February 4, 1938 –)

Theodore Edwin White, aka TEW, is a Hugo Award-winning fan, con-runner, fan historian, fan writer, and Worldcon chairman (NyCon3), who is also known as a pro sf writer and editor, as well as a music critic. Pseudonyms: Ron Archer, Jacob Edwards, Norman Edwards.

Fan[edit]

He was FGoH at Aussiecon Two. (He had been Fan GoH at St. Louiscon, but withdrew to dramatize the TAFF winner, Eddie Jones, who became the FGoH.)

He became an influential fan in the 50s in the NY and Washington, DC, areas and co-chaired the 1967 Worldcon, NyCon 3, with Dave Van Arnam.

In the 1960s, he lived in an apartment in Manhattan and worked at a Greenwich Village mimeo shop that he called Towner Hall (after Francis Towner Laney but mundanely named "Metropolitan Mimeo"), the home of many fanzines and, for a time, the Fanoclasts. He can be as acerbic as its namesake. In 1960, Joy Clarke wrote of him, “You know TEW -- the biggest foot-in-mouth expert either side of the Pond.” To this day, he remains a stalwart of fannish fandom.

He raised fanzine production almost to an art form, in terms of effective use of illustrations, color mimeography, and ornate formatting usually found in slick newsstand magazines.

He was one of the founders of the Fanoclasts, a Balcony Insurgent at NyCon II (making his leadership of NyCon3 nicely ironic), and organized FanHistoriCon 9. He created a publishing house named QWERTYUIOPress; its ASDFGHJKLibrary “division” published The BNF of Iz.

He followed the old fannish custom of naming cars, with a series of vehicles named Weiss Rak.

He chaired Lunacon 11, Lunacon 12 and Lunacon 13. He has long been a mainstay of Corflu and was on the committee of Corflu 3, and Corflu 24. He has been a member of WSFS (including President), the late 50s Futurians, the Lunarians. He hosts the Falls Church Second Friday group.

He has been a columnist on Algol, Yandro and Psychotic'/SF Review.

He did two hoax issues of Fanac with Calvin Demmon. He was a member of The Cult (a charter member), IPSO, CRAP, APEX, APA-L, TAPS, and APA-F. Arnie Katz published The Ted White Sampler, a collection of his fan writing.

Pro[edit]

He was assistant editor at F&SF from 1963 to 1968, and then edited Amazing Stories and Fantastic until 1979. As editor of Amazing Stories, he reinstated the letter column and ran some fanzine reviews and other fan features. Under his editorship, Amazing and Fantastic received three Best Professional Magazine nominations in 1971 and 1972.

In addition to books and stories written under his own name, he has also co-authored novels with Dave van Arnam as Ron Archer, and with Terry Carr as Norman Edwards. He received a Nebula nomination for one of his stories. He was a member of the Guilford Gafia.

Personal Life[edit]

He was arrested in 1986 for selling pot and served three months in jail. See File 770 60, p. 23, File 770 63, p. 3 and File 770 63, p. 14.

He married Sylvia Dees in 1958. At some point they divorced, and he married Robin Postal in 1966. They had a daughter together, and divorced about 1976. Ted had a son, Aaron (b. December 31, 1987), with his third wife, Lynda Magee, whom he married March 15, 1987, and also divorced; Aaron committed suicide December 5, 2016.

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