WARNER, Harry (Backer) Jr

WARNER, Harry (Backer) Jr
(1922-)
   US journalist and sf fan, publisher of several FANZINES, including Spaceways and the long-lived Horizons, which has appeared regularly in FAPA since 1939. His history of sf FANDOM, All Our Yesterdays (1969), is an affectionate and thorough examination of individuals, fanorganizations and fanzines in the 1940s. The 2nd part, A Wealth of Fable (3 vols, mimeographed 1976; exp 1992), continues the history through the1950s. HW won HUGOS as Best Fan Writer in 1969 and 1972; and the 1992 version of A Wealth of Fable won the 1993 Hugo for Best Non-fiction title.
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