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[An ongoing series of essays about fans I know. Previous Leon Higgins's Lives of the Fans:
Introduction
Alice Bentley: Behind the Neon Rocket
Phil Foglio, Artist of Genius
Steve Collins: The Dolly Grip for Galileo
My Curious Friend, Mary Lynn Skirvin Johnson
Jo Walton
Tullio Proni, Man of the Eighties
The essay below was written for Fencon near Dallas, which invited Steven Silver to be Fen Guest of Honor (even though he is a singular fan) in September 2011.]
by Bill Higgins
November 1986 was a pivotal month.
If Steven H Silver had not, in November 1986, gone on his first date with Elaine, they might not have gotten married. Their daughter Robin might never have existed. Their daughter Melanie might never have existed. The world would have been deprived of two intelligent and charming young women.
If, in November 1986, Steven had not attended his first Windycon, he might not have become involved in science fiction fandom. Chicago fandom in particular would have been the poorer for it. Several subsequent Windycons would all have had some other chairman. Someone else would have been in charge of the program at the 2000 Chicago Worldcon, and, no doubt, the lineup of people and panels would have been very different.
( More on this singular fan )
Introduction
Alice Bentley: Behind the Neon Rocket
Phil Foglio, Artist of Genius
Steve Collins: The Dolly Grip for Galileo
My Curious Friend, Mary Lynn Skirvin Johnson
Jo Walton
Tullio Proni, Man of the Eighties
The essay below was written for Fencon near Dallas, which invited Steven Silver to be Fen Guest of Honor (even though he is a singular fan) in September 2011.]
The Silver Age of Science Fiction
by Bill Higgins
November 1986 was a pivotal month.
If Steven H Silver had not, in November 1986, gone on his first date with Elaine, they might not have gotten married. Their daughter Robin might never have existed. Their daughter Melanie might never have existed. The world would have been deprived of two intelligent and charming young women.
If, in November 1986, Steven had not attended his first Windycon, he might not have become involved in science fiction fandom. Chicago fandom in particular would have been the poorer for it. Several subsequent Windycons would all have had some other chairman. Someone else would have been in charge of the program at the 2000 Chicago Worldcon, and, no doubt, the lineup of people and panels would have been very different.
( More on this singular fan )
