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230:, partly because the con committee thought his LASFS minutes were so amusing that they had to be made up. Glyer protested that funny things were happening all round him and he just wrote them down – rather like 292:, long-time fan, literary agent, and well known in science fiction fandom as “Mr. LASFS,” has been presented annually since 1966. Previous winners include such eminent figures as 319:
was also a Hugo finalist in the Best Fanzine category. Both won the Hugo in their categories, Glyer's second double-win in the same year, the first coming in 1984.
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LASFS selected Mike Glyer as the 2011 recipient of their Forry Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Field of Science Fiction. The award, named for
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is a paper fanzine that appears once or twice a year and is also available in e-form; it also has a regular daily on-line presence in the fannish
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since 1970, frequently serving as club secretary. Mike was made a fan guest of honor for the first time at the 1981
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in 1978, that was inspired by its Baskin-Robbins-esque number to hold the first "Ice Cream Social" at a
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science fiction convention; a similar ice cream social had been held in 1969 at
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in 1984, 1985, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2016 and 2018. Glyer has also won the
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in 1951, that upstaged that convention and entered fannish lore as a result.
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The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community
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in 1984, 1985, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2016 and 2018. Glyer won the
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Glyer has edited a number of fanzines, including the award-winning
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Glyer's one professional fiction sale appeared in the book
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with the latest in news from around science fiction and
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In 2016 Glyer was a Hugo finalist and winner in the
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Index

Diana Pavlac Glyer
science fiction
fan
newszine
File 770
Hugo Award
Best Fanzine Hugo
Best Fan Writer Hugo
1982 World Science Fiction Convention
Worldcon
Nolacon
9th World Science Fiction Convention
blogosphere
fandom
conventions
awards
"Is Your Club Dead Yet?"
Mike Resnick
homage
Alfred Bester
The Men Who Murdered Mohammed
54th World Science Fiction Convention
Anaheim, CA
Westercon
Los Angeles
St. Louiscon
27th World Science Fiction Convention
St. Louis, MO
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
DeepSouthCon

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