Harry Warner, Jr.

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Name:	Harry Warner, Jr.
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Type:	Historian, letterhack
Fandoms:	Science Fiction
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Harry Warner, Jr. was a fan historian and letterhack. He rarely left his home for fanac, but corresponded extensively and published several zines.

Professional Works

• All Our Yesterdays: An Informal History of Science Fiction Fandom in the Forties (1969)
• A Wealth of Fable (1977)

Fanworks

Zines

As Publisher

• Spaceways (1938-1942)
• Bonfire (1941)
• Horizons (1939-2003)
• The FAPA Correspondent [1939-43]
• Rip Fan Winkle [2001]
• Harrisons

As Contributor

• Fantascience Digest - Issue (1939) - "It's Astounding" - article
• Ad Astra (genzine)
  • Issue 2 (1939) - "Have Fan Magazines A Use?"
  • Issue 3 (1939) - "Why Not Paul?" - essay about sci-fi illustrator Frank R. Paul. plus "In Oceanic Depths" (poem)
  • Issue 4 (1939) - LOC - an apology from Harry Warner Jr. for his poem "In Oceanic Depths" in Issue 3 and a note that a line was missing
  • Issue 5 (1940) - "Heart and Hack" - essay on the toll of writing-to-pay has on writing quality
• Bizarre (1940) - ongoing segment called "Fantasy Footnotes"
• Stephan the STFan (1940) - "Penned Names" - article
• Day*Star Issue 6 (1957) - LOC
• Minac (zine) Issue 14 (1964) - extensive comments re Breendoggle
• Exploding Madonna Issue 6 (1969) - essay
• Triskelion Issue 3 (1969) - Off the Printed Page - essay
• Trumpet Issue 10 (1969) - LOC on "The Awful Offal"
• Granfalloon Issue 9 (1970) - LOC
• Orycon Issue 5 (1983) - Profiles of guests Octavia E. Butler by Vonda McIntyre, Wilson Tucker written with Robin Bailey

Meta

• What Made Them "Good"? (1940)
• It Certainly Does Fugit (1941)
• Was voted 5th most popular fan in Art Widner's Poll (1940-1941)