[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.
Steven Silver: The Silver ( Read more... )

[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 EightiesThe essay below was written for Fencon near ( Read more... )

[An ongoing series of essays about fans I know. Previous Leon Higgins's Lives of the Fans:
Introduction. Alice Bentley. Phil Foglio. Steve Collins. Mary Lynn Skirvin Johnson. Jo WaltonIn 1995, when he was Mad Scientist Guest of Honor, I wrote about "Tullio in the 1980s" for the Duckon 4 program book. But for some reason I never learned, the ( Read more... )

[Another in a series of essays about science fiction fans I know.

Previous Leon Higgins's Lives of the Fans:
Introduction. Alice Bentley. Phil Foglio. Steve Collins. Mary Lynn Skirvin Johnson.

Written in 2006 for the program book of Duckon 15, a convention near Chicago, which invited Jo Walton to be Literary Guest of Honor.]
Literary Guest ( Read more... )

[Another in a series of essays about science fiction fans I know.

Previous Leon Higgins's Lives of the Fans:
Introduction. Alice Bentley. Phil Foglio. Steve Collins.

Written in 2010 for the program book of Musecon 0 near Chicago, a convention devoted to hands-on creativity, which featured Mary Lynn as Guest of Honor.]

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[Another in a series of essays about science fiction fans I know. Previous Leon Higgins's Lives of the Fans: Introduction. Alice Bentley. Phil Foglio.

This was written in 1999 for the program book of the Chicago-area Duckon 8, which invited Steve Collins to be Mad Scientist Guest of Honor.]
The Dolly Grip for Galileo
Bill Higgins ( Read more... )

[One of a series of essays about science fiction fans I know. Written for the Windycon XXXVI program book in 2009. Kaja Foglio was also a Guest of Honor; I accepted the task of writing Phil's bio, and Alice Bentley wrote one for Kaja.]
Phil Foglio, Artist of Genius
Bill Higgins ( Read more... )

[One of a series of essays about science fiction fans I know.  Written for the Capricon XXX program book in 2010.]

Alice Bentley: Behind the Neon Rocket

Bill Higgins

When I first encountered Chicago fans, Alice Insley seemed to know everybody.  Thursday Night Fandom.  General Technics.  The Dorsai.  Moebius Theatre.  It's not an exaggeration ( Read more... )

During my years of participation in science fiction fandom, I have occasionally been asked to write a biography for a convention's Guest of Honor ( Read more... )