The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 by Terry Carr

1986 - TusCon 13, Toastmaster at Corflu 3.1982 - WisCon 6, Past president of the FWA.

Innuendo (one of the best fanzines of the 60s).

Dolor (with Dave Rike, Carl Brandon, and Ron Ellik).

Defenstration (for OMPA, with Miriam Carr).

Westercon XXXX PB, p91 (Obituary by David Bratman).

His papers and his large collection of fanzines have become part of the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction at the University of California, Riverside. He was married to Miriam Dyches in the 1950s.

Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

He taught at Clarion, and published some novels and short fiction. He edited an original story anthology series called Universe, and a popular series of Year's Best anthologies that ran from 1972 until his death in 1987. Le Guin and Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin.Īfter conflicts with Ace head Donald A. He first worked at Ace Books, establishing the Ace Science Fiction Specials series which published, among other novels, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. In the early 1960s, Carr concentrated professionally on editing. In an infamous event at Noreascon Two in 1980, a drunken Susan Wood threw a bottle at him in the SFWA Suite Carr required stitches, but Wood did not remember the event the next day.Īs a pro writer, he published both short SF and novels. Some of his fan writing was collected in The Incompleat Terry Carr, in Fandom Harvest and in Fandom Harvest II ( Ansible Editions, 2019). (And was one of the people credited with publishing Dolor along with Dave Rike, Carl Brandon, and Ron Ellik.) He wrote ' Egoboo for Algernon'.

He was one of the Berkeley Bhoys, and the ACC, helped conceive the beer can Tower to the Moon, and was one of the people behind Carl Brandon. He was a member of NAPA, Golden Gate Futurians, the Little Men, FAPA, OMPA, SAPS, The Cult, and the Fanoclasts.

During his term as TAFF administrator, he published TAFF Progress Report. He ran for TAFF in 1959, losing to Don Ford. In 1986, he was Fan GoH at ConFederation, the Altanta Worldcon. He won the 1959 Best Fanzine Hugo, the 1973 Best Fan Writer Hugo, the 1985 Best Professional Editor Hugo and the 1987 Best Professional Editor Hugo.ĭuring the 1950s and ’60s, he remained one of the most prominent fans in the world. Despite a long career as a science fiction professional, he continued to participate as a fan until his death from congestive heart failure. He discovered fandom in 1949, and became an enthusiastic publisher of fanzines. Terry Carr was a fan, sf writer, and editor.

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 by Terry Carr