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Michael Glyer
Born (1953-02-16) February 16, 1953 (age 71)
Occupation(s)Author, editor
SpouseDiana Pavlac Glyer
ChildrenSierra Glyer

Mike Glyer (born February 16, 1953) is both the editor and publisher of the long-running

fan newszine File 770. He has won the Hugo Award 12 times in two categories:[1][2] File 770 won the Best Fanzine Hugo in 1984, 1985, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2016 and 2018. Glyer won the Best Fan Writer Hugo in 1984, 1986, 1988, and 2016. The 1982 World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon
) committee presented Glyer a special award in 1982 for "Keeping the Fan in Fanzine Publishing."

Career

Glyer has edited a number of fanzines, including the award-winning File 770. The newszine takes its name from the legendary party that ran continuously for two days in Room 770 at

awards, and to publish articles like "Is Your Club Dead Yet?", written in what has been described as a "no-nonsense style".[5]

Glyer's one professional fiction sale appeared in the book Alternate Worldcons, edited by

Alfred Bester's "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed."[6]

Glyer chaired the 1996 Worldcon, L.A.con III, the

St. Louis, MO
.

Glyer has been active in LASFS, the

Atlanta, 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 Vincent van Gogh claiming "I just paint what I see."[6]

Awards

Besides numerous nominations, File 770 won the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine in 1984, 1985, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2016 and 2018.[2] Glyer has also won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 1984, 1986, 1988 and 2016.[8] The 1982 World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) committee presented Glyer a special award in 1982 for "Keeping the Fan in Fanzine Publishing."

In 2008 both Mike Glyer and his wife

Best Related Book.[1][9]

LASFS selected Mike Glyer as the 2011 recipient of their Forry Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Field of Science Fiction.[10] The award, named for Forrest J Ackerman, 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 Isaac Asimov, Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury, and Andre Norton.

In 2016 Glyer was a Hugo finalist and winner in the Best Fan Writer category, and File 770 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.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Barge, Evelyn (2008-04-24). "Monrovia couple in good 'Company'; APU professor and husband nominated for science-fiction field's top honor". Pasadena Star-News. Archived from the original on 2008-04-29.
  2. ^ a b "Mike Glyer Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  3. ^ "eFanzines.com -Mike Glyer: File 770". efanzines.com.
  4. ^ "File 770". File 770.
  5. ^ Clute, John; Langford, David; et al. (eds.). "File 770". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (3rd ed.). Gollancz. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  6. ^ a b Mike Glyer, retrieved 25 June 2016
  7. ^ Westercon 54: Guests of Honor, archived from the original on 10 May 2017, retrieved 25 June 2016
  8. The Hugo Awards
    . World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  9. Locus Magazine
    . 2008-03-21. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  10. Los Angeles Science Fiction Society
    . Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  11. The Hugo Awards
    . World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

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