Working name of US chemist and writer William Harrington Evans (1921-1985) for his sf studies and involvement in fandom, which began with bibliographical and other work in the 1940s and 1950s, most notably in The Fanzine Index, a journal he published with Bob Pavlat (1926-1983) through 1952. The Fanzine Index catalogued Fanzines and was later assembled into a single volume, Fanzine Index: Listing Most Fanzines from the Beginning through 1952, including Titles, Editors' Names, and Data on Each Issue (1965). With Francis T Laney (1914-1958) he published the early Howard Philips Lovecraft (1890-1937): A Tentative Bibliography (1943 chap). Evans's work in the sf field culminated in an extensive introduction to E E "Doc" Smith, The Universes of E.E. Smith (1966), on which he collaborated with Ron Ellik. Most of the book is a concordance of themes, characters, locations and so on, though there is some critical content. Evans dealt with the Skylark series, Ellik the Lensman books. [JC]
William Harrington Evans
born Salem, Oregon: 26 February 1921
died Rockville, Maryland: 24 June 1985
works
- Howard Philips Lovecraft (1890-1937): A Tentative Bibliography (Los Angeles, California: Acolyte-FAPA Publications, 1943) with Francis T Laney [bibliography: chap: H P Lovecraft: FAPA: pb/]
- Fanzine Index: Listing Most Fanzines from the Beginning through 1952, including Titles, Editors' Names, and Data on Each Issue (Hyattsville, Maryland: privately printed, 1965) [bibliography: Fanzines: pb/]
- The Universes of E.E. Smith (Chicago, Illinois: Advent: Publishers, 1966) with Ron Ellik [nonfiction: E E Smith: illus/Bjo Trimble as Bjo: pb/Schneeman]
- Dry Ice (New York: Tor, 2011) with Mariana Jameson [hb/]
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