Wetzel, George T
Entry updated 18 June 2026. Tagged: Author, Critic, Fan.
(1921-1983) US fan, author and critic, active in Fandom in the 1940s and 1950s, who began to publish weird fiction with "A Tale of the Older Gods" in The Fanscient for Spring 1949; later stories appeared in such Amateur Magazines as Destiny and Weirdbook. He wrote several critical and bibliographical works on H P Lovecraft, beginning with Commentaries (1955 chap) as G Wetzel, and became known as a Lovecraft scholar; much of his critical work was eventually assembled as Collected Essays on H.P. Lovecraft and Others (coll 2015 ebook). Among other uncollected writings he published five instalments of a planned Edward Lucas White biography as "Edward Lucas White: Notes for a Biography" (Winter 1979/1980-Winter 1984 Fantasy Commentator), but died before completing the project. [DRL]
George Townsend Wetzel
born Baltimore County, Maryland: 1 June 1921
died Kemptown, Maryland: 10 November 1983
works
collections
- Fragments Imagae (place not known: for the author, 1955) [coll: chap: pb/]
- The Gothic Horror and Other Weird Tales (Buffalo, New York: W Paul Ganley, 1978) [coll: chap: pb/Tim Kirk]
- The Golden Age of Weird Fiction Megapack, Vol. 2: George T Wetzel (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press, 2015) [coll: ebook: exp vt of the above with 1 added story: na/Fotokostic]
- The Collected Weird Fiction of George T. Wetzel (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press, 2015) [coll: vt of the above: na/]
- The Golden Age of Weird Fiction Megapack, Vol. 2: George T Wetzel (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press, 2015) [coll: ebook: exp vt of the above with 1 added story: na/Fotokostic]
nonfiction
- Commentaries (North Tonawanda, New York: SSR Publications, 1955) as G Wetzel [nonfiction: chap: in the publisher's The Lovecraft Collectors Library series: pb/]
- Bibliographies (North Tonawanda, New York: SSR Publications, 1955) as George Wetzel [nonfiction: chap: in the publisher's The Lovecraft Collectors Library series: pb/]
- Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Memoirs, Critiques & Bibliographies (North Tonawanda, New York: SSR Publications, 1955) [nonfiction: chap: pb/]
- Winifred Virginia Jackson – Lovecraft's Lost Romance (North Tonawanda, New York: SSR Publications, 1955) [nonfiction: chap: pb/]
- Collected Essays on H.P. Lovecraft and Others (Rockville, Maryland: Wildside Press, 2015) [nonfiction: coll: ebook: na/photographic]
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