Bill Warren

(Are you looking for the 1940s fan and poet Bill Warren from Kansas or Seattle-based artist William Warren?)

(April 26, 1943 – October 8, 2016)

SF historian and author William Bond Warren was known primarily for his two-volume survey of 1950s SF cinema, Keep Watching the Skies! The first volume was published by McFarland & Company in 1982. Volume 2 followed in 1986. A "21st Century Edition" came out in 2016.

He edited 15 issues of Bill Rotsler's fanzine Masque, and, with Allan Rothstein, wrote the recursive SF murder mystery Fandom Is a Way of Death (1984).

Born in Oregon, he lived in Los Angeles and joined LASFS in 1966. He was married to Beverly Warren.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1969 -- Fanquet in his honor
• 1973 -- Evans Freehafer Trophy
• 1979 -- Sampo Award
• 1983 -- VCON 11
• 1984 -- Loscon Eleven
• 1991 -- MisCon 6

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1943—2016

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