Ralph M. Holland
(August 29, 1899 – January 26, 1962)
Ralph Merridette Holland, an Ohio fan, joined the N3F in 1950 and was president from 1958 until his death. He edited the clubzine, The National Fantasy Fan, and received the club's Kaymar Award. The N3F's Ralph M. Holland Award was named after him. He attended Worldcons.
He wrote a book featuring a fantasy character called Ghu. As Rolf Telano, he wrote A Spacewoman Speaks (1960). He adopted the alter ego of Rolf Telano because he was interested in paranormal phenomena and knew his interest in SF would cast doubt on anything he presented as fact in the paranormal field.
Holland was born in Youngstown, OH, and lived there until his family moved to Akron in 1914. He received an engineering degree, worked "in the plant" at the Akron Beacon Journal, and later worked for B. G. Goodrich. He spent the last 40 years of his life in Cuyahoga Falls, and had been employed by Vaughn Machinery Company there. His sister, Dora Holland, finished his uncompleted fanzines after his death.
Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
- Birth of a Notion
- Quoth the Walrus
- The National Fantasy Fan
- Neffer's Guide to Current Fanzines [1962] (with Dora Holland)
- The Science-Fiction Review
- A Voice from the Gallery
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1961 — Kaymar Award
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