Difference between revisions of "Mari Wolf"
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| − | '''Mari Wolf Graham''', a [[California]] [[SF]] [[fan]] and [[author]], ran a fan column, "'''Fandora's Box''', | + | '''Mari Wolf Graham''', a [[California]] [[SF]] [[fan]] and [[author]], ran a fan column, "'''Fandora's Box'''" (also the name of her apartment), for the [[prozine]] ''[[Imagination (prozine)]]'' from April 1951 to April 1956. Wolf wrote about [[SF]] and SF [[fandom]], reviewed and ranked [[fanzines]], and interviewed authors. She doled out [[egoboo]] with such heedless abandon that the character styled as the '''Giantess''' in ''[[The Enchanted Duplicator]]'' was modeled after her. (Her column was similar to her husband [[Rog Phillips]]’ column, "[[The Club House]]," which appeared from 1948 to 1953 in ''[[Amazing]]'' and later in other SF magazines edited by [[Ray Palmer]].) |
| − | + | As of 1950, Wolf was a member of the [[Outlander Society]] and the [[N3F]]. In a brief [[autobiography]] in the [https://archive.org/details/Imagination_v03n02_1952-03_LennyS-cape1736/mode/1up March 1952] ''[[Imagination (prozine)]]'', she stated that she was introduced to SF fandom by Phillips' "The Club House", sought him out at the [[Norwescon (OR)]] in September 1951, and married him the next month. She also wrote that she had wanted to be a writer since she was five years old. | |
| − | Several of Wolf's SF stories appeared in ''[[If]]'', including the short novel ''Homo Inferior'' (November, 1953). The first use of the word ''[[droid]]'' for a robot, appeared in her 1952 story "Robots of the World! Arise!" | + | Several of Wolf's SF stories appeared in ''[[If]]'', including the short [[novel]] ''Homo Inferior'' (November, 1953). The first use of the word ''[[droid]]'' for a robot, appeared in her 1952 story "Robots of the World! Arise!" She also wrote mysteries, including ''The Golden Frame'' (1961). |
| − | She | + | She had a lifelong interest in mathematics and rocket science. She attended UCLA where she studied mathematics, and then worked in the aerospace industry in Southern [[California]], as a "calculating-machine operator" at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the 1950s. |
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| − | * ''Mari Wolf Resurrected: The Complete Short Stories of Mari Wolf'', Resurrected Press (2011). | + | * ''Mari Wolf Resurrected: The Complete Short Stories of Mari Wolf'', [[Resurrected Press]] (2011). |
| − | * Reprint of Wolf’s story “Prejudice” (with art by [[Julian May]]) and a reminiscence about her column by [[Ted White]] in [[Earl Kemp]]’s [https://efanzines.com/EK/eI05/eI5s.pdf e.I #5]. | + | * Reprint of Wolf’s story “Prejudice” (with [[art]] by [[Julian May]]) and a reminiscence about her column by [[Ted White]] in [[Earl Kemp]]’s [https://efanzines.com/EK/eI05/eI5s.pdf e.I #5]. |
| − | * Photo and brief autobiography in the March 1952 ''[[Imagination (prozine)]]''. | + | * Photo and brief autobiography in the [https://archive.org/details/Imagination_v03n02_1952-03_LennyS-cape1736/mode/1up March 1952] ''[[Imagination (prozine)]]'', p. 2. |
* {{SFE|name=wolf_mari}}. | * {{SFE|name=wolf_mari}}. | ||
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Revision as of 15:17, 20 March 2023
(August 27, 1927 –)
Mari Wolf Graham, a California SF fan and author, ran a fan column, "Fandora's Box" (also the name of her apartment), for the prozine Imagination from April 1951 to April 1956. Wolf wrote about SF and SF fandom, reviewed and ranked fanzines, and interviewed authors. She doled out egoboo with such heedless abandon that the character styled as the Giantess in The Enchanted Duplicator was modeled after her. (Her column was similar to her husband Rog Phillips’ column, "The Club House," which appeared from 1948 to 1953 in Amazing and later in other SF magazines edited by Ray Palmer.)
As of 1950, Wolf was a member of the Outlander Society and the N3F. In a brief autobiography in the March 1952 Imagination, she stated that she was introduced to SF fandom by Phillips' "The Club House", sought him out at the Norwescon in September 1951, and married him the next month. She also wrote that she had wanted to be a writer since she was five years old.
Several of Wolf's SF stories appeared in If, including the short novel Homo Inferior (November, 1953). The first use of the word droid for a robot, appeared in her 1952 story "Robots of the World! Arise!" She also wrote mysteries, including The Golden Frame (1961).
She had a lifelong interest in mathematics and rocket science. She attended UCLA where she studied mathematics, and then worked in the aerospace industry in Southern California, as a "calculating-machine operator" at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the 1950s.
- Mari Wolf Resurrected: The Complete Short Stories of Mari Wolf, Resurrected Press (2011).
- Reprint of Wolf’s story “Prejudice” (with art by Julian May) and a reminiscence about her column by Ted White in Earl Kemp’s e.I #5.
- Photo and brief autobiography in the March 1952 Imagination, p. 2.
- Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
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