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(Jack Speer's ''Full Length Articles'' #6, The Breenigan After One Year, p. 22 mentions "the Wetzel Case" but rather vaguely)
 
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A [[fan]] who was active mostly in the 1940s and 50s, [[gafiated]] and later became known for his [[Lovecraft]] scholarship.  He was a member of [[The Esoteric Order of Dagon]] and the [[Baltimore SFL]].
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'''George Wetzel''', a [[fan]] who was active mostly in the 1940s and 50s, [[gafiated]] and later became known for his [[H. P. Lovecraft]] scholarship.  He was a member of [[The Esoteric Order of Dagon]] and the [[Baltimore SFL]].
  
 
He seems to have been a difficult character, having been used as an example of the worst kind of [[fuggheadedness]]: for example, he apparently wrote poison pen letters to the employers of fans he disliked.  The resultant ostracism led to his [[gafiation]].
 
He seems to have been a difficult character, having been used as an example of the worst kind of [[fuggheadedness]]: for example, he apparently wrote poison pen letters to the employers of fans he disliked.  The resultant ostracism led to his [[gafiation]].
  
* [[Jack Speer's]] ''[[Full Length Articles]]'' #6, [https://fanac.org/fanzines/Full_Length_Articles/FullLength06-22.html The Breenigan After One Year, p. 22] mentions "the Wetzel Case" but rather vaguely
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[[Jack Speer]]’s ''[[Full Length Articles]]'' #6, [https://fanac.org/fanzines/Full_Length_Articles/FullLength06-22.html The Breenigan After One Year, p. 22] mentions "the Wetzel Case" but rather vaguely.
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Latest revision as of 12:04, 20 October 2023

(June 1, 1921 – November 10, 1983)

George Wetzel, a fan who was active mostly in the 1940s and 50s, gafiated and later became known for his H. P. Lovecraft scholarship. He was a member of The Esoteric Order of Dagon and the Baltimore SFL.

He seems to have been a difficult character, having been used as an example of the worst kind of fuggheadedness: for example, he apparently wrote poison pen letters to the employers of fans he disliked. The resultant ostracism led to his gafiation.

Jack Speer’s Full Length Articles #6, The Breenigan After One Year, p. 22 mentions "the Wetzel Case" but rather vaguely.



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