Arnie Katz

(1946 -- )

A fanzine fan living in Las Vegas. In 1970, while living in New York, he married fellow fan Joyce Fisher. They published the newszine FIAWOL in the 1970s and also assisted Sam Moskowitz in his publication, A Canticle for P. Schuyler Miller (1975). He co-founded the Brooklyn Insurgents and was a member of the New York in 1967 Worldcon bid, APA-45, and APA-F.

In Las Vegas, He is a member of the Fanwriting Circle, APA-V and The Cult, He was a member and officer of the Southern Nevada Area Fantasy Fiction Union (SNAFFU), hosted The Monthly Social in the 90s and also the Vegrants. He was on the Corflu 25 committee.

He published a serious novel set in fandom, The Fractured Circle. He edited The Sweetheart of Fanac Falls, a fanthology of Joyce's writing.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Arundel
• Baloney (with Tom Springer)
• Bring Bruce Bayside Bulletin (with Joyce Katz)
• Claptrap
• Corflatch Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones
• Crifanac
• The Enchanted Duplicator (1971 edition, with rich brown)
• Excalibur (with Lenny Bailes
• Excelsior
• Flicker
• Fanac Time in Glitter City
• Fanstuff
• Fanoclast Weakly
• The Fannish Worry Book
• Fanzine Dreams
• Folly
• Four-Star Extra (with Joyce Katz, Bill Kunkel, and Charlene Kunkel)
• FourPlay (Joyce Katz, John Hardin and Jacq Monahan)
• Guess Who (with Lenny Bailes)
• Heirlooms [1995]
• Implications (with John Hardin and Joyce Katz)
• The Incompleat Terry Carr (with rich brown)
• Iron Lung
• Jackpot!
• A Little of the Best of Bob Tucker (with Joyce Katz)
• Log
• Quip
• Snap (with Bill Kunkel)
• Splotch
• St. Omp
• The Sweetheart of Fanac Falls
• Swerve [1995]
• Swoon
• Tandem (with Joyce Katz)
• The Ted White Sampler
• Toner 2 Times
• Trufan Detective Magazine [1995]
• Vegas Fan Diary [1996]
• Vegas Fandom Weekly
• Wafe (with Kent McDaniel)
• Wild Heirs [1993-96]
• Wooden Nickel
• Xtreme
• Zup; Son of Zap

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1996 -- ConDiablo
• 2003 -- Past president of the FWA
• 2008 -- FAAn Award for Best Fan Writer and Number One Fan face

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