Bordered in Black

Teresa Nielsen Hayden has blogged the obituary in the Herald-Mail of Hagerstown, Maryland, for Harry Warner, Jr.

For decades, essentially everyone in science fiction fandom who published an issue of their fanzine could rely upon receiving a letter of comment from Harry Warner. He was a fannish icon, and his letters were part of the glue that held the community together.

He wrote two histories of science-fiction fandom, All Our Yesterdays, covering the 1940s, and A Wealth of Fable, which covered the 1950s. For the tiny handful of people who cared about fanhistory, these were essential texts.

In his long life, he made a difference that was felt by many people around the world. I salute his passing.