All Our Yesterdays (book) explained

All Our Yesterdays
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Science fiction fandom, history
Publisher:Advent (first edition), NESFA Press (second edition)
Pub Date:1969, 2004
Media Type:paperback, hardcover
Pages:370 (second edition)
Isbn:1-886778-13-2
Isbn Note:(second edition)[1]
Oclc:64027304
Preceded By:Up to Now by Jack Speer, 1939
Followed By:A Wealth of Fable by Harry Warner, Jr., 1976

All Our Yesterdays by Harry Warner, Jr., is a history of science fiction fandom of the 1940s, an essential reference work in the field.[2]

It was originally published by Advent in 1969; the members of the World Science Fiction Society voted its author the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer that year.[3] NESFA Press produced a new edition with additional photographs, in 2004, after Warner's death.

Warner also wrote a related series of historical columns called "All Our Yesterdays." He later published a sequel, A Wealth of Fable, covering the 1950s, originally produced in a three-volume mimeographed edition, the first volume issued in 1976, and later expanded into hardcover form by SCIFI Press in 1992.

Reception

Algis Budrys praised Warner's work as "that calm, reasoned, and, I suppose, sometimes slightly prejudiced 'fan history' that the microcosm needs as a counterweight" to Sam Moskowitz's earlier The Immortal Storm.[4]

Science fiction fan and author Mike Resnick called the book "a fabulous, informal history, covering all the high points, reporting on (for example) the initial meeting after the war between DAW (Wollheim) and SaM (the man who barred him from the first Worldcon), filled with well over 100 photos, even indexed. It's a true treasure of fannish history and anecdotes."[5]

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Notes and References

  1. ISBN for first edition does not exist.
  2. News: Platou . Arnold S. . Harry Warner's parallel universe. . March 31, 2003 . March 1, 2009 .
  3. Today such a book might be nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Book, but that category was not created until 1999.
  4. "Galaxy Bookshelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1969, pp.91-94
  5. Web site: Resnick . Mike . The Literature of Fandom . Jim Baen's Universe, 11 Vol 2 Num 5 . February 2008 . March 1, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090430184534/http://www.baens-universe.com/articles/The_Literature_of_Fandom . April 30, 2009 .