Fan Gallery Contents: Randy Byers

Randy Byers

September 19, 1960

Fan Writer, Fan Editor, SF Reader

TAFF delegate, 2003.
FAAn Award for Best Fan Writer, 2003 (also Number 1 Fan Face). Co-winner of FAAn Award for Best Fanzine (Chunga), 2003 & 2005.

Clubs/organizations: Apparatchiki (1994-1996); Trufen, fmzfen (online).

Fanzines: CONVERSIONS (1992); TRAVELS WITH THE WILD CHILD (1996); BINNACLE (co-edited with Victor Gonzales, 2001); CHUNGA (co-edited with Andy Hooper and carl juarez, 2002-present).
Book reviews for the NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION and SF EYE.
Written for numerous fanzines; helped distribute various British fanzines in the US.

Have attended (and hosted) Vanguard parties in Seattle since 1984.
Regularly attends Corflu and Potlatch, and very occasionally makes it to a Worldcon.

First contact with fandom: 1979