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The Heirs of Anthony Boucher Marvin Lachman

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Contents<br />

Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />

Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6<br />

Introduction: <strong>The</strong> Making <strong>of</strong> a Mystery Fan by Edward D. Hoch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

Early Mystery Fandom<br />

1. Fandom Before “<strong>The</strong> Revolution”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />

Sherlockian Fandom (1934–) 15<br />

<strong>The</strong> Edgar Allan Poe Society <strong>of</strong> Baltimore (1923–) 17<br />

Happy Hours Magazine (1925–1936) and Dime Novel Round-Up (1931–) 17<br />

<strong>The</strong> Saint Club (1936–) 18<br />

<strong>The</strong> Pulp Era (1950–1971, 1993) 18<br />

Patricia Wentworth Fan Club (1961) 18<br />

JDM Bibliophile (1965–1999) 19<br />

Bronze Shadows (1965–1968) 20<br />

Edgar Wallace Organizations (1965–) 20<br />

<strong>The</strong> Praed Street Irregulars and <strong>The</strong> Pontine Dossier (1966–) 21<br />

<strong>The</strong> John Dickson Carr Bibliophile (1966) 21<br />

<strong>The</strong> Journal <strong>of</strong> Popular Culture (1967–) 21<br />

2. <strong>The</strong> Armchair Detective (1967–1997). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22<br />

3. <strong>The</strong> Mystery Lover’s/Reader’s Newsletter (1967–1973) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30<br />

4. Mystery Readers’ Parties (1969–1976) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />

5. Other Fan Magazines & Organizations: 1960s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />

<strong>The</strong> Rohmer Review (1968–1981) 35<br />

DAST-Magazine (1968–) 36<br />

<strong>The</strong> Queen’s Canon Bibliophile (1968–1971) 36<br />

<strong>The</strong> Nineteen-Seventies<br />

6. <strong>The</strong> First <strong>Boucher</strong>con: 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38<br />

7. <strong>Boucher</strong>con: 1970s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40<br />

1971: Los Angeles 40<br />

1972: Los Angeles 41<br />

1973: Boston 41<br />

1974: Oakland 42<br />

1975: Chicago 43<br />

1976: Culver City, CA 43<br />

1977: New York City 44<br />

1978: Chicago 45<br />

1979: Universal City, CA 46<br />

8. DAPA-EM (1973–). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47<br />

9. Mystery * File (1974–) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54<br />

10. <strong>The</strong> Mystery FANcier (1976–1992). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56<br />

11. <strong>The</strong> Poisoned Pen (1978–1987) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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