Ted White (author)

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Ted White
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Ted White, 2007
BornTheodore Edwin White
(1938-02-04) February 4, 1938 (age 86)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Pen name(with Dave van Arnam) Ron Archer
(with Terry Carr) Norman Edwards
OccupationAuthor, editor
Notable works Invasion from 2500
Notable awards Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer, 1968
Spouse
Sylvia Dees
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(divorced)​

Theodore Edwin White (born February 4, 1938) is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, as well as a music critic. He writes and edits as Ted White. In addition to books and stories written under his own name, he has also co-authored novels with Dave van Arnam as Ron Archer, and with Terry Carr as Norman Edwards. He won a Hugo Award in 1968.

Contents

Author, editor, critic and DJ

Fandom origins

Since the time he was a teenager, White has been a prolific contributor to science fiction fanzines, and in 1968 he won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. His skill as an essayist is evident in "The Bet", a memoir of a tense day in 1960 when a dispute over a record owned by music critic Linda Solomon prompted fellow science fiction writer Harlan Ellison to bet his entire record collection against a single record in White's collection, and then renege on the deal. [1]

Despite his considerable professional credits, White maintains that his achievements in fandom mean more to him than anything else he has done. In 1953, he edited and published Zip, the first of many fanzines he published over the following decades. [2] In 1956–57, he co-edited Stellar with Larry Stark, followed by Void when he joined the founding editors, Gregory Benford and James Benford (1960), Minac, Egoboo and others. In addition to helping others publish their own fanzines, he was a regular columnist in Yandro and Richard E. Geis' Psychotic/SF Review. He also has been active in numerous fan events, such as organizing the 1967 World Science Fiction Convention in New York as co-chairman. As of 2018, he was still active on several of the fandom- and fanzine-oriented electronic mailing lists.

Radio

From 1977 into 1979, as Dr. Progresso, he did the Friday afternoon Dr. Progresso radio show on WGTB-FM (90.1).

Music critic

In 1959, at the age of 21, White moved from Falls Church, Virginia, to New York City with his first wife, Sylvia Dees White. That year, he began writing music criticism for Metronome and a column for Tom Wilson's Jazz Guide (later 33 Guide). As a music critic, he expanded into jazz writing and journalism for Rogue , along with LP liner notes, concert reviews and interviews. He was the only person to record an interview with Eric Dolphy (who died in 1964)[ citation needed ]. Moving online, White became the music editor of the Collecting Channel website in 1999, and he maintains his own website of music commentary under his Dr. Progresso pseudonym.

Science fiction author

"Phoenix", a 1963 collaboration with Marion Zimmer Bradley, was White's first professionally published story, which he later expanded into the novel Phoenix Prime, beginning the Qanar series of books. His first novel, Invasion from 2500 (1964), was written in collaboration with Terry Carr under the pseudonym Norman Edwards. Between 1964 and 1978 he wrote two science fiction series and 11 standalone novels, including one Captain America novel. Two of the novels were written in collaboration with Dave van Arnam, one with David Bischoff and one, using White's Doc Phoenix character, with Marv Wolfman.

White was a 1966 Nebula nominee for his short story, "The Peacock King," written with Larry McCombs. He was also instrumental in kick-starting the professional careers of other writers, notably Lee Hoffman.

Editor

White held the position of assistant editor at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction from 1963 to 1968. From October 1968 until October 1978, he edited Amazing Stories and Fantastic , upgrading the quality of the fiction while showcasing a variety of talented illustrators. He also edited two 1973 anthologies, The Best from Amazing Stories and The Best from Fantastic.

His reputation as an editor impressed the publishers of Heavy Metal magazine, who hired him [3] [4] to introduce non-fiction and prose fiction into the magazine, [5] which featured mainly graphic stories until White's arrival in 1979. White lasted at the helm of Heavy Metal until August 1980. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

In 1985, he was an associate editor of the magazine Stardate .

Musician

White also plays keyboards and saxophone. He performed with the Washington, D.C., area improvisational group Conduit. [11]

Bibliography

Novels

Android Tanner series
  1. Android Avenger, Ace Double M-123 (with John Brunner's Altar of Asconel), 1965, 113p.
  2. The Spawn of the Death Machine, Paperback Library, July 1968, 175p.
Qanar series
  1. Phoenix Prime, Lancer Books, 1966. [12]
  2. The Sorceress of Qar, Lancer Books, 1966. [13]
  3. Star Wolf!, Lancer Books, 1971. (Part I originally appeared in the April 1971 issue of Fantastic , under the title Wolf Quest.) [14]

Short fiction

Anthologies (edited)
Stories [15]
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
The Philistine2015White, Ted (October 2015). "The Philistine". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (10): 52–58.

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References

  1. ↑ White, Ted. "The Bet" Mimosa 12, pp. 46–52
  2. ↑ White, Ted. "Twenty-Five Years? That's--" Science-Fiction Five-Yearly 6 (1976), p. 22
  3. ↑ "Ted White to Edit Heavy Metal". Locus. Vol. 12, no. 6 (no. 223). July–August 1979. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "Heavy Metal Fires Sean Kelly and Valerie Marchant, Hires Ted White". The Comics Journal . No. 50. October 1979. p. 16.
  5. ↑ Kemske, Floyd (November 1979). "End of Fiction at Heavy Metal". Science Fiction Times. Vol. 1, no. 5. pp. 1, 19.
  6. ↑ "Heavy Metal Axes Ted White". Locus . Vol. 13, no. 8 (no. 236). August 1980. pp. 1, 10.
  7. ↑ "Words from White". The Comics Journal. No. 58. September 1980. p. 39.
  8. ↑ "Len Mogel Takes Over Heavy Metal from Ted White". The Comics Journal. No. 59. October 1980. p. 17.
  9. ↑ "Ted White and Heavy Metal". The Comics Journal. No. 63. May 1981. pp. 40–46.
  10. ↑ White, Ted (January 2000). "My Year at Heavy Metal". Beyond the Grid. The Comics Journal. No. 219. pp. 107–117.
  11. ↑ "Conduit". Myspace . Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  12. ↑ White, Ted (1966). Phoenix Prime. Lancer Books.
  13. ↑ White, Ted (1966). The Sorceress of Qar. Lancer Books.
  14. ↑ White, Ted (1971). Star Wolf!. Lancer Books. p. 4. Part I originally appeared in the April 1971 issue of Fantastic , under the title Wolf Quest,
  15. ↑ Short stories unless otherwise noted.
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