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In 1946 she helped organize the first major West Coast SF con, Pacificon. | In 1946 she helped organize the first major West Coast SF con, Pacificon. | ||
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* '''Lisa Ben''' is a pseudonym (anagram of [[lesbian]]) for her work with ''Vice Versa'' | * '''Lisa Ben''' is a pseudonym (anagram of [[lesbian]]) for her work with ''Vice Versa'' | ||
* Another pseudonym, other SF novels | * Another pseudonym, other SF novels | ||
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* "New Year's Revolution", published in Jan. 1948 issue of ''Vice Versa'', included a gay utopia visited in a dream | |||
* Editor & publisher, ''Vice Versa'' (1947-48) | |||
* Other SF novels under another pseudonym | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 10:24, 20 March 2007
Edith Eyde was a fan, a writer, editor, and gay rights activist.
She wrote one of the first gay utopias, in Vice Versa, the first lesbian journal in the US; it was published in nine bimonthly issues, from 1947 to 1948. Vice Versa included two fantasy stories and several lesbian critiques of various fantasy novels.
In 1946 she helped organize the first major West Coast SF con, Pacificon.
Names
She wrote under at least two pseudonyms:
- Lisa Ben is a pseudonym (anagram of lesbian) for her work with Vice Versa
- Another pseudonym, other SF novels
Works
- "New Year's Revolution", published in Jan. 1948 issue of Vice Versa, included a gay utopia visited in a dream
- Editor & publisher, Vice Versa (1947-48)
- Other SF novels under another pseudonym
References
- Gaysweek, New York, No. 49, 1978 Jan. 23, interview with Leland Moss and Lisa Ben
- Sharon Yntema, More Than 100 Woman Science Fiction Writers (1988)
- Eric Garber and Lyn Paleo, Uranian Worlds (1983)