[SFRA-L] Anyone knows R. Alain Everts?

[Rob Latham]

JJ,

I hope no one hires you to track me down when I take off for the hills!

Rob



On Sep 23, 2011, at 10:45 AM, John Pierce wrote:

> Passenger lists show that Edward A. Everts, Randall Alain's father,  
> made six trips to Honolulu with his parents in the 1920's and 30s;  
> maybe he had connections there. His wife was Patricia T. Lesher;  
> they divorced in California in 1966, if that's any help.
>
> --J.J.P.
>
>
> On Sep 23, 2011, at 9:24 AM, markfinn at texas.net wrote:
>
>> All I know about R. Alain Everts, Aka Randy Everts is that he was  
>> active in
>> fandom during the seventies and (I think) early eighties. He was,  
>> apparently,
>> a mover and a shaker who managed to charm his way into having  
>> access with a
>> number of people who were important if not significant. An example is
>> Novalyne Price Ellis, one-time girlfriend of Robert E. Howard. He  
>> contrived
>> to interview her, and also enveigled some items from her pertaining  
>> to
>> Howard; I believe there was a photograph, along with maybe a letter  
>> or two.
>> Important stuff. Her private property. He was going to duplicate for
>> publication and then return. This never happened. He apparently did  
>> this to
>> several other luminaries in fandom before disappearing completely.  
>> Efforts
>> have been made to locate him over the years, to no avail. I seem to  
>> recall he
>> got tracked to Hawaii, but I can't be certain.
>>
>> Good luck finding him. If you are looking for a secondary source,  
>> you may be
>> better off going straight to Bowling Green's library or some other  
>> archive.
>>
>> Mark Finn
>>
>> Quoting Zahra Jannessari <zjannessaril at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I have been seeking biographical information on Stanley G.  
>>> Weinbaum for a
>>> year or more now. I came across an article in *Fantasy Commentator*
>>> entitled
>>> "Weinbuam's College Years" by R. Alain Everts. On the first page  
>>> of his
>>> essay, in a footnote, he mentions the name of a book he has  
>>> written on
>>> Weinbaum: *Stanley Grauman Weinbaum* (Madison, Wis.: The Strange  
>>> Co.,
>>> 1990-1991). I would like to know if anybody happens to know him or  
>>> have
>>> his
>>> email or address. Thanks.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Zahra
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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