The heirs of Anthony Boucher : a history of mystery fandom

This history of mystery fandom is called The Heirs of Anthony Boucher because it was to Boucher's mystery review column in the New York Times Book Review that fans turned, before what Lachman calls "The Fan Revolution" was launched in 1967. In a literary domino effect, Boucher's column led to the first fan magazine, The Armchair Detective, and Boucher encouraged and reviewed it. Boucher's sudden death in 1968 was a shock to mystery fans, but everything they have done since is part of Anthony Boucher's legacy. Cover Title Copyright Contents Dedication Acknowledgments Introduction: The Making of a Mystery Fan by Edward D. Hoch Preface Early Mystery Fandom 1. Fandom Before “The Revolution” Sherlockian Fandom (1934–) The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore (1923–) Happy Hours Magazine (1925–1936) and Dime Novel Round-Up (1931–) The Saint Club (1936–) The Pulp Era (1950–1971, 1993) Patricia Wentworth Fan Club (1961) JDM Bibliophile (1965–1999) Bronze Shadows (1965–1968) Edgar Wallace Organizations (1965–) The Praed Street Irregulars and The Pontine Dossier (1966–) The John Dickson Carr Bibliophile (1966) The Journal of Popular Culture (1967–) 2. The Armchair Detective (1967–1997) 3. The Mystery Lover’s/Reader’s Newsletter (1967–1973) 4. Mystery Readers’ Parties (1969–1976) 5. Other Fan Magazines & Organizations: 1960s The Rohmer Review (1968–1981) DAST-Magazine (1968–) The Queen’s Canon Bibliophile (1968–1971) The Nineteen-Seventies 6. The First Bouchercon: 1970 7. Bouchercon: 1970s 1971: Los Angeles 1972: Los Angeles 1973: Boston 1974: Oakland 1975: Chicago 1976: Culver City, CA 1977: New York City 1978: Chicago 1979: Universal City, CA 8. DAPA-EM (1973–) 9. Mystery*File (1974–) 10. The Mystery FANcier (1976–1992) 11. The Poisoned Pen (1978–1987) 12. Other Fan Magazines, Organizations, & Conventions: 1970s Pulp (1970–1981) The Mystery Trader (1971–1980) Jury (1971–) Pulpcon, Paperbacks and Other Media Conventions (1972–) James Bond Clubs (1972–) Other Doc Savage Magazines (1973–1991) Xenophile (1974–1980) Baker Street Miscellanea (1975–1995) The Mystery Nook (1975–1981) Nero Wolfe Fandom (1975–) The Thorndyke File (1976–?) and John Thorndyke’s Journal Simenon Organizations (1976–) The Dorothy L. Sayers Society (1976–) Mohonk Mystery Weekend (1977–) The August Derleth Society (1977–) Notes for the Curious: A John Dickson Carr Memorial Journal (1978) The Holmesian Federation (1978–1980) The Not So Private Eye (1978–198?) Paperback Quarterly (1978–1982) 813: Les Amis de la Littérature Policière (1979–) The John Buchan Society (1979–) Mystery (1979–1982) The Nineteen-Eighties 13. Bouchercon: 1980s 1980: Washington DC 1981: Milwaukee 1982: San Francisco 1983: New York City 1984: Chicago 1985: San Francisco 1986: Baltimore 1987: Minneapolis 1988: San Diego 1989: Philadelphia 14. Mystery Readers International (1981–) 15. Mystery News (1982–) 16. The Drood Review of Mystery (1982–) 17. Mystery & Detective Monthly (1984–2003) 18. CADS (1985–) 19. Mystery Scene (1985–) 20. Other Fan Magazines & Organizations: 1980s Clues (1980–) The Wilkie Collins Society (1980–) Cloak and Pistol and Pulpette (1981–198?) The Bony Bulletin (1980–1988) The Maltese Falcon Societies (1981–) The Crime File (1982–1991) The Thieftaker Journals Echoes (1982–2004) The Elizabeth Linington Society and Linington Lineup (1984–2004) I Love a Mystery (1984–) Stephen Wright’s Mystery Notebook and Whitechapel Journal (1984–2000) Hardboiled and Detective Story Magazine (1985–) Paperback Parade (1986–) The Criminal Record (1986–1996) Agatha Christie Fandom (1986–) The Short Sheet (1987–1988) The Margery Allingham Society and The Bottle Street Gazette (1988–) Pulp Vault (1988–1996) Historical Mystery Fandom (1988–2002) 21. Malice Domestic (1989–) The Nineteen-Nineties and Twenty-First Century 22. Midwest Mystery & Suspense Convention (1990–1992) 23. Bouchercon: 1990s 1990: London 1991: Pasaden 1992: Toronto 1993: Omaha 1994: Seattle 1995: Nottingham 1996: Saint Paul, Minnesota 1997: Monterey, CA 1998: Philadelphia 1999: Milwaukee 24. Left Coast Crime (1991–) 25. ClueFest (1992–2003) 26. Deadly Pleasures (1993–) 27. Magna Cum Murder (1994–) 28. Other Conventions Mid-Atlantic Mystery Book Fair and Convention (1991–) Shots on the Page (1992–1997) and Crime Scene (2000–) Southwest Mystery/Suspense Convention (1993) St. Hilda’s Crime & Mystery Weekend (1994–) BuffCon (1995) EyeCon (1995, 1999) Historicon (1995, 1999) AZ Murder Goes... (1996–) Dead on Deansgate (1998–2003) Other Regional Conventions (1999–) 29. Other Fan Magazines & Organizations: 1990s & 21st Century Australian Fan Magazines (1990–2003) Mostly Murder (1990–1998) Perry Mason Fandom (1990–2000) Mystery Review (1992–2003) Murder & Mayhem (1993–1994) Shots (1994–) and Crime Time/CT (1995–) Mystery Collectors’ Bookline (1995–1999) and Firsts (1990–) Tangled Web (1995–1999) Mysterious Women (1995–) Murder Most Cozy (1995-2004) The Ngaio Marsh Society International (1996–2004) The Friends of Chester Himes (1996–) The Harry Stephen Keeler Society (1996–) Daphne du Maurier Festival of Arts and Literature (1998–) Dastardly Deeds (1999-2000) The International Sister Fidelma Society (2000–) The James Hilton Society (2000–) Partners in Crime (2002–2005) Old-Time Detection (2002–) The Nineteen-Nineties and Twenty-First Century Crime Spree Magazine (2004–) 30. Bouchercon: 21st Century 2000: Denver 2001: Washington, DC 2002: Austin, Texas 2003: Las Vegas 2004: Toronto Aspects of Mystery Fandom 31. Famous Fans 32. Scholarship by Fans 33. Mystery Fandom in Cyberspace 34. The Future of Mystery Fandom About the Author Index A dead partner, a murdered client?it?s more than attorney Joe McGuinness bargained for when he signed on at one of Pinnacle Peak, Arizona?s most prestigious law firms. The ink on Joe?s bar license is barely dry when the death of his firm?s senior partner puts the young lawyer?s job in jeopardy. Soon even more is at stake. While on a date with Mia Ortiz, personal assistant to one of the firm?s wealthiest clients, Joe walks into a grisly murder scene. Mia?s boss, Cordelia Barrett, and her son lie sprawled in a pool of blood. Joe knows Cordelia has recently changed her will, turning off the flow of money to her hotheaded son. But the police don?t agree with Joe?s theory of murder/suicide and arrest Mia for murder. Meanwhile, fellow lawyer Jerry Dan Kovacs is determined to prove the death of the firm?s senior partner wasn?t an accident. While Joe works fervently to free Mia, another body turns up and he must unravel a web of secrets to discover who is using murder to claim the rights of heir apparent. Winner of the 2006 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Nonfiction