{"id":1448,"date":"2013-02-20T20:48:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T20:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2013-02-20T20:48:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T20:48:37","slug":"rusty-rustebar-rust-e-barron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2013\/02\/20\/rusty-rustebar-rust-e-barron\/","title":{"rendered":"Rusty, Rustebar, Rust E. Barron"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by William S. Higgins<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The James L. \u201cRusty\u201d Hevelin Collection of Pulps, Fanzines, and Science Fiction Books<\/i> in the Special Collections of the University of Iowa Library is a manifestation of fandom, a subculture of shared interest, networking, and activity that grows up around almost any subject. Fandom demands more of its participants than merely liking something; they must become involved. Science Fiction fandom is unique because of its heavy influence on the shaping of the literary genre that spawned it. This post looks at two early examples of Rusty Hevelin\u2019s fan activity as a writer\u00a0for fanzines.<\/p>\n

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\"Rustebar\"<\/a>Rusty was a science fiction fan from his teen years in the late 1930\u2019s until his death in \u00a02011. He\u00a0participated in all aspects of fandom, including fan groups (LASFS, and PSFS), \u00a0fanzines (H-1661, StefNews, Nebula, Aliquot, Badly, etc.), conventions, as a fan, \u201chuckster\u201d (\u201cdealer\u201d in fan lingo), and organizer, and avid collecting.<\/p>\n

In 1941, when he was nineteen, Rusty hitchhiked from L.A. to Denver to attend Denvention I, the third Worldcon, or World\"The<\/a> Science Fiction\u00a0 \u00a0Convention. He wrote a report of the convention afterwards (as \u201cRustebar\u201d) for the September 1941 issue of The Fantasite<\/em>, a \u00a0zine Phil Bronson edited for the Minneapolis Fantasy Society.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>After Denvention I, Rusty moved to Philadelphia where he joined Robert A. Madle and Jack Agnew on the editorial staff of Fantascience Digest.\u00a0In the November-December 1941 issue, he began a column\u00a0titled,\u201cCoventry,\u201d (under another pseudonym, \u201cRust E. Barron\u201d) devoted to the contrary\u00a0opinions of \u201crebels and individualists.”<\/p>\n

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When America entered WWII, Rusty joined the Marines and served in the Pacific as a meteorologist. He continued his fannish activity during the war, which couldn\u2019t have been easy.\u00a0We will bring you more about Rusty and his collection in the months to come.\u00a0\u00a0 Please follow along online as it\u2019s unpacked: http:\/\/hevelincollection.tumblr.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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