Linda Bushyager

Fan
Name:	Linda Bushyager
Alias(es):	Linda Eyster
Type:	zine editor, fan writer, convention organizer, zine publisher
Fandoms:	science fiction
Communities:	Carnegie Mellon SF Club, Western Pennsylvania SF Association
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Linda Bushyager (nee Eyster) was a zine editor and convention organizer active in the science fiction fandom during the 1960s and 1970s. She also published a number of fantasy novels and a GOH at a number of conventions. She passed away on November 27, 2024.

Fanac

Conventions

• PgHLANGE - co-founder and organizer (1969)

• The Mimeo Man - cast and crew, first performance at PgHLANGE VI (1974)

• BYOB-Con 5 - GOH (1975)
• PgHLANGE IX - GOH(1977)
• Paracon I - GOH (1978)
• Corflu 4 - con comm (1987)
• Corflu 9 - GOH (1992)

Fan Clubs

• Carnegie Mellon SF Club - co-founder with Suzanne Tompkins

• Western Pennsylvania SF Association - co-founder with Suzanne Tompkins and Ginjer Buchanan

• Southern Nevada Area Fantastic Fiction Union - member

Other

• FAAn Awards (Fanzine Activity Achievement Awards) - organizing committee

• Neo Fan's Guide - revised edition with Linda Lounsbury (1970s)
• Darkovans Invade Boskone! - Linda's concerns about fanfiction and authors participating in fandom were part of this con report (1978)
• Grand Balloon - was prompted by an editorial of Linda's in Granfalloon Issue #17 (1973)

Awards

Hugo Awards

• 1972 - Best Fanzine - nominee (for Granfalloon)

• 1973 - Best Fanzine - nominee (for Granfalloon)

Interviews

• “Fandom in 1970s Pittsburgh Pt1: Ginjer Buchanan, Linda Bushyager, Suzanne Tompkins, Laurie Mann (m)" and “Fandom in 1970s Pittsburgh Pt 2: Ginjer Buchanan, Linda Bushyager, Suzanne Tompkins, Laurie Mann (m)” - Fanac.org’s Zoom fanhistory project moderated by Laurie Mann, 2022

Archives/Zines/Collections/Communities

Zines

As Editor

• Granfalloon (1968-1976)

• Karass (1974-1978)

• Bullsheet - MidAmeriCon newsletter (1976)

As Publisher

• The Zine Fan

• A Hitchie is a Flange Only Smaller (1969)

• Flange You (early 1970s)

• Duprass - co-published with Leslie Smith (mid-1980s)

As Contributor

• StarDate - "Once Acid Remark Too Many" [1968]
• Askance
• Contact!
• Fanthology 76
• Fanthology '87
• Home Kookin'
• Vegas Fandom Weekly
• NESFA Hymnal - Vol. 2 - "The Elevator Song (lyrics) [1987]

External Links

• "Linda Bushyager (1947-2024)" by Mike Glyer, File 770 (Nov 29, 2024)
• "Linda Bushyager" at Zine Wiki
• "Linda Bushyager" at Fancyclopedia 3
• "Linda E. Bushyager" at Internet Speculative Fiction Data Base