{"id":33454,"date":"2025-08-26T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T17:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33454"},"modified":"2025-08-26T13:01:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T17:01:02","slug":"guy-h-lillian-iii-1949-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33454","title":{"rendered":"Guy H. Lillian III (1949-2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Guy H. Lillian III (1949-2025)<\/h1>\n<p>I was shocked today to learn of the passing of Guy Lillian, a well known and respected zine editor. Guy always had nice things to say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GHLIIIbyFREAS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33455 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GHLIIIbyFREAS-171x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GHLIIIbyFREAS-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GHLIIIbyFREAS.jpg 411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a>about MonSFFA&#8217;s zine, WARP.\u00a0 I had the pleasure of meeting him at World Cons, and we often corresponded. I submitted an article to an issue of Challenger, which he published to my great delight.<\/p>\n<p>Guy&#8217;s Zine<em> Challenger<\/em> was nominated 12 times for the Hugo and he was twice nominated for best fan writer, but he never took home the rocket. It would be a wonderful gesture for the next world con to award a special trophy posthumously.<\/p>\n<h5>Learn more about Guy Lillian<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Tribute on File 770:<a href=\"https:\/\/file770.com\/guy-h-lillian-iii-1949-2025\/?\"> https:\/\/file770.com\/guy-h-lillian-iii-1949-2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guy_H._Lillian_III\">Guy H. Lillian III \u2013 Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fancyclopedia.org\/Guy_Lillian\">Guy Lillian \u2013 Fancyclopedia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>And in 2021, Guy was a panelist for <em>Fanac.org\u2019s <\/em>fanhistory Zoom session, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KGTxAt1K3qs\">\u201cAn Anecdotal History of Southern Fandom \u2013 Janice Gelb, Guy Lillian III, Bill Plott, Toni Weiskopf\u201d<\/a>. Watch it on YouTube.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guy H. Lillian III (1949-2025) I was shocked today to learn of the passing of Guy Lillian, a well known and respected zine editor. Guy always had nice things to say about MonSFFA&#8217;s zine, WARP.\u00a0 I had the pleasure of meeting him at World Cons, and we often corresponded. I submitted an article to an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33454\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Guy H. 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