Lee Gold

Lee Gold is a prominent member of California science fiction fandom and an influential writer and editor in the role-playing game and filk music communities.

Gold became prominent in the mid-to-late 1970s as the editor of "Alarums and Excursions", a monthly amateur press association to which numerous influential RPG writers have contributed over the years.

In the late 1980s, Gold also began publishing "Xenofilkia", a popular bimonthly collection of filk lyrics to which numerous influential songwriters have contributed, including Leslie Fish, Tom Smith and Bob Kanefsky. As of this writing, these two magazines are still being published regularly: April, 2008 saw the publication of Issue 303 of "Alarums and Excursions" and Issue 118 of "Xenofilkia".

She also has several professional credits in the RPG field, including "Land of the Rising Sun" and "Lands of Adventure", published by Fantasy Games Unlimited, "GURPS Japan" for Steve Jackson Games and "Vikings" for Iron Crown Enterprises. She is considered an expert on the application of folklore to real-world based RPG settings, particularly Japan.Fact|date=September 2008

Although Gold has published innumerable filk lyrics, she has never recorded anything for public distribution.

She also published "Tom Digby: Along Fantasy Way", a collection of writings by Tom Digby for ConFrancisco, the 1993 Worldcon where Tom was an Honored Guest, and has published writings by other prominent fan writers in the Los Angeles area.

"Alarums and Excursions" won the Origins Award for Best Amateur Game Periodical in 2000, 2001, and 2002.cite web
url=http://www.originsgames.com/awards/2000
title=2000 List of Winners
publisher=Academy of Adventure Gaming, Arts & Design
date=2006-11-14
accessdate=2006-12-07] Lee Gold was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 1997.cite web
url=http://www.filkontario.ca/citations.htm
title=Filk Hall of Fame
publisher=FilkOntario
date=2006-10-28
accessdate=2006-12-07]

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External links

* [http://www.morat.demon.co.uk/AandE.html "Alarums & Excursions" Mailing List]
* [http://places.to/aande/ "Alarums & Excursions"]
* [http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/Japan/ "GURPS Japan']
* [http://places.to/xeno/ "Xenofilkia"]