Roy Tackett

Infobox Military Person
name=Roy Tackett
born= birth date|1925|05|20
died= death date and age|2003|05|23|1925|05|20
placeofbirth=El Paso, Texas
placeofdeath= Albuquerque, New Mexico
placeofburial=


caption=
nickname= "HORT"
allegiance=flagicon|United States United States of America
branch=
serviceyears= 1942-1962
rank=Master Sergeant
commands=
unit=2nd Battalion, 7th Marines
battles=World War II *Battle of Guadalcanal *Battle of Peleliu *Battle of Okinawa
awards=
laterwork=Author, co-founder Bubonicon Roy Tackett (also known as Horrible Old Roy Tackett) was a riflemen with the United States Marine Corps during World War II who was credited with the introduction of science fiction to Japan following the war when he was stationed in that nation as part of the American occupation. [ [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mglyer/f770/page3.html CompuServe OurWorld: "Roy Tackett 1925-2003" by Craig Chrissinger] Issue 142: June 2003] [ [http://www.smithway.org/history/chap4e.html Smithway History: "Chapter Four: "Fans Across the Water"] ]

During the early 1950's Tackett was a Drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. After leaving the Marines in 1962 with 20 years of service Roy went on to co-found Bubonicon with fellow author Robert E. Vardeman [ [http://jophan.org/1960s/chapter3.htm Richard Lynch History Book: "Chapter Three - "Fractured Fandoms"] ] in 1969, the same year he was the Guest of Honor at Westercon. Additionally he produced more than 100 issues of his fanzine Dynatron during the 1960s, and was the TransAtlantic Fan Fund winner for 1976. [ [http://www.infinitematrix.net/columns/langford/langford79.html Infinite Matrix: "R.I.P. - Tackett" by David Langford] ] In 1997 Roy was the Worldcon Guest of Honor and was inducted in to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in San Antonio, Texas. [ [http://www.alamo-sf.org/lonestarcon2/hort.html Austin Literary Arts Maintenance Organization: "Roy Tackett"] at Lone Star Con 2, 1997] [ [http://dpsinfo.com/pbt/worldcons/97progthu.html DPinfo: "Guest of Honor Interview: Roy Tackett"] at Lone Star 2, 1997] As part of the run up to the ceremony in San Antonio, Mojo Press released "The least Horrible of Roy Tackett" which consisted of selected short stories he had written over the previous 50 years. [ [http://www.sfsite.com/08b/world15.htm SFsite: "Roy Tackett at LoneStarCon 2"] ] Roy Tackett died in 2003 of heart failure brought on by years of heavy smoking, and was buried in the Santa Fe National Cemetery.

ee also

External links

*isfdb name

References