Locus Award
3 appearances
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Edition 1 (1971) Winner
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Edition 2 (1972) Winner
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Edition 3 (1973) Winner
Charles William Rotsler
チャールズ・ウィリアム・ロツラー
Chāruzu Wiriamu Rotsurā
Aliases:
Bill Rotsler
Pen Names:
Shannon Carse（Pseudonym for pornography films）,
Cord Heller（Pseudonym in magazines）,
Clay McCord（Pseudonym in magazines）,
Merrill Dakota（Pseudonym in magazines）,
William Arrow（Novels for Return to the Planet of the Apes）,
John Ryder Hall（Novelizations of Futureworld and Sinbad）,
Victor Appleton（Co-author pseudonym for Tom Swift）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1926-07-03 （Los Angeles）
- Died
- 1997-10-18 age 71
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Los Angeles
Career
- Occupations
- artist, cartoonist, pornographer, film director, science fiction author, editor
- Active Years
- 1946-1997
- Influenced By
- Harlan Ellison
- Influenced
- Namesake of Rotsler Award
- Nominations
- Nebula Award for Best Novelette nominee for "Patron of the Arts" (1972)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist | — | Best Fan Artist | World Science Fiction Society | Winner |
| 1979 | Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist | — | Best Fan Artist | World Science Fiction Society | Winner |
| 1978 | Inkpot Award | — | — | Comic-Con International | Winner |
| 1996 | Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist | — | Best Fan Artist | World Science Fiction Society | Winner |
| 1997 | Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist | — | Best Fan Artist | World Science Fiction Society | Winner |
Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist
1975
Category:
Best Fan Artist
Organization:
World Science Fiction Society
Result:
Winner
Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist
1979
Category:
Best Fan Artist
Organization:
World Science Fiction Society
Result:
Winner
Inkpot Award
1978
Organization:
Comic-Con International
Result:
Winner
Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist
1996
Category:
Best Fan Artist
Organization:
World Science Fiction Society
Result:
Winner
Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist
1997
Category:
Best Fan Artist
Organization:
World Science Fiction Society
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Patron of the Arts
1974 Science FictionExpanded from 1972 novelette, finalist for Hugo and Nebula.
artscience fiction
To the Land of the Electric Angel
1976 Science FictionScience fiction novel.
futureeroticism
Zandra
1978 Science FictionScience fiction novel.
Bibliography
- Contemporary Erotic Cinema (1973)
- Patron of the Arts (1974)
- To the Land of the Electric Angel (1976)
- Futureworld (1976, as John Ryder Hall)
- Visions from Nowhere (1976, as William Arrow)
- Man, the Hunted Animal (1976, as William Arrow)
- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977, as John Ryder Hall)
- Zandra (1978)
- The Far Frontier (1980)
- Shiva Descending (1980, with Gregory Benford)
- Blackhawk (1982)
- Vice Squad (1982)
- The Hidden Worlds of Zandra (1983)
- Science Fictionisms (1995)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- humoroussatirical
- Recurring Motifs
- SF fan cultureeroticism
Legacy
Four-time Hugo Award winner for Best Fan Artist. Notable in pornography industry as director and producer. Namesake of the Rotsler Award for fan artists.
Archives
- Eaton Collection, University of California, Riverside
In Popular Culture
- Rotsler Award named after him
- 'Rotsler's Rules for Costuming' at SF conventions
- Popularized propeller beanie image for SF fans
Quotes
-
people are making rules for themselves and always finding loop-holes.
Source: Interview (1994)
Trivia
- First to use 'Nyota' as Uhura's first name in Star Trek novel
- Source of title for Harlan Ellison's 'I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream'
- Founder of Adam Film Quarterly
- Gave away illustrations at SF conventions
- Namesake of Rotsler Award