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jan howard finder is a prominent American science fiction writer, filker, hostelling tour guide, costumer, production assistant, and fan, who was a guest of honor at the 1993 ConFrancisco. He normally spells his name in lower case, jan howard finder, and his last name is pronounced finn-der. Pern Characters web site He currently lives in the Albany, New York area.
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Finder, nick-named Wombat, has been a frequent guest at numerous Science Fiction conventions, including Honored Guest at ConFrancisco (the 1993 Worldcon). SciFi Fan Gallery page on Jan Howard WorldCon programming cached web site He has also be Fan Guest of Honor at BYOB-Con 8 (1978), Lastcon 1 (1981, Albany NY), LepreCon 8 (1982), Genericon 1 (1985), NotJustAnotherCon 4 (1988) and Arisia 12 (2001). SciFi Fan Gallery page on Jan Howard LepreCon web site He was a co-founder of Albacon. Readers Advice web site
He has been the chairperson at several cons, including two cons specifically dedicated to the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien. SciFi Fan Gallery page on Jan Howard He was chair of Albacon in 1996 and of the Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) 32 in Schenectady, New York in 2001. SciFi Fan Gallery page on Jan Howard LepreCon web site
Well-known in fannish circles, Sci Fi Fan Photo website Fannish Trivia web site he was editor of the Fanzine, The Spang Blah. SciFi Fan Gallery page on Jan Howard
The Wombat has been a frequent masquerade judge, WorldCon 2005 offciail web page program listing LepreCon web site costumer Costume Con Gallery web page on one of his creations charity auctioneer, and speaker on sci-fi con panels, from Arisia and Albacon in the Northeast United States to World Cons Wolrd Con 2003 program WolrdCon 2005 Photo gallery and Lunacon 2007. LunaCon web site He has mentored other prospective con chairs. Archon web site
Finder writes in the short-story genre, and his short fiction writing has been published in several anthologies, including The Grapes of Rath (1980) in Microcosmic Tales (1981). IBList web site Diverse Books web site Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
He was editor of Alien Encounters (1982),A Libris web site page on Alien Encounters Book-finder.com web site page on Alien Encounters Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections page on Alien Encounters Diverse Books web site page on Alien Encounters which is sold on Amazon. Amazon.ca Amazon.com
He has achieved that rarest of fannish honors - another writer has named a character for him. Pern Character web site
Finder is well-known for his organized hostelling tours of science-fiction and -fantasy related sites, such as to "Middle Earth" - meaning New Zealand, in which The Lord of the Rings was filmed. Lastfa web site discussion
Finder made an unsuccessful effort to assist with the production of The Lord of the Rings.[citation needed] He did succeed in becoming a production assistant with the 2007 motion picture The Break-Up. IMDB site
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