A Wealth of Fable by Harry Warner, Jr., is a Hugo Award-winning history of science fiction fandom of the 1950s, an essential reference work in the field.[2] It is a follow-up to Warner's All Our Yesterdays (ISBN 1-886778-13-2), which covered the 1940s, and helped to earn Warner a Hugo Award in 1969.

A Wealth of Fable
First editions, three volumes
AuthorHarry Warner, Jr.
Cover artistRoss Chamberlain
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction fandom, history
PublisherFanhistorica Press (first edition)
SCIFI Press (second edition)
Publication date
1977, 1992
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeMimeographed, hardcover
Pagesxiv+456 (second edition)
ISBN0-9633099-0-0 (second edition)[1]
OCLC30380163
Preceded byAll Our Yesterdays by Harry Warner, Jr., 1969 

According to science fiction fan and author Mike Resnick, "It's not even a sequel, but rather a continuation, of All Our Yesterdays, heavily illustrated, obviously written by the same hand, chock full of the anecdotes that almost instantly become fannish legend."[3]

It was originally published by Joe Siclari in a three-volume, mimeographed Fanhistorica Press edition in 1977. SCIFI Press brought out an expanded hardcover edition (ISBN 0-9633099-0-0) in 1992.[3] The members of the World Science Fiction Society voted that version the Hugo Award for Best Related Book.

Warner also wrote a related series of historical columns called "All Our Yesterdays."

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Footnotes and references

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  1. ^ ISBN for first edition does not exist.
  2. ^ Platou, Arnold S. (March 31, 2003). "Harry Warner's parallel universe". The Herald-Mail. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Resnick, Mike (February 2008). "The Literature of Fandom". Jim Baen's Universe, 11 Vol 2 Num 5. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2009.