weirdist n.
an author or fan of weird fiction
Obs.
SF Criticism
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1936
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This young Floridian possesses the usual complte [sic] files of the stf. magazines, but is primarily a weirdist.
13 in Arcturus (#4) Apr. 4/1 -
1936
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H. P. Lovecraft
It is safe to say that Blackwood is the greatest living weirdist despite vast unevenness and a poor prose style.
Interview in Twilight Zone Magazine (Aug. 1983) 25/3 -
1938
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Donald A. Wollheim
They should make fine pictures for adorning the den of a weirdist.
in Weird Tales Feb. 256/2 -
1944
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When Derleth and Wandrei brought out The Outsider and Others five years ago, they had no way of knowing whether so risky a venture as a memorial volume of the pulp stories of an almost unknown weirdist might not mean simply throwing money down the drain.
in Acolyte (#7) Summer 30 -
1947
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Will Cuppy
Ray Bradbury, a youth of twenty-seven, who has already achieved publications in several magazines outside the pulp field, is something special, perhaps the first of the high-pressure weirdists suitable for general consumption.
Review of โDark Carnivalโ in New York Herald Tribune Books 25 May 30 in H. Bloom Modern Fantasy Writers (1994) 3 -
1951
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Sam Moskowitz
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Almost every weirdist of importance in fandom was at one time or another represented in its [sc. Fantasy Fanโs] pages.
Immortal Storm v. 20 -
1975
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L. Sprague de Camp
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Among fellow-weirdists, Lovecraft often used imaginative headings instead of the usual return address and date.
Lovecraft: A Biography vii.114
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