Patten, Fred 1940-

PERSONAL: Born December 11, 1940, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Beverly Walter and Shirley Marie Patten. Education: University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1962, M.L.S., 1963. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Roman Catholic.

ADDRESSES: Home— Golden State Colonial Convalescent Hospital, 10830 Oxnard St., North Hollywood, CA 91606. E-mail— fredpatten@earthlink. net.

CAREER: Freelance writer and librarian, 1965-69; Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA, librarian, 1969-90; Streamline Pictures, Los Angeles, CA, manager, 1991-2002; freelance writer, 2002—.

MEMBER: International Animated Film Society (ASIFA-Hollywood), Comic Art Professional Society, Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society.

WRITINGS

(Editor) Trish Ledoux and Doug Ranney, The Complete Anime Guide: Japanese Animation Video Directory and Resource Guide, Tiger Mountain Press (Issaquah, WA), 1995.

An Anthropomorphic Bibliography, Yarf! (Cupertino, CA), 1995, 3rd edition, 2000.

(Editor) Best in Show: Fifteen Years of Outstanding Furry Fiction, Sofawolf Press (St. Paul, MN), 2003, published as Furry! The World’s Best Anthropomorphic Fiction, iBooks (New York, NY), 2006.

Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews, Stone Bridge Press (Berkeley, CA), 2004.

Has also contributed to books, including Animation Art: From Pencil to Pixel, the History of Cartoon, Anime & CGI, HarperCollins (New York), 2004; and The Animated Movie Guide: The Ultimate Illustrated Reference to Cartoon, Stop-Motion, and Computer-Generated Feature Films, Chicago Review Press (Chicago, IL), 2005. Book reviewer for Anthro.

SIDELIGHTS: Fred Patten told CA:“I began reading science-fiction magazines in my early teens. I read everything in them; the stories, the editorials, the science fiction book and movie reviews, and the letters from readers. When I became active in science fiction fandom during college, many of the fans were publishing their own fanzines in the format of the professional magazines; with amateur stories, editorials and reviews. I was invited to become a science fiction reviewer for several fanzines, and was soon publishing my own. Within ten years I was writing reviews and articles for newsstand popular-culture magazines, mostly on science fiction. From 1975 to 1977 I was the publisher and coeditor, with Richard Delap of, Delap’s F&SF Review, a monthly science fiction book review magazine for librarians. My fondness for science fiction led me to discover Japanese science fiction animation in the mid-1970s, and I began specializing in articles about anime and manga for the general public, eventually writing enough to fill a book with them.”