Tobias Panshin reports on Facebook the death of his father,
noted SF author Alexei Panshin.

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https://file770.com/alexei-panshin-1940-2022/
(this is pretty long and has several comments - it's also the only obit I've found so far)

Excerpt:

....Once he was out of the Army he began to make connections with other pro writers whose ranks he aspired to join. At the 1962 Worldcon in Chicago he even bought an hour of time from the convention’s Guest of Honor Poul Anderson at auction for $25 and talked to him about his ambitions. Later in the fall he met Harlan Ellison at a pro party, but his words were less encouraging. Panshin said: “When Harlan and I were introduced, he fingered my blazer on which I had spent no less than $20, and said: ‘So you want to be a writer. The first check you get, ditch this and buy yourself a continental cut suit.’ He didn’t know me very well. I haven’t owned a suit to this day, continental cut or otherwise.”

Like a lot of sf readers Panshin was a fan of Robert A. Heinlein. He wrote him a fan letter in 1948 and was excited to get a postcard in reply.

Later Panshin was inspired to do a deep analysis of Heinlein’s work that would make science fiction history in several ways. Having seen Panshin’s sercon articles in the Hugo-winning fanzine Yandro, Earl Kemp invited him to write a book about Heinlein for the newly-formed Advent:Publishers.

Robert Heinlein didn’t answer the letter Panshin sent him when he was researching the book. Instead, Heinlein wrote to publisher Earl Kemp threatening to sue Advent and Panshin if it came out. Advent immediately withdrew the book from its plans. Panshin turned around and wrote a piece for Yandro entitled “Lese Majesty”—”an offense against the King”—setting forth the situation. As a result, throughout 1966 Heinlein in Dimension would appear in pieces in four different fanzines. (The complete Heinlein in Dimension has been posted by the author at the link.)...

http://www.panshin.com/

https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/alexei-panshin/
(book covers)

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26068.Alexei_Panshin
(reader reviews)

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?44
(categorized booklist)

https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/panshin_alexei

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Panshin

In article <1951d187-2eb7-4ce8-a8b6-4b3abad2f24cn@googlegroups.com>,
Lenona <lenona321@yahoo.com> wrote:
> https://file770.com/alexei-panshin-1940-2022/
> (this is pretty long and has several comments - it's also the only obit
>I've found so far)
>
>Excerpt:
>
>...Once he was out of the Army he began to make connections with other
>pro writers whose ranks he aspired to join. At the 1962 Worldcon in
>Chicago he even bought an hour of time from the convention’s Guest of
>Honor Poul Anderson at auction for $25 and talked to him about his
>ambitions. Later in the fall he met Harlan Ellison at a pro party, but
>his words were less encouraging. Panshin said: “When Harlan and I were
>introduced, he fingered my blazer on which I had spent no less than $20,
>and said: ‘So you want to be a writer. The first check you get, ditch
>this and buy yourself a continental cut suit.’ He didn’t know me
>very well. I haven’t owned a suit to this day, continental cut or
>otherwise.”
>
>Like a lot of sf readers Panshin was a fan of Robert A. Heinlein. He
>wrote him a fan letter in 1948 and was excited to get a postcard in
>reply.
>
>Later Panshin was inspired to do a deep analysis of Heinlein’s work
>that would make science fiction history in several ways. Having seen
>Panshin’s sercon articles in the Hugo-winning fanzine Yandro, Earl
>Kemp invited him to write a book about Heinlein for the newly-formed
>Advent:Publishers.
>
>Robert Heinlein didn’t answer the letter Panshin sent him when he was
>researching the book. Instead, Heinlein wrote to publisher Earl Kemp
>threatening to sue Advent and Panshin if it came out. Advent immediately
>withdrew the book from its plans. Panshin turned around and wrote a
>piece for Yandro entitled “Lese Majesty”—”an offense against the
>King”—setting forth the situation. As a result, throughout 1966
>Heinlein in Dimension would appear in pieces in four different fanzines.
>(The complete Heinlein in Dimension has been posted by the author at the
>link.)...
>
>http://www.panshin.com/
>
>https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/alexei-panshin/
> (book covers)
>
>https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26068.Alexei_Panshin
> (reader reviews)
>
>http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?44
> (categorized booklist)
>
>https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/panshin_alexei
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Panshin
>

I'd heard of the Heinlein book, but I would say his fiction was
much more famous.

So no _The Universal Pantograph_, I guess.

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On Monday, August 22, 2022 at 11:16:56 AM UTC-4, Lenona wrote:
[snip-snip]
> Robert Heinlein didn’t answer the letter Panshin sent him when
> he was researching the book.

In a later comment Mike Glyer clarified that:

"... the 'Shaggy' article ["Heinlein By His Jockstrap"] is just one of
three reasons Panshin gives for Heinlein’s objection. Another was
an exchange they had in personal correspondence over Heinlein’s
support for atmospheric nuclear testing reflected in the Patrick
Henry League ad, where Panshin raised the issue of the risk of
Strontium 90. Heinlein also complained that Advent hadn’t chosen
a more established critic."

The earlier "personal correspondence" exchange is confirmed in
William Patterson's biography of Heinlein. He quotes Robert and
Virginia Heinlein's letters which call Panshin's earlier letters
“shrill and disputatious” and describe them as “long letter after
long letter, each one more argumentative and know-it-all than
the last.” In the end, “... we both got fed up with his manners and
his illogic and stopped answering … [sic] and after a while he
quit writing, to our great relief.” (Chapter 13, volume 2)

Panshin's letters are not present in the Heinlein archive, so it's not
100% clear exactly when the episode took place except that it
happened after the publication of _Starship Troopers_ (chapter
19). Panshin mentions:

"... my correspondence with Heinlein in 1959 which had come to
an abrupt end after I failed to agree that Russian dishonesty and
bad intentions were sufficient justification for putting nuclear
fallout in the air with continued atomic testing."
(http://www.panshin.com/critics/StoryHiD/HiDC.htm)

On Monday, August 22, 2022 at 9:16:56 AM UTC-6, Lenona wrote:
> (The complete Heinlein in Dimension has been posted by the author at the link.)...

He wrote mysteries under unkown pen names?

Well, the book mentions some early Heinlein I didn't know about that might
be of interest.

John Savard