Glenn Hauman

Glenn Hauman is an American editor, publisher, writer of novels and short stories, book illustrator, and comic book colorist. He has worked in a variety of roles in print and electronic publishing, including software and website development, as well as his television and novel work within the ''Star Trek'' and ''X-Men'' franchises.

Early life

Hauman was born on March 4, 1969.Glenn Hauman
SFBookcase. accessed August 19, 2011. He attended New York University where he became friends with fellow writer David Alan Mack, who would also go on to become a contributor to the ''Star Trek'' franchise. While in college Hauman wrote for the student-run humor magazine, '' The Plague''.

Career

Hauman worked was an editorial consultant to Simon & Schuster Interactive for many years, during which he contributed to a number of ''Star Trek'' CD-ROMs, such as the ''Star Trek Encyclopedia'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion'' and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion'', as well as those for other properties, such as ''Farscape''.

Among Hauman's books are the eBooks '' Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: No Surrender'' and '' Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Creative Couplings''. ''Couplings'' was co-authored with Aaron Rosenberg, and is noteworthy for the first Klingon/Jewish wedding ceremony, for which it was covered on NPR"A Star Trek Wedding"
NPR. March 26, 2005 and the Jewish weekly newspaper ''The Forward''. He coauthored the "Redemption" story in the '' Star Trek: New Frontier'' anthology ''No Limits'' with Lisa Sullivan.

Hauman wrote the short stories "On The Air", which appeared in the anthology ''Ultimate X-Men'', and "Chasing Hairy", which appeared in the anthology ''X-Men Legends''. Both were featured on the Sci-Fi Channel's Seeing Ear Theater. He also contributed to the anthology ''Urban Nightmares''.

He was a founder of Hell's Kitchen Systems, Inc., which was purchased by Red Hat in 2000 for $85.6 million. He was a founder of BiblioBytes, an electronic publishing site, and was called a "young Turk of publishing" in the ''New York Observer''. BiblioBytes was a named plaintiff in Reno v. ACLU, which found the Communications Decency Act unconstitutional. Hauman was also a founding board member of the World Wide Web Artists Consortium, and was the former chair of their Netlaw special interest group.

Hauman is a columnist for ComicMix."Peter David Takes Fans Down Blind Man's Bluff"
star trek.com, April 20, 2011. He also provided the color art for ComicMix's online publication of Mike Grell's ''Jon Sable, Freelance'', which began in November 2007, and was the Assistant Editor on ''The Original Johnson'', a biographical comic book about boxer Jack Johnson.

He serves as webmaster of the websites of writers Peter David and Robert Greenberger. In April 2011, Hauman joined with Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger, and Aaron Rosenberg in assembling an electronic publishing endeavor called Crazy Eight Press, which would allow them to publish e-books directly to fans. Hauman provided the cover illustration of Peter David's 2012 vampire novel, ''Pulling Up Stakes''.

Hauman has been a featured speaker at numerous industry trade shows, conventions, organization meetings, and the World Science Fiction Convention.

Legal issues

On November 13, 2016, Dr. Seuss Enterprises filed a complaint in California federal court accusing Hauman's website, ComicMix, of violating the intellectual property of Theodor S. Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) with its crowd-funded book ''Oh, The Places You'll Boldly Go!'', a portmanteau'', and the phrase '' to boldly go where no one has gone before'', from ''Star Trek''. The lawsuit stated that Hauman's book, which parodies both ''Star Trek'' and various Dr. Seuss books, including ''Oh, The Places You'll Go!'', '' Horton Hears a Who'', ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'', ''The Lorax'', and ''The Sneetches and Other Stories'', copied Dr. Seuss' copyrighted work, including recreating entire pages from his books "with meticulous precision." The lawsuit also stated that the book's violation of Dr. Seuss' trademark would create confusion in the minds of the public as to Dr. Seuss's approval or licensing. The defendants maintained that the satirical nature of the ComicMix book is protected under Fair Use. In May 2018, U.S District Court Judge Janis Sammartino found in favor of ComicMix on the issue of Dr. Seuss' trademark, ruling that its book was "a highly transformative work that takes no more than necessary to accomplish its transformative purpose and will not impinge on the original market for Plaintiff's underlying work." In March 2019, Sammartino similarly found in favor of ComicMix on the issue of copyright, ruling that ''Oh, The Places You'll Boldly Go!'' was protected under Fair Use, because its authors borrowed "no more than was necessary for their purposes," and those elements "were always adapted or transformed," and "imbued with a different character."

Personal life

Hauman lives in Weehawken, New Jersey.Hauman, Glenn
"IT WASN'T ME..."
. Glenn Hauman: View From Above. September 21, 2007

References

External links

Hauman's website and blogComicMixCrazy Eight PressArticles by Glenn Hauman on ComicMixGlenn Hauman
Philadelphia Science Fiction Society.
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1969 births
Living people
21st-century American novelists
American fantasy writers
American illustrators
American publishers (people)
American science fiction writers
American male short story writers
People from Weehawken, New Jersey
21st-century American short story writers
21st-century American male writers