Guy H. Lillian III is a

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

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, former

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and

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publisher notable for having been twice nominated for a

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as best fan writer and having had a row of 12 nominations (without winning) for the Hugo for best fanzine for ''Challenger'', which he has published since 1993. He is the 1984 recipient of Southern fandom's

Rebel Award The Rebel Award is a lifetime achievement award for a science fiction fan "who has done a great deal for Southern Fandom." The Rebel is given annually by DeepSouthCon, a bidded convention held in different states of the former Confederacy. There ...

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Having studied English at

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, writing at the

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, and law at

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, he practiced as a defense lawyer in the field of criminal law in Louisiana as his day job. As of 2015, Lillian is a resident of Florida. As a noted

and fan of the

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Green Lantern Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, ...

'', Lillian's name was tributized for the title's 1968 debut character

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Nerd Team 30 Interview with Guy Lillian III, 2018
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