English: "The Eye of Argon" is a heroic fantasy novella written in 1970 by Jim Theis at age 16 and published in a fanzine, OSFAN: The Monthly Publication of the Ozark Science Fiction Association. Its amateur writing and poor typing made it popular. At science fiction conventions, fans attempt to read it aloud, as dramatically as possible, and usually cannot keep from smiling.
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"The Eye of Argon." OSFAN: The Monthly Publication of the Ozark Science Fiction Association [St. Louis, MO], no. 10, 21 Aug. 1970, p. 27. <https://ansible.uk/misc/eyeargon.pdf#page=4>.
Author
Theis, Jim (1953-2002)
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