Dean A. Grennell

(November 1, 1923–April 10, 2004)

He was an active science fiction fan, sometimes called dag, who edited the fanzines Grue and La Banshee.

He grew up in rural Wisconsin and was in the Army Air Corps during World War II. In the 1950s he became active in fandom. His best-known fanzine was Grue, begun in 1953. The title Grue ("The Fan's Magazine") was a play on words for a popular men's magazine True, "The Man's Magazine".

Grennell coined a number of fannish neologisms, including croggle and grotch.

In mundane life, Grennell was an authority on firearms, who authored many books on the subject , as well as being managing editor of Gun World magazine.

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