Erwin Strauss

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Erwin S. Strauss is an American author and filk musician, was born in Washington, D.C., USA. He frequently goes by the nickname "Filthy Pierre."

Strauss is a filk musician and creator of the Voodoo board message board system used at WorldCons and also seen at Arisia, a Boston-area convention which has existed since 1989. He has been chair of a number of science fiction conventions (Boskone 3 in 1966, RailCon in 1975) and a member of the committee for at least one WorldCon, Noreascon 3, in 1989. He was an early (1964) vice president of the MITSFS. In addition, he is the author of the monthly "SF Convention Calendar" in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and his flyer racks are seen at conventions all over the East Coast. He the author of a number of books, articles, and fanzines.

Contents 1 Publications 1.1 Books 1.2 APAs 1.3 Fanzines 2 Honors:

[edit] Publications

[edit] Books

• Filthy Pierre's Songs of MIT
• Filthy Pierre's Songs of Significance
• How To Start Your Own Country Loompanics, 1985; ISBN 1-893626-15-6
• Basement Nukes: the Consequences of Cheap Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Complete Guide to Science Fiction Conventions
• The Case Against a Libertarian Political Party

[edit] APAs

• The Libertarian Connection (OE, 1979- )

[edit] Fanzines

• SF Convention Register (1974-96)
• Filthy Pierre's Microfilk (1975-83)

[edit] Honors:

• Magic Carpet Con, 1996 - Co-Filk Guest of Honor
• ConChord 2002 - Interfilk guest
• Noreascon 4 (2004) - Special Committee Award
• Filk Hall of Fame (inducted 1998).
• Big Heart Award, 2004.