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Paul Williams (Crawdaddy)
Paul S. Williams (May 19, 1948 – March 27, 2013) was an American music journalist, writer, and publisher who created Crawdaddy!, the first national US magazine of rock music criticism, in January 1966. He was a leading authority on the works of musicians Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, and Neil Young, and science fiction writers Theodore Sturgeon and Philip K. Dick, for whose literary estate he served as executor. Williams was also the founder of the Philip K. Dick Society, which helped to publish Dick's work and establish his legacy.
While briefly enrolled at Swarthmore College, Williams created Crawdaddy!, the first national US magazine of rock music criticism, in January 1966 with the help of some of his fellow science fiction fans (he had previously produced science fiction fanzines). His aim was to reflect the sophistication brought to pop music by two albums released in 1965: Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home and the Beatles' Rubber Soul. The first issue was ten mimeographed pages written entirely by Williams. In that issue, he declared that Crawdaddy! would include "neither pin-ups nor news-briefs" and that "the specialty of this magazine is intelligent writing about pop ..." He left the magazine in 1968 and reclaimed the title in 1993, but had to end it in 2003 due to financial difficulties.
In 1968, Williams co-founded Entwhistle Books with Chester Anderson, David G. Hartwell, and Joel Hack, which published poetry and nonfiction by Williams, and novels by Tom Carson, Philip K. Dick, and others. Entwhistle continued until about the year 2000.
Williams was the author of more than 25 books, of which the best-known are Outlaw Blues, Das Energi, and Bob Dylan: Performing Artist, the acclaimed three-part series.
In 1981 he edited and published, with David G. Hartwell, the first book edition of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (with the book entitled The International Bill of Human Rights), with a foreword by Jimmy Carter. Williams also made significant contributions to Hartwell's book-length analysis of science fiction, Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction (Walker & Co., 1985; ISBN 0-8027-0808-0), and Hartwell mentions Paul Williams prominently in the book's acknowledgments.
His final published books were The 20th Century's Greatest Hits (a "Top 40" list that includes movies, books & other documents) (2000) and the last volume of his critical look at the music of Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan: Mind Out of Time (Performing Artist Vol. 3, 1987-2000) (2004).
In the spring of 1967 Williams was introduced to the fiction of Philip K. Dick by underground cartoonists Trina Robbins, Bhob Stewart and Art Spiegelman. He introduced himself to Dick in August 1968 at the 26th World Science Fiction Convention in Berkeley, California, beginning a friendship that lasted through the rest of Dick's life.
In 1974, Williams began working on a profile of Dick for Rolling Stone. "The True Stories of Philip K. Dick", which appeared in the November 6, 1975 issue of the magazine, covered a variety of subjects, including many theories about the 1971 break-in of Dick's home in San Rafael, California, a 1972 suicide attempt in British Columbia, his subsequent move to Orange County, California, the politics of the era, and the relationship of Dick's drug use (including his amphetamine addiction and infrequent LSD experimentation) to his writing career.
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Paul Williams (Crawdaddy)
Paul S. Williams (May 19, 1948 – March 27, 2013) was an American music journalist, writer, and publisher who created Crawdaddy!, the first national US magazine of rock music criticism, in January 1966. He was a leading authority on the works of musicians Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, and Neil Young, and science fiction writers Theodore Sturgeon and Philip K. Dick, for whose literary estate he served as executor. Williams was also the founder of the Philip K. Dick Society, which helped to publish Dick's work and establish his legacy.
While briefly enrolled at Swarthmore College, Williams created Crawdaddy!, the first national US magazine of rock music criticism, in January 1966 with the help of some of his fellow science fiction fans (he had previously produced science fiction fanzines). His aim was to reflect the sophistication brought to pop music by two albums released in 1965: Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home and the Beatles' Rubber Soul. The first issue was ten mimeographed pages written entirely by Williams. In that issue, he declared that Crawdaddy! would include "neither pin-ups nor news-briefs" and that "the specialty of this magazine is intelligent writing about pop ..." He left the magazine in 1968 and reclaimed the title in 1993, but had to end it in 2003 due to financial difficulties.
In 1968, Williams co-founded Entwhistle Books with Chester Anderson, David G. Hartwell, and Joel Hack, which published poetry and nonfiction by Williams, and novels by Tom Carson, Philip K. Dick, and others. Entwhistle continued until about the year 2000.
Williams was the author of more than 25 books, of which the best-known are Outlaw Blues, Das Energi, and Bob Dylan: Performing Artist, the acclaimed three-part series.
In 1981 he edited and published, with David G. Hartwell, the first book edition of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (with the book entitled The International Bill of Human Rights), with a foreword by Jimmy Carter. Williams also made significant contributions to Hartwell's book-length analysis of science fiction, Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction (Walker & Co., 1985; ISBN 0-8027-0808-0), and Hartwell mentions Paul Williams prominently in the book's acknowledgments.
His final published books were The 20th Century's Greatest Hits (a "Top 40" list that includes movies, books & other documents) (2000) and the last volume of his critical look at the music of Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan: Mind Out of Time (Performing Artist Vol. 3, 1987-2000) (2004).
In the spring of 1967 Williams was introduced to the fiction of Philip K. Dick by underground cartoonists Trina Robbins, Bhob Stewart and Art Spiegelman. He introduced himself to Dick in August 1968 at the 26th World Science Fiction Convention in Berkeley, California, beginning a friendship that lasted through the rest of Dick's life.
In 1974, Williams began working on a profile of Dick for Rolling Stone. "The True Stories of Philip K. Dick", which appeared in the November 6, 1975 issue of the magazine, covered a variety of subjects, including many theories about the 1971 break-in of Dick's home in San Rafael, California, a 1972 suicide attempt in British Columbia, his subsequent move to Orange County, California, the politics of the era, and the relationship of Dick's drug use (including his amphetamine addiction and infrequent LSD experimentation) to his writing career.