Schelly, Bill.  Words of Wonder: The Life and Times of Otto Binder. Seattle, WA: Hamster Press, 2003.  255pp.  ISBN 0-9645669-9-0 (hc).

[Note: The book's table of contents does not list all elements of the book; these sections have been listed here, with [brackets' indicating where information has been added to that found in the book's official table of contents.  It also does not indicate page numbers; these have been added to the information below.]

[Introduction: Binder, Rhymes with Tinder - Richard A. Lupoff ... 7]
[Author's Preface: Why Otto Binder? ... 15]
[Table of Contents ... 19]
  1. Applause ... 20
  2. An American Tale Begins ... 23
  3. Connections ... 37
  4. The New York Beat ... 43
  5. Banging the Keys ... 49
  6. Citizen Link ... 59
  7. Seduced into Comics ... 67
  8. Lightning Strikes! ... 79
  9. Playing the Field ... 91
  10. Life in Eaglewood ... 103
  11. Goodbye Fawcett, Hello EC ... 119
  12. Sitting Pretty ... 133
  13. The Most Difficult Man in Comics ... 142
  14. Binder in Fandomland ... 155
  15. Tough Sledding ... 177
  16. Mary ... 197
  17. A New Life ... 205
  18. The Sounds of Silence ... 217
  19. Legacy ... 228
Epilogue [Where Are They Now?] ... 234
Acknowledgements ... 236
Appendix [A: Footnotes] ... 238
[Appendix B: Otto Binder's SF and Science Writing] ... 242
[Bibliography ... 246]
[Otto Binder's Comic Book Credits ... 246]
Index ... 247




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