Lan's Lantern

Lan's Lantern was a science fiction fanzine edited by George "Lan" Laskowski. It was nominated for the Hugo for Best Fanzine for 1986 through 1996, winning in 1986 and 1991.[1] It is often referred to as an appreciation zine because it specialized in issues with articles celebrating a science fiction single author such as issue #11 which focused on Clifford D. Simak or issue #9 which focused on the writings of Jack Williamson, an early 1950s science fiction author whose work appeared in Amazing Stories.[2] The first issue was published in April 1976 and the final issue #47 was published in December 1998. Issues ranged from 30 to 120 pages each.[3]

"Lan's Lantern not only runs the best articles and most thoughtful reviews of any fanzine around, but also has become the Rand McNally of the fannish community."[4]

George "Lan" Laskowski passed in 1999 and a memorial website was set up at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.[5]

References
  1. Complete list of Hugo nominees Archived September 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Fancyclopedia entry on the fanzine as Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  3. Fancyclopedia entry on the fanzine as Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  4. Mike Resnick's "Introducing Lan, Who Needs None" in his book Once a Fan..., p. 149, Wildside Press LLC, Aug 1, 2002.
  5. George J. Laskowski, Jr, 1948-1999 Archived April 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved April 24, 2014).


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