Lynn Hickman
(June 5th, 1926 – October 30, 1996)
Lynn A. Hickman, a Midwestern fan from Wauseon, Ohio, and member of First Fandom, and huckster, founded Little Monsters of America.
He was a member of the Midwest Nomads, the Alien Science-Fantasy Club, and was one of the founders of Pulpcon and the founder of the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society (PEAPS). He chaired Illwiscon. He used the pennames of Plato Jones and Arden Cary.
He was publisher of Who Killed Science Fiction? and Why Is a Fan?.
Harlan Ellison called him a “true ‘craftsman’ of the field” of fanzine art in Sol IX.
A lean, lanky man, he was a chain smoker, he suffered from emphysema and ultimately succumbed to lung cancer.
He and his wife, Carolyn Hickman, were fixtures at Midwestcon. His older brother Alden Hickman was also a fan.
See also:
- “The Further Adventures of Midwest Fandom” by Howard DeVore, Lynn Hickman and Roger Sims
- “Lynn As I Remember Him” by Roger Sims
- See Vega 7 for an autobiographical sketch from 1953
- Argassy (for SAPS)
- Badmouth [early 70s]
- Bullfrog Bugle [late 50s and early 60s] (for OMPA)
- Conversation [early 60s] (for OMPA)
- Decision Time [1995] (for Myriad)
- First Fandom Bulletin [1960s] (aka First Fandom Magazine)
- Flip-Flap (for FLAP)
- The Goody Gumdrop Boys at Jellybean Mountain [1981] (for SFPA)
- Gooseberries
- Hello Again [1973] (for SAPS)
- Hickman's Scrapbook [1981-89] (for SFPA)
- Huckleberry Finnzine [1963] (for SFPA)
- It's Been a Long Hard Winter [1982] (for SFPA)
- JD [1950s]
- J. D. Argassy [1950s and 1960s] (for OMPA)
- The Little Corpuscle [1951-52]
- The Little Monsters of America [1951-52]
- My Gosh [1982] (for SFPA)
- Ob [1958] (for OMPA)
- Old and New [1980s and early 90s]
- Pack Rat
- Pulp Era [1964-93]
- Scurvy [1957] (for OMPA)
- SMUT [1982] (for SMPA)
- S.T.F. Trends [1953-54]
- Thumb [1971] (one issue; with Tim Marion)
- To Start Things Off [1980] (for SFPA)
- Troat [1966-69] (for OMPA)
- Wauseon Wonder Stories [1980s and 90s]
Awards, Honors and GoHships:
- 1959 -- Best Fanzine Hugo nomination for J. D. Argassy
- 1960 -- Best Fanzine Hugo nomination for J. D. Argassy
- 1983 -- Rebel Award
- 1992 -- Lamont Award
- Concave
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