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A sercon fanzine published by George "Lan" Laskowski from the Detroit area. An appreciation zine, it had many specialized issues with articles celebrating a single author. It received numerous Best Fanzine Hugo nominations and won twice.
George displayed very little editorial discretion and often published very thick issues padded with indifferent material. Mike Glicksohn once commented, "Somewhere in this huge, mediocre fanzine there’s a very good small fanzine struggling to get out." In LL 20, Mike even told Lan’s readers that they should vote No Award over it in the Hugos.
- Reviewed by Mike Glyer in File 770 65, p. 16.
Awards and Honors
- 1986 — 1986 Best Fanzine Hugo
- 1991 — 1991 Best Fanzine Hugo
- Nominated: 1987 Best Fanzine Hugo, 1988 Best Fanzine Hugo, 1989 Best Fanzine Hugo, 1990 Best Fanzine Hugo, 1992 Best Fanzine Hugo, 1993 Best Fanzine Hugo, 1994 Best Fanzine Hugo, 1995 Best Fanzine Hugo, 1996 Best Fanzine Hugo.
Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | April 1976 | 30 | |
2 | June 1976 | 30 | |
3 | December 1976 | 26 | |
4 | Spring 1977 | 52 | |
5 | Summer 1977 | 40 | |
6 | Autumn 1977 | 44 | |
7 | Winter 1977-78 | ||
8 | March 1979 | 64 | |
9 | May 1979 | 42 | Jack Williamson special issue |
10 | June 1980 | 60 | |
11 | July 1981 | 90 | Clifford Simak special issue |
12 | April 1983 | 54 | |
13 | August 1983 | 46 | |
14 | May 1984 | 50 | |
15 | August 1984 | 78 | |
16 | March 1985 | 48 | Andre Norton special issue |
17 | July 1985 | 60 | |
18 | December 1985 | 80 | |
19 | April 1986 | 78 | |
20 | July 1986 | 104 | |
21 | October 1986 | 110 | |
22 | February 1987 | 122 | |
23 | June 1987 | 140 | |
24A | November 1987 | 32 | part 1: L. Sprague de Camp special |
24B | November 1987 | 12 | part 2: Fred Pohl special |
25 | February 1988 | 140 | |
26 | May 1988 | 126 | |
27 | August 1988 | 138 | |
28 | December 1988 | 36 | Arthur C. Clarke special issue |
29 | January 1989 | 60 | William F. Temple and Lester del Rey special issue |
30 | June 1989 | 148 | |
31 | August 1989 | 120 | |
32 | March 1990 | 138 | |
33 | May 1990 | 62 | Robert Heinlein special issue |
34 | June 1990 | 38 | Isaac Asimov special issue |
35 | December 1990 | 178 | |
36 | March 1991 | 44 | |
37 | May 1991 | 36 | A. E. van Vogt special issue |
38 | July 1992 | 54 | Fritz Leiber special issue |
39 | August 1991 | 160 | |
40 | September 1992 | 152 | |
41 | July 1993 | 152 | |
42 | May 1994 | 152 | |
43 | March 1995 | 167 | |
44 | March 1996 | 32 | |
45 | October 1997 | 92 | |
46 | November 1997 | 34 | |
47 | December 1998 | 66 | Poul Anderson special issue; Final issue |
- Lan's Lantern online at fanac.org
Publication | 1976—1998 |
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