Lan's Lantern

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

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Publication

1976—1998

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