Lou Goldstone
(November 17, 1920 – November 8, 1983)
Louis Edwin Goldstone, Jr., a California fan, became active beginning in the 1930s, with locs in the prozines. He published the fanzine Fantasia. A founding member of The National Fantasy Fan Federation (N3F) in 1941, he served as chairman of the Welcommittee.
Tom Wright described him in Starlight 1 (Spring 1941, p. 7):
Lou Goldstone is tall, dark and handsome. About 20 years old and the most active San Francisco fan. In '39 he attempted to put out a science fiction index, but this failed through lack of cooperation. He now edits, writes and draws fro Fantasia, doing a very nice job. The art (linoleum cuts) as well as the fiction in it are outstanding. He has a complete Stfiction collection, excepting two ASTOUNDINGS, and has been reading it from way back. We expect to be hearing a lot more from him in the future.
He was a member of the Golden Gate Futurians and LASFS and attended Staplecon 1 in 1943. He designed the program book for Pacificon in 1946 and drew its striking cover.
An artist, he illustrated the 1948 Fantasy Pub. Co. edition of L. Ron Hubbard’s Death’s Deputy, among other things. He was nominated for the 1946 Best Fan Artist Retro Hugo in 1996.
In 1960, he was living in San Francisco, with his wife, Cynthia Goldstone (m. March 9, 1951), according to The Directory of 1960 S.F. Fandom. He appears to have remained at least somewhat active in fandom into the 1970s.
- Founding Member article in February, 2018 National Fantasy Fan.
- “N3F Founding Members: Lou Goldstone” by Robert Lichtman & Jon D. Swartz, Tightbeam 286 (May 2018).
- Photo in the LASFS Album.
- Bibliography at ISFDB.
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