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[[File:Jules Lazar.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Jules Lazar in 1975. Photo courtesy of Ben Lazar.]]
 
(June 9, 1927 – November 15, 2014)
 
(June 9, 1927 – November 15, 2014)
  
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'''Jules Louis Lazar''' was a member of [[LASFS]] and [[Los_Angeles_Clubs#The_Outsiders|The Outsiders]] but resigned from both. He wrote a scandalous letter about a LASFS [[Feuds|feud]] in [[Fantasy Fiction Field]].<ref>[https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Fanthologies/sense_of_fapa_eney_1962_fapa_100.pdf#page=167 ''Ah! Sweet Idiocy'', p. 78]</ref> Of himself, he wrote in [[Rogues Gallery]]:
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'''Jules Louis Lazar''', a [[fan]] from [[Boston]], moved to [[L.A.]] and joined [[LASFS]] and [[Los_Angeles_Clubs#The_Outsiders|The Outsiders]], but resigned from both. He wrote a scandalous letter about a LASFS [[Feuds|feud]] in ''[[Fantasy Fiction Field]]'' 165 ([https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Fantasy_Fiction_Field/FanFic_Field165-01.html March 11, 1944]).<ref>[https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Fanthologies/sense_of_fapa_eney_1962_fapa_100.pdf#page=167 ''[[Ah! Sweet Idiocy!]]'', p. 78]</ref> Of himself, he wrote in [[Rogues Gallery]]:
  
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  LAZAR, JULES L., born June 9, 1927, 5’ 11", 140 lbs., hair and eyes brown. First read stf in 1939; first contact with fandom was the result of a letter to [[RAP]]. Joined [[Stranger Club]] in June of 1941, and is now Sec-Treas-Librarian. Attended [[Boskone II]].  Assoc. Editor of [[Ceres]] and of [[Rogues Gallery|Rogue's Gallery]]. Favorite authors; [[John Taine|Taine]], [[David H. Keller|Keller]], and [[Stanley G. Weinbaum|Weinbaum]]; favorite promag; [[Famous Fantastic Mysteries|FFM]].
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  LAZAR, JULES L., born June 9, 1927, 5’ 11", 140 lbs., hair and eyes brown. First read stf in 1939; first [[Contact (wand)|contact]] with [[fandom]] was the result of a letter to [[Ray Palmer|RAP]]. Joined [[Stranger Club]] in June of 1941, and is now [[Secretary|Sec]]-[[Treasurer|Treas]]-Librarian. Attended [[Boskone II]].  Assoc. [[Editor]] of [[Ceres]] and of [[Rogues Gallery|Rogue's Gallery]]. Favorite [[authors]]; [[John Taine|Taine]], [[David H. Keller|Keller]], and [[Stanley G. Weinbaum|Weinbaum]]; favorite [[prozine|promag]]; [[Famous Fantastic Mysteries|FFM]].
  
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[[Francis Towner Laney]] remembered him thus in [[Ah! Sweet Idiocy]]:
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[[Francis Towner Laney]] remembered him in [[Ah! Sweet Idiocy!]]:
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Another arrival on the December 1943 scene was Jules Lazar, a hefty young [[Jews in Fandom|Jewish]] boy from Boston and the [[Stranger Club|Strangers' Club]]. He was tall, heavily built, and strong as a bull. He did not fit very well into the [[club]], being prone to take offense where none was intended, and through being essentially uninterested in fandom, yet just enough intorverted so that he found difficulty in staying away from the easy associations of the club. I always rather liked Jules until his tendency to shove people around after a couple of drinks became too pronounced. Since he was only 16 or 17 at the time he was in LA, I have little doubt but what he has grown into a pretty nice fellow. Certainly there was room for improvement.
  
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Another arrival on the December 1943 scene was Jules Lazar, a hefty young [[Jews in Fandom|Jewish]] boy from Boston and the [[Strangers' Club]]. He was tall, heavily built, and strong as a bull. He did not fit very well into the club, being prone to take offense where none was intended, and through being essentially uninterested in fandom, yet just enough intorverted ''[sic]'' so that he found difficulty in staying away from the easy associations of the club. I always rather liked Jules until his tendency to shove people around after a couple of drinks became too pronounced. Since he was only 16 or 17 at the time he was in LA, I have little doubt but what he has grown into a pretty nice fellow. Certainly there was room for improvement.
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Jules arrived in 1943 in Los Angeles, where his divorced father lived. After the feuds with organized fandom, he [[Gafia|gafiated]] and enlisted in the Navy on February 26, 1946, serving aboard the ''Arayat''. When he got out, he moved back to Boston and then in the 1950s to New York. Although his interest in science fiction had waned, he remained a voracious reader for the rest of his life. He also enjoyed golf and cooking, becoming "an incredible chef" in the last 30 years of his life.<ref name="Ben">Email from his son Ben Lazar, April 3, 2023.</ref>
  
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He appears to have married three times:
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Jules married three times:
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* 1952, in Boston
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* 1952, in Boston, to Jeanette Barnard<ref name="Ben"/>
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* 1968, in Manhattan, to Gerda Pastor
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* 1968, in [[Manhattan]], to Gerda Pastor
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* 1986, in Teaneck, New Jersey, to Gloria Barry
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* 1986, in Teaneck, [[New Jersey]], to Gloria Barry
  
 
He was married to Gloria when he passed away.
 
He was married to Gloria when he passed away.
  
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* [https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/hackensack-nj/jules-lazar-6199518 Obituary]
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* [https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/hackensack-nj/jules-lazar-6199518 Obituary.]
  
 
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* [[Ceres]] [1942]
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* ''[[Ceres]]'' [1942]
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* ''[[Rogues Gallery]]''
  
 
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Latest revision as of 07:11, 23 April 2023

Jules Lazar in 1975. Photo courtesy of Ben Lazar.

(June 9, 1927 – November 15, 2014)

Jules Louis Lazar, a fan from Boston, moved to L.A. and joined LASFS and The Outsiders, but resigned from both. He wrote a scandalous letter about a LASFS feud in Fantasy Fiction Field 165 (March 11, 1944).[1] Of himself, he wrote in Rogues Gallery: 

LAZAR, JULES L., born June 9, 1927, 5’ 11", 140 lbs., hair and eyes brown. First read stf in 1939; first contact with fandom was the result of a letter to RAP. Joined Stranger Club in June of 1941, and is now Sec-Treas-Librarian. Attended Boskone II.  Assoc. Editor of Ceres and of Rogue's Gallery. Favorite authors; Taine, Keller, and Weinbaum; favorite promag; FFM.

Francis Towner Laney remembered him in Ah! Sweet Idiocy!: 

Another arrival on the December 1943 scene was Jules Lazar, a hefty young Jewish boy from Boston and the Strangers' Club. He was tall, heavily built, and strong as a bull. He did not fit very well into the club, being prone to take offense where none was intended, and through being essentially uninterested in fandom, yet just enough intorverted so that he found difficulty in staying away from the easy associations of the club. I always rather liked Jules until his tendency to shove people around after a couple of drinks became too pronounced. Since he was only 16 or 17 at the time he was in LA, I have little doubt but what he has grown into a pretty nice fellow. Certainly there was room for improvement.

Jules arrived in 1943 in Los Angeles, where his divorced father lived. After the feuds with organized fandom, he gafiated and enlisted in the Navy on February 26, 1946, serving aboard the Arayat. When he got out, he moved back to Boston and then in the 1950s to New York. Although his interest in science fiction had waned, he remained a voracious reader for the rest of his life. He also enjoyed golf and cooking, becoming "an incredible chef" in the last 30 years of his life.[2]

Jules married three times:

  • 1952, in Boston, to Jeanette Barnard[2]
  • 1968, in Manhattan, to Gerda Pastor
  • 1986, in Teaneck, New Jersey, to Gloria Barry

He was married to Gloria when he passed away.

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  1. ↑ Ah! Sweet Idiocy!, p. 78
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Email from his son Ben Lazar, April 3, 2023.


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