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[[File:Lynn Hickman. Drawing by Joe Mayhew.jpg|thumb|right|'''Lynn Hickman'''. ''Drawing by [[Joe Mayhew]] from the [[DSC 50]] [[PB]]''.]]
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[[File:Lynn Hickman. Drawing by Joe Mayhew.jpg|thumb|right|'''Lynn Hickman'''. ''Drawing by [[Joe Mayhew]] <br>from the [[DSC 50]] [[PB]]''.]]
 
(June 5, 1926 – October 30, 1996)
 
(June 5, 1926 – October 30, 1996)
  
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'''Lynn Arden Hickman''', a [[Midwest fandom|Midwestern fan]] from Wauseon, [[Ohio]], and member of [[First Fandom]], and [[huckster]], founded [[Little Monsters of America]].
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'''Lynn Arden Hickman''', a longtime [[Midwest fandom|Midwestern fan]] and [[huckster]] from Wauseon, [[Ohio]], founded [[Little Monsters of America]] in 1951. He was elected [[president]] of the [[ISFCC]] later that year.  
  
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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'''.   
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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?]]''.  
 
He was [[publisher]] of ''[[Who Killed Science Fiction?]]'' and ''[[Why Is a Fan?]]''.  
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[[Harlan Ellison]] called him a “true ‘craftsman’ of the field” of [[fanzine]] [[art]] in ''[[Sol]]'' IX.
 
[[Harlan Ellison]] called him a “true ‘craftsman’ of the field” of [[fanzine]] [[art]] in ''[[Sol]]'' IX.
  
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A lean, lanky man, he was a chain smoker, he suffered from emphysema, and ultimately succumbed to lung cancer.  
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Lynn and his wife, [[Carolyn Hickman]], were fixtures at [[Midwestcon]]. Born in Mount Corey, Ohio, Lynn lived in [[Mississippi]], [[North Carolina]] and downstate [[Illinois]] before returning to Ohio, where he spent most of his life. A lean, lanky man, Lynn was a chain smoker, he suffered from emphysema, and he ultimately succumbed to lung cancer.  
  
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He and his wife, [[Carolyn Hickman]], were fixtures at [[Midwestcon]]. His older brother, [[Alden Hickman]], was also a fan.
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Lynn became active in [[fandom]] after joining ISFCC in 1948 and attending [[Cinvention]] in ’49, but he claimed to be a member of [[First Fandom]] based on a [[loc]] he had written on the first, May 1939, issue of ''[[Fantastic Adventures]]'', writing in ''[[Vega]]'' 7 [https://fanac.org/fanzines/Vega/Vega7-04.html 1953, p. 4]): “I didn’t write in to a [[pro magazine]] until the first issue of of ''Fantastic Adventures'' hit the stands. My immortal words were published and I became a halfway fan.” Unfortunately, there is no evidence of such a letter.
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However, [https://archive.org/details/Fantastic_Adventures_v01n03_1939-09_ufikus-DPP/page/n99/mode/2up page 93 of the third (September) issue] of ''[[Fantastic Adventures|FA]]'' features a letter from '''''Keith'' Hickman''' commenting on the second (June) [[ish]]. '''George Keith Hickman''' (January 10, 1923–November 30, 1944), was Lynn’s older brother; a second lieutenant in the 9th Air Force 397 Fighter Squad 368 Fighter Group, he was killed at age 21 in an air crash over Belgium during [[World War II]].
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So we are left to ponder whether Lynn misremembered where his early [[prozine]] loc appeared, whether he borrowed his sibling’s name as a [[penname]] in 1939, or whether, in the ’50s, he took credit for his dead brother’s letter in order to establish his First Fandom bonafides.
  
 
See also:
 
See also:
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* “[http://jophan.org/mimosa/m10/sims.htm The Further Adventures of Midwest Fandom]” by [[Howard DeVore]], Lynn Hickman and [[Roger Sims]].  
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* [http://jophan.org/mimosa/m10/sims.htm “The Further Adventures of Midwest Fandom”] by [[Howard DeVore]], Lynn Hickman and [[Roger Sims]], ''[[Mimosa]]'' 10, July 1991.  
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* “[http://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m20/sims.htm Lynn As I Remember Him]” by [[Roger Sims]]
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* [http://www.jophan.org/mimosa/m20/sims.htm “Lynn As I Remember Him”] by Roger Sims, ''Mimosa'' 20, May 1997.
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* See [http://fanac.org/fanzines/Vega/Vega7-04.html ''Vega'' 7] for an autobiographical sketch from 1953.  
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* [http://fanac.org/fanzines/Vega/Vega7-04.html Autobiographical sketch] in ''[[Vega]]'' 7, 1953.  
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* [https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2015/358/119875944_1451058919.jpg FindaGrave photo.]
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* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119875944/george-keith-hickman George Keith Hickman at FindaGrave.]
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**[https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2015/358/119875944_1451058919.jpg FindaGrave photo] showing Lynn’s name on family gravestone.
  
 
{{fanzines}}
 
{{fanzines}}
 
* ''[[Argassy]]'' (for [[SAPS]])
 
* ''[[Argassy]]'' (for [[SAPS]])
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* ''[[Badmouth]]'' [early 70s]
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* ''[[Badmouth]]'' [early ’70s]
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* ''[[Bullfrog Bugle]]'' [late 50s and early 60s] (for [[OMPA]])
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* ''[[Bullfrog Bugle]]'' [late ’50s and early ’60s] (for [[OMPA]])
 
* ''[[Caught in the Act]]''
 
* ''[[Caught in the Act]]''
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* ''[[Conversation]]'' [early 60s] (for [[OMPA]])
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* ''[[Conversation]]'' [early ’60s] (for [[OMPA]])
 
* ''[[Decision Time]]'' [1995] (for [[Myriad]])
 
* ''[[Decision Time]]'' [1995] (for [[Myriad]])
 
* ''[[First Fandom Bulletin]]'' [1960s] (aka ''First Fandom Magazine'')
 
* ''[[First Fandom Bulletin]]'' [1960s] (aka ''First Fandom Magazine'')
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* ''[[Gooseberries]]''
 
* ''[[Gooseberries]]''
 
* ''[[Hello Again]]'' [1973] (for [[SAPS]])
 
* ''[[Hello Again]]'' [1973] (for [[SAPS]])
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* ''[[Hickman's Scrapbook]]'' [1981-89] (for [[SFPA]])
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* ''[[Hickman's Scrapbook]]'' [1981–89] (for [[SFPA]])
 
* ''[[Huckleberry Finnzine]]'' [1963] (for [[SFPA]])
 
* ''[[Huckleberry Finnzine]]'' [1963] (for [[SFPA]])
 
* ''[[It's Been a Long Hard Winter]]'' [1982] (for [[SFPA]])
 
* ''[[It's Been a Long Hard Winter]]'' [1982] (for [[SFPA]])
 
* ''[[JD]]'' [1950s]
 
* ''[[JD]]'' [1950s]
 
* ''[[JD-Argassy]]'' [1950s and 1960s] (for [[OMPA]])
 
* ''[[JD-Argassy]]'' [1950s and 1960s] (for [[OMPA]])
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* ''[[The Little Corpuscle]]'' [1951-52]
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* ''[[The Little Corpuscle]]'' [1951–52]
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* ''[[The Little Monsters of America]]'' [1951-52]
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* ''[[The Little Monsters of America]]'' [1951–52]
 
* ''[[My Gosh]]'' [1982] (for [[SFPA]])
 
* ''[[My Gosh]]'' [1982] (for [[SFPA]])
 
* ''[[Ob (Hickman)]]'' [1958] (for [[OMPA]])
 
* ''[[Ob (Hickman)]]'' [1958] (for [[OMPA]])
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* ''[[Old and New]]'' [1980s and early 90s]
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* ''[[Old and New]]'' [1980s and early ’90s]
 
* ''[[Pack Rat]]''
 
* ''[[Pack Rat]]''
 
* ''[[Piddin' and Diddlin']]''
 
* ''[[Piddin' and Diddlin']]''
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* ''[[Pulp Era]]'' [1964-93]
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* ''[[The Pulp Era]]'' [1964–93]
 
* ''[[Scurvy]]'' [1957] (for [[OMPA]])
 
* ''[[Scurvy]]'' [1957] (for [[OMPA]])
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* ''[[SMUT]]'' [1982] (for [[SMPA]])
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* ''[[SMUT]]'' [1982] (for [[SFPA]])
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* ''[[S.T.F. Trends]]'' [1953-54]
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* ''[[S.T.F. Trends]]'' [1953–54]
 
* ''[[Thumb]]'' [1971] (one issue; with [[Tim Marion]])
 
* ''[[Thumb]]'' [1971] (one issue; with [[Tim Marion]])
 
* ''[[To Start Things Off]]'' [1980] (for [[SFPA]])
 
* ''[[To Start Things Off]]'' [1980] (for [[SFPA]])
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* ''[[Troat]]'' [1966-69] (for [[OMPA]])
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* ''[[Troat]]'' [1966–69] (for [[OMPA]])
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* ''[[Wauseon Wonder Stories]]'' [1980s and 90s]
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* ''[[Wauseon Wonder Stories]]'' [1980s and ’90s]
  
 
{{recognition}}
 
{{recognition}}
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* 1959 -- [[1959 Best Fanzine Hugo|Best Fanzine Hugo]] nomination for ''[[J. D. Argassy]]''  
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* 1959 -- [[1959 Best Fanzine Hugo]] nomination for ''[[J. D. Argassy]]''  
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* 1960 -- [[1960 Best Fanzine Hugo|Best Fanzine Hugo]] nomination for ''[[J. D. Argassy]]''
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* 1960 -- [[1960 Best Fanzine Hugo]] nomination for ''[[J. D. Argassy]]''
 
* 1983 -- [[Rebel Award]]  
 
* 1983 -- [[Rebel Award]]  
 
* 1992 -- [[Lamont Award]]
 
* 1992 -- [[Lamont Award]]

Revision as of 13:53, 28 September 2022

Lynn Hickman. Drawing by Joe Mayhew
from the DSC 50 PB.

(June 5, 1926 – October 30, 1996)

Lynn Arden Hickman, a longtime Midwestern fan and huckster from Wauseon, Ohio, founded Little Monsters of America in 1951. He was elected president of the ISFCC later that year.

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.

Lynn and his wife, Carolyn Hickman, were fixtures at Midwestcon. Born in Mount Corey, Ohio, Lynn lived in Mississippi, North Carolina and downstate Illinois before returning to Ohio, where he spent most of his life. A lean, lanky man, Lynn was a chain smoker, he suffered from emphysema, and he ultimately succumbed to lung cancer.

Lynn became active in fandom after joining ISFCC in 1948 and attending Cinvention in ’49, but he claimed to be a member of First Fandom based on a loc he had written on the first, May 1939, issue of Fantastic Adventures, writing in Vega 7 1953, p. 4): “I didn’t write in to a pro magazine until the first issue of of Fantastic Adventures hit the stands. My immortal words were published and I became a halfway fan.” Unfortunately, there is no evidence of such a letter.

However, page 93 of the third (September) issue of FA features a letter from Keith Hickman commenting on the second (June) ish. George Keith Hickman (January 10, 1923–November 30, 1944), was Lynn’s older brother; a second lieutenant in the 9th Air Force 397 Fighter Squad 368 Fighter Group, he was killed at age 21 in an air crash over Belgium during World War II.

So we are left to ponder whether Lynn misremembered where his early prozine loc appeared, whether he borrowed his sibling’s name as a penname in 1939, or whether, in the ’50s, he took credit for his dead brother’s letter in order to establish his First Fandom bonafides.

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