Marty Cantor

(April 7, 1935 – April 29, 2023)

Marty Cantor, 1981. Photo by Joyce Scrivner.

Los Angeles-based SF fan Marty Cantor found fandom in 1975 and joined LASFS that May. He and his then-wife Robbie Cantor won DUFF in 1985 and he published Duffbury Tales as his trip report.

He organized Lasfapacon in 1980, helped run Corflu 9 in 1992, and chaired Corflu 34 in 2017. Marty was a longtime OE of LASFAPA and a member of APA-L. He was an agent for the Britain in '87 Worldcon bid.

He and Robbie published 27 issues of the fanzine Holier Than Thou in the 1980s. It was nominated for the Best Fanzine Hugo in 1984-86. He published the sixth edition of The Neo-Fan's Guide with Mike Glyer in 1984.

Marty died after a long battle with cancer.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• De Profundis (some issues)
• Duffbury Tales
• Holier Than Thou (with Robbie Cantor) [1979–88]
• No Award [1991–2008]
• Who Knows What Ether Lurks in the Minds of Fen?

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1984-8 -- Best Fanzine Hugo nominations
• 1985 -- 1985 DUFF Race (with Robbie Cantor)
• 1987 -- Alternacon
• 2016 -- Evans-Freehafer Award

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Person

1935—2023

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