Al Lewis
(Do you mean Alan J. Lewis, the Midwest fan?)
(March 15, 1933 – ????)
Albert J. Lewis (the West Coast Al Lewis), an LA fan, was co-editor of Shangri L'Affaires, and chaired Westercon 15. He was mainly active in the ’50s and ’60s. He was a member of LASFS (and served as an officer), the ISL, and the N3F. He was a member of FAPA, OMPA, N'APA, and APA-L.
He was the first winner of the Evans-Freehafer Trophy. He was a member of the PanPacificon Worldcon bid committee. He was one of the seven people at DeepSouthCon 1. He was part of Unicorn Productions and the cast of The Purple Pastures. And he was the producer of The Genie and The Musquite Kid Rides Again. He contributed to The Universes of E. E. Smith and was involved in the Farley File of Fandom.
He was part of a kerfluffle in the N3F in 1963, when Alma Hill instituted impeachment proceedings to remove him as a director.
- Amazing Thrilling Sexy Astounding Infamous Monsters of Nefferland and Dull Dry Monotonous Analogged Scientific Fact Neffer Stories Again (with Ron Ellik)
- Equal Time
- Index to the Science Fiction Magazines 1961
- LASFS Album
- The National Fantasy Fan (some issues)
- Ompalog (with Howard DeVore and Robert Lambeck for OMPA)
- Shangri L'Affaires (some issues)
- Shangri-La (some issues)
- Space Charge, (for OMPA)
- A Statement of Posture (with Harlan Ellison for FAPA)
- Tightbeam (at least one issue)
- We Live in a Fanzine Factory (with Ron Ellik)
- Why Not?
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