Peter J. Vorzimer
(May 7, 1937 – January 15, 1995)
Pete Vorzimer (Peter James Vorzimer), aka Vorzy, a teenaged LA-area fan active in the 1950s, is best remembered as founder of the letter-based apa, The Cult. The Cult gave his name to an annual Peter J. Vorzimer Award for fuggheadedness in the apa. He was a member of LASFS, which he joined on December 3, 1953.
He previously attempted to start NAPA, but despite a series of fan gatherings, the NAPAcons, it never came out. Vorzimer attempted to call Eighth Fandom into existence, although some fanhistorians accredit him with creating a focal point for Seventh Fandom instead.
Vorzimer is also remembered for the Haircream incident at SFCon, the 1954 Worldcon. He gafiated in the late 1950s, when he went to college.
His last name was given as “Vorzimmer” with two Ms in paperwork related to his death, but was more often spelled with one.
- Obituary
- “Fandom’s Unforgotten Fugghead,” a reminiscence by Terry Carr in Void 28 (February 1962, p. 33).
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