Robert A. W. Lowndes

Robert Lowndes
Robert A. W. Lowndes in 1953
Robert A. W. Lowndes in 1953
Born( 1916 -09-04)September 4, 1916
DiedJuly 14, 1998(1998-07-14) (aged 81)
OccupationEditor, writer
GenreScience fiction
Notable workseditor of Future Science Fiction, Science Fiction, and Science Fiction Quarterly
Notable awardsFirst Fandom Hall of Fame Award, 1991

Robert Augustine Ward "Doc" Lowndes (September 4, 1916 – July 14, 1998) was an American science fiction author, editor and fan. He was known best as the editor of Future Science Fiction, Science Fiction, and Science Fiction Quarterly, among many other crime-fiction, western, sports-fiction, and other pulp and digest sized magazines for Columbia Publications. Among the most famous writers he was first to publish at Columbia was mystery writer Edward D. Hoch, who in turn would contribute to Lowndes's fiction magazines as long as he was editing them. Lowndes was a principal member of the Futurians.[1] His first story, "The Outpost at Altark" for Super Science in 1940, was written in collaboration with fellow Futurian Donald A. Wollheim, uncredited.

  1. ^ Pohl, Frederik (May 8, 2009). "The Quadrumvirate". The Way the Future Blogs. Frederik Pohl. Retrieved May 8, 2009.