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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 also a horror enthusiast—as a young fan, he received two letters of encouragement from H. P. Lovecraft in 1937.〔''A H.P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia'' edited by S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001 (pg. 158).〕 He wrote a number of dark fantasy stories such as "The Abyss" (1941) and "The Leapers" (1942), inspired by Lovecraft. In 1963, Lowndes initiated the ''Magazine of Horror'' (1963–1971) for Health Knowledge Inc., which mixed reprints with new stories.〔Mike Ashley, 'Transformations: the story of the science-fiction magazines from 1950 to 1970.'' Liverpool University Press, 2005 (p.289)〕 The magazine was popular and spawned several companion magazines: ''Startling Mystery Stories'', ''Famous Science Fiction'' (both 1966) ''Weird Terror Tales'' (1969) and ''Bizarre Fantasy Fiction'' (1970). Lowndes also edited two non-fantastic-fiction magazines for the company, ''Thrilling Western Magazine'' (1967) and ''World Wide Adventure'' (1967), along with the speculative nonfiction titles they published.〔 However, the collapse of Health Knowledge in 1971 ended these magazines.〔Peter Nicholls and John Clute, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, page 738.〕 ''Startling Mystery Stories'' was notable for carrying the first stories of Stephen King and F. Paul Wilson.〔John Clute and John Grant, Encyclopedia of Fantasy, page 611.〕 Lowndes subsequently went on to work on the Gernsback Publications' non-fiction magazine, ''Sexology''.〔 Lowndes was a principal member of the Futurians. In 1991 he received the First Fandom Hall of Fame award. He was a Methodist.〔http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_meth.html〕 ==Works== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert A. W. Lowndes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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