Lawrence Taylor Shaw (November 9, 1924 – April 1, 1985) was an American

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-winning science fiction fan, author, editor and

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who usually published as Larry T. Shaw. Shaw joined a group of science fiction writers known as the

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during the early 1940s. From 1948 through the early 1950s, he wrote short fiction before becoming an

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for the magazines '' If'' and later ''

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''. He published Harlan Ellison's first magazine story "Glowworm" (1955) in ''Infinity Science Fiction'', after Ellison's first sale to

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. From 1954 to 1955 Shaw edited ''Rodding and Re-Styling'', an automotive sports magazine.Ashley, ''Transformations'', p. 73. After those magazines terminated during 1958, Shaw edited

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magazines, automotive magazines and other material until 1963, when he began editing for Irwin Stein's company

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. He continued working as an editor until 1975, when he began work mainly as a literary agent. He received a Special

during 1984 for lifetime achievement as an editor.Long List of Hugo Awards: 1984
/ref> Shaw was married to science fiction and Spur Award-winning

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author

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from 1956 to 1958. He later married Noreen Kane (1930–2005). Shaw died of cancer on April 1 1985.

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