Lloyd Arthur EshbachLloyd Arthur Eshbach (1910 - 2003) was an American science fiction fan, publisher and writer, secular and religious publisher and minister. Eshbach was a lifelong science fiction fan, and besides creating Fantasy Press he was instrumental in assistin others in the creation and operation of their own fan or specialty presses, including William Crawford of Fantasy Publishing and later F.P.C.I. (Eshbach bought Crawford his first set of type for his press) and Thomas Hadley, of first The Buffalo Book Company and later Hadley Publishing Company (both of Providence, RI), whom Eshbach instructed and assisted with marketing and sales of his books and organization of his mailing list (which list eventually became the basis for the formation of a sales base for his own Fantasy Press). Read More Read Less