Chester Cohen

Chester "Chet" Cohen is remembered primarily as a New York science-fiction fan associated with the Futurians, the famously energetic fan and writer circle active in the late 1930s and 1940s. Reference works on science-fiction fandom identify him as a member of that group, placing him within one of the most talked-about communities in early American SF history.

Available biographical detail is limited. One fandom reference notes that he later married Laura Goforth, a teacher, and that they had three children. The same source also mentions that he struggled with depression later in life.

Although he does not appear to have a large published body of work or a widely documented public profile, his connection to the Futurians keeps his name in the historical record. A surviving group photograph from 1939 shows him alongside other members of the circle, offering a rare glimpse of a figure who stood close to an important moment in science-fiction culture.