The Publishers of SpanInq Want You To Join Them At the Seattle Worldcon’s Fanzine Lounge

Suzanne Tompkins and I (Jerry Kaufman) are the hosts of the Fanzine Lounge at this year’s World Science Fiction Convention in Seattle in August. We’ll have tables filled with fanzines, of course. Some will be part of a Reading Library; some will be free for the taking. We’ll be joined by Joe Siclari, Edie Stern, and Mark Olson, who will be scanning fanzines for the FANAC.org archive.

The Lounge will have tables and chairs so people can read zines and socialize. Next to our space, just outside the Exhibit Hall on the Convention Center’s second level, will be a coffee and snacks stand, so convenient. We’ll also have a monitor showing the Daily Newsletter.

We’re looking for fanzines to fill that space. Do you have fanzines that are taking up room you want to use for something else? Send them to us or bring them by the lounge!

Do you have surplus copies of fanzines you’ve published over the years? Send them! Or bring them along! Or is your fanzine all electronic? With your permission, we can print sample copies to display or distribute.

If you’re going to be in attendance, we invite you to spend some time overseeing the lounge while we see a bit of the convention ourselves, or while we’re working on the Hugo Events Team.

The Lounge may also see the Worldcon Order of Faneds (WOOF) assemble their venerable annual Amateur Press Association distribution and maybe some surprise events.

If you want to send us packages of your surplus or unwanted zines, send me a DM and I will supply you with street address or PO Box, depending on what shipping method you want to use. (Let us know in advance if you plan to bring stuff for us, so we can plan better.)

Featured image captured from the FANAC Fan History project.