Fandom May Be A Way of Life, But is it THE Way of Life?
Receiving zines in the mail used to be almost an everyday thing for me back in “The Day,” but sadly, it’s an unusual occurrence these days.
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Noticias Literatura 13-11
Noticias literatura: Terra Nova 2 el 21 de noviembre, Direcciones de la Hispacon 2013, VII muestra Criptshow Festival de narración de terror, fantasía y ciencia ficción, Premios Nocte.
The Club House 11/08/13
Put on your Propeller Beanies (and give them a good spin) and put down your Zap-Zap Ray Guns! The Word for today is BYZANTINE.
Interview with Carl Critchlow, artist, illustrator and inventor of Thrud the Barbarian
Carl Critchlow has been an artist and author on the SF and fantasy scenes for almost thirty years, during which his work has appeared in DC Comics as well as 2000AD.
Speculative Poetry Round-up October/November 2013
A round-up of the speculative poetry I’ve found online in the past month or so.
Website review: Daily Science Fiction dot com
Just like every high-quality short story, it doesn’t have to be complicated to be good. To prove that, dailysciencefiction.com has provided a convenient outlet for finding well written original work in the genre.
Friday Fanzine: SFSF
Says editor Jean Martin: Science Fiction/San Francisco is a monthly news zine covering all areas of fandom in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We report on events, conventions and balls in the genres […]
The Club House November 1, 2013
It is high time that this passing generation reach out, find the next generation, and mentor them…bring them into fandom!
Noticias Literatura 29-10
The 25th Anniversary of the Alberto Magno Award for Science Fiction.
Friday Fanzine – SF Commentary
SF Commentary, an international award winning fanzine from Australia.
How Not To Host A Website -or- The Further Adventures Of A Twentieth Centure Computer Illiterate In the Twenty-First Century
As late as twenty years ago a fanzine panel at a VCON would draw thirty to forty fen, all curious, many enthusiastic, all appreciative of any sprightly and hilarious tales to be told springing from fanac lore, tradition, and experience. But now…
I stopped participating in convention panels promoting fanzine fandom when the four panelists on the panel outnumbered the audience four-to-one…
The Club House October 25, 2013
According to both Sam Moskowitz and another fan historian, whom I did know, Jack Speer, the beginnings of fandom were consumed with feuds, bickering, hoaxes, all out wars, and lots of other fun stuff.
And it was fun for most of those that participated.
Noticias Literatura 23-10
Patrick Rothfuss en España El estadounidense Patrick Rothfuss visitará por primera vez España el próximo mes de noviembre. El autor de “El nombre del viento” y “El temor de un hombre sabio,” de los que se han […]
¿Por qué crear una revista de ciencia ficción?
Why create and publish a science fiction magazine? Why indeed.
The Club House October 18
Of note is the upcoming Corflu, the annual convention for fanzine fans, which next year will be held in Richmond, Virginia, May 2nd to 4th 2014.
The Club House
Earl Terry Kemp revives an old Amazing Stories and fannish tradition, The Club House. Fannish news from across the fan-o-sphere!
Friday Fanzine – Broken Toys From Taral Wayne
Rotsler Award Winning Taral Wayne’s Broken Toys.
How Not To Be A Cosmic Clod or: The Cosmic Circle Complete
Claude Degler is to American fandom what Jack Bowie-Reid is to Canadian Fandom, a singularly powerful organizer and motivational leader, whose innovative practices continue to inspire us even now.
Noticias Literatura 2-9
Crisis en la colección RBA fantástica Hace unos días se anunció mediante un comunicado en su web la desaparición de la colección de literatura fantástica de RBA. Pocas horas después de publicar dicho post, se […]
WHY FREDERIK POHL THOUGHT I WAS A LUNATIC OR: HOW NOT TO TREAT A GUEST OF HONOUR
Frenetic Fannish Falderol from the pages of Entropy Blue. Due obeisance is paid to Ghu.
Friday Fanzine
No Time, No Energy and Not Much To Say #12 for your fannish reading pleasure
Website review: Doctor Who: the classic series
A survey of Doctor Who websites – official and fan.
FAN FOTOS: Bill Plott Visits J. T. Oliver
Bill Plott shares photos from a visit to J. T. Oliver of southern fandom fame.
HOW NOT TO EDIT A PROGRAM BOOK: OR THE ADVENTURES OF A TWENTIETH CENTURY COMPUTER ILLITERATE AMID THE SPLENDOURS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
Want to make sure your contributions arrive on time? Threaten them. Tell them you’ll make up stuff and place their name prominently at the head of the gibberish you’ve concocted. Articles will pour in.
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Steve Davidson is the publisher of Amazing Stories.
Steve has been a passionate fan of science fiction since the mid-60s, before he even knew what it was called.
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