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The Science Fiction Fanzine Reader: Focal Points 1930-1960

Luis Ortiz

First published 2018
Publisher Nonstop Press
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Pages 404
Price $30.00
ISBN 9781933065670

Data from Locus Magazine #697 as of 2019-02-04. Stated first edition.

Page Title Author(s) Type
9 When Time Was New Luis Ortiz Essay
19 Note on the Text (The Science Fiction Fanzine Reader: Focal Points 1930-1960) Luis Ortiz Essay
23 A Bit About a Banana Allen Glasser Short Story
24 Looking Forward Allen Glasser Poem
118 Zine People Luis Ortiz Essay
119 Tigrina — Devil Doll Forrest J Ackerman Essay
140 Editorial: Q-Zine or F-Zine Don Fabun Essay
208 Extra! Slan Shack Closes! uncredited Essay
293 Another Quandry On-the-Spot-Expose! Ray Nelson Essay
305 Cartoon: "HOW TO EDIT AN ANN-ISH" Dean A. Grennell Essay
328 Dianetics: Etc. John Larkins Essay
343 Cartoon: "JONES" (Void, April 1960) Andy Reiss Essay
366 Afterthoughts: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Essay
374 Afterthoughts: Robert Silverberg Essay
392 Werewolf Damon Knight Poem
100|100.1 Black & White — Con't. [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
100|100.2 Black & White Reviews D. B. Thompson Essay
100|100.3 Black & White Reviews E. Everett Evans Essay
101|101.1 Black & White Reviews Harry Warner, Jr. Essay
101|101.2 Black & White Reviews F. Towner Laney Essay
103|103.1 Zine Editors [3] Luis Ortiz Essay
103|103.2 Futuria Fantasia Harry Warner, Jr. Essay
109|109.1 Fanzine Life Luis Ortiz Essay
109|109.2 Confessions of a Fanzine Reviewer Robert Bloch Essay
114|114.1 Fanzine Talk Luis Ortiz Essay
114|114.2 What Fan Magazine Robert W. Lowndes Essay
122|122.1 Behind the Zine [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
122|122.2 An Amateur Ex-Editor Speaks Manly Banister Essay
128|128.1 Fanzine Nuts & Bolts Luis Ortiz Essay
128|128.2 The Amateur Editor (Slant, Spring 1950) Walter A. Willis Essay
130|130.1 Behind the Zine [3] Luis Ortiz Essay
130|130.2 Come In, The Water's Lovely Walter A. Willis Essay
133|133.1 Behind the Zine [4] Luis Ortiz Essay
133|133.2 Filler 523 Dean Grennell Essay
140|140.1 Behind the Zine [5] Luis Ortiz Essay
147|147.1 Fanzines in Profile [3] Luis Ortiz Essay
147|147.2 Pure As New Fallen Slush Max Keasler Essay
152|152.1 Hoaxes, Digressions & Feuds Luis Ortiz Essay
152|152.2 The Palmer Hoax Geoffrey Giles Essay
166|166.1 Pros & Fans Luis Ortiz Essay
166|166.2 Some Editors Say Andrew Gregg Essay
171|171.1 The Fanzine Life Luis Ortiz Essay
171|171.2 Gone But Not Forgotten Bob Tucker Essay
176|176.1 Looking Back [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
176|176.2 The Immortal Storm Ed Wood Essay
190|190.1 Zine Letters Luis Ortiz Essay
190|190.2 Letter (Voice of the Imagi-Nation, March 1944) Bob Tucker Essay
192|192.1 Zine Letters [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
192|192.2 Letter (Quandry, November 1951) Manly Banister Essay
196|196.1 Zine Letters [3] Luis Ortiz Essay
196|196.2 Letter (Quandry, November 1951) Sam Moskowitz Essay
198|198.1 Zine Letters [4] Luis Ortiz Essay
198|198.2 Letter by a Guy Who Wishes to Remain Nameless uncredited Essay
199|199.1 Zine Letters [5] Luis Ortiz Essay
199|199.2 Letter (Shangri L'Affaires, November 1944): 11:30 Is Too Late Richard Sneary Essay
202|202.1 Fanzine Bits & Pieces [3] Luis Ortiz Essay
202|202.2 The Deeper Significance of Science Fiction F. Towner Laney Essay
203|203.1 Fanzines Are Fun Luis Ortiz Essay
203|203.2 The Fan from Tomorrow Walter A. Willis Essay
210|210.1 The Heart of Zines Luis Ortiz Essay
210|210.2 What Makes a Fanzine Crud? Marion Zimmer Bradley Essay
218|218.1 Letters Luis Ortiz Essay
218|218.2 The Readers Always Write Damon Knight Essay
220|220.1 Fanzine Profiles Luis Ortiz Essay
220|220.2 Tumbrils Harry Warner, Jr. Essay
22|22.1 Behind the Zine Luis Ortiz Essay
22|22.2 The First Fan Magazine Forrest J. Ackerman Essay
230|230.1 Fanzine Nuts & Bolts [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
230|230.2 How to Stop Writing for Fanzines Charles Burbee Essay
233|233.1 SF Zine Icons Luis Ortiz Essay
233|233.2 Autobiographical Note Walter A. Willis Essay
239|239.1 Fanzine Nuts & Bolts [3] Luis Ortiz Essay
239|239.2 A Question of Title Walter A. Willis Essay
244|244.1 Behind the Zine [6] Luis Ortiz Essay
244|244.2 The Fannish Autobiography of Richard Erwin Geis Richard E. Geis Essay
250|250.1 Fanzine Bits & Pieces [4] Luis Ortiz Essay
250|250.2 Peon Notes (Peon, May 1955) Charles Lee Riddle Essay
252|252.1 Fanzines in Profile [4] Luis Ortiz Essay
252|252.2 The Damn Thing Harry Warner, Jr. Essay
260|260.1 Fanzines in Profile [5] Luis Ortiz Essay
260|260.2 The Death of Spaceways Bob Tucker Essay
263|263.1 Zine Letters [6] Luis Ortiz Essay
263|263.2 Shoptalk: Letter to the Acolyte E. Hoffman Price Essay
26|26.1 Beginnings Luis Ortiz Essay
26|26.2 Fan Magazines H. A. Dittman's, Jr. & W. H. Dellenback Essay
271|271.1 Fanzine Scope Luis Ortiz Essay
271|271.2 Crackle: The Snap-Zine F. Towner Laney Essay
273|273.1 Behind the Zine [7] Luis Ortiz Essay
273|273.2 Delineating the Interlineation Bob Tucker Essay
280|280.1 Zine Editors [4] Luis Ortiz Essay
280|280.2 123456789? What Was That Fandom I Saw You With Ted White Essay
288|288.1 Fanzine Profile Luis Ortiz Essay
288|288.2 Snide Harry Warner, Jr. Essay
294|294.1 Fanzine Bits & Pieces [5] Luis Ortiz Essay
294|294.2 Fantastuff (Peon, January 1954) Terry Carr Essay
294|294.3 Cartoon: "EMSH SNAPSHOT OF THE FANTASTIOON" Ed Emshwiller Essay
296|296.1 Fanzines in Profile [6] Luis Ortiz Essay
296|296.2 Joel Nydahl's Vega Harlan Ellison Essay
300|300.1 Looking Back [3] Luis Ortiz Essay
300|300.2 A Postscript to Vega Joel Nydahl Essay
302|302.1 afterword (Ann-Ishes Are a Plague) Joel Nydahl Essay
303|303.1 Behind the Zine [8] Luis Ortiz Essay
303|303.2 Up the Garden Pathology Walter A. Willis Essay
307|307.1 The Fanzine Life [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
307|307.2 Slave of the Pixie Charles Burbee Essay
313|313.1 Zine Fiction Luis Ortiz Essay
313|313.2 The Iron Curtain Drops Bob Tucker Short Story
321|321.1 Sex and the Single Fanzine Luis Ortiz Essay
321|321.2 I Think Stf Heroes Are Queer William Rotsler Essay
323|323.1 Hoaxes, Digressions & Feuds [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
323|323.2 File 13: Dianetics — Fad or Science? Redd Boggs Essay
32|32.1 Art & Zines Luis Ortiz Essay
32|32.2 Bok on the Fantasy Scene Ray Bradbury Essay
336|336.1 Zines Are Fun Luis Ortiz Essay
336|336.2 Love in the Cornfield Walter A. Willis Essay
341|341.1 Looking Back [4] Luis Ortiz Essay
341|341.2 Towner Hall, Void, Adolescence and All That Gregory Benford Essay
353|353.1 Zine People [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
353|353.2 A Day with Calvin Thos. Beck Ted White Essay
35|35.1 Fanzine Genesis Luis Ortiz Essay
35|35.2 My Pal Johnny Robert A. Madle Essay
365|365.1 Who Killed Science Fiction? Luis Ortiz Essay
365|365.2 Who Killed Science Fiction? Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Essay
367|367.1 Who Killed Science Fiction? [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
367|367.2 Who Killed Science Fiction? Raymond A. Palmer Essay
368|368.1 Who Killed Science Fiction? [3] Luis Ortiz Essay
368|368.2 Who Killed Science Fiction? Donald A. Wollheim Essay
372|372.1 Who Killed Science Fiction? [4] Luis Ortiz Essay
372|372.2 Who Killed Science Fiction? Robert Silverberg Essay
376|376.1 Who Killed Science Fiction? [5] Luis Ortiz Essay
376|376.2 Who Killed Science Fiction? Robert A. W. Lowndes Essay
380|380.1 Fanzines in Profile [7] Luis Ortiz Essay
380|380.2 Mimeo Ink, Fanac, and Paperbacks Lee Hoffman Essay
393|393.1 Pro & Cons Luis Ortiz Essay
393|393.2 Bah! Humbug! Robert Bloch Essay
43|43.1 Zine Editors Luis Ortiz Essay
43|43.2 The Versatile Jim Blish Anonymous Essay
47|47.1 Beginnings [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
47|47.2 History of the Scienceers Allen Glasser Essay
53|53.1 All Our Yesterdays Luis Ortiz Essay
53|53.2 Fantasy Magazine Harry Warner, Jr. Essay
58|58.1 Fanzines in Profile Luis Ortiz Essay
58|58.2 Fanzine Scope (Spacewarp, April 1950) F. Towner Laney Essay
63|63.1 Fanzines in Profile [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
63|63.2 Scienti-Snaps Harry Warner, Jr. Essay
69|69.1 Fanzine Bits & Pieces Luis Ortiz Essay
69|69.2 Strange Hunting Anonymous Short Story
72|72.1 Fanzine Bits & Pieces [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
72|72.2 FJ Ackerman Meets Wells HG Bob Tucker Essay
75|75.1 Fanzine Genesis [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
75|75.2 From the Valley of the Blue Moon T. Bruce Yerke Essay
79|79.1 Looking Back Luis Ortiz Essay
79|79.2 Changing Tendency Among Fanmags Jack Speer Essay
84|84.1 Zine Editors [2] Luis Ortiz Essay
84|84.2 Early FAPA Harry Warner, Jr. Essay
91|91.1 Black & White Luis Ortiz Essay
91|91.2 Wherin Jack Speer's Hair Turns Gray Over Night Forrest J Ackerman Essay
95|95.1 Black & White — Con't. Luis Ortiz Essay
95|95.2 Wherin Jack Speer Partakes of Pantothenic Acid Jack Speer Essay