THEN By Rob Hansen

THEN is Rob Hansen's history-in-progress of British science fiction fandom. The Web pages presented here are an update and conversion to HTML of the material first published in printed form as THEN #1, #2, #3, and #4 and currently archived in text form in Glasgow, Scotland. The material covers the 1930s thhrough the 1970s.

For more information on Mr. Hansen please check out his Who's Who in SF Fandom entry.

Please note that Who's Who in SF Fandom is no longer accepting new entries.

The original material was first published:

THEN #1: March 1988
THEN #2: March 1989
THEN #3: April 1991
THEN #4: August 1993


Table of Contents

1. The 1930s: GENESIS
2. The 1940s: WAR AND PEACE
3. The Early 1950s: RENAISSANCE
4. The Mid 1950s: MAN AND SUPERMANCON
5. The Late 1950s: GOTTERDAMMERUNG
6. The Early 1960s: SERCON RISING
7. The Mid 1960s: THE NEW WAVE
8. The Late 1960s: FRAGMENTATION
9. The Early 1970s: AARDVARKS, WOMBATS, GANNETS, AND RATS
10. The Mid 1970s: THE BASTARD OFFSPRING OF SCIENCE FICTION MONTHLY
11. The Late 1970s: CULMINATIONS

What is Available

The history-in-progress of British science fiction fandom by Rob Hansen in is also available in four text documents:

How to FTP items

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as anonymous (password is your email address) and getting the files from /pub/SF-Archives/Then

.

How to get items using e-mail

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Rob Hansen would welcome feedback and factual corrections, at: rob@fiawol.demon.co.uk

All material in THEN is copyright © by Rob Hansen, 1988-1994. The THEN files may be freely copied for private enjoyment or research but may not be republished (e.g. in printed or CD-ROM versions), distributed in modified form, incorporated into other works, or quoted out of context without the express written permission of the copyright holder.