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. The material covers the 1930s thorough 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

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

Where else is it Available?

The complete history-in-progress of British science fiction fandom by Rob Hansen is available at THEN.

The book version of Then is available through this link.

There is also an archive of the documents at THEN: The Archive.

Finally Rob Hansen's Fan Stuff  has links to all of the above and much, much, more.


Rob Hansen would welcome feedback and factual corrections. His contact information can be found here.

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.