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September 14, 2024

Fanzines: Unless otherwise noted, all scans are by Joe Siclari.
--Ansible, Dave Langford. Added 6 issues: 329 (Dec 14), and 333-337 (Apr-Aug 15). Scans by Perry Middlemiss, from the collection of Merv Binns. Thanks, Perry.
--APA-L ToC, mostly uncredited. Added the Table of Contents for issues 34-45 (Jun-Aug 65). These were scanned by Karl Lembke and prepared (and provided) by Heath Row. Thanks, Heath!
--Artzines. Added 1 item: A Cross-Section of Art in Science-Fantasy (Roger C. Nelson and William F. Nolan, June 52). This was done to commemorate the 1952 SOU-WESTERCON, and includes art from Virgil Finlay, Frank R. Paul, Chesley Bonestell, and others. Scan by Mark Olson. Thanks, Mark.
--maLAise, Dave Van Arnam. Added 3 issues of this apazine (APA-L and APA-F): #14 (Feb 65) and 32-33 (Ma-Jun 65). Scans by Sumner Hunnewell, aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Sumner.
--Niddhoggr, Dave Hulan. Added 5 issues of this brief apazine (APA-L): 21-22 (May-Jun 65), 29-30 (Sep 65). Scans provided by Sumner Hunnewell aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Sumner.
--OPO, Pat and Dick Lupoff. Added #31 (Feb 65).
--Patter, Paul Doerr. Added the complete 4 issue run of this mid70s apazine (FAPA). It has been suggested that Paul Doerr was the Zodiac killer. See https://fancyclopedia.org/Paul_Doerr for the reference.
--Rabanos Radiactivos!, Fred Patten. Added 5 issues and created an index page for this brief 60s apazine (APA-L), relocating the issue that had been in 1 Issue-Maybe More to Come. Scans provided by Sumner Hunnewell, aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Hildifons.
--Schamoob, Frank C. Johnson. Added 5 issues of this new-to-us genzine from the late 60s/early 70s.
--Seetee, Peter Graham. Added 2 issues of this clubzine of the Tellurian Sciencefictioneers. Added: #7-8 (Fall 52-Mar 53). Issue 8 has an article and interior illustrations by Terry Carr.
--Swingline, Joyce Katz. Added #21 (Sep 74) of this brief apazine (APA).

September 11, 2024

Fanzines Added: Unless otherwise noted, all scans are by Joe Siclari.
--1 Issue - Maybe More to Come. Added 6 titles: 2B or Not 2B #6 (Ron Maddox, Jun 46), Abortions 4 (Ken Krueger and Eugene Smith), Dec 51), Ajax 1 (Hank Luttrell, Oct 64), Alpha & Omega 5 (Meg Johns, Oct 51), Arundel 1 (Arnie Katz, Mar 65) and Auslander 3 (Dave Hulan, Dec 65).
--Bento, David Levine and Kate Yule. Added 5 issues: 12-16 (Aug 01-Aug 04). PDFs supplied by David Levine. Thanks, David.
--Grunion, Greg Shaw. Added 5 issues of this new-to-us brief apazine (APA-L) from the mid60s. Scans by Sumner Hunnewell, aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Hildifons!
--HET BPEMR, Bruce Pelz. Added 5 issues of this brief apazine (APA-L): Added 32 (May 65), 46-47 (Sep 65), 52 (Oct 65) and 64 (Jan 66). Scans by Sumner Hunnewell aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Hildifons.
--Ipzik!, Lenny Bailes. Added 4 issues of this brief apazine (APA-L) from the mid 60s. Added #64-66 (Dec 65-Jan 66). Scans by Sumner Hunnewell, aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Hildifons.
--is, Tom Collins. Added #5 (72). This had been misplaced in our queues, and as a result even though it was scanned long ago, it is just going up now. This 100 page issue was done for the 100th mailing of SAPS and has contributions from Ray Lafferty, Redd Boggs, Ted White, Earl Kemp, Harry Warner, Jr. Dean Grennell, MZB and others. Scan by Mark Olson.
--Lost Fanzines of Gary Farber, Alison Scott and Steven Cain. Added 5 more issues: #7-11 (96). Their titles are: Balloons Over Brooklyn, Playfarber, Lan's Blowtorch, Runcible 108 and Obsessions 5. Thanks to Geri Sullivan for providing these for the scanning. Thanks, Geri.

September 7, 2024

Fanzines Added: Unless otherwise noted, all scans are by Joe Siclari.
--1990s One Shots. Added 2 items: The Fanimals Bestiary (Ian Gunn, Aug 94) and a Timebinders Letter to LoneStarCon 2 (Peggy Rae Pavlat, Nov 96). Scan for the Bestiary done by Perry Middlemiss. Thanks, Perry.
--Ansible, Dave Langford. Added 5 issues: 324-328 (Jul-Nov 14). These issues were scanned by Perry Middlemiss from he collection of Merv Binns. Thanks, Perry.
--The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet, Marc Ortlieb. Added 3 issues: 163 (Mar 01), 165 (Mar 01) and 177 (Sep 01). Scans by Perry Middlemiss from the collection of Merv Binns. Thanks, Perry.
--Bento, David Levine and Kate Yule. Added 5 issues: #6-11 (Feb 95 - Feb 00). Zines provided by David Levine. Thanks, David.
--Microwave, Terry Hill. Added 4 items: #6-8 (Aug 83-Mar 85), and a 2 page item titled Egoboo Express: LeeH that I believe went along with #7. Issue 8 was edited not by Terry Hill but by Margaret Hill and Elda Wheeler. Contributors include Chuch Harris, Lee Hoffman, Sid Birchby, Bob Shaw, Skel and Terry Jeeves. There are some fine looking covers by Stu Shiffman and Harry Bell.
--Sambo, Sam Martinez. Added #13 (Aug 65).
--The Science Fiction Fan, Olon F. Wiggins. Added 4 issues: #38-40 (Sep-Nov 39), and 50 (Sep 40). Scans provided by Michelle Rosenblum aka Eowyn at Glasgow 2024. Thanks, Eowyn!
--Spartacus, Guy Lillian III. Added #75 (Aug 24). Thanks, Guy.
--Steve Albini's.., Julian Warner and Lucy Sussex. Added two items for this index page from the mid90s. Scans by Alan Stewart. Thanks, Alan!

Corrections and Clarifications: Thanks to Sandra Bond for letting me know that the Fan Funds Report from Glasgow (which you can see under any of TAFF, GUFF or DUFF) was written by Alison Scott, and not by Sandra herself. It's fixed now. Thanks, Sandra (and sorry, Alison).

PDF Replacements: The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet, Marc Ortlieb. Replaced 6 issues with searchable pdf files. Replaced are: 61-63 (Sep-Oct 96), 65 (Nov 96), 126 (Sep 99), and 128 (Oct 99). Scans and OCR by Perry Middlemiss, from the collection of Merv Binns. Thanks, Perry.

September 4, 2024

Fanzines Added: Unless otherwise noted, all scans are by Joe Siclari.
--All Digression Weekly, Milt Stevens. Added 3 issues of this new-to-us apazine (APA-L) from the mid60s. Two of the scans by Sumner Hunnewell aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Hildifons!
--brg, Bruce Gillespie. Added 4 issues of Bruce's ANZAPAzine: #96-99 (Jun 17 - Feb 18). PDFs by Bruce Gillespie, provided by Perry Middlemiss. Thanks, Bruce and thanks, Perry.
--Degler!, Andrew Porter. Added #83 (Sep 65). Scan by Sumner Hunnewell aka Hildifons Took.
--Expletive, Bjo Trimble. Added #7 (Feb 65).
--First Draft, Dave Van Arnam. Added 2 issues: #62 (May 65) and 95 (Jan 66). Also replaced #77 with a better copy. Two of the scans are from Sumner Hunnewell aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Hildifons!
--Futurian War Digest, J. Michael Rosenblum. Added 4 issues: #10 (Jul 41), 12 (Sep 41), and 14-15 (Nov-Dec 41). The lead article in #15 (Dec 41) is "America At War". Fanzines were provided by Mark Plummer, and scanned at Glasgow Worldcon 2024. Thanks, Mark, for bringing them!
--The Lost Fanzines of Gary Farber, Alison Scott / Steven Cain. Added 5 of these short zines published in 1996 to publicize Farberday, an effort to bring Gary Farber to the UK. Fanzines provided for scanning by Geri Sullivan. Thanks, Geri!
--Lunazine, Mike McInerney.Added 2 issues of this new-to-us brief apazine (APA-F) from 1964.
--MT Void, Evelyn and Mark Leeper. Added the 8/30/24 issue. Thanks, Evelyn and Mark.
--MT_VOID-1990-1997, Evelyn and Mark Leeper. These are the predecessors to MT Void. added the remaining issues from 1993, completing the second half of that year. Thanks, Evelyn!
--The Obdurate Eye, Garth Spencer. Added the Sep 2024 issue. Thanks, Garth.
--Opuntia, Dale Speirs. Added the Late August 2024 issue. Thanks, Dale.
--Stf Amateur, Heath Row. Added the Sep 2024 issue. Thanks, Heath.
--TAFF. Added 2 items: TAFF Talk 1 (Peter Roberts, Dec 77), and The League of Fan Funds Newsletter - Well, that was Amazeballs! (Sandra Bond, Aug 2024). The newsletter covers the Fan Fund presence at Glasgow 2024, so really belongs to all the fan funds. It is accessible from the DUFF and GUFF listings as well. Thanks, Sandra.

September 1, 2024

Fanzines Added: Unless otherwise noted, all scans are by Joe Siclari.
--1940s One Shots. Added 2 items: Five Fingers - the Glory Hand (F. Towner Laney, Jun 46) and "The Time Has Come..." (Ken Slater, Aug 48). The Slater letter is about coordination and cooperation between UK and US fans.
--APA-L Table of Contents, mostly uncredited. Added the Table of Contents for issues 21-31 (March-May 65). These were scanned by Karl Lembke and prepared (and provided) by Heath Row. Thanks, Heath!
--Bento, David Levine and Kate Yule. Added 6 issues of this perzine: #1-5 (Aug 89-Sep 93) and #21 (Aug 09). Thanks to David for his permission to put these up. Issue 21 scanned by Joe Siclari, and the rest provided by David. Thanks, David!
--A Fanzine for Jack Harness, Fred Patten. Added 5 of these new-to-us unnumbered apazines (APA-L) from the mid60s. With phots, stamps and miscellaneous bits of things, it appears to be a collection of things that Fred Patten thought Jack Harness would like. Does anyone have knowledge of this? Scans by Sumner Hunnewell aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Hildifons.
--FOO, Boff Perry. Added 1 issue and created an index page for this 40s zine, relocating the issue that had been in 1940s One Shots. It wasn't a one shot. There are no dates, but it appears to be a 40s zine. If someone knows, please pass the info on to fanac@fanac.org.
--The Gallant Gallstone, Jack Harness. Added 2 issues of this apazine (APA-L and APA-F): 16 (Feb 54) and 29 (May 65). Issue 16 was scanned by Sumner Hunnewell aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Hildifons!
--Hombren, Rich Mann. Added 6 issues of this new-to-us apazine (APA-L) from the mid60s. Scans by Sumner Hunnewell, aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Hildifons.
--Microwave, Terry Hill. Added 4 issues of this new-to-us genzine from the early 80s. Contributors include Vince Clarke, Lee Hoffman, Walt Willis, Harry Turner and Terry Jeeves. Thanks to Terry Hill for his permission to put his fanzines online. Thanks, Terry!
--OPO, Dick and Pat Lupoff. Added 3 issues of this apazine (APA-L and APA-F): 46 (May 65), 58-59 (Aug-Sep 65). Scans by Sumner Hunnewell aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Hildifons.

Corrections and Clarifications: Gross Encounters, Alan Dorey. Many thanks to Rob Jackson who was the person that brought the fanzines to Glasgow for scanning! Thanks for sending us the list of zines that you brought!

Fancyclopedia: Recent contributions have come from John Bray, Sandra Bond, Thomas Bull, Bill Burns, Vincent Docherty, Steve Johnson, Gary McGath, Laurie Mann, Mark Plummer, Leah Zeldes Smith, Jan Vanek jr, Bill Wallace, and of course Mark Olson. Thanks, everyone!

August 29, 2024

The FANAC.org server migration is over! You're reading this on our new server. If you spot anything wonky over the next few days (or later) please send me a note at fanac@fanac.org.

Fanzines Added: Unless otherwise noted, all scans are by Joe Siclari.
--Ansible, Dave Langford. Added 6 issues: #277 (Aug 10) and 318-323 (Jan-Jun 14). Scans by Perry Middlemiss, from the collection of Merv Binns. Thanks, Perry.
--Crazy From the Heat, Trufan Ten. Added 2 issues (03-04) of this new to us fanzine from a subset of Vegrants. We obtained the zines for scanning at Corflu 41.
--Gross Encounters, Alan Dorey. Added 5 items from this new-to-us fanzine from the 80s (mostly). Added: #12-15 (May 84-Aug 89) and also a supplement to issue 3 (Jul 78). The supplement was provided by Geri Sullivan at Corflu Craic and the rest were scanned at the Glasgow Worldcon. Apologies but we've lost the notes on who brought them. A belated thanks, Geri.
--HET BPEMR, Bruce Pelz. That's not really the fanzine's name, but as close as I can easily get to a Cyrillic title. Added 3 issues of this apazine (APA-L): 256 (Oct 70), and 258-259 (also Oct 70).
--MT Void, Evelyn and Mark Leeper. Added the last 2 issues: 8/16 and 8/23. Thanks, Evelyn and Mark.
--The Science Fiction Fan, Olon F. Wiggins. Added 5 more issues: #42-43 (Jan-Feb 40), 54-55 (Dec 40-Feb 41). Don Wollheim is a contributing editor. Scans provided by Michelle Rosenblum aka Eowyn at the Glasgow Worldcon. Thanks, Eowyn!
--The, Richard Harter. Added 4 more issues of this apazine (APA-L): #25-28 (72).

PDF Replacements: The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet, Marc Ortlieb. Replaced 10 jpeg issues with searchable PDFs. Replaced are: 30-31 (Apr 95), 41-46 (Oct-Dec 95), 51 (Mar 96) and 58-59 (Jul-Aug 96). Scans and PDFing by Perry Middlemiss from the collection of Merv Binns. Thanks, Perry.

August 23, 2024

We are in the middle of migrating to a new host, so please have patience over the next few days. Thanks!

August 21, 2024

Fanzines:
--APA-L OO. Added 9 early issues of ToCs for APA-L mailings: 11-15 (Dec 64-Jan 65) and 17-20 (Feb-Mar 65). Added 6 OOs (incl the covers): 32-33 (May-Jun 65), 46-47 (Sep 65), 52(Oct 65), and 63 (Dec 65). The ToCs were scanned by Karl Lembke and prepared by Heath Row. The OOs were scanned by Sumner Hunnewell aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Heath! Thanks, Hildifons!
--*brg*, Bruce Gillespie. Added 5 issues of Bruce's ANZAPAzine: #91-96 (Feb 16-Apr 17). PDFs by Bruce Gillespie, provided by Perry Middlemiss. Thanks, Bruce and thanks, Perry.
--Expletive, Bjo Trimble. Added 6 issues of this 60s apazine (APA-L) and created an index page for this 60s zine, relocating the issue that had been in 1960s One Shots. Well, we thought it was a one shot. Scans by Sumner Hunnewell aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Hildifons!
--Fargas, Dwain Kaiser. Added 3 issues of this new-to-us apazine (APA-L) from the mid 60s. Scans by Sumner Hunnewell aka Hildifons Took. Thanks, Hildifons!
--Futurian War Digest, J. Michael Rosenblum. Added 5 issues: #3 (Dec 40), 5-8 (Feb-May 41). The lead article in #8 (May 41) is "Two More Fans Called Up", about Ken Chapman and Arthur C. Clarke. These rare fanzines were provided by Mark Plummer, and scanned at Glasgow Worldcon 2024. Thanks, Mark, for bringing them!
--Ipzik!, Len Bailes. Added 5 issues of this brief new-to-us apazine (APA-L) from the mid 60s. Scans by Sumner Hunnewell (aka Hildifons Took).
--Opuntia, Dale Speirs. Added the middle August 2024 issue, and updated the cumulative index. Thanks, Dale.
--Son of the WSFA Journal, Don Miller. Added 2 issues: 188 (May 75) and 190 (Jun 75). Provided by Matt Strait from the collection of Denny Lien. Thanks, Matt!
--T.I.T.O.T, Dave Vendelmans. Added 3 issues of this new-to-us mid50s OMPAzine. Scans by Rob Hansen. Thanks, Rob!
--SF&F Journal, Don Miller. Added #86 (Feb 76). Provided by Matt Strait from the collection of Denny Lien. Thanks, Matt!

August 17, 2024

The first of the fanzines we received at worldcon is in today's batch. Many more to come!

Fanzines Added: Unless otherwise noted, all scans are by Joe Siclari.
--Ansible, Dave Langford. Added 5 issues: 272-276 (Mar-Jul 10). Scans by Perry Middlemiss rom the collection of Merv Binns. Thanks, Perry.
--The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet, Marc Ortlieb. Added 5 issues: 164 (Mar 01), 169 (May 01), 172-173 (Jul 01) and 176 (Aug 01). Scans by Perry Middlemiss from the collection of Merv Binns. Thanks, Perry.
--Fanactivity Gazette, Mindy Hunt. Added the August 2024 issue of this NFFF newsletter. Sent by George Phillies. Thanks, George and Mindy.
--Madison Foursquare, Scott Custis and Jeanne Gomoll. Added the August 2024 issue. Thanks, Jeanne.
--The Obdurate Eye, Garth Spencer. Added the August 2024 issue. Thanks, Garth.
--Perryscope, Perry Middlemiss. Added the July 2024 issue of Perry's perzine. Thanks, Perry.
--The Science Fiction Fan, Olon Wiggins. Added 5 issues: #3 (Sep 36), 37 (Aug 39), 41 (Dec 39), 45 (Apr 40) and 49 (Aug 40). Contributors include Don Wollheim, C.S. Youd, Douglas Mayer, Bob Tucker, and Ray Bradbury. Scans by Michelle Rosenblum (aka Eowyn). Many thanks to Eowyn for providing these and many other old zines via thumbdrive at the Glasgow Worldcon. Thanks, Eowyn!
--Stf Amateur, Heath Row. Added the August 2024 issue. Thanks, Heath.
--The, Richard Harter. Added 5 issues of this brief perzine from 1972.
--Union Street, Jeanne Gomoll and Scott Custis. Added 6 issues of this perzine: #99-104 (Oct 98 - Apr 99). Scanned from fanzines provided by Jeanne Gomoll. Thanks, Jeanne.
--Yandro, Buck and Juanita Coulson. Added 3 issues: #66-67 (Jul-Aug 58) and 72 (Jan 59). Contributors include Dan Akins, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Don Franson, John Berry, Ed Wood, George Scithers and Bruce Pelz. Yandro is a core fanzine for us to scan.

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