Fans, Fandoms, Fanzines and Archiving Science Fiction Fannish History

In this online era, it is all too easy to bandy about the term “fanzine” while lacking any real understanding of what these texts used to look like or how they were duplicated and exchanged.

“This review of fandom, fanzines, and archiving fannish history has just touched the surface of big events in the fannish world relevant to sf and media print zine culture, from the late 1920s up through the early 2000s, when fandom moved away from print fanzines and toward the internet as dial-up modems became available. The creation and distribution of these physical artefacts comprised fandom for many.”

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Karen Hellekson