A science fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of science fiction fandom, from the 1930s to the present day. They were the earliest form of fanzine, and at one time constituted the primary form of science-fictional fannish activity ("fanac").
The term 'fanzine' is now also used, by extension, to refer to fan-created magazines in other areas; the earliest rock-and-roll fanzines were edited by science fiction fans. A significant fraction of modern computer/Web/Internet slang, abbreviations, etc. is derived from the jargon of the fanzine fans.
The fanzine movement is now well represented on the Web, see webzines.
Memory Hole (http://www.gostak.demon.co.uk/): a SF Fanzine bibliography
Open Directory category: Fanzines (http://dmoz.org/Arts/Online_Writing/Fiction/Fan_Fiction/Fanzines/)
efanzines.com (http://www.efanzines.com/) This site contains recent fanzines from fans working in the traditions of fanzine fandom. These zines are in pdf format. There are also links to other sites which will be of interest to those who like (or want to know more about) fanzine fandom.
Corflu (http://www.corflu.org) An annual convention for SF fanzine fans. The name Corflu is the fannish term for correction fluid, as used on mimeograph stencils in the pre-computer era.
Ditto (http://www.circlenk.com/ditto/) Another SF fanzine convention
Fanzines are not funded or subsidized by commercial or public entities; publishers, editors and contributors receive no financial compensation, and fanzines are traditionally circulated for at most a nominal cost to defray postage or production expenses, in exchange for similar publications or contributions for publication, or free of charge to any interested parties.
Never commercial enterprises, most sciencefictionfanzines were (and many still are) available for "the usual," meaning that a sample issue will be mailed on request; to receive further issues, a reader sends a "letter of comment" (LoC) about the fanzine to the editor.
The Punk explosion in the United Kingdom led to a massive upsurge of interest in fanzines as an alternative to the mainstream media that was felt to be too exploitative, capitalist, and essentially uninterested in the Punk Movement and the concerns of disaffected youth.
A sciencefictionfanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of sciencefiction fandom, from the 1930s to the present day.
Traditionally, sciencefictionfanzines were (and many still are) available for "the usual," meaning that a sample issue will be mailed on request; to receive further issues, a reader sends a "letter of comment" (LoC) about the fanzine to the editor.
The term "fanzine" is also used to refer to fan-created magazines in other areas; the earliest rock-and-rollfanzines were edited by sciencefiction fans.
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