BRITISH FANZINE
1931-1950
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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information supplied by Alistair Durie.
PET NAMES: A number of early fanzines adopted nicknames, and since they
are occasionally referred to by these names, a few are listed below:
Connie = Cosmos (Rennison)
Dinah = Dawn Shadows
Fay = Fantast
Fido = Futurian War Digest
Imp = Interplanetary News
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THE ALEMBIC: Norman Ashfield (Surrey).
1 Mar/48 m F 4 d/w OF 3
2 Oct/48 m F 8 (Vol 1 No 2)
***(?) Sum/49 m F 4 (Vol 2 No 1)
**(-) Sum/49 m F 8
4 Win/49 m F 10 (Vol 2 No 2)
**supplement
***misdated "Sum/48".
AMATEUR SCIENCE STORIES: Douglas Mayer
1 Oct/37 m Q 10
2 Dec/37 m Q 16
3 Mar/38 m Q 18
B
BEYOND: E.Frank Parker (London), Arthur Hillman.
Produced for the BFS in an edition of five copies only.
1 Aug/43 c Q 146 ed.EFP
2 Dec/44 c ? ? ed.AH
3 ?/45 c ? ? ed.AH
THE BEYOND: John Aiken (London), probably others as well.
Produced for the PRSSFL (later the Cosmos Club). Single,
typewritten copy circulated in UK, carbon copies sent to
USA.
1 ?/42 c Q ? (Vol.1 No.1)
2 Aut/42 c Q 104 (Vol.1 No.2)
3 Win/42 c Q 70 (Vol.1 No.3)
4 Spr/43 c Q 126 (Vol.1 No.4)
5 Sum/43 c Q 86 (Vol.2 No.1)
6 Sep/43 c Q 76 (Vol.2 No.2)
7 Dec/43 c Q 96 (Vol.2 No.3)
8 Mar/44 c Q 74 (Vol.2 No.4)
9 Sum/44 c Q 88 (Vol 3 No 1)
10 Sum/46 c Q 60 (Vol 3 No 2)
THE BIBLIOPHAN: R.G.Medburst (London).
(1) Aug/41 m F 4 d/w FWD 11
*(-) Oct/41 m Q 4 d/w FWD 13
2 Nov/41 m Q 6 b/w FWD 14
3 Jan/42 m Q 4 b/w FWD 16
**(4) Jun/42 m Q 2 b/w FWD 21
*supplement called Shocking The Bibliophan; b/w Tin Tacks 8 and
Fan Dance 2.
**called Genus Bibliophanus Leodenesius.
BOOKLIST: Ron Holmes (Liverpool) & John Gunn (Nottingham). Produced
for the BFL. Contains more news and notes than booklists.
*(?)
(?) Win/47 m Q 4 b/w OF 1 ed.RH
(?) Spr/48 F Q 2 ed.RH
6 Jul/48 m ½F 8 ed.RH
7 ?/48 ? ? ?
8 ?/48 ? ? ?
9 Nov/48 m Q 6 ed.JG
10 Dec/48 m Q 4 ed.JG
11 May/49 m Q 6 d/w SFN 3 ed.JG
*(?)
*No information on earlier or possible later issues.
NB. Mike Rosenblum produced a series of 'Booklist' sheets -
these have not been considered as fanzines.
BRITISH FANTASY FAN FEDERATION - see British Fantasy Society.
THE BRITISH FANTASY LIBRARY: John Gunn (Nottingham)
produced at least one newsheet under this title.
(-) Dec/49 m F 2
BRITISH FANTASY LIBRARY CATALOGUE: D.R. Smith (Nuneaton)
& Ron Holmes (Liverpool)
(-) ?/47 m Q ? ed.DS
(-) ?/48 m ½F 12 ed.RH
BRITISH FANTASY LIBRARY HANDBOOK: Ron Holmes (Liverpool)
(-) Win/47 m ½F 16
THE BRITISH SCIENCE FANTASY REVIEW - see Scientifiction.
BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETY BULLETIN: D.R. Smith (Nuneaton).
1 Jun/42 m Q 1 b/w FWD 21
2 Aug/42 m Q 1 b/w FWD 22
3 Oct/42 m Q 1 b/w FWD 23
4 Nov/42 m Q 2 d/w FWD 24
5 Dec/42 m USQ 4 b/w FWD 25
6 Feb/43 m Q 2 d/w FWD 27
7 Mar/43 m USQ 2 d/w FWD 27
8 May/43 m Q 2 b/w FWD 28
9 Jun/43 m Q 2 b/w FWD 29
10 Aug/43 m Q 6 b/w FWD 30
11 Sep/43 m Q 1 b/w FWD 31
12 Nov/43* ? ? ?
13 Nov/43 m Q 1 b/w FWD 32
14 Jan/44 m Q 2 b/w FWD 33
15 Mar/44 m Q 2 b/w FWD 34
16 May/44 m USQ 2 b/w FWD 35
17 Jul/44 m Q 6 b/w FWD 36
18 Sep/44 m USQ 2 d/w FWD 37
19 Nov/44 m Q 2 d/w FWD 38
20 Jan/45 m Q 2 d/w BFS PROSPECTUS
21 Mar/45 m Q 2 d/w FWD 39
22 Jun/45 m Q 8
23 Sep/45 m Q 6
24 Dec/45 m Q 6
25 Mar/46 m Q 4
26 May/46 m Q 4
27 Aug/46 m Q 4
28 Nov/46 m Q 4
**(?)
*may not exist, possible skipped number
**possibly further issues.
BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETY PRELIMINARY BULLETIN: Mike Rosenblum (Leeds).
*1 Mar/42 m Q 1 b/w FWD 18
*2 Apr/42 m USQ 2 d/w FWD 19
3 May/42 m USQ 2 d/w FWD 20
*called British Fantasy Fan Federation Preliminary Bulletin.
BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETY PROSPECTUS:
(-) Nov/42 m USQ 4 d/w FWD 24
*(-) Spr/45 m USQ 4 d/w BFS BULLETIN 20
*revised edition
BRITISH SCIENCE-FICTION BIBLIOGRAPHY: Douglas Mayer for the SFA
(-) Aug/37 m Q 18
BROWSING: J.Michael Rosenblum (Leeds). All issues d/w FAPA.
(1) Jan/43 m Q 2 d/w FAPA 24
2 Spr/43 m Q 4 d/w FAPA 25
3 Sum/43 m Q 4 d/w FAPA 26
4 Oct/43 m USQ 4
(5) Dec/43 m Q 4
6 Spr/44 m Q 4 d/w FAPA 28
7 Sep/44 m Q 6 d/w FAPA 29
8 ?/44 m Q 6
9 Dec/44 m Q 10 d/w FAPA 30A
10 Sum/45 m Q 14
*11 - - - -
(12) Aut/45 m USQ 14 (New Ser.l)
(13) Dec/45 m USQ 16 (New Ser.2)
*c/w Fantast's-Folly 3 (qv).
BULLETIN OF THE LEEDS SCIENCE FICTION LEAGUE: Harold Gottliffe.
1 Jan/38 p ½Q 2 d/w FAPA
2 Mar/38 p ½Q 4
cont. as The Futurian (qv).
BULLETIN OF THE NUNEATON SCIENCE FICTION LEAGUE:
No information. At least three issues (1937).
C
COLOSSUS: Donald Houston & Terry Overton.
1 Win/43 m Q 36
CONFITEOR - see Gargoyle.
CONVENTION EXTRA: produced for the 1944 Eastercon (London).
*(1) Dec/43 m Q 2
2 Feb/44 m Q 2 b/w FWD 33
*b/w FWD 32 and also Cosmic Cuts.
CONVENTION NEWS -see The Science-Fiction Festival Convention News
COSMIC CUTS: Gordon Holbrow and Dennis Tucker for the Cosmos Club (Teddington)
Continuation of the PRSSFL's Memo-Sheet (qv).
1 May/43 m Q 8 (Vol.2 No.1) ed. GH
2 Jun/43 m Q 2 (Vol.2 No.2) ed. GH
3 Aug/43 m Q 4 (Vol.2 No.3) ed. GH
4 Oct/43 m Q 4 (Vol.2 No.4) ed. GH
5 Dec/43 m Q 16 (Vol.2 No.5) ed. GH
6 Feb/44 m Q 6 (Vol.2 No.6) ed. GH
7 Apr/44 m Q 12 (Vol.2 No.7) ed. GH
8 Jun/44 m Q 4 (Vol.3 No.1) ed. GH
9 Aug/44 m Q 8 (Vol 3 No 2) ed. GH
10 Oct/44 m Q 4 (Vol 3 No 3) ed. GH
11 Dec/44 m Q 14 (Vol.3 No.4) ed. GH
12 Feb/45 m Q 2 (Vol.3 No.5) ed. GH
13 Apr/45 m Q 10 (Vol.3 No.6) ed. GH
*(14) Jun/45 m Q 2 (Vol.4 No.1) ed. GH
**(15) Jun/45 m Q 2 (Vol.4 No.2) ed. GH
***(16) Aug/45 m Q 8 (Vol.4 No.3) ed. DT
(17) Oct/45 m Q 2 (Vol.4 No.4) ed. DT
(18) Dec/45 m Q 4 (Vol.4 No.5) ed. DT
****(19) Feb/46 m Q 14 (Vol.4 No.6) ed. DT
(20) Apr/46 m Q 4 (Vol.5 No.1) ed. ?
(21) Jun/46 m Q 10 (Vol.5 No.2) ed. ?
(22) Aug/46 m Q 10 (Vol.5 No.3) ed. DT
(23) Oct/46 m Q 12 (Vol.5 No.4) ed. ?
(24) Dec/46 m Q 6 (Vol.5 No.5) ed. DT
possibly further issues
* subtitled '2nd Austerity Issue'
** titled 'CC Extra'
*** misnumbered Vol.4 No.4
**** misnumbered Vol.4 No.5
COSMOS: J.F.Burke. One copy only produced, then circulated.
Typed, on 6" x 8 3/4" paper.
*1 Spr/37 * * 60 (Vol.1 No.1)
2 Aut/38 * * 90 (Vol.1 No.2)
possibly further issues
*editorial is dated May 28, 1938
COSMOS: J.Edward Rennison (Blackburn).
1 Jan/41 m Q 1 b/w FWD 4
2 Feb/41 m Q 3 b/w FWD 5
3 Mar/41 m Q 2 b/w FWD 6
4 Nov/41 m Q 4 b/w FWD 14
5 Dec/41 m Q 6 b/w FWD 15
*(-) Jan/42 m Q 2 d/w FWD 16
6 Feb/42 m ½F 18
*supplement
THE CRANFAN: Sid Birchby for 'The Cranwell Group'.
1 May/42 c ? 4
CTHULHU: Douglas Webster (Aberdeen).
1 Jul/42 m USQ 22
*(-) Sum/42 m USQ 4
*supplement
D
DAWN SHADOWS: James Rathbone.
1 Oct/40 m Q 4 b/w FWD 1
2 Jan/41 m Q 2 b/w FWD 4
3 Aug/41 m Q 2 b/w FWD 11
DEAR FRIENDS (AND OTHERS) : J. E. Rennison.
(-) Feb/43 m Q 1 b/w FWD 26
DELIRIUM TREMENS: Dennis Tucker.
*1 Apr/42 m Q 2 d/w FWD 19
2 May/42 m Q 2 b/w FWD 20
3 Jul/42 m Q 2 b/w FWD 21
4 Aug/42 m Q 6 b/w FWD 22
5 Oct/42 m Q 2 b/w FWD 23
6 Nov/42 m Q 2 b/w FWD 24
7 Jan/43 m Q 2 b/w FWD 25
8 Feb/43 m Q 2 b/w FWD 26
9 May/43 m Q 4 b/w FWD 28
10 Jul/43 m Q 2 b/w FWD 29
11 Aug/43 m Q 4 b/w FWD 30
12 Nov/43 m Q 4 b/w FWD 32
13 Apr/44 m Q 2 b/w FWD 34
14 Aug/44 m Q 4 b/w FWD 36
*b/w Sands ot Time 4 (qv).
DIRECTORY OF ANGLOFANDOM: J.Michael Rosenblum (for the BFS),
unknown (for the BFL).
*(-) Jan/45 m ½F 24 (BFS)
(-) ?/48 ? ? ? (BFL)
*d/w FAPA
DIRECTORY OF CURRENT BRITISH FAN MAGAZINES:
(-) ?/40 m * 1 d/w FAPA ?
* size 5¼" x 6"
E
EASTERCON BOOKLET: Bruce Gaffron (London).
This is a souvenir booklet; a programme booklet was
also produced (Easter 1944) - no information, however.
(-) Nov/44 m Q 14
EASTERCON FINAL NOTICE!: (London).
(-) Mar/44 m Q 2
EXTRACTS FROM THE FUTURIAN: (Leeds).
(-) Win/39 p ½Q 8 d/w FAPA 13
F
FAN DANCE: C.S.Youd.
1 Aug/41 m Q 6 b/w FWD 11
*2 Oct/41 m Q 2 d/w FWD 13
*b/w Tin Tacks 8 and Shocking The Bib.
FANMAIL: Arthur C.Clarke.
Called a letter-substitute, but produced in an edition of
five copies (1940/1) C.S.Youd was to take over publication
(1941). No other details.
FANTASIA: Carbonzine published as internal club newsletter by the
Hayes Science Fiction Club (Middlesex) circa 1932/4.
No further details.
THE FANTAST: C.S.Youd, Douglas Webster.
1 Apr/39 m Q 22
2 May/39 m Q 22
3 Jun/39 m Q 20
4 Jul/39 m Q 20
5 Aug/39 m Q 22
6 Sep/39 m Q 22
7 Oct/39 m Q 28
(8) May/40 m Q 20 (Vol 2 No 1)
**(9) Mar/41 m Q 20 (Vol 2 No 2)
*(10) Apr/41 m Q 22 (Vol 2 No 3)
(11) Nov/41 m Q 24 (Vol 2 No 3)
(12) Dec/41 m Q 32 (Vol 2 No 5)
(13) Apr/42 m Q 34 (Vol 3 No 1)
(14) Jul/42 m Q 36 (Vol 3 No 2)
*C.S.Youd editor (1-9), Douglas Webster editor (10-14).
**John F.Burke co-editor.
FANTAST'S FOLLY: C.S.Youd.
1 Dec/44 m Q 6 d/w FAPA 31
*(?)
**3 Aug/45 m Q 10 d/w FAPA 33
4 Sum/46 m Q 6 d/w FAPA 36
*There may have been no issue '2'.
**c/w Browsing 11.
FANTASY POST: Arthur Williams & Ken Bulmer (London).
1 Oct/41 m Q 18
FANTASY REVIEW: Walter Gillings.
1 Mar/47 p ½Q 20
2 May/47 p ½Q 20
3 Jul/47 p ½Q 20
4 Sep/47 p ½Q 20
5 Nov/47 p ½Q 20
6 Jan/48 p ½Q 20
7 Mar/48 p ½Q 20
8 May/48 p ½Q 20 (Vol 2)
9 Jul/48 p ½Q 20
10 Sep/48 p ½Q 20
11 Nov/48 p ½Q 20
12 Jan/49 p ½Q 32
13 Mar/49 p ½Q 32 (Vol 3)
14 May/49 p ½Q 32
15 Sum/49 p ½Q 32
*16 Aut/49 p ½Q 32
*17 Win/49 p ½Q 36 (Vol 4)
*18 Spr/50 p ½Q 40
*called Science Fantasy Review.
FANTASY WAR BULLETIN: C.S.Youd.
1 Oct/39 m Q 2
2 Oct/39 m Q 2
3 Oct/39 m Q 4
4 Dec/39 m Q 2
5 Apr/40 m Q 2
6 Aug/40 m Q 2 (Vol 2 No 1)
7 Oct/40 m Q 2 (Vol 2 No 2)*
8 Nov/40 m Q 2 (Vol 2 No 3)*
9 Jan/41 m Q 4 (Vol 2 No 4) b/w FWD 5
* misnumbered as issue 6
from no.5 published as irregular supplement to FANTAST
THE FAN WHO RULED THE WORLD: see Novae Terrae.
THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT,
Or The Snag In Michael's Mailing:R.G.Medhurst.
1 Feb/41 m Q 4 b/w FWD 5
FORERUNNER - see Gargoyle.
THE FUTURIAN: J.Michael Rosenblum. (Leeds).
Formerly Bulletin Of The Leeds SF League (qv).
1 Jun/38 p ½Q 8 (Vol 2) d/w FAPA 5
2 Sep/38 p ½Q 16 d/w FAPA 5
3 Jan/39 p ½Q 16
4 Spr/39 p ½Q 20
5 Sum/39 p ½Q 20
6 Aut/39 p ½Q 24
*- Aut/39 p ½Q 8 d/w FAPA ?
**(7) Win/40 m - 20 (Vol 3 No 1)
**(8) Spr/40 m - 24 (Vol 3 No 2)
* called Extracts from The Futurian
**page size = 7" x 9".
THE FUTURIAN: J.Michael Rosenblum. (Leeds).
(-) Aut-Win/38 p - 6 (Vol 1 No.?) d/w FAPA ?
Produced only for FAPA, size 5 ¼" x 8 ¼"
FUTURIAN WAR DIGEST: J.Michael Rosenblum (Leeds).
an amalgamation of Pseudo-Futurian and War Digest.
1 Oct/40 m Q 4
2 Nov/40 m Q 6
3 Dec/40 m Q 4
4 Jan/41 m Q 7
5 Feb/41 m Q 5
6 Mar/41 m Q 5
7 Apr/41 m Q 6
8 May/41 m Q 6
9 Jun/41 m USQ 9
10 Jul/41 m Q 8
11 Aug/41 m Q 10
12 Sep/41 m Q 7
(13) Oct/41 m USQ 8 (Vol 2 No 1)
(14) Nov/41 m Q 6 (Vol 2 No 2)
(15) Dec/41 m Q 6 (Vol 2 No 3)
*(16) Jan/42 m Q 8 (Vol 1 No 4)
(17) Feb/42 m USQ 8 (Vol 2 No 5)
(18) Mar/42 m Q 8 (Vol 2 No 6)
(19) Apr/42 m USQ 8 (Vol 2 No 7)
(20) May/42 m Q 6 (Vol 2 No 8)
(21) Jul/42 m Q 10 (Vol 2 No 9)
(22) Aug/42 m Q 7 (Vol 2 No 10)
(23) Oct/42 m Q 8 (Vol 3 No 1)
(24) Nov/42 m USQ 6 (Vol 3 No 2)
(25) Jan/43 m USQ 6 (Vol 3 No 31
(26) Feb/43 m Q 9 (Vol 3 No 4)
(27) Apr/43 m Q 8 (Vol 3 No 5 )
(28) May/43 m Q 6 (Vol 3 No 6)
(29) Jul/43 m Q 10 (Vol 3 No 7)
(30) Aug/43 m Q 10 (Vol 3 No 8)
(31) Oct/43 m Q 11 (Vol 4 No 1)
*(32) Dec/43 m Q 12 (Vol 2 No 3)
*(33) Feb/44 m Q 12 (Vol 3 No 3)
*(34) Apr/44 m Q 10 (Vol 3 No 4)
*(35) Jun/44 m Q 12 (Vol 3 No 5)
*(36) Aug/44 m Q 14 (Vol 3 No 6)
*(37) Oct/44 m Q 18 (Vol 4 No 1)
*(38) Dec/44 m Q 20 (Vol 4 No 2)
*(39) Mar/45 m Q 18 (Vol 5 No 2)
*issues misnumbered, as noted
Note that certain issues had one or two pages in US Quarto
as well as UK Quarto. Many of these pages (and similar USQ
pages in fanzines b/w FWD) were spare sheets sent over by
US fans during the wartime paper shortage; some of them have
extracts or illustrations from US fanzines of the period. A
very large number of fanzines were b/w FWD; they are listed
under their separate titles.
G
GALAXY: Terry Overton (Cardiff).
1 Aug/42 m Q 2 b/w FWD 22
2 Oct/42 m Q 4 b/w FWD 23
3 Nov/42 m Q 2 b/w FWD 24
4 Jan/43 m USQ 2 b/w FWD 25
5 Feb/43 m Q 2 b/w FWD 26
6 May/43 m Q 2 b/w FWD 27
7 Jul/43 m Q 4 b/w FWD 29
GARGOYLE: David McIlwain.
1 Mar/40 h - 20 size 5¼" x 8¼"
2 Apr/40 h - 28 size 5¼" x 8¼
*(-) Jun/40 h ? 4
**(3) Jun/40 h - 22 size 5¼" x 8¼
***(-) Oct/40 h ? 8
3 Dec/40 h ½F 24
4 Jan/41 h ½F 24 (Vol 2 No 1)
5 Apr/41 h ½F 40 (Vol 2 No 2)
*supplement titled Confiteor
**aborted issue, unfinished, limited distribution
***supplement titled Forerunner
GEMINI: Ron Lane (Manchester).
*(1)
2 Feb/44 m F 12
3 Apr/44 m F 14 (called '2')
**(-) Jul/44 m Q 4
4 Jul/44 m F 14
5 Nov/44 ? ? 28
6 Jan/45 ? ½F 24
7 May/45 m Q 26
***(-) ? m ? 12
*the first issue may never have been published; if it was,
it appeared after issue 3.
**called Rubaiyat (qv).
***caled Gemini Special.
THE GENTLEST ART: Douglas Webster.
(1) Dec/40 m Q 4 b/w FWD 3
2 Jan/41 m Q 4 b/w FWD 4
3 Feb/41 m Q 4 b/w FWD 5
4 Mar/41 m Q 4 b/w FWD 6
5 Apr/41 m Q 4 b/w FWD 7
6 May/41 m Q 4 b/w FWD 8
7 Jun/41 m Q 4 d/w FWD 9
8 Jul/41 m Q 6 b/w FWD 10
GENUS BIBLIOPHANUS LEODENSIUS - see The Bibliophan.
GOTTLIFFE ON THE GREEN: Harold Gottliffe
(-) ?/39 p ½Q 4
H
HELLZAPOPPIN: Douglas Webster.
1 Apr/41 m Q 4 b/w FWD 7
HE SAID: Ron Holmes.
1 Apr/4l m Q 1 b/w FWD 7
2 May/41 m Q 2 b/w FWD 8
Hints on Stencil-Cutting: Ken Slater & John Newman
(-) ?/49 m Q 8
an Operation Fantast publication for Science Fantasy Society
HOT AIR - see Zenith
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INTERPLANETARY NEWS: Dennis Tucker (High Wycombe).
1 Jun/41 m Q 2
2 ?/41 m ½Q 4
3 Dec/41 m ½F 4
INTRODUCING THE SCIENCE FANTASY SOCIETY: Vince Clarke (London) for the SFS.
(-) ?/49 m ½F 16
J
JEN: David McIlwain.
(1) ? ? ? ?
*2 Apr/41 h ½F 8
*in Esperanto.
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