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Series 8. Fanzines, 1945-2004, undated

 Series

Series Scope and Contents

Fanzines were a primary mode of sharing information and creating the science fiction community in the 20th century. These fanzines were collected by Klein and serve as one demonstration of his fandom and engagement with the community, he was also a frequent contributor to fanzines. Notes have been added to each title to list which issues are present.

Dates

  • Creation: 1945-2004, undated

Creator

Languages

From the Collection:

The collection is in English.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 66 Linear Feet (81 boxes, 9 flat file folders, 1 rolled item tube)

Series Arrangement

The fanzines are arranged alphabetically by title and each title is then sorted chronologically.

Fan Resources

Two extremely valuable community created resources for 20th century science fiction fandom are Fancyclopedia 3 and Fanac. Both of these have extensive information about science fiction fanzines (creators/editors, numbers of issues, title changes, distribution dates, etc).

Other Fanzines

The Eaton Collection holds numerous fanzines. These are primarily in the Fanzine Collection (MS 342), the Terry Carr Collection (MS 359), and a handful of specific titles have been fully cataloged. All of these can be found in the UCR library catalog. There are also fanzines in the Poul and Karen Anderson papers (MS 040) and the Stu Shiffman papers (MS 404), which are noted in their respective finding aids.

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
University of California
Rivera Library
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside 92517-5900 USA