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“It was not a unique kind of forum, following in the footsteps of many earlier "sercon" zines such as RIVERSIDE QUARTERLY, QUANTUM/THRUST, SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW, ALIEN CRITIC, et al. But it certainly captured the zeitgeist.”

Boing Boing: April 8, 2007 - April 14, 2007 Archives

“Mind you, a “sercon” fanzine that mainly is about science fiction and fantasy is still a fanzine, and the writing there is still fan writing.”

A Series of Casual Thoughts I Had While I Was Filling Out My Hugo Nomination Ballot and Looking at the Best Fan Writer Category « Whatever

“On the other hand, there are the “sercon” fanzines, meaning fanzines “of serious content,” focused on the sacred task of commenting on, and judging, the increasing output of SF/fantasy literature.”

Boing Boing: December 18, 2005 - December 24, 2005 Archives

“Programming bovil SorcererCon Verdict: an excellent relaxacon with sercon-style programming.”

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“The Whatever isn’t a “sercon” fanzine full of earnest reviews redolent of dreary aspirationalism, it’s a snappy, wisecracking “fannish” fanzine that covers whatever happens to currently interest John Scalzi.”

Well, That Didn’t Take Long « Whatever