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- noun Plural form of
fanzine .
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Examples
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(Though, technically, according to the SFS (Science Fiction Society) constitution, the "fan art" category covers stuff that appears in fanzines AND semi-prozines, where a lot of my stuff appears.)
Do people actually read fanzines? frankwu 2009
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When I finally found sf fandom, both in fanzines, and shortly thereafter, in local fans and groups, around age 11-12, involvement in those activities that my obsession, and in particular I became a world-class expert in the obscure topic of the history of science fiction fandom, and related topics.
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Fan artists are folks like me whose work appears in fanzines (for which they are paid nothing) or in semi-professional magazines (semi-prozines) (for which they are paid next to nothing).
Society benefits from much voting frankwu 2008
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What was once a controversy that consumed several rounds of letters back and forth in fanzines and magazines, lasting months or even years, has been reduced in the era of the internet to a matter of hours.
MIND MELD: What are the Most Controversial SF/F Novels of the Past & Present? 2008
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Partially because he was nominated not for writings which appeared in fanzines, but rather for his writings in his blog.
Society benefits from much voting frankwu 2008
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Even in fanzines that's been true -- William Atheling Jr's columns, for an early example -- if not universal.
MIND MELD: How Have Online Book Reviews Affected the Publishing World? 2007
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All of this material is either beyond obscure, appearing in fanzines and other rarities through the ages, or previously unpublished.
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There were "fanzines" - Teen Beat, Sixteen Magazine.
p2pnet news 2009
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It simply meant "stories written by fans for fans, amateur fiction published in fanzines."
Someone Is Angry On the Internet grrm 2010
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(Or whether "fan writing" really applies only to stuff that appears in fanzines.) (And NO, I am NOT plugging himself for a Hugo in this category.)
Fan writer Hugo frankwu 2007
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