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Tag: Star Trek: Fanzines

  • Fanzines – Creative Genius at the Grass Roots (Part Three)

    In my previous two posts, I\’ve talked about my general experiences with, and thoughts on, fanzines. Now I\’ll share a few more specific thoughts about the actual zines that I\’ve come across over the years. The earliest zines that I collected date from the 1970s and early 1980s, and were mostly based around SF literature…

  • Fanzines – Creative Genius at the Grass Roots (Part Two)

    I remember my older Doctor Who, Star Trek and other general SF and telefantasy fanzines from the pre-computer DTP era, and the difference between those old zines and the modern variety is startling. The contents of those old zines were amazing, but the production values were, understandably, universally low, dodgy typewritten and photocopied efforts, the…