Research Guides: Sci Fi & Fantasy Fanzines at UMBC: Scholarly Sources about Fanzines

Selected Reference Resources: Books, etc.

Here are some scholarly works written about science fiction fanzines. Below is a selected bibliography of online resources and books you can find at the Albin O. Kuhn Library.

The world of fanzines; a special form of communication | Frederic Wertham
Fanzine index : listing most fanzines from the beginning through 1952 : including titles, editors’ names, and data on each issue / Bob Pavlat and Bill Evans, editors.
All our yesterdays; an informal history of science fiction fandom in the forties / Harry Warner
Speculative blackness : the future of race in science fiction / André M. Carrington.
The Science Fiction Reboot : Canon, Innovation and Fandom in Refashioned Franchises.
Reference guide to science fiction, fantasy, and horror / Michael Burgess, Lisa R. Bartle.
Fandom directory.
The fillostrated fan dictionary / by Elliot Weinstein.
Science fiction worlds of Forrest J. Ackerman & friends / and introducing on the cover Bill Hughes
The eighth stage of fandom : selections from 25 years of fan writing / Robert Bloch; edited by Earl Kemp, with an introduction by Wilson Tucker.
Why is a fan? : the second SaFari annual.
Fancyclopedia II / with...assistance of Redd Boggs...
British fanzine bibliography.
Fic : why fanfiction is taking over the world / Anne Jamison.
Partners in wonder : women and the birth of science fiction, 1926-1965 / Eric Leif Davin.
Theorizing fandom : fans, subculture, and identity / edited by Cheryl Harris, Alison Alexander.
Inside outer space : science fiction professionals look at their craft / edited by Sharon Jarvis.
The Visual encyclopedia of science fiction / edited by Brian Ash.
The immortal storm; a history of science fiction fandom, by Sam Moskowitz.
The Forrest J. Ackerman oeuvre : a comprehensive catalog of the fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenplays, film appearances, speeches and other works, with a concise biography / Christopher M. O’Brien
The Futurians : the story of the science fiction "family" of the 30’s that produced today’s top sf writers and editors / Damon Knight.

Theses, Dissertations, Articles, etc.

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Desegregating the Future: A Study of African-American Participation in Science Fiction Conventions / Testerman, Rebecca Lynn Social Media
Masters Thesis by Rebecca Lynn Testerman, Bowling Green State University, 2012
Fanzine Research: Some Sercon Musings
A guide for students and researchers interested in comics and graphic novels

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