Blend offan +magazine.Coined by American chess player and SF fandom founderRuss Chauvenet in the October 1940 edition of his own science fiction fanzineDetours, to replace the earlierfanmag.[1]
- IPA(key): /ˈfænˌziːn/
- Hyphenation:fan‧zine
fanzine (pluralfanzines)
- Amagazine, normally produced byamateurs, intended for people who share a common interest.
- Synonyms:dōjinshi,doujinshi
1950 September, Francis Towner Laney, “Syllabus for a Fanzine”, inSpacewarp[1], number42, page 8:I don't know how manyfanzines there've been, but surely no fewer than 500 different items, some running for one issue and some for several dozen.
1959,Terry Carr, Ron Ellik (as Carl Brandon), “The Tin Woodsfan”, inThe BNF of Iz[2], archived fromthe original on21 July 2013:"Well, long ago," said the Tin Woodsfan, "a fan and I were feuding, and the fan decided to drive me out of fandom. But no one can leave Iz because of the great burning desert called Public Contempt which surrounds this fannish land, and since nobody ever gafiates while still inside the country, he had to cast a spell of immobility upon me. One day when I was chopping wood to make paper for myfanzine, he cast his spell, and there I've been until you came along."
2013,Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, volume 1,→ISBN, Fanzines, page227:The US jazz magazineCoda began in 1958 as a 12-page mimeographedfanzine, put together by its editor and a team of volunteers working for beer and pizza.
2024 November 25, Max Brockman, “P.I. Undercover: New York” (5:35 from the start), inWhat We Do in the Shadows[3], season 6, episode 8, spoken by Guillermo de la Cruz (Harvey Guillén):“Do you think Cal Bodian's over there? Do you think he'll sign my zine?” “♪♪ Bum, bada-dum. ♪♪ My P.I. Undercoverfanzine. I've done everything myself. I just took a guess about the chest hair.”
a magazine, normally produced by amateurs
- ^Chauvenet, Louis Russell (6 October 1940),Detours: “We hereby protest against the un-euphonious word "fanag" and announce our intention to plug fanzine as the best short form of "fan-magazine".”
- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “fanzine”, inBrave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN,pages60–61.
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2026), “fanzine n.”, inHistorical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
fanzine m (pluralfanzines)
- fanzine
fanzine m (pluralfanzines)
- fanzine
