Newszines

Entry updated 21 July 2025. Tagged: Fan, Theme.

Fan Language abbreviation for a Fanzine or Magazine primarily devoted to sf news and perhaps gossip; most also feature at least some book listings and/or reviews. Newszines with entries in this encyclopedia are: Ansible, Bloomington News Letter (vt Science Fiction News Letter), British Fantasy Society Bulletin, Checkpoint, Critical Wave, Fanac, Fantasy Review (1), Fantasy Times, File 770, Futurian War Digest, Locus, Luna Monthly, The Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation, Science Fantasy News, Science Fiction Chronicle, Skyrack and The Steampunk Explorer. Several are archived online, have a current web presence, or both [see under links below].

Further newszines of note include Fanew Sletter (Australia, 100 issues 1974-1978) edited by Leigh Edmonds; Karass (US, 38 issues 1974-1978) edited by Linda Bushyager; Matrix (UK, 1975-2011) published by the British Science Fiction Association and discussed in that entry; DNQ (Canada, 34 issues 1978-1983) edited by Taral Wayne Macdonald and Victoria Vayne; and Thyme (Australia, 136 issues 1981-2002) edited by Irwin Hirsh and various successors, the last being Alan Stewart.

A number of long-running newszines double as club newsletters for local groups, such as Brum Group News (1971-current, initially as B.S.F.G.) for the Birmingham (England) Science Fiction Group, Instant Message (1967-current) for the New England Science Fiction Association, Shangri L'Affaires (1940-1997, also nicknamed Shaggy) for the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, PSFS News (1937-circa 2004, also as PSFS Bulletin, PSFS Bulletin, PSFS News Bulletin and Variant) for the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, and The WSFA Journal (1965-current, also as Son of the WSFA Journal) for the Washington (District of Columbia) Science-Fiction Association. There are many more. [DRL]

see also: Online Newszines.

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