Pong

(1) A Fanzine

An ensmalled fanzine with forty issues published between 1980 and 1982 by Ted White and Dan Steffan.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	October 1980	4
2	November 1980	4
3	November 1980	6
4	December 1980	4
5	December 1980	6
6	January 1981	8	Double Issue
8	February 1981	6
9	February 1981	4
10	March 1981	6
11	March 1981	4
12	March 1981	12
13	April 1981	6
14	May 1981	4
15	May 1981	6
16	June 1981	4
17	June 1981	4
18	June 1981	6
19	August 1981	6	Double Issue
21	August 1981	4
22	September 1981	4
23	September 1981	6
24	October 1951	6
25	October 1981	34
26	November 1981	8
27	November 1981	6
28	December 1981	10
29	January 1982	10
30	February 1982	10
31	March 1982	10
32	March 1982	10
33-34	April 1982	20	Double Issue
35	May 1982	10
36	June 1982	10
37	July 1982	10
38	August 1982	4
39	August 1982	6
40	August 1982	20
41	August 1992	8	Final issue

There is a long review of Pong in File 770 27, p. 10.

(2) A Name for a Nickname

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959

The surname given such Tuckerish pen-names as John W. Pong, Jr., Horatio Alger Pong, Lord Ponge-Ponge [a bit of an oddball] usw, altho according to some who should know the first name rather'n the last is the family name among Chinese, so that if these characters are related to the famous Hoy Ping Pong they should all be Hoys. Hoy Ping Pong himself, "the Chinese Buck Rogers", originally had a personality all his own, but eventually just became a pename for Bob Tucker writing humorous articles.

From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944

The surname given such Tuckerish penames as John W. Pong Jr., Horatio Alger Pong, usw, altho according to some who should know, the first name rathern the last is the surname of Chinamen, so that if these characters are related to the famous Hoy Ping Pong, they should all be Hoys.

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