Focal Point

(Did you mean the fanzine by Mike McInerney, Arnie Katz and rich brown?)

In fanhistory, a focal point is a fanzine, fan or group considered central to a particular fannish era. In particular, in a numbered fandom, the focal point is the zine that most exemplified and defined the period, the quintessential zine a fan had to read to be considered truly a part of the era.

In post-numerical eras, conventions or online communities have sometimes been called "focal points," but this is a controversial usage.

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Fanspeak

1960s—

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