The Mad 3 Party
A fanzine published by Boston in '89, starting in 1984 as a bidzine and then, in 1986 after Boston in '89 became Noreascon 3, as a convention planning fanzine. As a bidzine, it was edited by Laurie Mann, Pat Vandenberg and (from 1986) Leslie Turek. There were 38 issues, 8.5x11, stapled.
The name was derived from the facts that the bid was for Noreascon 3 and the bid's theme was Alice in Wonderland.
During Leslie Turek's editorship, it was distributed to everyone working on Noreascon 3, and had a wide circulation outside the committee as well. It covered all aspects of planning and running a Worldcon. It was nominated for the 1988 Best Fanzine Hugo. In 1989 it was, of course, declared to be ineligible because Noreascon 3 was the administering convention, but it was nominated again the following year and won the 1990 Best Fanzine Hugo.
See Leslie's article, "My Life As a Faned" for some stories about what led to M3P.
See Sad 3 Party for a parody.
| Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 1984 | 8 | ed. Laurie Mann |
| 2 | May 1984 | 12 | ed. is now Pat Vandenberg |
| 3 | 1984 | 10 | |
| 4 V1.4 | 1984 | 10 | |
| 5 V1.5 | 1984 | 12 | |
| 6 V1.6 | January 1985 | 14 | |
| 7 V2.1 | March 1985 | 10 | |
| 8 V2.2 | July 1985 | 16 | |
| 9 V2.3 | November 1985 | 18 | |
| 10 V2.4 | March 1986 | 20 | |
| 11 | April 1986 | 10 | ed. is now Leslie Turek |
| 12 | June 1986 | 22 | |
| 13 | August 1986 | 12 | |
| 14 | October 1986 | 22 | |
| 15 | December 1986 | 22 | |
| 16 | February 1987 | 20 | |
| 17 | March 1987 | 23 | |
| 18 | April 1987 | 22 | |
| 19 | June 1987 | 22 | |
| 20 | August 1987 | 20 | |
| 21 | October 1987 | 20 | |
| 22 | November 1987 | 22 | |
| 23 | August 1987 | 22 | |
| 24 | February 1988 | 22 | |
| 25 | April 1988 | 22 | |
| 26 | May 1988 | 22 | |
| 27 | June 1988 | 22 | |
| 28 | August 1988 | 22 | |
| 29 | September 1988 | 22 | |
| 30 | November 1988 | 22 | |
| 31 | December 1988 | 22 | |
| 32 | February 1989 | 20 | |
| 33 | March 1989 | 22 | |
| 34 | May 1989 | 22 | |
| 35 | June 1989 | 22 | |
| 36 | July 1989 | 14 | |
| 37 | August 1989 | 18 | |
| 38 | January 1990 | 22 |
The Mad 3 Party online at fanac.org
| Publication | 1984—1989 |
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