Operation Fantast Handbook
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Annual guide to the fandom and SF world published by Ken Slater as part of Operation Fantast in 1951 through 1953.
| Year | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 24 (?) | Year abbreviated as '51 on the cover (art by Alan Hunter, head of Fantast's starting Fanart Club, see p. 19; small inner art by Peter Ridley and "American fan-artist Mrs. A. G. Archer"); "compiled in May, 1951 […] by Capt. K. F. Slater". 20 inner pages, numbered nonstandardly from "(2)" on first recto to "(21)" on last verso, plus covers (advertisement on the back for Cansfield Bros (Maps) Ltd., Litho & Letterpress Printers, "productions similar to this", Planet Works, Bradford; inner sides empty). Mistakenly listed as 13-page at Fanac.org as the scan is by double-page spreads due to little format. |
| 1952 | 40 | |
| 1953 | 68 | (Uannounced) final issue; numbering standard from contents on 1 to last verso 64; "compiled in Feb-March 1953 […] by K. F. Slater", but "Capt." retained in the "Editorial Address" as it was to his military unit. Cover by Ken McIntyre, inner art Les Chapman, David Wood. Similar Cansfield/Planet advert on bacover. Thish contained: • Operators' address list, p. 3 • Clubs and societies, pp. 6–11 • Conventions, p. 14 • A Word about Fanzines by Walter A. Willis, p. 16 • Society and Amateur Publications, p. 17–21 • Literary Agents, p. 27 • Operation Fantast Trading Bureau, p. 29 • Current magazines, pp. 30–5 • Dead magazines, pp. 36–7 • Dealers, pp. 48–9 • Libraries, p. 50 • Science fiction book clubs, p. 62 (Some items of the contents page are not listed above, and some pages were taken up by ads.) |
Operation Fantast Handbook online at fanac.org.
| Publication | 1951—1953 |
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