Operation Fantast Handbook
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The Operation Fantast Handbook was an annual guide to the fandom and SF world published by Ken Slater as part of his Operation Fantast in 1951 through 1953.
| Year | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 24 (?)[1] | Year abbreviated as '51 on the cover (art by Alan Hunter, head of Fantast's starting Fanart Club, see p. 19; small inner art Peter Ridley and "American fan-artist Mrs. A. G. Archer"); "compiled in May, 1951 […] by Capt. K. F. Slater". 20 inner pages, numbered non-standard from "(2)" first recto to "(21)" 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). |
| 1952 | 40 | |
| 1953 | 68 | (Unannounced) 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 "Editorial Address" as it was to his military unit. Cover Ken McIntyre, inner art Les Chapman, David Wood. Similar Cansfield/Planet advert on bacover. (Some contents page items not listed below, and some pages taken up by ads.) • Operators' address list, p. 3 Also distributed as postmailing of August FAPA 64. |
- ↑ Mistakenly listed as 13-page at Fanac.org as the scan is by double-page spreads due to small format, half-quarto per British Fanzine Bibliography.
Operation Fantast Handbook online at fanac.org
| Publication | 1951—1953 |
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