Then
A fanzine, website and book devoted to British fan history, all by Rob Hansen. The image at the right is of the book cover.
Fanzine[edit]
The Then project began with The Story So Far ...: A Brief History of British Fandom (1987), published by Conspiracy '87. The four fanzine instalments are THEN 1: The 1930s and 1940s (1988), THEN 2: The 1950s (1989), THEN 3: The 1960s (1991) and THEN 4: The 1970s (1993). Supplements covering the 1980s, added for the website and book below, are adapted from The Story So Far ...
Online[edit]
Book[edit]
Titled Then -- Science Fiction Fandom in the UK: 1930-1980, it was published in August 2016 by Ansible Editions on Lulu.com; it is 454 pages, both paperback and hardcover; there is also an ebook. The book includes the material published in the fanzine Then, much revised and expanded by about 40,000 words, and regularly updated with further corrections to 2023. The cover image for the book and ebook is a photograph by Bruce Burn of the convention hall and stage backdrop at Bullcon, the 1963 UK Eastercon.
More information at Ansible Editions.
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