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A fan directory of names and addresses published by Ron Bennett of Liverpool and later Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK. It was also known as the Directory of S.F. Fandom and other variants. Later editions included information about whether the fan owned a tape recorder.
See also: Who's Who in Fandom (1961).
| Issue/title | Date | Pp | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Directory of 1955 sf Anglo-fandom | 1 February 1956 | 10 | "Distribution is primarily thro the Off-Trails Magazine Publishers Association and is a part of the March 1956 mailing" but per Apathy went out only in June #8. "… available to non-members at a shilling a fling … limited printing of 80 copies", numbered. "LSFA-LSFS production". Addresses were "about 200 -- but the dead-wood here is negligible. What Ex-active fans are here listed decided to part compan[y] with fandom during the last year. […] about 90 of the names listed here appeared in the 53 Clarke Directory." Typographic cover alternating all-caps and minuscules (for of and sf), with colophon, empty verso (not scanned; also given as "9 pps" in APAthy. Pages not numbered, Preface by A. Vincent Clarke at (3), "AN EDITORIAL OF SORTS..." (4). Only initials given. |
| The Directory of 1956 SF Fandom | March 1957 | 12 | Published in OMPA 11 and FAPA 78; mimeo; hand-stenciled ATom cover |
| The Directory of 1957 Fandom | February 1958 | 14 | Published in OMPA 15 and FAPA 82 |
| 1958 | February 1959 | 14 | Published in OMPA 19 and FAPA 86 |
| 1959 | February 1960 | 16 | Published in FAPA 90 |
| The Directory of 1960 S.F. Fandom | January 1961 | 16 | FAPA 94 |
| 1961 | February 1962 | 16 | FAPA 98. ATom cover |
| 1962 | January 1963 | 16 | |
| 1966 | April 1966 | 22 |
Directory of SF Fandom online at fanac.org.
| Publication | 1956—1966 |
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