The Science Fiction Fan
(Did you mean a fan or a Bob Madle and John V. Baltadonis fanzine?)
A late-1930s, early-’40s fanzine published by Olon F. Wiggins, often called SFFan or just SFF. It was part of Cosmic Publications, and featured Sam Moskowitz, Don Wollheim, and Jack Speer as contributors. Many of Speer's IPO polls were distributed in SFFan. The contents tended to be mostly factual articles and essays, but there was some fiction. It was the largest fanzine of its era.
Both Wollheim and Moskowitz were listed as contributing editors through September 1938. Wiggins (living in Denver) seems to have tried to steer clear of the New York City feuds between them, though perhaps favoring the Moskowitz side, but in September, he announced that he would no longer by publishing anything by SaM and thereafter the fanzine was dominated by the Futurians.
A detailed, retrospective review by Jon D. Swartz of the May, 1940 (Volume 4, No. 10) issue was published in Scientifiction: The First Fandom Report for Fall, 2003.
| Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 1936 | 10 | |
| 2 | August 1936 | 10 | |
| 3 | September 1936 | 12 | |
| 4 | October 1936 | 16 | |
| 5 | April 1937 | 10 | |
| 6 | May 1937 | 12 | |
| 7 | June 1937 | 16 | |
| 8 | July 1937 | 24 | |
| 9 | August 1937 | 20 | |
| 10 | September 1937 | 20 | |
| 11 | October 1937 | 20 | |
| 12 | November 1937 | 20 | |
| 13 | December 1937 | 20 | |
| 14 | January 1938 | 20 | |
| 15 | January 1938 | ||
| 16 | January 1938 | ||
| 17 | January 1938 | 24 | |
| 18 | February 1938 | 24 | |
| 19 | March 1938 | 24 | |
| 20 | April 1938 | 20 | |
| 21 | May 1938 | 24 | |
| 22 | 1938 | ||
| 23 | June 1938 | 20 | |
| 24 | July 1938 | 50 | |
| 25 | August 1938 | 20 | |
| 26 | September 1938 | 20 | |
| 27 | October 1938 | 20 | |
| 28 | November 1938 | 20 | |
| 29 | December 1938 | 20 | |
| 30 | January 1939 | 20 | |
| 31 | 1939 | ||
| 32 | March 1939 | 20 | |
| 33 | April 1939 | 20 | |
| 34 | May 1939 | 20 | |
| 35 | June 1939 | 20 | |
| 36 | July 1939 | 12 | |
| 37 | August 1939 | 18 | |
| 38 | September 1939 | 20 | |
| 39 | October 1939 | 22 | |
| 40 | November 1939 | 20 | |
| 41 | December 1939 | 20 | |
| 42 | January 1940 | 20 | |
| 43 | February 1940 | 16 | |
| 44 | March 1940 | 20 | |
| 45 | April 1940 | 20 | |
| 46 | May 1940 | 20 | |
| 47 | June 1940 | 20 | |
| 48 | July 1940 | 60 | |
| 49 | August 1940 | 20 | |
| 50 | September 1940 | 20 | |
| 51 | October 1940 | 20 | |
| 52 | November 1940 | 20 | |
| 53 | January 1941 | 24 | |
| 54 | 1941 | ||
| 55 | February 1941 | 20 | Final issue |
The Science Fiction Fan online at fanac.org
| Publication | Reasonator 1936—1941 |
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