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"Devoid Specimen is a periodical commonplace book in the form of a personal SF/F zine, originally created as a replacement for ''[[FanDominion]]'' for the [[Neffer]] [[Amateur Press Association]] ([[N'APA]]). The name of this zine comes from the editor's experience with early word processors of the 1980s with proto-spellcheck capabilities that did not know proper nouns and suggested "Devoid Specimen" as an alternate spelling of his name, [[David Speakman]]. As a commonplace book, this zine is a semi-scrapbook collection of starts, stops, ideas, jots, doodles, lists, dregs of [[fanac]], and not-quite fully formed articles and other detritus that may yet be polished or find a home -- somewhere."
 
"Devoid Specimen is a periodical commonplace book in the form of a personal SF/F zine, originally created as a replacement for ''[[FanDominion]]'' for the [[Neffer]] [[Amateur Press Association]] ([[N'APA]]). The name of this zine comes from the editor's experience with early word processors of the 1980s with proto-spellcheck capabilities that did not know proper nouns and suggested "Devoid Specimen" as an alternate spelling of his name, [[David Speakman]]. As a commonplace book, this zine is a semi-scrapbook collection of starts, stops, ideas, jots, doodles, lists, dregs of [[fanac]], and not-quite fully formed articles and other detritus that may yet be polished or find a home -- somewhere."
  
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"Devoid Specimen is a periodical commonplace book in the form of a personal SF/F zine, originally created as a replacement for FanDominion for the Neffer Amateur Press Association (N'APA). The name of this zine comes from the editor's experience with early word processors of the 1980s with proto-spellcheck capabilities that did not know proper nouns and suggested "Devoid Specimen" as an alternate spelling of his name, David Speakman. As a commonplace book, this zine is a semi-scrapbook collection of starts, stops, ideas, jots, doodles, lists, dregs of fanac, and not-quite fully formed articles and other detritus that may yet be polished or find a home -- somewhere."


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