Argentus

Fanzine by Chicago-area fan Steven Silver from 2001–14. It was nominated for the Best Fanzine Hugo in 2008–10, and won the Chronic Rift Roundtable Award for Best Fanzine in 2009.

Published in paper and online annually beginning in 2001, Argentus was a general science fiction zine. Occasionally an online-only "Special Edition" was published, which focused on a specific theme. These included science fiction fans and authors on game shows (2005), conrunning (2009), and the completion of Neptune's first orbit (2011). The regular 2005 issue contained writing by authors who shared Silver's alliterative initials.

Contributors included Michael Appleton, Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ:, Mike Glyer, John Hertz, Rich Horton, Fred Lerner, Rich Lynch, Cheryl Morgan, Michael D. Thomas, and Frank Wu. Several pros also contributed articles.

The cartoonists and illustrators who contributed to Argentus include Sheryl Birkhead, Kurt Erichsen, Stu Shiffman, Maurine Starkey, Steve Stiles, delphyne woods, and Frank Wu.

Each issue contains numerous articles on a variety of topics, which can range from a look at silent film comedians to the tolerance of science fiction fans. The final section of each issue is entitled a "mock section," in which writers are asked to write an entry based on a theme, such as reviewing a fictitious version of a film based on a favorite book. The mock section is separated from the main body of the zine by a lettercolumn.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	Fall 2001	37
2	Summer 2002	36
3	Summer 2003	55
4	2004	41
Special Edition 1	2005	74	Argentus Guide to Game Shows
5	2005	25	The Alliterative Argentus
6	2006	43
7	2007	42
8	2008	41	Winner of the Chronic Rift Roundtable Award for Best Fanzine
Special Edition 2	2009	84	Argentus Presents the Art of the Con
9	2009	61
10	2010	39
Special Edition 3	2011	52	Neptune (issued the day Neptune completed its first orbit since its discovery)
11	November 2011	39
Special Edition 4	2012	31	From Argentus to Zenith
12	2012	37
13	2013	38
14	2014	68	Issued on the Centennial of Tucker's birth, it included a section in honor of Tucker rather than a mock section

Argentus at eFanzines.

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Publication

2001—2014

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