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'''''Browsing''''' was a [[fanzine]] published by [[J. Michael Rosenblum]] in the [[UK]]. All issues were also distributed in [[FAPA]].
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'''''Browsing''''' was a [[FAPAzine]] published by [[J. Michael Rosenblum]] from the [[UK]] despite the [[War]].
  
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Writing in ''[[Futurian War Digest]]'' #37 (October 1944), Rosenblum said:
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In ''[[Futurian War Digest]]'' #37 (October 1944), Rosenblum said:
  
 
  From the present issue (No 9) of my Fapa publication ''Browsing'', it is available to non-members at a price of 2d per copy post free. The magazine is a six or more page publication devoted mainly to fantasy in book form and includes book reviews, chatter and notes. Persons co-operating in various ventures will continue to receive free copies though.  
 
  From the present issue (No 9) of my Fapa publication ''Browsing'', it is available to non-members at a price of 2d per copy post free. The magazine is a six or more page publication devoted mainly to fantasy in book form and includes book reviews, chatter and notes. Persons co-operating in various ventures will continue to receive free copies though.  
  
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The ''[[FAPA Book]]'' notes that:
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The ''[[FAPA Book]]'' (volume 3) notes re #11 in October 1945 [[mailing]] (see details in the table below):
  
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  ''Browsing'' [11]] is simultaneously ''Fantast's Folly''. ''Fantast's Folly'' is simultaneously (Rosenblum's) ''Browsing'' no. 11. The magazine (and there was only one, not two) was actually solely ''Fantast's Folly'', with extra details added to make [[Swisher]]'s indexing job more interesting.
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  ''Browsing'' is simultaneously ''[[Fantast's Folly]]'' [by [[C. S. Youd]]]. ''Fantast's Folly'' is simultaneously (Rosenblum's) ''Browsing'' no. 11. The magazine (and there was only one, not two) was actually solely ''Fantast's Folly'', with extra details added to make [[Swisher]]'s indexing job more interesting.
  
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The final issue, distributed with the January 1946 mailing, offers some insights into timing. It's not entirely clear which issue Rosenblum is talking about but perhaps #10 which also appeared in that mailing. He said:
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The final issue, distributed with the January 1946 mailing 34, offers some insights into timing.
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By now the issue of "BROWSING" devoted to a discussion on [[Weird fiction]] should have been fully distributed via FAPA […] The [[stencil]]s for this were cut in August 1944, the [[mimeoing]] done about April '45, & the copies mailed to the USA in May; which only goes to show how long a publication can take betwixt conception & distribution.
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So far some very encouraging comments have come in about it; notably from [[Harold Wakefield]] of Toronto and [[Matthew Onderdonk]] […] I quote that here so that the folk who contributed so nobly to the round-discussion can have some idea
  
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  The stencils for this were cut in August 1944, the mimeoing done about April '45, & the copies mailed to the USA in May; which only goes to show how long a publication can take betwixt conception & distribution.
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It seems that Rosenblum meant #10 (not available online so far): judging from the bibliographies as summed below, it is the only possibility. In ''FWD'' 38 (December 1944) he announced he would soon publish
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  A pamphlet entitled "Discussions on a theme, No 1; Some Words of Wisdom on the [[Weird]]" with contributions from [[John Aiken|J. K. Aiken]], [[Jack Banks|J. Banks]], [[John F. Burke|J. F. Burke]], [[Malcolm Ferguson]] and [[Paul J. Searles|Paul Searles]] based on an article by [[Edmund Wilson]] in the [[New Yorker]]. [[Arthur F. Hillman|Arthur Hillman]] has MCed<ref>Might this be a period acronym for preparing a master copy of the typescript, or what?</ref> and [[stencil]]led this opus which is a really serious and worthwhile discussion on the subject. Priced at 4d.
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This then would be likely issued as (or just with?) #10, but it remains to be confirmed. Another strange fact is that per ''[[FAPA Book]]'', #10 this was distributed only in the same Mailing 34 as the New Series #2, but perhaps Rosenblum meant responses to earlier copies mailed individually outside FAPA?
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''FAPA Book'' also notes a case where an unmarked bibliographic sheet of bibliographies (see below) separated from the ''Browsing'', causing confusion.
  
 
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  Issue || Date || Pages || [[FAPA]] mailing || Notes  
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  # || Date || Pp || [[FAPA]] mail&shy;ing || Notes  
 
1 || January 1943 || 2 || 24 ||
 
1 || January 1943 || 2 || 24 ||
 
2 || Spring 1943 || 4 || 25 ||
 
2 || Spring 1943 || 4 || 25 ||
 
3 || Summer 1943 || 4 || 26 ||
 
3 || Summer 1943 || 4 || 26 ||
 
4 || October 1943 || 4 || 27 ||
 
4 || October 1943 || 4 || 27 ||
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5 || December 1943 || 4 || 27 ||  
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5 || December&nbsp;1943 || 4 || 27 ||  
 
6 || Spring 1944 || 4 || 28 ||
 
6 || Spring 1944 || 4 || 28 ||
 
7 || September 1944 || 6 || 29 ||
 
7 || September 1944 || 6 || 29 ||
 
8 || 1944 || 6 || 29 ||  
 
8 || 1944 || 6 || 29 ||  
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9 || December 1944 || 10 || 30A ||
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9 || (September) 1944 || 10 || 30A || Pictorial [[masthead]] ("drawing in this issue by [[Joe Gibson]]") says '''''Browsings''''' and is so indexed in ''[[FAPA Book]]'' vol. 2, but this was clearly inadvertent error (seems the only such); p6 has "Appearing in BROWSING number 9, September 1944". No other date anywhere, even in [[colophon]] at p2, just "approximately quarterly"; December given generally was the FAPA mailing date. <br> pp 1–2 BIBLIOGRAPHY: Report on Progress (of "the proposal I made of an elaborate page-per-book [[bibliography]]"); pp 3–4 "What They Are About! Jottings on books read recently"; p5 Book Chatter; p6 example bibliographic entry/review by [[Alan H. Miles|Allan H. Miles]] (F/O R.A.F.); p7 'And this page is meant only for FAPA members, as it backs on to a reprint of [[C. S. Youd]]'s "[[Rubaiyat of a Science Fiction Fan]]" originally published with [[Novae Terrae]] about 1938, and reprinted recently by [[Ron Lane]], who has kindly let me have enough copies to cover Fapa distribution.' General [[mailing comments]] follow; then 3 pages of the reprint
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10 || Summer 1945 || 15 || 34 ||
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10 || Summer 1945 || 15 || 34 || note the belated distribution as described above
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11 || || || 33 || Included with ''[[Fantast's Folly]] #3''
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11 || August 1945 || 10 || 33 || Header ''[[Fantast's Folly]]'' No. 3; see also above. Record of early August [[fan gathering]] in London "prepared sectionally by various people … [[Sam Youd]] wishes it to be taken as "FANTAST’S FOLLY III” for the record, whilst J.M. Rosenblum points out that it is simultaneously "BROWSING” no. 11; thus causing a crisis in the [[Swisher]] files … published from" JMR's [[Leeds]] address; he wrote Tuesday on pp 9–10.
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colspan=5| New Series
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colspan=5| New Series, produced in LA by [[Gus Willmorth]] and [[E. Everett Evans]]
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1 || Autumn 1945 || 14 || 33 ||
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1 || Autumn 1945 || 14 || 33 ||
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2 || January 1946 || 18 || 34 || Final issue  
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2 || January 1946 || 16 || 34 || Final issue (without any suggestion of stopping). Misscanned at [[Fanac.org]], some pages repeat but there are only 16 – numbered up to PAGE TEN and then three sheets of book reviews / bibliographic entries, inc. by [[Julian Parr]]. Also includes My First Stencil by [[Joyce Fairbairn]] pp 5–6
 
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Revision as of 09:13, 25 August 2024

Browsing was a FAPAzine published by J. Michael Rosenblum from the UK despite the War.

In Futurian War Digest #37 (October 1944), Rosenblum said: 

From the present issue (No 9) of my Fapa publication Browsing, it is available to non-members at a price of 2d per copy post free. The magazine is a six or more page publication devoted mainly to fantasy in book form and includes book reviews, chatter and notes. Persons co-operating in various ventures will continue to receive free copies though.

The FAPA Book (volume 3) notes re #11 in October 1945 mailing (see details in the table below): 

Browsing is simultaneously Fantast's Folly [by C. S. Youd]. Fantast's Folly is simultaneously (Rosenblum's) Browsing no. 11. The magazine (and there was only one, not two) was actually solely Fantast's Folly, with extra details added to make Swisher's indexing job more interesting.

The final issue, distributed with the January 1946 mailing 34, offers some insights into timing. 

By now the issue of "BROWSING" devoted to a discussion on Weird fiction should have been fully distributed via FAPA […] The stencils for this were cut in August 1944, the mimeoing done about April '45, & the copies mailed to the USA in May; which only goes to show how long a publication can take betwixt conception & distribution.
So far some very encouraging comments have come in about it; notably from Harold Wakefield of Toronto and Matthew Onderdonk […] I quote that here so that the folk who contributed so nobly to the round-discussion can have some idea

It seems that Rosenblum meant #10 (not available online so far): judging from the bibliographies as summed below, it is the only possibility. In FWD 38 (December 1944) he announced he would soon publish 

A pamphlet entitled "Discussions on a theme, No 1; Some Words of Wisdom on the Weird" with contributions from J. K. Aiken, J. Banks, J. F. Burke, Malcolm Ferguson and Paul Searles based on an article by Edmund Wilson in the New Yorker. Arthur Hillman has MCed[1] and stencilled this opus which is a really serious and worthwhile discussion on the subject. Priced at 4d.

This then would be likely issued as (or just with?) #10, but it remains to be confirmed. Another strange fact is that per FAPA Book, #10 this was distributed only in the same Mailing 34 as the New Series #2, but perhaps Rosenblum meant responses to earlier copies mailed individually outside FAPA?

FAPA Book also notes a case where an unmarked bibliographic sheet of bibliographies (see below) separated from the Browsing, causing confusion.

# Date Pp FAPA mail­ing Notes
1 January 1943 2 24
2 Spring 1943 4 25
3 Summer 1943 4 26
4 October 1943 4 27
5 December 1943 4 27
6 Spring 1944 4 28
7 September 1944 6 29
8 1944 6 29
9 (September) 1944 10 30A Pictorial masthead ("drawing in this issue by Joe Gibson") says Browsings and is so indexed in FAPA Book vol. 2, but this was clearly inadvertent error (seems the only such); p6 has "Appearing in BROWSING number 9, September 1944". No other date anywhere, even in colophon at p2, just "approximately quarterly"; December given generally was the FAPA mailing date.
pp 1–2 BIBLIOGRAPHY: Report on Progress (of "the proposal I made of an elaborate page-per-book bibliography"); pp 3–4 "What They Are About! Jottings on books read recently"; p5 Book Chatter; p6 example bibliographic entry/review by Allan H. Miles (F/O R.A.F.); p7 'And this page is meant only for FAPA members, as it backs on to a reprint of C. S. Youd's "Rubaiyat of a Science Fiction Fan" originally published with Novae Terrae about 1938, and reprinted recently by Ron Lane, who has kindly let me have enough copies to cover Fapa distribution.' General mailing comments follow; then 3 pages of the reprint
10 Summer 1945 15 34 note the belated distribution as described above
11 August 1945 10 33 Header Fantast's Folly No. 3; see also above. Record of early August fan gathering in London "prepared sectionally by various people … Sam Youd wishes it to be taken as "FANTAST’S FOLLY III” for the record, whilst J.M. Rosenblum points out that it is simultaneously "BROWSING” no. 11; thus causing a crisis in the Swisher files … published from" JMR's Leeds address; he wrote Tuesday on pp 9–10.
New Series, produced in LA by Gus Willmorth and E. Everett Evans
1 Autumn 1945 14 33
2 January 1946 16 34 Final issue (without any suggestion of stopping). Misscanned at Fanac.org, some pages repeat but there are only 16 – numbered up to PAGE TEN and then three sheets of book reviews / bibliographic entries, inc. by Julian Parr. Also includes My First Stencil by Joyce Fairbairn pp 5–6
  1. ↑ Might this be a period acronym for preparing a master copy of the typescript, or what?

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