The Zed

(There was also a Nielsen Hayden fanzine named Zed.)

An apazine published by Karen Anderson for SAPS during the 50s and 60s. "The Zed" was an abbreviation for Die Zeitschrift für Vollstandige Unsinn, German for The Journal for Utter Nonsense. It's numbering scheme was somewhat non-standard.

In issue #780, which was in the 32nd mailing of SAPS in June 1955, was the first known use of filk song.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
Die Zeitschrift Fur Vollstandigen Unsinn 773	September 1953	2	editor gven as 'Karen Kruse'
Die Zeitschrift Fur Vollstandigen Unsinn 775	Spring 1954	26	for SAPS 27
The Zed 778	December 1954	25
The Zed 780	Summer 1955	24	first use of the word "filk"
The Zed 782	Winter 1955	10	for SAPS 34, marked internally as #12
The Zed 785	Fall 1956	10	for SAPS 37
Die Zeitschrift Fur Vollstandigen Unsinn 792	December 1958	10
The Zed 795	1960	24
The Zed 805	1964	8
The Zed 806	1964	14

The Zed online at fanac.org

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Publication

1953—1964

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