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Stuff stuck in to fill up a page which the regular longer pieces in a [[fanzine]] don't cover. "Frequently the fillers are better than the material listed in the table of contents", observes [[Speer]]. The oldest are odd science snippets and the well-known | Stuff stuck in to fill up a page which the regular longer pieces in a [[fanzine]] don't cover. "Frequently the fillers are better than the material listed in the table of contents", observes [[Speer]]. The oldest are odd science snippets and the well-known | ||
| − | "A quatrain is a four-line rime | + | "A quatrain is a four-line rime |
| − | It's never out of place | + | It's never out of place |
| − | It may be used at any time | + | It may be used at any time |
| − | To fill an empty space". | + | To fill an empty space". |
| − | + | [[Cartoons]], quotations, and short bits not long enough to give a title to often perform a filler function; as do expiration notices, apologies for the poor duplication, and such stuff, and the little pointless sketches [[Boob Stewart]] calls [[fillos]]. But most fillers consist of remarks conversationally addressed to the readers by the editor, expressing his opinion on something, an interesting thing he ran across the other day, something he forgot to say in an article he wrote, or a [[whimsy]] like "'I go now, Earthling; perhaps I shall return', said the vampire, vanishing." | |
| − | Cartoons, quotations, and short bits not long enough to give a title to often perform a filler function; as do expiration notices, apologies for the poor duplication, and such stuff, and the little pointless sketches [[Boob Stewart]] calls [[fillos]]. But most fillers consist of remarks conversationally addressed to the readers by the editor, expressing his opinion on something, an interesting thing he ran across the other day, something he forgot to say in an article he wrote, or a whimsy like "'I go now, Earthling; perhaps I shall return', said the vampire, vanishing." | ||
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It maybe be used at any time | It maybe be used at any time | ||
To fill an empty space." | To fill an empty space." | ||
| − | + | [[Cartoons]], quotations, and short bits not long enuf to give a title to often perform a filler function, as do expiration notices, apologies for the poor duplication, and such stuff; but most fillers consist of remarks conversationally addressed to the readers by the editor, expressing his opinion on something, an interesting thing he ran across the other day, something he forgot to say in an article he wrote, or a [[whimsy]] like: I go now, Earthling; perhaps I shall return," said the vampire, vanishing. | |
| − | Cartoons, quotations, and short bits not long enuf to give a title to often perform a filler function, as do expiration notices, apologies for the poor duplication, and such stuff; but most fillers consist of remarks conversationally addressed to the readers by the editor, expressing his opinion on something, an interesting thing he ran across the other day, something he forgot to say in an article he wrote, or a whimsy like: I go now, Earthling; perhaps I shall return," said the vampire, vanishing. | ||
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| + | See also: [[Lino]]. | ||
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Revision as of 18:54, 5 October 2020
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
Stuff stuck in to fill up a page which the regular longer pieces in a fanzine don't cover. "Frequently the fillers are better than the material listed in the table of contents", observes Speer. The oldest are odd science snippets and the well-known
"A quatrain is a four-line rime It's never out of place It may be used at any time To fill an empty space". Cartoons, quotations, and short bits not long enough to give a title to often perform a filler function; as do expiration notices, apologies for the poor duplication, and such stuff, and the little pointless sketches Boob Stewart calls fillos. But most fillers consist of remarks conversationally addressed to the readers by the editor, expressing his opinion on something, an interesting thing he ran across the other day, something he forgot to say in an article he wrote, or a whimsy like "'I go now, Earthling; perhaps I shall return', said the vampire, vanishing." |
| From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944 |
Stuff stuck in to fillup a page which the regular longer pieces in a fanzine don't cover; frequently the fillers are better than the material listed in the table of contents. The oldest fillers are probably odd science items and the well-known
"A quatrain is a four-line rime It's never out of place; It maybe be used at any time To fill an empty space." Cartoons, quotations, and short bits not long enuf to give a title to often perform a filler function, as do expiration notices, apologies for the poor duplication, and such stuff; but most fillers consist of remarks conversationally addressed to the readers by the editor, expressing his opinion on something, an interesting thing he ran across the other day, something he forgot to say in an article he wrote, or a whimsy like: I go now, Earthling; perhaps I shall return," said the vampire, vanishing. |
See also: Lino.
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