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| − | Founded in June, 1937 by [[James V. Taurasi]], Fandom House was his [[publishing house]]. Fandom House seems to have been more real than most [[fannish]] [[publishing houses]]. Like the others, it published [[fanzines]], though [[Taurasi]] affected that they were of a kind with the [[prozines]].
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| − | It was not always named Fandom House. It began as [[Cosmic Publications]] (which see) and by 1945 had gone through the names '''Allied Publications''', '''Fantasy News Publishing Company''', '''Fantasy Times Publishing Company''', and '''Flushing-Taurasi Publishing Company''' before going back to [[Cosmic Publications]] which he kept until 1948 when he settled on '''Fandom House'''.
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| − | The switch to Fandom House was triggered by the attempted merger of the monthly ''[[Fantasy Times]]'' with [[Will Sykora]]'s ''[[Fantasy News (Taurasi)]]'' with ''Fantasy News'' being weekly and ''[[Fantasy Times]]'' being a monthly recap. This fell through, but Taurasi kept Fandom House.
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| − | Since ''[[Fantasy Times]]'' was the ''[[Locus]]'' of its day, it seems clear that Fandom House, while still essentially a [[fannish]] [[publishing house]], was easily the largest of them.
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| − | Fandom House publications included:
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| − | * ''[[Cosmic Tales Quarterly]]''
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| − | * ''[[Fantasy Times]]''
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| − | * ''[[Helios]]''
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| − | * ''[[D'Journal]]''
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| − | * ''[[Cosmic Tales]]''
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| − | * ''[[Science Fiction Fan]]''
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| − | * ''[[The Tinplate Magazine]]''
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| − | * ''[[Science Fiction Times Magazine]]''
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| − | [[Fancy 2]] reports (under [[Legal Matters]]) that "[[Taurasi]] was threatened in '56 by Random House, which alleged that [[JVT]]'s use of the name "Fandom House" in publishing [[Fantasy Times]] constituted unfair competition. Tho somewhat flattered, Jas decided not to fight it, having learned that simply bringing the case to court would rock him $300." Not only did he use the name (which he probably could have gotten away with), but for a time he used a logo which looked suspiciously like Random House's.
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