Texas SF Inquirer

The Texas SF Inquirer was a 1980s fanzine/clubzine sponsored by FACT and mainly edited by Pat Mueller which served as a newszine with a strong Texas focus. It was nominated for the 1987 Best Fanzine Hugo and won the 1988 Best Fanzine Hugo.

There is a bit of confusion about the editors. Some issues edited by Alexander Slate may have been co-edited by Laurel Slate. Pat Mueller married Dennis Virzi on Oct. 11, 1986 and changed her name, but continued listing herself as "Pat Mueller" for this fanzine.

There was also a degree of feuding within FACT hinted at by Christina Lake's TAFF report (The Caprician 4) which says of the Hugo award, and the first editor: "Excitement in the Texas contingent reached fever pitch when Pat Mueller's Texas SF Inquirer won best fanzine (vindicating her against the forces of evil in the Texas group who'd taken the editorship of the fanzine away from her)." Ah, fandom!.

Issue	Date	Pages	Editor	Notes
1	March 1983	2	Pat Mueller
2	May 1983	4	"
3	June 1983	8	"
4	July 1983	4	"
5	August 1983	8	"
6	December 1983	8	"
7	March 1984	8	"
8-9	September 1984	8	"
10-11	January 1985	16	"
12	September 1985	14	"
13	November 1985	8	"
14	January 1986	14	"
15	February 1986	14	"
16	April 1986	6	"	editor Pat Mueller announces her upcoming marriage to Dennis Virzi
17	June 1986	20	"
18	August 1986	46	"
19	December 1986	28	"
20	February 1987	36	"
21	July 1987	25	"
22	October 1987	25	"
23	February 1988	22	"
24	May 1988	25	Scott Merritt
25	October 1988	25	"
26	December 1988	28	"
27	1989	19	"
28	1989	16	"
29	1989	22	"
30	January 1990	20	Dale Denton & Alexander Slate
32	1990	18	"
34	1990	16	"
36	September 1990	16	"
40	September 1991	16	"
42	1991	16	"
43	1991	16	"
46	1992	18	"
47	February 1993	18	"
49	April 1993	18	Alexander Slate
51	1993	26	Dale Denton & Alexander Slate
52	April 1994	28	"
55	Winter 1996	44	Brad Foster & Cindy Foster	Probably the last issue

• Texas SF Inquirer online at fanac.org
• Reviewed by Mike Glyer in File 770 65, p. 9

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Publication

1983—1996

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