The Fantasy Amateur

The Fantasy Amateur is the name of the quarterly FAPA ("Fantasy Amateur Press Association") Official Organ. It began in Spring 1938 issue edited by Donald Wollheim and Frederik Pohl. It includes the official material of FAPA: Election results, ToCs, the reports of the Official Critics, etc.

Mailing	Issue	Date	OE	Pages	Notes
1		Fall 1937	John Michel
2		Winter 1937	"
3a	V1.1	Spring 1938	Fred Pohl	7
3b,4		May 1938	"
4,5		June 1938	"
6		August 1938	Don Wollheim
emergency		October 1938	"
7		Winter 1938	Milton Rothman
8		Spring 1939	"
9		Summer 1939	Milton Rothman & Bob Madle
10		Fall 1939	Walter E. Marconette
11		Spring 1940	Jack Agnew
12		Summer 1940	"
13		Fall 1940	Elmer Perdue
14		Winter 1940	"
15		Spring 1941	"
16		Summer 1941	"
17		September 1941	Louis Russell Chauvenet
18		December 1941	"
19		March 1942	"
20	V5.4	June 1942	"	10
21	V6.1	September 1942	Al Ashley	10
22	V6.2	December 1942	"	10
22		December 1942	"	1	The FA Lean-To (an addendum)
23	V6.3	March 1943	"	11
23		March 1943	"	3	FA Lean-To Annex #1
23		March 1943	"	1	FA Lean-To V1#2
24	V6.4	June 1943	"	11
24		July 1943	"	1	FAL-T Annex #2
24		June 1943	"	2	FA Lean-To V1#3'
25	V7.1	September 1943	"	8
26	V7.2	December 1943	R. D. Swisher	10
27	V7.3	March 1944	"
28	V7.4	June 1944	"	12
29	V8.1	September 1944	Larry Shaw	20
30A	V8.2	November 1944	"	4
33	V9.1	October 1945	Jack Speer	12
34	V9.2	Winter 1945	"	6
38	V10.2	Winter 1947	Elmer Perdue	8
41	V12.1	Fall 1947	"	7	It looks like the Volume number is wrong
42	V11.2	Winter 1948	Charles Burbee	12
43	V11.3	Spring 1948	"	12
57	V15.1	Fall 1951	Redd Boggs 8
60	V15.4	Summer 1952	"	10
61	V16.1	Fall 1952	"	10
62	V16.2	Winter 1952	"	10
64	V16.4	Summer 1953	"	10
79	V20.3	August 1957	Dick Eney	11
80	V20.4	November 9, 1957	"	16
84	V21.4	August 1958	"	8
85	V22.4		Ted White	19	The inversion of numbering is real
87	V22.3	June 1959	"	11
91	V23.3	May 1960	Andy Young & Jean Young	14
92	V23.4	August 1960	"	10
93	V24.1	November 1960	Marion Bradley	16
94	V24.2	February 1961	"	16
95	V24.3	May 1961	"	14
96	V24.4	August 1961	"	10
97	V25.1	November 1961	Charles Burbee	9
98	V25.2	February 1962	"	12
100	V25.4	August 1962	"	9
107	V27.3	May 1964	Bruce Pelz	12
108	V27.4	August 1964	Gregg Calkins	8
109	V28.1	November 1964	Bruce Pelz	10
110	V28.2	February 1965	"	12
111	V28.3	May 1965	"	10
112	V28.4	August 1965	"	8
113	V29.1	November 1965	"	12
114	V29.2	February 1966	"	8
115	V29.3	May 1966	"	10
116	V29.4	August 1966	"	6
117	V30.1	November 1966	"	10
118	V30.2	February 1967	"	8
119	V30.3	May 1967	"	8
120	V30.4	August 1967	"	10
121	V31.1	November 1967	Bob Pavlat	8
122	V31.2	February 1968	"	16
123	V31.3	May 1968	"	10
124	V31.4	August 1968	"	10
125	V32.1	1968	"
126	V32.2	February 1969	"	11
127	V32.3	May 1969	"	8
128	V32.4	August 1969	"	5
129	V33.1	November 1969	"	5
130	V33.2	1970
131	V33.3	May 1970	Bob Pavlat
132	V33.4	August 1970	"	11
133	V34.1	November 1970	Gregg Calkins	10
134	V34.2	February 1971	"	22
135	V34.3	May 1971	"	10
137	V35.1	November 1971	"	10
139	V35.3	May 1972	"	16
141	V36.1	November 1972	"	8
143	V36.3	May 1973	"	12
149	V38.1	November 1974	"	6
159	V40.3	May 1977	Charles Burbee	14
170	V43.2	February 1980	Bruce Pelz	10
173	V44.1	November 1980	"	6
174	V44.2	February 1981	"	12
175	V44.3	May 1981	"	11
177	V45.1	November 1981	Ed Cox	14
178	V45.2	February 1982	"	7
179	V45.3	May 1982	"	5
180	V45.4	August 1982	Bruce Pelz	8
181	V46.1	November 1982	Seth Goldberg	14
182	V46.2	February 1983	"	9
183	V46.3	May 1983	"	17
184	V46.4	August 1983	"	10
186	V47.2	February 1984	"	10
187	V47.3	May 1984	"	16
188	V47.4	August 1984	"	9
189	V48.1	November 1984	"	12
190	V48.2	February 1985	"	10
191	V48.3	May 1985	"	14
192	V48.4	August 1985	"	10
193	V49.1	November 1985	"	18
194	V49.2	February 1986	"	11
195	V49.3	May 1986	"	18
196	V49.4	August 1986	"	7
197	V50.1	November 1986	"	11
199	V50.3	May 1987	"	16
200	V50.4	August 1987	"	14
232	V58.4	August 1995	"	5

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