Texas SF Inquirer
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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 later 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 in 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[1] | 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 |
- ↑ Issue 32 came out ahead of issues 30 and 31, and announced that they had done this to get back on schedule and that issues 30 and 31 would be edited by Scott Merritt and Monica Stevens, though #30, at least, wasn't
- Texas SF Inquirer online at fanac.org
- Reviewed by Mike Glyer in File 770 65, p. 9
| Publication | 1983—1996 |
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