Quandry

(Did you mean the original name for a Columbia University clubzine?)

A major fanzine published by Lee Hoffman of Savannah, GA. Q (for such was its nickname) was nominated for the 1951 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo and the 1954 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo. Yes, it‘s a misspelling of Quandary.

It was a focal point of Sixth Fandom and regarded as one of the finest examples of the fannish fanzine.

The first annish was called the Quannish or Quish.

Material from Quandry was republished in Bob Lichtman's Some of the Best from Quandry and in Joe Siclari's Complete Quandry.

"The Harp That Once or Twice", a popular column by Walt Willis, began in 1951 in Quandry.

Issue	Date	Pages
V1.1 #1	August 1950	20
V1.2 #2	September 1950	22
V1.3 #3	October 1950	26
V1.4 #4	November 1950	26
V1.5 #5	December 1950	26
V1.6 #6	January 1951	26
V1.7 #7	February 1951	26
V1.8 #8	March 1951	30
V1.9 #9	April 1951	30
V1.10 #10	May 1951	30
V1.11 #11	June 1951	30
V1.12 #12	July 1951	30
V2.1 #13	August 1951	100
V2.2 #14	October 1951	30
V2.3 #15	(November) 1951	30
V2.4 #16	December 1951	26
#17	January 1952	24
#18	March 1952	24
#19	(April) 1952	24
#20	(May) 1952	22
#21	June 1952	22
#22	July 1952	22
#23	October 1952	22
#24	October 1952	22
#25	October 10, 1952	20
#26	October 1952	20
#27-28	December 1952	34
#29	May 1953	22
#30	November 1953	22

Quandry online at fanac.org

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959

(Hoffwoman) The famous fanzine published by Lee Hoffman of Savannah Ga. before she gafiated for the first time. Q was the rallying point of Sixth Fandom as Spacewarp was of Fifth. It was notable for many things, especially: calling Tucker forth to walk the Earth again; publishing the outstanding material by Walt Willis which inspired the WAW With the Crew in '52 movement; and inspiring 7th Fandom, which was prophesied by Bob Silverberg in the pages of Q and begun when the black-bordered Quandry arrived at Harlan Ellison's. The Quannish was the thirteenth (first anniversary) issue of Q, one of the hundred-page fanzines; you can recognize it by the cover done in plaid ink. And Quandrical publications were those Leeh published.

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Publication

1950—1953

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