Gambit
(Do you mean a different ploy or another Stellar?)
An apazine published by Ted White in the mid-60s for APA-F. It was first named Zip, then Stellar and finally Gambit, but the numbering was retained.
A fanzine co-edited by Ted White and Larry Stark in 1956–57 and distributed at times in OMPA and FAPA. It started as Zip, edited by Ted White. Starting with issue eight in 1956, the name changed to Stellar and Larry Stark joined as co-editor (but White continued publishing a much smaller apazine under the name Zip) Stellar published twenty-three issues ending in 1958 when it was re-titled Gambit. At some point it was combined with Gafia and Dimensions as well.
Writing in Vegas Fandom Weekly, in "What Are The Greatest Fanzines?", Arnie Katz writes, "Stellar...established Faan Fiction (fiction about fans) as a genre and also explored new frontiers of multi-color mimeography. Stellar presented both classic reprints and new stories that attempted to bring the values of fiction to stories about fans and Fandom."
(Interestingly, White re-used the name Zip and the Zip numbering in 1956 for several issues as a small apazine.)
Some issues were actually columns in other fanzines.
| Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1954 | 48 | Titled Zip |
| 3 | 1954 | 48 | |
| 4 | 1954 | 58 | |
| 5 | |||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | 1956 | 26 | Now titled Stellar; The Stellar issues were co-edited with Larry Stark |
| 9 | October 1956 | 60 | |
| 10 | December 1956 | 44 | Lee Hoffman adoration issue |
| 11 | 1957 | 52 | |
| 12 | 1957 | 54 | |
| 13 | 1957 | 24 | |
| 14 | 1957 | 22 | |
| 15 | 1958 | 4 | Year of the Jackpot |
| 16 | 1958 | 4 | |
| 17 | 1957 | 4 | |
| 18 | 1958 | 8 | |
| 19 | August 1958 | 2 | Combined with Gafia 15 |
| 20 | 1958 | 2 | |
| 21 | 1958 | 20 | |
| 22 | August 1958 | 2 | |
| 23 | Now titled Gambit | ||
| 24 | |||
| 24 1/2 | October 1958 | ||
| 26.6 | October 1958 | ||
| 25 | October 1958 | ||
| 26 | November 1958 | 2 | |
| 27 | November 1958 | 4 | |
| 28 | November 1958 | 10 | |
| 29 | December 1958 | 2 | |
| 30 | December 1958 | 22 | |
| 31 | 1959 | 2 | |
| 32 | |||
| 33 | 2 | ||
| 34 | 4 | ||
| 35 | April 1960 | Column in Void 21 | |
| 36 | May 1960 | Column in Void 22 | |
| 37 | 1960 | 2 | |
| 38 | |||
| 39 | December 18, 1960 | 2 | co-edited with Pete Graham and combined with This #10 |
| 40 | January 1961 | Column in Void 23 | |
| 41 | 1961 | Column in Void 24 | |
| 42 | Column in Void 25 | ||
| 43 | August 1961 | Column in Void 26 | |
| 44 | August 1961 | 2 | |
| 45 | October 1961 | Column in Void 27 | |
| 46 | February 1962 | Column in Void 28 | |
| 47 | 1962 | 4 | |
| 48 | 1963 | 36 | 10th annish; co-edited with Les Gerber; includes Minac 4 |
| 49 | |||
| 50 | |||
| 51 | |||
| 52 | August 1965 | 4 | |
| 53 | |||
| 54 | |||
| 55 | March 1, 1982 | 24 | |
| 56 | August 16, 1982 | 38 |
- Gambit online at fanac.org
- Stellar online at fanac.org
| Publication | 1954—1982 |
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