The Futurian
The Futurian was a fanzine published in the UK by J. Michael Rosenblum for the Leeds branch of the Science Fiction League. It was preceded by two issues of the Bulletin of the Leeds Science Fiction League edited by Harold Gottliffe, and succeeded by The "Pseudo-Futurian!" and then Futurian War Digest.
The name 'evolved' during a discussion although Rosenblum claimed for himself 'a large part of the parenthood' and said that this 'nomenclature as a synonym for stf fan soon gained great fame'. He also said that New York Futurians 'seized [the name] with great avidity' and 'gave a special twist to the meaning which still remains amongst American fandom'[1] while the Australians retained its original meaning.
| Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | January 1938 | 2 | Included in third FAPA mailing |
| #2 | March 1938 | 8 | Final issue of this series |
| Renamed The Futurian | |||
| #1 V2.1 | June 1938 | 12 | FAPA 5 |
| #2 V2.2 | September 1938 | 16 | FAPA 5 |
| #3 V2.3 | January 1939 | 16 | |
| #4 V2.4 | Spring 1939 | 20 | |
| #5 V2.5 | Summer 1939 | 20 | |
| #6 V2.6 | Autumn 1939 | 24 | |
| Extracts | Autumn 1939 | 8 | |
| #7 V3.1 | Winter 1940 | 20 | |
| #8 V3.2 | Spring 1940 | 24 | Final issue |
- Bulletin of the Leeds Science Fiction league online at fanac.org
- The Futurian online at fanac.org
| Publication | 1938—1940 |
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