Reviews

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959

Fantasy books, plays, movies, radio programs, comics and the like are reviewed in fanzines; and, especially in individzines type alpha, non-fantasy works that interest the publishers, particularly music, movies, ktp, are described. An important function in reviewing fantasy in other media seems to be to get it on record, perhaps for the someday bibliography; certainly little other function is served by reviews of radio and TV shows. Reviews of stf books are a slightly different matter. An effort has been made to get them published on uniform sized paper so that they may be bound into a booklet to use as a guide when combing the second-hand bookshops or looking thru a library.

From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944

Fantasy books, plays, movies, radio programs, comics, and the like, are reviewed in fanzines, and in individ alpha, non-fantasy works that interest the publisher, particularly music, are described. The principal purpose in reviewing fantasy in other mediums seems to be to get it on record, perhaps for the someday bibliografy; certainly little other function is served by radio reviews. Reviews of stf books are a slitely different matter. An effort has begun to get them published on uniform sized paper so that they may be bound into a booklet to use as a guide when combing the second-hand bookshops or looking thru a library.