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The BFL was formed in 1946 after the dissolution of [[British Fantasy Society]]. They offered to distribute other fanzines alongside ''Booklist'' and in September 1947 [[Ken Slater]] took up the offer with the first issue of ''[[Operation Fantast]]''. Holmes dropped out of [[fandom]] in 1948, passing ''Booklist'' to John Gunn. [[Walt Willis]] and [[James White]] also sought to take advantage of the distribution offer for the first issue of ''[[Slant]]''. Receiving no reply to his letters, Willis offered to mail ''Booklist'' himself and receive 200 copies and a mailing list on Christmas Day 1948.
 
The BFL was formed in 1946 after the dissolution of [[British Fantasy Society]]. They offered to distribute other fanzines alongside ''Booklist'' and in September 1947 [[Ken Slater]] took up the offer with the first issue of ''[[Operation Fantast]]''. Holmes dropped out of [[fandom]] in 1948, passing ''Booklist'' to John Gunn. [[Walt Willis]] and [[James White]] also sought to take advantage of the distribution offer for the first issue of ''[[Slant]]''. Receiving no reply to his letters, Willis offered to mail ''Booklist'' himself and receive 200 copies and a mailing list on Christmas Day 1948.
  
It seems ''Booklist'' did not continue after this.
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There was at least one more issue in May 1949 distributed with ''[[Science Fantasy News]]'' #3.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 04:08, 3 May 2024

Did you mean J. Michael Rosenblum's earlier Booklist?

Booklist was a fanzine published as the official organ of the British Fantasy Library (BFL) by first Ron Holmes and later John Gunn. According to Rob Hansen in Then it 'contained more news and notes than actual booklists'.

The BFL was formed in 1946 after the dissolution of British Fantasy Society. They offered to distribute other fanzines alongside Booklist and in September 1947 Ken Slater took up the offer with the first issue of Operation Fantast. Holmes dropped out of fandom in 1948, passing Booklist to John Gunn. Walt Willis and James White also sought to take advantage of the distribution offer for the first issue of Slant. Receiving no reply to his letters, Willis offered to mail Booklist himself and receive 200 copies and a mailing list on Christmas Day 1948.

There was at least one more issue in May 1949 distributed with Science Fantasy News #3.


Publication 19461948
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