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An anonymous  satirical version of [[The Fanscient]]. According to the second issue, dated 1950, the first issue was distributed at the [[Cinvention]] and there were hopes of distributing a third issue at the [[Norwescon]] (worldcon). The second issue gives the editor and publisher as [[Donald B. Day]], who also published [[The Fanscient]] -- the editorial even makes this believable. It appears to have been distributed through [[FAPA]], according to the contents page.
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An [[anonymous]] [[satirical]] version of ''[[The Fanscient]].''
  
Issue 2 is mimeographed, quarter-folded and saddle-stapled (24 pages); on at least some copies, the top edge is uncut, so it's very difficult to read unless one commits the sacrilege of actually cutting the pages. Cover by [[Miles Rayburn Day]]; contents are Thots on Korzybski (uncredited -- Day?); Excerpts from Zero (poem, uncredited -- Day?); Out of Legend -- Old Mother Hubbard (parody of the Spotlight feature in ''[[The Fanscient]]'' -- written by [[Miles Eaton]], illustrated by [[Donald B. Day]]); Ether, Ether (autobiography -- Simon Rosebud, pseudonym); and Strategy on Venus (Inch Dining, pseudonym).  
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1||September 1949|||| According to the second issue, the first issue was distributed at the [[Cinvention]] and there were hopes of distributing a third issue at the [[NorWesCon (Worldcon)]].
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2||1950||24|| Gives the [[editor]] and [[publisher]] as [[Donald B. Day]], publisher of ''[[The Fanscient]]'' -- the editorial even makes this believable. It appears to have been distributed through [[FAPA]], according to the contents page.<br> [[Mimeographed]], quarter-folded and saddle-stapled; on at least some copies, the top edge is uncut, so it's very difficult to read unless one commits the sacrilege of actually cutting the pages. Cover by [[Miles Rayburn Day]]; contents are “[[Thots]] on [[Alfred Korzybski|Korzybski]]” (uncredited); “Excerpts from Zero” ([[poem]], uncredited); “Out of Legend” -- Old Mother Hubbard ([[burlesque|parody]] of the “Spotlight” feature in ''[[The Fanscient]]'' -- written by [[Miles Eaton]], illustrated by [[Donald B. Day]]); “Ether, Ether” ([[biography|autobiography]] -- Simon [[Rosebud]], [[pseudonym]]); and “Strategy on Venus” (Inch Dining, pseudonym).  
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Latest revision as of 02:04, 4 October 2023

An anonymous satirical version of The Fanscient.

Issue Date Pages Notes
1 September 1949 According to the second issue, the first issue was distributed at the Cinvention and there were hopes of distributing a third issue at the NorWesCon.
2 1950 24 Gives the editor and publisher as Donald B. Day, publisher of The Fanscient -- the editorial even makes this believable. It appears to have been distributed through FAPA, according to the contents page.
Mimeographed, quarter-folded and saddle-stapled; on at least some copies, the top edge is uncut, so it's very difficult to read unless one commits the sacrilege of actually cutting the pages. Cover by Miles Rayburn Day; contents are “Thots on Korzybski” (uncredited); “Excerpts from Zero” (poem, uncredited); “Out of Legend” -- Old Mother Hubbard (parody of the “Spotlight” feature in The Fanscient -- written by Miles Eaton, illustrated by Donald B. Day); “Ether, Ether” (autobiography -- Simon Rosebud, pseudonym); and “Strategy on Venus” (Inch Dining, pseudonym).


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