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  Date || Book || Editor or Publisher || Notes  
 
  Date || Book || Editor or Publisher || Notes  
 
1940 || [[Science Fiction Song Sheet I]] || [[Jack Speer]] (as by John A. Bristol‏‎) || For [[Chicon 1]], the 2nd [[Worldcon]]  
 
1940 || [[Science Fiction Song Sheet I]] || [[Jack Speer]] (as by John A. Bristol‏‎) || For [[Chicon 1]], the 2nd [[Worldcon]]  
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1957 || [[Songs from Space]] ||  || For [[Loncon]]
 
1960 || [[The Stf & Fantasy Songbook]] || [[Hal Shapiro]] ||  
 
1960 || [[The Stf & Fantasy Songbook]] || [[Hal Shapiro]] ||  
 
1965-69 || [[The Filksong Manual]] || [[Bruce Pelz]] ||  
 
1965-69 || [[The Filksong Manual]] || [[Bruce Pelz]] ||  

Revision as of 08:13, 20 August 2021

A songbook of filk songs. Some books include lyrics only; others include sheet music for some or all of the songs. The term hymnal has been used for a number of filk books, particularly those intended for group singing (like church hymnals).

The earliest filk books were produced on duplicating machines and haven't always lasted well. Photocopying is most common today. The books often use comb binding so they can lie flat when opened.

Early filk books paid little attention to copyright. Since the 1980s, publishers have been more careful about getting permission to include songs.

The following is a very incomplete list of some well known or historically significant filk books.

Date Book Editor or Publisher Notes
1940 Science Fiction Song Sheet I Jack Speer (as by John A. Bristol‏‎) For Chicon 1, the 2nd Worldcon
1957 Songs from Space For Loncon
1960 The Stf & Fantasy Songbook Hal Shapiro
1965-69 The Filksong Manual Bruce Pelz
1969 Minneapolis in '73 Filksong Book Jim Young
1970s Filthy Pierre's Microfilk Erwin S. Strauss
1975 Minihymnal HOPSFA
1975 HOPSFA Hymnal HOPSFA There were three editions
1975-6 Middle Earth Songbook Ruth Berman and Ken Nahigian
1976 NESFA Hymnal NESFA There are multiple editions and volumes
1978 On and On into the Night Margaret Middleton
1980 The Westerfilk Collection Jordin Kare/Off Centaur Publications 2nd edition published in 1996 by Wail Songs
1982 Slime Devil Songbook Denebian Slime Devils
1982 Westerfilk II Jordin Kare/Off Centaur Publications
1982 Rec-Room Rhymes Omnibus Roberta Rogow
1982-6 Bayfilk Songbook
1985 Slime After Slime Denebian Slime Devils
1987 The Old Grey Wassail Test Gytha North, Sue Mason
1988 On Filkley Moor Gytha North
1992 Con Chords and Choruses Lee Gold For ConChord 8
1993 The Golden Gait Songbook Barry Gold, Lee Gold, Lynn Gold
1993 Consenting Adults of Darkover Marion Zimmer Bradley
1995 Under Loch and Key (of Maybe) Lissa Allcock
2001 The Incomplete Leslie Fish Beth Friedman
2001 Bitter Lemmings ]Tom Holt
2001 ...And Then 3 Come Along Together Gytha North
Songs and Ballads Dave Luckett
The Galactic Bard Dave Luckett and Craig Hilton
The Little Rat Who Filked Craig Hilton
The Rat Tale Songbook Craig Hilton
Dasfolk Filk-Rock DASFA


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