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A 24-page, [[one-shot]] [[fanzine]] published in August 1995 by [[Bridget Hardcastle]].
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A 24-page, [[one-shot]] [[sercon]] [[genzine]] published in August 1995 by [[Bridget Hardcastle]] for the [[Intersection]]; in her [[2006 TAFF Race]] platform she [https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/TAFF/TAFF66.pdf summed it up] as
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aimed at [[neo|first-time]] [[Con fandom|congoers]] (who didn’t buy it in their droves - it was much more popular among [[actifan|active fans]], who wanted to see what had been written about them!)
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It contained [[Dave Langford]]'s "semi-serious glossary" Secrets of SF Fandom Obscured, updated from his 1992 [http://web.archive.org/web/2008/galactic-guide.com/articles/2R38.html Jargon in British Science Fiction Fandom], reportedly commissioned for a 1993 edition of ''[[Neo Fan's Guide]]''.
  
 
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Revision as of 05:58, 22 March 2022

A 24-page, one-shot sercon genzine published in August 1995 by Bridget Hardcastle for the Intersection; in her 2006 TAFF Race platform she summed it up as

aimed at first-time congoers (who didn’t buy it in their droves - it was much more popular among active fans, who wanted to see what had been written about them!)

It contained Dave Langford's "semi-serious glossary" Secrets of SF Fandom Obscured, updated from his 1992 Jargon in British Science Fiction Fandom, reportedly commissioned for a 1993 edition of Neo Fan's Guide.


Publication 1995
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