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'''''Nepenthe''''' was published at MIT by [[Earl Singleton]] and focused on [[poetry]]. The first issue appeared in December 1940 and carries a dedication that reads:  
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'''''Nepenthe''''', [[nicknamed]] '''''Neppie''''', was a [[fanzine]] [[published]] at MIT by [[Earl Singleton]] that focused on [[poetry]]. The first issue appeared in December 1940 and carried a dedication that read:  
 
   
 
   
 
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   was at the [[Chicon]].
 
   was at the [[Chicon]].
  
"Trudy" was [[Trudy Kuslan]], co-[[editor]] of ''[[The Nucleus]]'', who attended [[the Chicon]] along with [[Singleton]] and with whom she had a brief romantic relationship.
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"Trudy" was [[Trudy Kuslan]], co-[[editor]] of ''[[The Nucleus]]'', who attended [[the Chicon]] as well as Singleton, with whom she had a brief romantic relationship.
  
Contributors to the first issue included [[Louis Russell Chauvenet]], [[Del Cross]], [[Ian Davies]], [[Corinne Ellsworth]], [[E. Everett Evans]], [[Larry B. Farsaci]], [[John Francis]], [[Paul Freehafer]], "Curl Gradient", [[B. M. Hendrick, Jr.]], [[Richard Kraft]], [[Arthur Lambert]], [[Allan Lang]], [[Grady L. McMurtry]], [[A. Merritt]], [[Jack Chapman Miske]], "P. Tex Sigma", [[Charles R. Tanner]], [[Dale Tarr]], [[Harry Warner, Jr.]], and [[Stanley G. Weinbaum]]. Cover art by [[Marie Johnson]] and illustrations by [[Grady L. McMurtry]].
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After seeing the second issue, [[A. Merritt]] wrote to [[Roy V. Hunt]] that "If Singleton can only keep it up, he's got something." No further issues were published.
  
The second [[hektographed]] issue appeared in Spring 1941. Contributors included [[Spencer Bailey]], [[Louis Russell Chauvenet]], [[Del Cross]], [[Arthur Cusp]], [[E. Everett Evans]], [[Dale Harding Exum]], [[Larry B. Farsaci]], "Curl Gradient", [[Dale Hart]], [[Arthur Lambert]], [[Robert A. W. Lowndes]], [[Grady L. McMurtry]], [[A. Merritt]], [[John B. Michel]], [[Jack Chapman Miske]], [[Edgar Salute]], [[Oliver King Smith]], [[Bob Tucker]] as 'Hoy Floy Doy', [[Donald A. Wollheim]], and [[Christopher Samuel Youd]] ([[John Christopher]]).  Cover art by [[Leslie Perri]] ([[Doris Baumgardt]]), and was silkscreened by [[John B. Michel]].
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'''Neppie''' - [[Pet name]] for ''[[Nepenthe]]'', [[fanzine]] of Singleton's.  
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After seeing the second issue, [[A. Merritt]] wrote to [[Roy V. Hunt]] that "If [[Singleton]] can only keep it up, he's got something." No further issues were published.
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1 || December 1940  || || Contributors: [[Louis Russell Chauvenet]], [[Del Cross]], [[Ian Davies]], [[Corinne Ellsworth]], [[E. Everett Evans]], [[Larry B. Farsaci]], [[John Francis]], [[Paul Freehafer]], "Curl Gradient", [[B. M. Hendrick, Jr.]], [[Richard Kraft]], [[Arthur Lambert]], [[Allan Lang]], [[Grady L. McMurtry]], [[A. Merritt]], [[Jack Chapman Miske]], "P. Tex Sigma", [[Charles R. Tanner]], [[Dale Tarr]], [[Harry Warner, Jr.]], and [[Stanley G. Weinbaum]]. Cover art by [[Marie Johnson]] and illustrations by Grady L. McMurtry.
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2 || Spring 1941 || ||[[Hektographed]]. Contributors: [[Spencer Bailey]], [[Louis Russell Chauvenet]], [[Del Cross]], [[Arthur Cusp]], [[E. Everett Evans]], [[Dale Harding Exum]], [[Larry B. Farsaci]], "Curl Gradient", [[Dale Hart]], [[Arthur Lambert]], [[Robert A. W. Lowndes]], [[Grady L. McMurtry]], [[A. Merritt]], [[John B. Michel]], [[Jack Chapman Miske]], [[Edgar Salute]], [[Oliver King Smith]], [[Bob Tucker]] as 'Hoy Floy Doy', [[Donald A. Wollheim]], and [[Christopher Samuel Youd]] ([[John Christopher]]).  Cover [[art]] by [[Leslie Perri]] ([[Doris Baumgardt]]), and was silkscreened by [[John B. Michel]]. Final issue.  
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Revision as of 06:05, 14 April 2023

Nepenthe, nicknamed Neppie, was a fanzine published at MIT by Earl Singleton that focused on poetry. The first issue appeared in December 1940 and carried a dedication that read:

 This 
 the first issue of Nepenthe
 is for Trudy-- 
 who 
 if we are not 
 mistaken 
 was at the Chicon.

"Trudy" was Trudy Kuslan, co-editor of The Nucleus, who attended the Chicon as well as Singleton, with whom she had a brief romantic relationship.

After seeing the second issue, A. Merritt wrote to Roy V. Hunt that "If Singleton can only keep it up, he's got something." No further issues were published.

From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944
Neppie - Pet name for Nepenthe, fanzine of Singleton's.



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