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A [[Diplomacy]]-by-mail [[fanzine]] published by [[Ted Johnstone]].  It was probably the second ever, after [[John Boardman]]'s ''[[Graustark]]''. The title is the name of a fictional country in central [[Europe]], used as a setting for several novels by [[Anthony Hope]].
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'''Ruritania''' is the name of a [[fiction]]al country in central [[Europe]], used as a setting for several [[novels]] by [[Anthony Hope]], which stands for a whole genre of imaginary-lands [[fiction]], in both [[fantasy]] and [[mainstream]] literature.  
  
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[[Ted Johnstone]] used ''Ruritania'' as the title of his [[Diplomacy]]-by-mail [[fanzine]] in the 1960s. It was probably the second ever, after [[John Boardman]]'s ''[[Graustark]]''.
  
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Revision as of 12:10, 22 March 2023

Ruritania is the name of a fictional country in central Europe, used as a setting for several novels by Anthony Hope, which stands for a whole genre of imaginary-lands fiction, in both fantasy and mainstream literature.

Ted Johnstone used Ruritania as the title of his Diplomacy-by-mail fanzine in the 1960s. It was probably the second ever, after John Boardman's Graustark.

Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.



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